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    Autocom

    Anyone know of any cheap deals on an autocom system??
    Me an my mate are looking for some for the summer.
    We would be buying them in about 3 weeks(when i get some money )
    Not fussy bout what ones they are, as long as we can talk to each other, they don't need to be able to make a full english or anything fancy

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    there've been some good cheap deals from maplin lately - mate of mine bought two radios and two in-helmet kits with bar-mounted PTT buttons for not much. About £70-80 for the lot on some promotion I think.

    Not the best for high speed stuff but fine for chatting up to about 50mph depending on how noisy your lid is.

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    sounds good

    Think we will pay upto £100 each for the whole kit, or less if you can find us deals like that one

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    Yep - the helmet speaker&mic kits were about £30 ea, but on a buy one get one free deal. Think the radios were £50 the pair including charger base unit thingy - again probably a promo price knowing my mate.

    Amazing for the money, but like I say, not the most astonishing sound quality. Suspect you get what you pay for.

    Will be able to give full report on their performance when I get back from the pyrenees and alps in a week and a half's time...

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    Cheers, its much appreciated

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    no worries bro, happy huntin'.

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    Update - the kit was pretty good.

    Not perfectly comfortable (tbut then inserting anything into a snug-fitting lid is never going to be perfectly comfortable) but good for chatting at anything up to about 50mph, after which wind noise was a bit much.

    Doing 2000-miles on gnarly roads in 8 days meant we had our helmets on for up to 10hrs a day, too.

    As the radios are the significant cost, nothing stopping you getting the set up as described, then upgrading the headsets at a later date.

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