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06-10-2012, 01:53 PM
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Registered User
Country: Australia
Location: Melbourne
Occupation: Business Owner
Interests: Boat Racing
Boat name: Barely Legal
Boat make: Bullet 1800
Engines: MOD Evinrude 3.3
Cruising area: Vic/NSW/SA
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 28
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Graytronics Intercoms??
Can anyone give me any feedback on how good the communication between Driver/Observer is with this system? Looking for max speed with clear comm..
Thanks Dave G
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06-10-2012, 05:12 PM
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Registered User
Country: Guernsey Channel Isles
Location: West Coast
Occupation: Hotelier
Interests: Powerboat racing
Boat name: Vodkatini,Cap Camarat,Easy RiderSuper Rider & Hirrondelle
Boat make: Phantom 21,Jeaneau 925 Avenger19.Lorne Campbell Slipstream Tremlett 21.Tigershark 21
Engines: Volvo 5 litre,Merc 115 Tower,Twin 250 Suzukis and 145 Mercruiser LX
Cruising area: Channel Islands and French coast
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: West Coast
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Yep the sound quality is brilliant as long as your co driver keeps his visor shut!
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07-10-2012, 01:18 AM
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Registered User
Country: Australia
Location: Melbourne
Occupation: Business Owner
Interests: Boat Racing
Boat name: Barely Legal
Boat make: Bullet 1800
Engines: MOD Evinrude 3.3
Cruising area: Vic/NSW/SA
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 28
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Thanks mate.. So open cockpit, open face helmet 85mph and above you will get wind noise and if the co-driver is facing a V8 engine his helmet will pick up engine noise also??
Dave G
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07-10-2012, 09:12 AM
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Registered User
Country: Guernsey Channel Isles
Location: West Coast
Occupation: Hotelier
Interests: Powerboat racing
Boat name: Vodkatini,Cap Camarat,Easy RiderSuper Rider & Hirrondelle
Boat make: Phantom 21,Jeaneau 925 Avenger19.Lorne Campbell Slipstream Tremlett 21.Tigershark 21
Engines: Volvo 5 litre,Merc 115 Tower,Twin 250 Suzukis and 145 Mercruiser LX
Cruising area: Channel Islands and French coast
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: West Coast
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Go full face ,shut the visor and you will hear each other as clear as a bell.the Nitro helmet with some cool tinted visors might be the way to go.
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07-10-2012, 10:58 AM
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Registered User
Country: Australia
Location: Melbourne
Occupation: Business Owner
Interests: Boat Racing
Boat name: Barely Legal
Boat make: Bullet 1800
Engines: MOD Evinrude 3.3
Cruising area: Vic/NSW/SA
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 28
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Thanks again mate... Most intercoms will work well in full face.. Have you ever used Stilo,s??
Dave G
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07-10-2012, 11:23 AM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: South West
Boat make: Cyclone/ Cyclone/Rinker
Engines: Merc 2.5 efi's/300XS/5.0 v8
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: South West
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Stilo helmets work well with them, we put a piece of sponge over the mic seems to work well, all intercoms suffer a bit with a V8 on full throttle
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07-10-2012, 12:22 PM
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Registered User
Country: Australia
Location: Melbourne
Occupation: Business Owner
Interests: Boat Racing
Boat name: Barely Legal
Boat make: Bullet 1800
Engines: MOD Evinrude 3.3
Cruising area: Vic/NSW/SA
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 28
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Reason lm doing some research is l supply my own intercom helmets using the Starcom intercom units..I currently have 36 sets of my DTG intercom helmets in Ski Racing AU/NZ in the first 18 months of start up. I am very near finished developing a new helmet and want to know what is out there in intercoms to offer the best intercom helmets on the market for all boaters over the world.. I have spoke to Nathan via email, but very hard to communicate regular!! I want clear communication between 85-100mph which is a very common speed bracket down here. If l can deliver this then l will be able to provide an awsome product.
The downfall with the Starcom is the plugs, they are water proof but very fiddly and easy to bend pins (no good)
Stilo seem to be the only helmet com that works best at the moment..
Dave G
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07-10-2012, 10:02 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Devon
Occupation: Garage Proprietor
Interests: PowerBoat Racing
Boat name: If Only
Boat make: Bernico F3 OCR, Bernico Prototype Inboard, and some Ribs
Engines: Yamaha Pro V 115
Cruising area: UK, France
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Devon
Posts: 3,095
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Originally Posted by DTG
Can anyone give me any feedback on how good the communication between Driver/Observer is with this system? Looking for max speed with clear comm..
Thanks Dave G
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Not found a better simpler system yet but no need to look really !! Mine worked perfectly upto 104mph !!
I have not tried the open face version but I suspect still excellent.
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