Spirit

This is my fifth season riding and only my first headset - it’s only been two days with it and it is incredible. I don’t have any frame of reference other than listening to wind, but I’ll do my best here. With any non-integrated headset, installation will be involved and may take some trial and error for optimal placement. I couldn’t fit the speakers on the interior of the shell due to the interior padding’s styrofoam, but I was able to fit them inside the ear recess of my cheek pads which is even better. Setting up is very easy. Quick pairing to your phone, downloading and signing up for the cardo app just takes a few minutes. Tweaking the bulk of the volume settings will take less than a few short rides. The update after pairing was the biggest delay of ~5 minutes. With the speakers essentially touching my ears, volume is a non-issue for me. Even at its lowest setting, sound is plenty loud at a stop. The app’s setting for environment-adjusted volume didn’t seem to work for me, but that might just take more tweaking. Controls are easy to use, even with thick gloves. 4 buttons with ridges to easily find which one you need, and learning/remembering the taps, double taps, and combinations comes quick enough. No real limitation in functionality there. This specific model only intercoms with one other rider natively, great for riding with a passenger or a single buddy within close range. Of course, leveraging your phone and bluetoothing into a discord chat is another option to get more riders with this headset. I rode for five hours earlier listening to music and intercomming with a buddy, and when I got home my battery was still over 50%. Removing the module from the mount and charging with USB-C is too easy. Music, phone calls, directions, intercom chatting, and Siri during your ride is awesome after riding without for years. I can’t speak for any other headset, but for less than $100, this was a great investment for me.

We’ve had great communication through our matching cardo spirits. You can hear each other even when your bike has no muffler and is the loudest thing on the planet. Easy to set up, it’s got great range, and fits all helmets perfectly. Battery life seems forever, I’ve never had it run out. The app isn’t bad, pretty self-explanatory. You can also connect to other cardios, even if they’re not Spirit. Microphone sounds great and clear too.

Primarily bought it to pair up with my riding friend's comm. Haven't used it for that yet so I'll update my review when I do. Meanwhile, installation was easy. Pairs easily with my S10. Music sounded fine at moderate volume. I don't intend to crank it up. I only need music to be in the background. Update: audio quality is good at all volumes. Also don't intend to talk on calls while riding. However, I tested it while walking around outside with my helmet on. My friend said I sounded clear and I could hear them clearly as well. I like the simplicity of the unit with the 4 buttons that are accessible even with gauntlets on. Entire rig added about 8.5 oz to my helmet. Haven't tested battery life fully, but it was fine on an hour ride. Overall, for the price and my intended use, it fits my needs. I ride mostly alone. The few times I ride with my friend, I'm counting on it to work fine pairing to what ever comm they're using. UPDATE: pairs easily with my friend's other brand unit. Sounds good, easy to communicate during rides with him. Update: I bought 3 and probably buying a 4th, 2 for my HJC helmets, 1 for my son's AGV, 1 for my AGV. Note: installed the speakers without the mounting pads. The pads added too much thickness and speakers pressed hard on my ears in my HJC C91. The cheek pads hold them in just fine without velcro. Plus I like the ability for them to move around freely if I want to adjust position without unvelcroing all the time.

The sound quality is MUCH better than expected, especially seeing other reviews of how bad it was, but gambled on it anyway because for the budget. Surprisingly loud. Sits well on my LS2 helmet. I suppose others misplace them in their helmets, have padding covering them up, or maybe just a bad phone connection. My helmet had circle embedded into the foaming under my pads, and the piece that covers the speaker in that spot is very thing with holes to allow sound. I can barely hear anything outside of my helmet with music on full blast. Gave 4 stars because although installation was easy, and set up was okay, the pairing is iffy. My phone doesn't stay paired very well BUT the Bluetooth will continue my music and phone calls without issues, and I can still use the intercom. I just wish it would stay connected thoroughly without having to reconnect everything I go more than 10 feet away from my phone.

