Scala Rider Q2

[howiezowie]

I have just imported 2 sets of these 'communicators" and getting my head around them.
They are Bluetooth devices to enable bike to bike comms, including an FM radio, and bluetooth (no wires) connections to cellphone and gps.
So far so good, the bike to bike works really well but as I don't have a bluetooth cellphone I can't comment on that - I can see an ooops coming up. Same with gps.
They are very similar to the Blueant Interphone, but with way better battery on stand-by performance.
Anyone else got these with any comments ?

[banditrider]

Got any links to info on them? Thinking about the Blueant ones but...

[howiezowie]

Yep
http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcyc...cala-rider-q2/
H

[banditrider]

Thanks, what sort of $?

[howiezowie]

Tried it today on the road between bikes and I'm well pleased.
Bloody awsum actually.
Now you can have a chat as you ride - and things like
"Is that car a cop" or "watch that gravel" transforms the ride.
On top of that is FM radio, and the bluetooth cellphone ability (as yet untried)
The noise reduction and auto-gain volume all works well.
I intend to use it for my business but it's a neat addition to social riding too.
Price is about Canadian $180 x2 plus postage.
Cheapest I've seen is Revzilla in the States about US $170.

H

[portokiwi]

Can you get these here and how much?
I have been looking for rider-pillion with out the wires all over the place.
My lady wants to see NZ so it would be much easer with a set.

[howiezowie]

My understanding is that the Q2 isn't available in En Zed yet but you can get the Blue Ant Interphone - (do a google) There is a good comparison test on http://www.webbikeworld.com/ .
Similar in most respects but the thing that put me off interphone (after alot of internet snooping ) is the battery stand-bye time - lots of feedback indicates a short charge time where-as the Q2 drops into stand-by mode after 20 odd secs, thus battery saved !
I reckon these are the first in the second gen of bike comms - a leap ahead of the first gen with uhf portables and wires for africa - and all the better for it.

Cheers
H

[Lord Zod]

I was looking at the Scala-Rider Q2 (http://www.cardowireless.com/Q2) last night and noticed that it's got a dual earpieces but not once goes the "official" site say it's stereo. Does anyone know if it stereo for music or just mono out the 2 earpieces?

BTW: they are going for about $279 here in Oz, if you hunt hard enough you can get them cheaper, but that's the average price I've found.

[Lord Zod]

My understanding is that the Q2 isn't available in En Zed yet

I live in Oz and they are available here, if you need linkies I'll post as many as I can find and I'll ship them to you too if you want one (or five )

[TimeOut]

I was looking at the Scala-Rider Q2 (http://www.cardowireless.com/Q2) last night and noticed that it's got a dual earpieces but not once goes the "official" site say it's stereo. Does anyone know if it stereo for music or just mono out the 2 earpieces?

BTW: they are going for about $279 here in Oz, if you hunt hard enough you can get them cheaper, but that's the average price I've found.

They're mono.

[Lord Zod]

They're mono.

Awww, fail! 2 earpieces and they can't make it stereo . I vote Blueant then

[Bike-aholic]

Awww, fail! 2 earpieces and they can't make it stereo . I vote Blueant then

Blueants are good but batt life is not so good. Will be upgrading to the CAMOS BTS 200 series and cost $512nz landed for 2 from oz.

When they turn up will post a review.

http://www.dmme.com.au/Bluetooth.htm

[vfxdog]

I just used a couple of the Q2's for a jaunt through France. I have to say I am very impressed- they do work as advertised. Bike to bike is excellent although I'd say the range is more like 200-300 metres. Bluetooth cellphone functionality is very good although you need a phone with voice dialling if you want to call out- and then you have to stop muttering. I had a few conversations with clients and friends at around 120K's or so and nobody had any idea I was on my bike.

We did manage to kill both of ours though- we submitted them to the relentless torrential rain this part of Europe has seen over the past couple of weeks and after 3 days of it they cried enough! They're not claimed to be waterproof and I have to say the fact they worked beyond the first couple of hours of our trip is quite amazing. Anyone with brains would have taken them off and put them somewhere dry.

Downside- if you have a chatty riding pal, and you prefer cruising along in your own little world like I do, you may want to pair it to the phone only and ignore the maniac on the other bike.

[Horse]

I've got a blueant, primarily for the phone/bluetooth. It's only mono. More than happy with it, but I haven't used it at all as an intercom. In phone mode the battery lasts for 5/8 of forever.

The new Camos mentioned previously has support for bluetooth stereo and other nice features - if I was buying one today that'd be the one I'd get.

[Hitcher]

We've got a fail on Mrs H's Blueant. Mind you, that's after several months of intensive use. It's some sort of hardware fault with her mike/headset stem which means she hears constant crackle and nothing else.

These things worked brilliantly for almost all of our US-Canada trip. They're currently returning attached to the helmets packed away with the bike, so I will have a conversation with the New Zealand distributors on their return. They were pretty obliging last time we had a fault.