Sena SMH10R Bluetooth Headset

[Cerebus]

I've been using this to listen to music through my iPhone for the last two days and I like it a lot. No buyer's remorse. I have been really surprised that I don't need to turn the volume up at all to hear it while riding. I set the volume to a "normal" level while I was sitting, helmet on, bike off. Figured that would be my base line. The most I have to bump it from there is one notch when I'm out on the highway. Riding in town, I don't have to turn it up beyond the base line at all. Doing a road trip this weekend, so I'll see what it's like with ear plugs in. The buttons are easy enough to manipulate with my current gloves. A thicker pair might cause an issue finding the middle button until you get used to them.

I have yet to use the intercom feature.

 

[Motomama]

I love my Sena SMH10R headsets too. I absolutely love.. Love.. Love riding with tunes. So easy to operates too. Just push and turn for all features. My husband and I are always sink together if are riding with each other. All of my riding friends have them too and we have a blast talking with each others. For safety, it's awesome. Whoever is riding first warn us if there are gravels or dangerous conditions ahead. Especially on blind turns and passing.



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[Scott_Thomas]

I've been using this to listen to music through my iPhone for the last two days and I like it a lot. No buyer's remorse. I have been really surprised that I don't need to turn the volume up at all to hear it while riding. I set the volume to a "normal" level while I was sitting, helmet on, bike off. Figured that would be my base line. The most I have to bump it from there is one notch when I'm out on the highway. Riding in town, I don't have to turn it up beyond the base line at all. Doing a road trip this weekend, so I'll see what it's like with ear plugs in. The buttons are easy enough to manipulate with my current gloves. A thicker pair might cause an issue finding the middle button until you get used to them.

I have yet to use the intercom feature.

Just got the sena smh5-2 and love it too. I upgraded to the bigger speakers (think the same ones the 10 comes with). Very loud and clear for music with my Galaxy S4. My understanding is the the 10 adds further range and bigger battery.

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[Auricom22]

How did the road trip go? I'm curious how the 10R's functionality played out. Playing one-handed charades at highway speeds got old so I just installed the SMH10-11 in a Bell RS1 and aside from a few cases of E.S.O. have been very pleased. I had passed on the 10R because while the unit is certainly slimmer than the 10-11, I liked the rocker dial vs. the low profile buttons on the 10R.

 

[Cerebus]

I still haven't used the intercom feature as no one I ride with has a headset. However, I use the Bluetooth connectivity to my iPhone pretty much every time I ride. It works great. I've taken a couple phone calls while out riding and the clarity if excellent. The party on the other end had no idea I was on my bike until I told them.

 

[latony007]

bluetooth

I love Bluetooth, I have a couple of helmets with it built in because it just seems like to much crap for the ones you have to install. At very cheap price you can get the VCAN 110 I think for around 100$. It has the blinc which works fantastic for music and GPS and not bad for phone calls but the helmet to helmet we have to be going really slow for it to work well but for $100 bucks It was well worth it, combined with one of the chargers that hooks to the battery tender cable I can listen to iheartradio or my own tunes all day long, and the girl will interrupt the songs to provide me directions and then its back to the songs. I also have the Hawk modular with Bluetooth but that one isn't as comfortable. they put the speakers in the straps and it makes it hurt after a while.

 

[3leggeddog]

Cable routing

Hopefully someone will see this. Got the SMH10R and am wondering how you routed the cables coming out of the control unit. I've got an Arai RX-Q and figured out a way to get the speakers mounted, but I just can't figure out a good way to route/hide the other cables.

Any help would be appreciated. As would pictures, diagrams, Visio drawings, Youtube videos, or whatever. :surrender:

 

[Scott_Thomas]

Hopefully someone will see this. Got the SMH10R and am wondering how you routed the cables coming out of the control unit. I've got an Arai RX-Q and figured out a way to get the speakers mounted, but I just can't figure out a good way to route/hide the other cables.

