Cardo Freecomm1 volume levels
I still get to ride occasionally. As I was renting a bike with a GPS, I wanted in-helmet audio. Reviews on all in-helmet Bluetooth devices are mixed, no doubt because different helmets, bikes, and riding styles all affect how we perceive the volume levels. I ride exclusively with 32 NRR earplugs in. I can't understand how people ride without earplugs; seems to me you'd go deaf very soon. I also have an "older" Uvex helmet I purchased in Germany. (My HJC was killing me on my rental supermoto, which has much more wind exposure - the wind was pushing the front edge of the helmet into my forehead.) Uvex has long since stopped making motorcycle helmets, but my helmet is still A-OK. The Uvex includes a motocross peak (sun shade), which I always have on - even on the highway. It adds some noise. My Uvex has no speaker cutouts, so I had to make some. This would place the speakers right on the shell, but I used the Cardo spacing pads to move them clo...