Update: added one star for loudness. --- Good: The device is well built and the package contains everything you may need for installation. The buttons are easy to find and press in gloves. The application allows to manage all functions and works flawlessly. I like that I can disconnect the device from the dock station -- it makes charging more convenient. The sound is not bad. P.S. I have another Cardo with 45 mm JBL speakers installed in my other helmet. The difference is a night and day until I reach 40 mph :) then it's the same

I have been using various wireless and wired ear pods for years, this is my first in helmet system. I use in a Schuberth helmet which is fairly quiet, and I am impressed with the quality of sound. The helmet had recesses for the speakers, and installation was easy. Consistent and reliable connection to my iphone, no dropped signals. Great for music when riding. I have not used the microphone for telephone calls except for testing purposes, but my wife mentioned she could not tell it was from my helmet. One of the reasons for the purchase was also the ability to dial 911 in case of any road emergencies, from my helmet using iphone Siri and verbal commands hands free while still riding. I have not tested this functionality, but it should serve the purpose.

Make sure the speakers line up perfectly with your ear hole. Good sound for the price, only gripe would be that the speaker don’t have much base. Clear voice talk on phone calls.

This is wayyyyyyyyyyy worth the money I wouldn’t even buy a cheap knockoff one, because this is great also you can Bluetooth this bad boy to ANY knockoff or cardo headset to communicate way easy to set up as well great quality for those “wife phone calls your still riding your cycle”

I first want to point out that it is not the seller's fault, but the whole purchase went very smoothly and the product arrived on time, but I bought a Cardo Spirit DUO to replace my old motorcycle intecom in the hope that my wife and I can ride a motorcycle together and listen to music while riding while still being able to talk if/when needed. I have checked the specification of this device (Spirit DUO) and according to descriptions, it should be possible to share music and at the same time be able to have the intercom running. Now I've sat and tried everything but can't manage to share the music from my mobile via Spirit No.1 with my wife's Spirit No.2 while intecom is running. I can share the music but as soon as I activate the intercom the music sharing is interrupted and I can talk to her via the intercom and to return to the music sharing I have to deactivate the intercom. I thought that the music sharing and the intercom would work simultaneously and switch automatically depending on whether there is a call on the intercom that is prioritized otherwise the music sharing takes over. I think it is very dangerous to keep on and switch between music sharing and intercom when riding a motorcycle

Funciona exelente

Muy buen producto su marca lo respalda pero la duración de la batería es limitada.

Cardo funktioniert ohne Kopfschmerzen zerursachen mit jeder erdenklichen Marke, selbst wenn die noch so weit aus Fern Ost kommen. Die Kabellänge und Qualität ist für eine Helminnenverlegung überdurchschnittlich bemessen, da kann sich Parani von Sena eine große Scheibe von Abschneiden, da dieses sofort aufgrund der zu kurzen Kabel zurück ging. Die App ist gut durchdacht und lässt auch ein Limitieren der einzelnen Lautstärken zu, damit man weder eine Navigations- noch Sprachansage verpasst. Ebenso werden Hintergrundgeräusche, wie Musik bei einer Sprachkommunikation gedämpft. Eine Teilung der Musik zu seinem Gesprächspartner ist möglich, verhindert aber jeder eine Sprachkommunikation. Auch die Lautsprecher sind dem Preisentsprechend überdurchschnittlich und je nach Helm auch unfassbar Laut und Basslastig. Auch wenn man mit Zwei gleichen Geräten nur einen Gesprächspartner Koppeln kann, so kann man sich auch mit Insgesamt 4 Leuten verbinden, welche Zwei weitere Partner dazwischen sind die einen B Kanal haben. Wir sind insgesamt sehr zufrieden und werden, sofern ein wechsel auf eine höherwertige Produktreihe ansteht, gerne wieder bei Cardo kaufen.

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