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Possible to use bluetooth...

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  • 20-10-2005 8:12pm
    #1
    dawballz
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    Is it possible to stick a bluetooth headset inside your helmet and work away with it while on the bike?

    interested in 2 new phones, 1 with BT and the other without.
    Would be handy if I could use BT while on the bike..

    Ignore the dangerous side of it please.


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    saobh_ie
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    Any headsets that would be comfortable inside a lid? None that I've seen.

    And sorry, I can't ignore the dangerous side of it. We constantly give out about people yapping on the phone as they swerve between lanes or run us over and the like and seeing as roughly five times more concentration is required to ride a motorcycle than a car. Your also loosing one of your senses by having somebody yapping away in your ear.

    Also, who do you really want to be talking to on your bike. You won't be able to screen calls and it'll probaly just be people calling to annoy you. Will you walk the dog when you get home, pick up some milk, go to a meeting about budget at 830 in the morning.


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    seamus
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    Yes and no. It depends on the handset. Mine, for example, has voice dialling and auto-answer. So in theory, it should be completely feasible. Ignoring the danger part, the two big issues would be the headset not being able to pick up your voice correctly, due to the noise outside, and also you failing to hear the phone ring/failing to hear the person talking due to the noise outside.


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    Elfish
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    Dunno... not too up on these new things, but I would have thought that if you can fit anything inside your helmet, then it isn't fitting you properly.

    Just a thought. And i'd agree with one of the other posters that it'd probably be useless coz of wind noise, engine noise etc. I'd guess that the bike intercom systems are designed with specific noise filters, don't know if your type of headset would have these too.

    Interested to hear how it works out in practice if you get it.

    Ride safe!


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    Chunkylover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 314 ✭✭Chunkylover


    Motorola are bringing something out soon (hs 830)is bluetooth and had a boom on it,probably better though for an open face helmet, got no prices yet thought, waiting on them to land first


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    tk123
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    BMW have helmets with built in Bluetooth...makes sense if you think of all the middle aged businessmen type gobsheens on their beemers of a summer's day! :p no offense OP!! :D


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    saobh_ie
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    Yeah. 500 Ballons for a BMW system five helmet. Then another 500 to get the blue tooth added to it.

    Anybody running around with one of them has more money than sense.


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    tk123
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    a grand?!? Holy crap!! You could always just duck-tape your phone to the helmet and stick in on loudspeaker!!lol :D


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    Sesshoumaru
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    You can buy a Dainese bluetooth helmet in bikeworld for 350euro. Looks very nice, although I can't vouch for the quality of the system.


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