Intercom - best budget

[bacon]

I'll keep this simple. What's the current best budget intercom these days? Budget being under £100, but even better would be around £50.

My brother is working his way through his DAS next week and we'd like to get some intercoms so we can communicate.

Features that would be useful:
* Ideally it would be able to BT connect to a phone (sat nav directions) and the intercom function simultaneously.
* If it could connect as a group of 3 that would be great also, incase my wife comes with us.

Is this possible with this budget?

Cheers

[slowasyoulike]

My mates and I have Baofeng BF888s radios. They operate in the PMR446 band, but are technically illegal as they knock out 5W instead of the permitted 0.5W. There is, in reality, zero chance of getting busted though, so the only practical consequence of this is that you have better range. You can get them for £15/pair at Aliexpress:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005084114271.html

We've all got different headsets, mine is like this (about £20), with a PTT button I can velcro to the bars. As long as we are all on the same channel we can all converse.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004954443749.html

The radio is tiny and fits in my jacket pocket. The battery life on these little sets is excellent, transmitting is what hammers it so as long as you're not blathering away endlessly they will last all day. As far as the sat nav goes, if we're not all carrying then whoever is can shout directions over the radio. Basic, for sure, but it's certainly cheap and very effective.

[to v or not to v]

cant you just use your mobiles with earphones?
____________________
current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[Easy-X]

I had a dabble with the cheap Chinese shit and... well it was cheap Chinese shit! Build quality and battery life are generally atrocious. There's probably something on aliexpress worth the money but good luck finding it.

AFAIK even a cheap Sena unit can link to an app and run an intercom system.
____________________
Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[bacon]

Thanks for the replies, was hoping to avoid pricy Sena/Cardo units!

I've always found ear phones to fall out of my ears while riding. Though I haven't used Bluetooth units, maybe they will remain in place better. Downside is that they rely on phone signal which isn't always great.

[MCN]

Ebay, walkie-talkie and and in-ear earphones x 2 (or how many souls on a budget have something to say to some other soul on a budget.)

They work fine.

For folk on a budget.

There's even budgeter if you go all bluetooth.
Ebay again.
____________________
Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

[Ayrton]

All the instructors just use a radio with a microphone stuck in the helmet so maybe just go with that.
Or maybe just a bluetooth mic/ earphones like this and then call him on your phone or use something like discord? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134623086206?hash=item1f5829467e:g:pbYAAOSwcDJj4Nfw&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwO367oPye4XEdQe4BBX7FBTIlUXFUlnf2tJkVrDcxAdxFucJFBVwyz8sfrx6spYaCP5bSQZYUh6QLU%2Bxbq4qkMEIAO4rFnNRCLMIz5zCXZQZ6VLnHSzSadOddzidL9dOcDV4mZ8710c3f1sRzUkO6%2BBJhC1vHCROin6o2Do09w4rdDR3twgYdhyjXannnk1rYZQ%2BviOVPUSvROLZDndWz3CpVmZz0XOsiwKZPwfU9bMPTXnL3B0pWc%2F%2F6XAngUdqaA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-6LofWnYg

[slowasyoulike]

[MCN]

[bacon]

I like the radio idea if you exclude that it cannot do any phone functions, though unsure what you do with the headset wires when you're not using the radio. Which for me would be most of the time.

[A100man]

[slowasyoulike]

[bacon]

Sorted a set of radios and a headset. Will see how it does. Should do the trick, cheers!

[BRUN]

tried a cheap generic one, wasnt long before we upgraded to Interphone ones

[Skudd]

I used to use autocom, I'm sure you can pick up some kit cheap on fleabay, I've still got mine as back up.

I now use Cardo, but have used ones like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334915436744?hash=item4dfa8400c8:g:SdMAAOSwGeRkka4f&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwHvmVWSREeyM%2FwLM%2Big6bPyg8W24E9I3kOboCh%2FdnGIUF2DAwhMSGPtEklcLOeT6lstQl2aUVkAiM%2FyxXnQ0A6tTPEUthWMMavuUbI0O7FIIngIDJ94cmxKmneSNHQRQoSUI%2FzGcdhfib%2B4W%2FIuzjDReR732FxGcss3liyTKx5o%2B351doG9XnFJSaCJbwPk4lJfk1HKWFPYCEuy6k9D%2F1IniiOqmg0Ou2e00oBbjFbd%2F86%2BaHr2Wnhy6H7kmbzkhjg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9q-3aitYg with some success.
____________________
Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[recman]

I'd chuck in an offer for this.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/585982486928610/?ref=facebook_story_share

I can personally highly recommend this particular model.