VOLUME 58 ISSUE 29 JULY 20, 2021 P101
S TANDOUT FEATURE
A Bluetooth speaker system that's
about as close to a perfect fit for my
ear as I can get.
READER AN ALYSIS
I've had earplugs in my ears for
literally decades, so I'm used to the
feeling. This has come from years
of racing and putting those orange
squeezy foam bits into my ear is as
routine as putting the helmet on itself.
I was alerted to Snugs Moto from
my colleague Morgan Gales at Cycle
World who swore he would never
run a Bluetooth helmet system again
after getting his pair. Needless to
Over a long ride, the Snugs are far
more comfortable than traditional ear-
plugs. It's an easy-to-use system that
pairs quickly, and if they can give me
a bit more bass, I'd be sold for life.
If you've got multiple helmets
(like me), the Snugs make a lot more
sense than constantly swapping your
Bluetooth speaker systems out and
messing around with the helmet's
cheek pads.
Rennie Scaysbrook
•PERFECT FIT THAT ENSURES
YOU DON'T NEED TO PLAY YOUR
MUSIC OVERLY LOUD
•EASY TO USE AND PAIR WITH
YOUR SMARTPHONE
•CHOOSE YOUR COLOR: I WENT
FOR WHITE GLITTER, CUZ I'M FANCY
•SOUND QUALITY NEEDS TO
BE IMPROVED IF YOU'RE REALLY
INTO YOUR TUNES
•PERFECT FIT THAT ENSURES
•SOUND QUALITY NEEDS TO
say, I had to give
it a go.
Once the
ear impressions
were made and
sent off, it was
about two weeks
later the Snugs
arrived in the
mail. The fit is
absolutely per-
fect and even without music playing
it blocks out about 80-90 percent of
the wind noise I'm used to.
When you combine that with mu-
sic, it's almost too quiet. But they are
certainly comfortable, as the fitted
molds never go in too far, which can
happen with throw-away foam units.
There's a microphone attached
but it's useless for riding as it's
out in the open and susceptible
to wind noise. Where the Snugs
are not as good as my Cardo
or Sena units is in the actual
sound quality. It's not bad,
but after a year of running
the 45mm JBL speakers in my
Cardo, the Snugs can't match
it for bass or mid-level tones.
The Snugs can be a bit treble-
ly, although the tradeoff is you
don't have to run them overly
loud like you do the Cardo with
earplugs to drown out the wind
noise.
LOWDOWN
BLUETOOTH EARPLUGS
List Price: $342.80 (plus the cost of getting your ears
scanned, usually about $100 for both)
Website: https://snugs.com/product/snugs-moto/
Tunes are piped into your ears via two
12mm long, 5mm diameter micro speakers
that fit deep within your ear canal.
Want to try a pair of Snugs for
yourself? Snug Moto is offering
Cycle News readers a 15 per-
cent discount until 08/16/2021
with the discount code cycle-
news15 applied at checkout.
