#freecom — Public Fediverse posts

Major peeve of mine strikes again: #Cardo #Freecom 4+ helmet clamp mount has a quick removal button on the front that ejects the unit "for convenience." The button sticks out enough that it can be bumped, and in fact every time I put my helmet on the helmet lock on my bike, the button presses up against the subframe, and about half the time the $200+ unit ends up on the floor. Yesterday, I failed to notice it had fallen off until after I had ridden off without it, and now it's gone.

It's the third helmet intercom in 2 years to suffer this exact fate, despite switching to a different model and brand in search of one less likely to fall off.

Nobody makes a damn intercom anymore that actually stays put reliably... and of course when it falls off on the highway or in a parking lot and you don't immediately notice and retrieve it, guess what you need to buy another whole unit. I'm starting to think it's a deliberate design decision to inflate their sales.

By the time I replace this one, I will have spent over $1000 on replacing lost and defective shitty helmet electronics in the 2 years since my 10+ year old Sena broke after breaking my helmet's fall.

The quality of everything today is drastically worse than it was 10-20 years ago, and it hasn't gotten any less expensive to buy.