Headset advice - driver to passenger

[Ainsley]

So after a bit of actually searching the archives 🙂  There seems to be a choice of 3 solutions to enable me to talk to my passenger and avoid going deaf.

1. Peltor approx. £284 each
2. Tufftalk approx. £220 each
3. Pro Com approx. £460 each (is that right ?)

If all I want is to chat to my passenger and stop going deaf - which is the best set to get.  They all seem pretty expensive !

[SLR No.77]

Or a 4th option … second hand Autocom SPA with the headsets home-built into Peltor Optime ear defenders.
Around £100 and gives you driver - passenger comms, and also if you want: nav input, phone input (via BT if you want to add it), volume increase based on ambient noise, and expandable to car-to-car if you want to add a PMR radio. It’s a tried and tested alternative and doesn’t involve charging anything.

Stu.

[rgrigsby]

I'd second the Autocom option, had one plumbed into my car for 20+ years and it works brilliantly. I use Peltor Optime II ear defenders which give a bit more noise protection but don't blow off with an aeroscreen (Tried Optime III's but as soon as you get up to motorway speeds they try to exit the car!)

[Ainsley]

Years ago I had an Autocom on one of my motorcycles - worked fine.  But the wires always drove me nuts.  I want something that's wireless to lower the hassle factor.

For my motorcycles its Senna Bluetooth, so I don't want a step back in time for the 7 communication solutions.

[SLR No.77]

We use Sena on the bike, wires are a complete pita and if we’re staying anywhere we take the helmets in anyway so can charge them. We’ve found in the 7 wires aren’t an issue but you may of course prefer to be fully wireless. 

Stu.

Edited to add … the quality of comms with the Autocom SPA is far better than we’ve managed to achieve on the bike with the Sena/Nav6/Garmin/BT solutions, if I could get a decent BT solution I would but as yet my personal experience is wired is better.

[Jonathan Kay]

1 hour ago, Ainsley said:

For my motorcycles its Senna Bluetooth, so I don't want a step back in time for the 7 communication solutions.

57 minutes ago, SLR No.77 said:

the quality of comms with the Autocom SPA is far better than we’ve managed to achieve on the bike with the Sena/Nav6/Garmin/BT solutions, if I could get a decent BT solution I would but as yet my personal experience is wired is better.

Is this something to do with models, Bluetooth generations etc? Which versions are/were you using, please?

Jonathan