Cardo Packtalk Bold | Gear Review
Cardo’s new Packtalk Bold features DMC mesh communication technology, Natural Voice Operation and audio by JBL. Photos courtesy Cardo.
Wireless communication devices (we can?t just call them Bluetooth anymore) are getting better and better. Think of your biggest complaints about them just five years ago…the list probably included difficult and/or unreliable pairing, especially in groups of three or more; poor connectivity over distances and in areas like tight canyons; controls that are hard to use with gloves on and horrible audio quality.
I?ve been testing Cardo?s new top-of-the-line Packtalk Bold and have good news: you can probably cross all of those issues off your list. Is it perfect" No, but technology seldom is. Is it the best such device I?ve tested thus far" Yes. Is it worth the $339.95 retail price" Only you can make that call. To help you along, here is my take.
The Packtalk Bold replaces the Packtalk, which was Cardo?s first DMC mesh communicator (read our review here), and it has three noteworthy features: mesh technology, voice-activated operation and a JBL audio system. We?ll start with the mesh.
Raise the antennae as shown to maximize DMC mesh range.
Mesh technology is the next generation in bike-to-bike communication; rather than connecting in a relatively simple Bluetooth “daisy chain” that means just one lost connection breaks apart the whole group, DMC connects a group in something like a web. Riders...
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