Alternative to Autocom ?

[Montana]

As the title suggests really, are there any alternatives to the Autocom systems and are the alternatives any good ?

I would be grateful if there are any owners of these alternatives to speak up and tell me of your experiences.


Andy

[Kate]

Whats wrong with an Autocom?

[cmit37]

Starcom1?
Apparently its the best one out there. Says so on their website. :lol:

Crystal clear speech at 100mph+ ► You can't buy better, that's our guarantee!

[Viney]

Its the one thing i like about the bike. No one or nothing to disturb me and the voices in my head :shock: :lol:

[thor]

Have to agree with Viney. Was watching some bike clips on you tube last night and the ones without music were so much better.

[Grinch]

I've got a Vixen Intercom, no problems with it at all. And don't have to worry about fitting speakers and filtering out wind noise. Even works with my phone... :D

http://www.intercoms.co.uk/

[Viper]

I have an oxford bike mic.

Cost me 85.00 from a local bike shop. Comes with two mics, two headsets that are wired into the helmet and the control box, it has a jack for an mp3 player and a mobi if wanted.

If you are talking to your pillion and your phone goes it isolates the pillions speakers so they cannot hear you. If you have the mp3 player on and you talk, the mp3 player is muted until you stop talking.

100+ mph on the A303 dual carriage way and it was clear as a bell.
Best bit of kit i have bought

[cmit37]

I bought Bike Mike about 2 years ago and I couldn't believe how cheap and flimsy it felt for the price. If you press slightly on the control unit it cuts out because the case is made out of cheap plastic. My one had the build quality of a 90s £5 Bush hi-fi system. I only had an open face helmet at the time so it only worked to about 45-50mph at the time. It might be better with a closed face helmet or perhaps I had an older model.

[Grinch]

I had a oxford bike mic and it packed up, so took it back to the shop... packed up again. I got my money back and then got the vixen at the NEC.

[Baph]

Have you tried shouting?

HTH ;)

[Viper]

:smt102 I Like mine. :smt102

[Filipe M.]

Have you tried shouting?

HTH ;)

I do it all the time, but the cage drivers don't listen anyways. Do you think I should mount a megaphone to my bike? :lol:

[Baph]

Have you tried shouting?

HTH ;)

I do it all the time, but the cage drivers don't listen anyways. Do you think I should mount a megaphone to my bike? :lol:
Nah, you'd need ugly wires attaching you to the bike, which is never good.

Much better to mount the megaphone to your helmet, that way, you get to look like Kinvig with his pet-lid ;)

[Filipe M.]

Much better to mount the megaphone to your helmet, that way, you get to look like Kinvig with his pet-lid ;)

And exactly is wrong with helmets with fluffy ears? 8-[ 8-[


Ops, sorry for the derail, Mr. Bon Giovi... :oops:

[independentphoto]

Starcom1?
Apparently its the best one out there. Says so on their website. :lol:

Crystal clear speech at 100mph+ ► You can't buy better, that's our guarantee!

BUT.....

...it says different on the Autocom site. Just look at the motorsport teams that use each type. Looks to me that noisy F1 beasties prefer the good ol' Autocom.

I must say, it works for me.

Cheers,
Garry 8)

[Kylie]

I've got the starcom advance thingy, I like it.
Its pretty good, hides away under the tail ouside the subframe, no wires showing. It links up to my GPS as needed (much safer than looking down at the gps screen) works with the ipod and phone well too but I rarely use that, only when touring.
I had a bit of trouble with engine interference at first, but wrapping the cables in foil and rerouting them a bit fixed most of that.
And I dispute their claim that it is good for 100mph, that does not match my experience. The missus and I can talk up to about 70mph but then background noise drowns it out. Maybe we don't have it quite set right but I'm pretty sure we do...