Any help would be appreciated. As would pictures, diagrams, Visio drawings, Youtube videos, or whatever. :surrender:

I have the smh5 with the large speaker upgrade (same as smh10 speakers I think) and I routed mine underneath the padding in my Bilt Fusion helmet. Love them!!!

 

[Cerebus]

Hopefully someone will see this. Got the SMH10R and am wondering how you routed the cables coming out of the control unit. I've got an Arai RX-Q and figured out a way to get the speakers mounted, but I just can't figure out a good way to route/hide the other cables.

Any help would be appreciated. As would pictures, diagrams, Visio drawings, Youtube videos, or whatever. :surrender:

I've got a Signet Q. I just came straight down from the controller, then immediately tucked everything under the padding inside the helmet. Haven't had any issues with it. I'd snap a pic, but it's off the helmet right now on a charger for the winter.

 

[MistahT]

I got an SMH10R before the cold set in. Used it for about a month before I realized one speaker was intermittent. Sent it back for a refund. Hope it goes on sale in the spring so I can re-buy and save some money.

I have some definite goods and bads. I'll evaulate it only from my experiences with both speakers working.

GOOD:
Battery life. Charged it once a week just in case, never had it go out on me.

Sleek, looks good, wind doesn't push your helmet around like when my GoPro is on.

GPS (at least on my phone) operates with music. Music fades out, GPS directions come on, music fades back in. It's a wonderful thing when you're lost an hour from home!

Took 3 phone calls while on the bike. No one knew I was on the motorcycle.

Load a few hundred songs onto your phone and hit random. Easy volume up/down, and changing tracks is easy.

BAD:
The speaker quality could be better. Gets some static when turning it up all the way to fight wind noise at high speeds. I did prefer the sound quality of my earbuds but hate the cables and lack of volume/track control.

Three button design is great, but with heavy gloves you can hit the wrong button. Get it stuck trying to make a call or something, you gotta pull over, gloves off, pull out your phone, and fix it.


I also didn't get to try the intercom. Just once with Frankie in my garage. I find it strange that you can connect to 3 other people but only talk to one at a time. How do you know if someone else is trying to talk to you? Do you have to hit the button to swap from music to talk? Think that's going to be a pain.


3leggeddog
My EXO-500 was super simple to hide everything behind the padding. Even had little divets for speakers. Speakers we a tiny bit too big, but 5 minutes with a dremel made it fit perfectly. I brought the long speaker cable around back along the bottom edge of the helmet.

 

[Bert-Aus]

My brother bought a dual pack of SMH10's and most generously gave me one headset! We had fun testing them around the house today, like 2 kids with walky-talkies.
I am impressed how they remember the different volume settings for each paired device/ intercom.
Now I cant wait to test them on the road

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[VRIIClubby]

even with the new one coming out in the next couple of months im going to order one this week, cant wait, will just be easier riding to work rather than worrying about my earbuds that have served me quite well thus far!

 

[Bert-Aus]

I previously had a DIY headset setup with fairly loud headphone speakers, that I got from BigW for $10. It served me well and I would have kept it going had my brother not got the SMH10 for me.
However the volume difference is HUGE, the SMH10 can be clearly heard above road/ wind noise and with earplugs in.

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[VRIIClubby]

YAY, MINE ARRIVED TODAY!

WOW, its awesome, cant believe how loud it actually goes, clarity is ok, Bluetooth phonecalls are great but really strange having a convo with your helmet on!

the jog dial is a little overwhelming to begin with, but it will become so much more intuitive with more use, I use the iPhone so having Siri there is unreal, just got to change a few names etc in my phonebook so she/me doesn't confused with names.

I also ordered the ear bud adaptor to give me a little more flexibility on the longer rides like noise cancelling etc,

overall its everything I wanted / expected and probably a little more! easy to install, the instructions are easy & pretty straight forward, also updated the firmware and that was pretty straight forward.

one question, how do you call your "fav" numbers that you have installed into the headset?

10/10