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Who has chinese BT intercoms here? Are there any good recommended ones?

I'm looking for a sub $100 unit that will have a similar feature list to a sena 20s, easy enough to use, and hopefully that would last more than a season. If money was no object, or if I buy a new ride from a dealer that doesn't mind rolling accessories into the finance, sure I would just get a 20S, but for now I'd like to get most of the functionality without breaking the bank. I have accounts with DHGate, Fasttech, Gearbest and Alli, thing is there are so many of these things out there that it becomes a real crap shoot, so I'm hoping some of you guys have experience to lend.
 
After trying a bluetooth headset that I got from daytona motorsports ( http://www.daytonamotorsport.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=89 ).
Finding a chinese replica similar to the 20S will be very hard.
I personally found that It was a lot more easier to just use in ear bluetooth earphones. Obviously you loose the ability to connect to other users but at highway speeds I can listen to music/use gps/answer calls with no issues.

If you ask me I currently use the following earphones :
https://www.amazon.ca/Bluetooth-Hea...94016834&sr=1-1&keywords=taotronics+bluetooth

Don't be fooled by the price these earphones are great quality and if you read the reviews for a 30$ pair of earphones you can't go wrong with it.
 
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check the general or review section
I posted a very details review on the units I bought and where to get them.
 
I have a set of these - bought them used from another member here last year.

https://www.amazon.ca/Motorcycle-Bl...id=1493417737&sr=8-2&keywords=helmet+intercom

Generally quite pleased with them. Range is excellent, real-world 1KM in a straight line, we actually ended up at least that far apart a few times last year and were still able to talk. Battery life was awesome, left home in the morning on one trip, rode to Sudbury, and then on to North Bay for the night and only as we were pulling into the hotel at sunset did the low battery warning start beeping. Pairs to GPS or smartphone well - my wife listens to music constantly on hers while riding.

Volume could be louder...but that could have to do with 2 things - my helmet area is noisy because of a low windshield (So I get dirty air in and around my helmet a lot), and my bike isn't exactly whisper quiet either. Could also be speaker placement in our helmets, hard to say.

Some of the buttons are too small to push with a gloved hand - the main buttons (Call and intercom) are big and reasonably easy to push with a glove on (the important ones, so it's ok in the end), but the smaller buttons (especially the volume buttons) are too small and you really need bare fingers to feel them out before pushing.

The bracket sucks balls as well - stupid design with weak spots unless you helmet is very slim on the bottom edge. I modified them to attach with Velcro instead, problem solved.

All that said, I would buy them again in a heartbeat - they are not perfect but they are surprisingly good when you consider you can get a set of them for way less than one of the high-end units. In the end, they work perfect for our needs.
 
Picked up one of these a month back; no regrets so far, works surprisingly well. Decent volume, okay build quality. Pairs up well with a friends unit he installed and seems to maintain contact several hundred meters away

For $50... shipped the same day (Prime) couldn't really ask for more.

Note: I haven't tried a Sena unit and wasn't in the market for one of these, just stumbled upon it and gave it a shot

https://www.amazon.ca/Waterproof-Wi...94081036&sr=8-2&keywords=bluetooth+motorcycle
 
wasabi said:
Picked up one of these a month back; no regrets so far, works surprisingly well. Decent volume, okay build quality. Pairs up well with a friends unit he installed and seems to maintain contact several hundred meters away

For $50... shipped the same day (Prime) couldn't really ask for more.

Note: I haven't tried a Sena unit and wasn't in the market for one of these, just stumbled upon it and gave it a shot

https://www.amazon.ca/Waterproof-Wi...94081036&sr=8-2&keywords=bluetooth+motorcycle
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There is a good Youtube review on these. I was looking at that but went with the other unit I posted.
The complaint on these is you have to keep pressing down on the volume button to adjust and you have to time it when to let go as there is a delay so it gets too loud or too quiet. But then again if you ride with earplugs then you might as well leave the volume to max.

I like the option on these to plug in a headphone jack. This would be good if you use an old phone for your bike stuff (gps and music) and you run the cable to your personal phone in your pocket for phone calls. I think my unit allowed me to pair with 2 separate bluetooth devices.

I paired to my bike phone and I paired to my real phone. The bike phone was playing music and my real phone rang which interrupted and paused the bike phone for me to hear the call on my real phone.

I wish they had spaced out the buttons on this unit, remember you will be wearing gloves.

Also, what units you buy...you do not have to use the clip mounts with them. It might be better to buy some of that Scotch/3M double lock "velcro".
It's not the regular velcro, it's hard plastic pieces that click together and is very strong.
 
SENA 20s had some birthing pains with volume and attachment so a cheapie is a welcome alternative.
 
basic math to me...I can buy 4 maybe 6 pairs of the Ebay stuff for the price of 1 Sena set.
If my cheap units die every 2 years then I get another one...Sena dies (year out of warranty) and it becomes useless...too $$$ to fix most of the times.

Road trips...take your other cheaper unit as a spare.

It's about maximum uptime...buy 2 cheaper units or 4 and bring extra with you...lend one of yours to your riding buddy then you can talk to each other if needed.
 
I cant seem to find your review post, D.
 
Thanks guys. So D, you got a BT-S1? BT-S2 was one that I had been looking at, seems like it must be the next model. Will the intercom function work with other brands, like sena for example?
 
The Amazon link I posted earlier in this thread is basically the BTI v6 but a different name. They come under several names now it seems, btu the hardware is identical.
 
Look up "Freedconn T-Trex" that looks awfully similar to sena 20.

I was looking into it and ended up buying "Freedconn TCOM-SC" instead

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Thanks guys. So D, you got a BT-S1? BT-S2 was one that I had been looking at, seems like it must be the next model. Will the intercom function work with other brands, like sena for example?
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I actually just bought the BT-S2 yesterday off Amazon. Hopefully it'll do the trick. I'm assuming it should be able to pair with Sena's according to this link. https://support.sena.com/hc/en-us/articles/214613006-How-Do-I-Pair-the-20S-to-a-non-Sena-Headset-

Edit: This guy paired it with a Sena. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5yhNEmZMFQ
 
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I actually just bought the BT-S2 yesterday off Amazon. Hopefully it'll do the trick. I'm assuming it should be able to pair with Sena's according to this link. https://support.sena.com/hc/en-us/articles/214613006-How-Do-I-Pair-the-20S-to-a-non-Sena-Headset-

Edit: This guy paired it with a Sena. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5yhNEmZMFQ
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Is it the same one as what another user had posted about above?

i.e
https://www.amazon.ca/Waterproof-Wi...94081036&sr=8-2&keywords=bluetooth+motorcycle
 
chadsterq said:
Yea that's the one. Watched a lot of Youtube reviews and it seemed decent. I didn't really want to spend $200+ on a Sena so hopefully this works out.
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Thanks a lot for confirming that. I was doing some serious research and was about to buy BT-S2 from gearbest for about $42, when I came across this thread.
I just bought it off amazon now. It is $8 more than gearbest, but i would be getting this much sooner, and in case I get a defective unit- amazon usually has a good return/exchange policy.
 
wolfpack27616 said:
Thanks a lot for confirming that. I was doing some serious research and was about to buy BT-S2 from gearbest for about $42, when I came across this thread.
I just bought it off amazon now. It is $8 more than gearbest, but i would be getting this much sooner, and in case I get a defective unit- amazon usually has a good return/exchange policy.
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Wow! That was my exact same thought process. I was super close to buying off gearbest during their sale, but decided with Amazon as well. Getting it a LOT sooner and the better return policy should be worth the extra few bucks.
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