#CHATTERBOX BLUE TOOTH BLUETOOTH#

Well, speakers don't make it any quieter. Now, anyone that's owned an EXO knows that they're loud as hell. Pairing isn't that difficult and the audio quality is decent. Well, what can I comment about? I've been using it for tunes for about a month now. I hear that mic positioning has everything to do with it though. When I first used the headset without reading the directions I turned it up to the highest sensitivity on accident and the wind kept setting it off. And, of course I haven't gotten a chance to experiment with this great feature. This allows you to talk to a whole group of people. One of the main reasons to go with a Chatterbox of this size is because it's got a radio in it. It's always there and the cloth they used on it is awesome at catching your spit so that you smell what you ate 3 days ago before you sneezed with your helmet on. This means no moving it aside when you're not using it. The mic is a box on the end of a wire instead of the boom (boon?) type that I'm used to from the Scala.

I've met quite a few people that chop the speakers and splice in headphones themselves. If anyone is interested, Chatterbox sells a headphone adapter if you don't want to use the speakers. Even then I haven't gotten it quite right yet but I'm too lazy to tinker with it anymore. I had to do a bit of surgery to my my EXO 700 to make it fit. Still a PITA to fit in many helmets though. That's pretty big but it's about average size. The speakers with this unit are about 4.5cm in diameter and about 1 cm thick. It's also a bit looser than the leather jacket. I guess the JR has more shoulder padding. Oddly enough, it only gets caught on my Joe Rocket Phoenix jacket and not my A* leather jacket. The mount sticks out a good 2cm (3/4') from the bottom of the helmet so it gets caught on my jacket when I check left or look up sometimes. But, once they're on, hopefully you don't have to move it. Kind of annoying how the screws screw in from the INSIDE. The mount was easy enough to get onto my helmet but tightening the screws took a bit of work since the short ones didn't reach too well and the cheek pad was getting my way. There isn't any significant flex when mounting the unit but seeing as the unit is just so dang heavy I can understand why this little plastic clip would break. If I hadn't heard so many stories about them breaking I probably wouldn't worry about it too much. Buttons are easily accessed and pushed while riding.Īs many have stated before, the mounting clip is kinda pathetic. Even with gloves on I can tell whether or not I've pushed a button. The buttons all have a good feel to them and even have a slightly click feeling when pushed all the way. The units itself feels sturdy but also heavy. Yeah, I broke one in the first 5 minutes of touching it. See those 2 little clips in the middle of the picture? Those are to hold the wires out of the way. So, on to the detailed review!įor a $300 unit a lot of the bits on this thing look and feel surprisingly cheap. I bought this unit new/unopened from a guy so I got it for $250 which is $100 off the normal retail price. Audio volume is good but the speakers are big and difficult to fit in my EXO-700. The Chatterbox does, although it's got it's own quirks.

#CHATTERBOX BLUE TOOTH BLUETOOTH#

My largest complaint about the Scala was that it didn't have A2DP bluetooth profile so it wouldn't pair with my Samsung S5. So, it's about time that I write up a review for this thing even though I haven't run through all the features yet.

Chatterbox blue tooth