How bad can cheap intercoms be?

[crossy67]

We're in the market for some cheap rider to pillion intercoms (rear pillion to rider, I won't get a word in). I know I could spend £2-300€ on a set but is there really any point for just my wife to tell me where I should have turned 50 yards after the event? So just how bad are the £30-50.

[crossy67]

y2blade said:

Learn from Moanthebairns , everything he buys is as cheap as possible....90% of it he moans about because it is crap.

Are you sure you "want" an intercom?

I'm not sure but it would be nice to be able to talk some times. The rest of the time I'd be listening

[crossy67]

Just read the thread title and my wireless keyboard has missed an e out of cheep. I can't see my keyboard whilst typing ion my defence.

[crossy67]

Thanks a lot for all your in put chaps. I have just ordered the Interphone F3MC for £160 delivered to France. \We went into Daffy Motot today and their cheapest set was 260€ for a Scala Rider. Bit over what I wanted to pay to be moaned at lol.

Just got to wait for it to arrive now. Ooooh excited.

[crossy67]

I'm going to be using my car Tomtom and a plastic bag

[crossy67]

Tomtom survived heavy rain in a plastic bag hidden behind the screen. Did really well. I would have been lost without it, the maps on Tomtom give a very good indication of the bends coming up too.

Headsets on the other hand, not so good!

I bought a set of Interphone F3MCs. They are absolutely rubbish, well they started out being okay but got worse as the trip progressed from sounding like a really bad sound man recording someone throwing furniture down the stairs to the point where it sounded like a cage of canaries being eaten by a cage of lions. Add to that the twin charge cable doesn't work if you push the connectors home fully and if you partly insert them they keep popping back out and the socks fore the microphones dropped off first time out. I glued them back on but one fell of and has been lost.

I tried downloading the software to update them but the program wont install so I email them only to be sent an automated reply saying we can not reply to questions but try watching some Youtube videos or call us in Italy. We had ridden past their place it turns out.

So in short, unless the updates are dam good don't buy the Interphone F£MC. Unless you want to buy mine that is

[crossy67]

I updated the software on the old lap top last night. Just need a chance to go and try them now.

[crossy67]

Haven't had the weather to go out and check them since the software upgrade. Next weekend we're supposed to be having 15 degrees and suuuun 8) Hope so.