Good, but could use some engineering tweaks...

By Vanilla Gorilla Ranked #1972 - Alpine Skiing February 11, 2009

I'm a prior user of the Giro ear-phone inserts in my G9 for the past few years. Got the Hustle helmet for Christmas and picked these up for resort day tunes.

Mute is a great feature (or requirement) when riding with tunes at a resort. I try to rig my headphone cord so that the mute button was clipped to my goggle strap so I could easily tap the button w/my mitts using my old Giro unit.

Not sure if it's the cold or snow, but doing the same with this unit is not easy. The mute button doesn't have a very good quality switch and it doesn't turn off/on easily (i.e. it gets stuck on and is tough to mute)

I worked around this by letting the switch hang in my jacket and having my iPod accessible to hit pause (works right through my hardshell using my inside chest pocket). Having the iPod accessible is a nice option regardless so you can skip tunes and even change volume through your shell. A negative of this is that once in a while the volume switch gets tweaked (up or down)...which requires a de-glove and zip down to adjust with bare hands.

Overall, this unit is great as having earbuds in all day with a helmet on can be painful. I'm disappointed in the quality of the mute button switch.

Regarding MT's post above, I will say that this thing is a pain in the arse to install in the Hustle helmet. My girl has the Smith Variant Rim helmet w/similar headphone inserts and it was a pain with them too, so it could be in common with all Smith helmets. But, unlike MT, I did not loose the clicker adjustment function (a critical piece for safety IMHO). You just have to be crafty with how it's installed...contact me offline if you would like a picture or to discuss.

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