matjam
Crusty old UNIX engineer
I haven't seen many comparisons of these two units out there so I thought I'd post something about it.
My riding group generally standardized a few years ago on Sena units. I had a 10C for a long time and a 10C PRO, and eventually bought a 30K when I smashed the lens on the 10C PRO with a rock. I've been running the 30K for about a year or so now.
Last weekend we were out hooning about and I was struggling with my 30K trying to get it to work in mesh mode. The phone app wouldn't recognize it, factory reset didn't work, I couldn't flash the software at home. It was just a giant pain in the neck. I was talking to the guys, and how one of my friends who I also ride with all of the people he knows have a Pactalk.
So, this week I picked up a duo pack of Pactalk BOLD JBLs and fitted one last night in my helmet.
Thoughts;
The Pactalk has WAY better audio quality. I can actually hear music and podcasts clearly.
The voice activation for siri works perfectly, hands free.
The mount for the system is not as good as the Sena; its a plastic clip so I have one concern that if I'm a little hamfisted with it I could lose it. But we'll see how it goes.
I've not had a chance to test the DMC group intercom in a large group, but I am expecting it works better than the Sena Mesh, which just never lived up to any of the promises Sena made for the 30K. Now they have announced the 50S ... honestly I bought the 30K because I thought the Mesh would actually work as advertised. It didn't.
Looking forward to trying out the DMC mode once everyone in my group gets a unit
My riding group generally standardized a few years ago on Sena units. I had a 10C for a long time and a 10C PRO, and eventually bought a 30K when I smashed the lens on the 10C PRO with a rock. I've been running the 30K for about a year or so now.
Last weekend we were out hooning about and I was struggling with my 30K trying to get it to work in mesh mode. The phone app wouldn't recognize it, factory reset didn't work, I couldn't flash the software at home. It was just a giant pain in the neck. I was talking to the guys, and how one of my friends who I also ride with all of the people he knows have a Pactalk.
So, this week I picked up a duo pack of Pactalk BOLD JBLs and fitted one last night in my helmet.
Thoughts;
The Pactalk has WAY better audio quality. I can actually hear music and podcasts clearly.
The voice activation for siri works perfectly, hands free.
The mount for the system is not as good as the Sena; its a plastic clip so I have one concern that if I'm a little hamfisted with it I could lose it. But we'll see how it goes.
I've not had a chance to test the DMC group intercom in a large group, but I am expecting it works better than the Sena Mesh, which just never lived up to any of the promises Sena made for the 30K. Now they have announced the 50S ... honestly I bought the 30K because I thought the Mesh would actually work as advertised. It didn't.
Looking forward to trying out the DMC mode once everyone in my group gets a unit