P114
CN
III PRODUCT REVIEW
SENA 10S BLUETOOTH
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
LIST PRICE:
$239.00
http://www.buysena.com/
powersports/10s.html
STANDOUT
FEATURE:
Much clearer sound with
more bass
RIDER ANALYSIS:
These things just get better
and better! This is my third
Sena unit after owning a 20S
and 10C (the one with the built-
in camera), and the 10S is by
far my favorite of the three.
Two reasons for this. The
first is the vastly improved
speaker performance. The
new speakers utilize Sena's
Advanced Noise Control
system, which helps to block
out much of the ambient
noise that filters through the
helmet, but aside from that,
the speakers themselves have
way more bass than either of
my old units. One area that
I never liked with Bluetooth
units was the treble was
always way too high so if you
crancked the volume of your
favorite music, all you'd get is
an earful of high treble notes.
That's now gone and there's
much better sound separation
with the 10S.
The second thing I love
about the 10S is the jog wheel
is much easier and more
direct to use. The wheel on
the 10C was tucked under
the lip of the outer casing and
was a bit finicky to use, while
the one on the 20S would flex
if pushed too hard, meaning
I could engage a feature I
didn't want. The 10S has the
balance just right.
Sorting which riders I want
to connect with on a ride via
the app is helpful as well,
but this was a feature already
available to the 20S and 10C.
I've got this 10S
permanently strapped to
my Arai now. It gets used
everyday and to be honest
has made my 20S and 10C
items obsolete, mainly due to
the vastly improved speaker
performance.
Rennie Scaysbrook
If there's one sector of the accessories
market that's hot right now, it's Bluetooth
communication systems. Almost every month
we see a new player in the game with a smaller,
lighter, easier to use system, and just about
every rider I know uses a Bluetooth system
in one form or another now. It seems like the
Bluetooth revolution happened almost overnight.
Almost.
Sena's new 10S is basically an upgrade to
the SMH10 and has been out since the start
of the year and we've run the thing in several
tests so far in 2016. The 10S comes with all the
usual caper you'd expect from Sena, including
the ability to connect to any Bluetooth headset
as well as four individual Sena riders–a range
of about one mile between users–built-in FM
radio that can hold up to 10 preset radio stations;
voice activation for calling and answering and
you can configure the system easily via the
Sena app on your phone. There's also improved
speaker performance and an easier to use jog
wheel that doesn't look as bulky as the SMH10.
Charging time from fully flat is about three
hours and the 10S has a massive 10 days of
stand-by time between charges.
