I cannot sing enough praise for the Sena SMH10 wireless headset. Really. It's that good.
Good, certainly; great, I think so; perfect?... No, not quite.
What's not right?
That little spongy bit that covers the microphone. Eventually it just kind of fades away. First a thin spot; then a hole; then a tear; then a flappy bit; then... gone.
When the microphone finally sheds that two-bit tiny little fleck of flimsy flotsam, this happens.
"Hi Sue, I'm on my way. I should be there in 20 minutes or so."
"Who is this?"
"IT'S ME! IT'S DAVID"
"David?"
"YES! I'LL BE HOME IN ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES!!"
"What? I can't make out what you're saying. Are you on your way home?"
"Y-E-S !!! I W-I-L-L S-E-E Y-O-U S-O-O-N !!!"
That conversation was a far cry (pardon the pun) from the time three years ago when the sponge thingamajig was close to brand new, and Susan called me at 10:00 o'clock at night from Florida when I was riding to Toronto, at 120 kmh on the 401. She couldn't tell. She thought I was at my sister's already and the house was quiet because my niece and nephew were sleeping.
Those little foamy things cost US$1.19 a pop. I finally sprang for ten of them. With shipping and handling, I'm out about CAD$40. The kicker is now my ~CAD$225 Sena is back to being damn close to perfect.
If you are a fellow Sena garble sufferer, just click here and your troubles will soon be over.
An added tip that I found while Googling my dilemma, is to clip the baby fingertip off a surgical glove and stretch that over the microphone before putting the sponge wind baffle on. I haven't tried that trick yet, but I plan to.
You're welcome!
2 comments:
I love my Sena SMH10 but haven't had it long enough yet to go through the foamy thing covering the mike though its starting to rip. Thanks for the link.
I installed a new cover today (though not the surgical glove trick) and it is simply amazing. I had forgotten just how good the sound quality is, even with my helmet open at road speeds.
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