I am considering the purchase of a shoei Neotec helmet with a Sena 10U headset. The seller says that the battery only lasts 4 hours. I was wondering if you're able to replace the battery in the headset to allow for more listening time? Anyone have experience with this?
No you can't replace the battery and I don't think Sena will do it either. Worse case you can plug in a power pack with a short cord to your jacket pocket to extend the use time. That will also give you time to decide if you like the quirkiness of the product and the poor sound quality of Sena products.
I am a Sena fan, and I just assumed they sell the battery separately since it has a connector on the end of its wires.
If they don't, then I am no longer a fan.
Check with Batterys+
A good friend had a 10U that had a very short battery life. He was leaving in a week on a two-month cross country motorcycle ride and asked his local dealer about a replacement battery. The deale...
I have the SENA 10S. The speaker quality is crap compared to my old JM Elite ( and they were half the price of the SENA) but the JM intercom was no where near as good as the SENA.
So Far battery life on both has been longer than I can ride in a day. At least 10 hrs listening to music and using the intercom.
I have the SENA SMH10, yeah it's old, that I've had for about six years. The battery life had dropped from 12hrs. to about 6hrs. I finally looked up on YouTube how to replace the battery. The hardest part was deciding which battery to use as a replacement. SENA doesn't replace the batteries, and doesn't tell you how to do it, either. When I communicated with them they actually told me to look it up on YouTube.
As for the 10U, I'd do the same thing. Look it up on YouTube, then decide if you can do it yourself.
I 'was' a Sena fan, no more. Not only can you 'not' replace the battery, jumping through the Sena hoops to get a bettery replacement is agonizing, then after they do their magic, you get a battery that will again deteriorate in a couple months. What a hassle at a premium price.
I have the 10R Sena unit. YOu can most certainly replace the battery on that particular one. Easy to do for it just unplugs. I have done it twice...upon getting replacement batteries from Amazon
When I 'm not riding, My Sena unit is plugged in to charge. That plug is plugged into a Timer in the garage which comes on at midnight for two hours. My two MP3 players are also plugged into the same and are always topped up and ready to go when I go. I also have the bike on a Battery Tender in the garage every time I park it. I can ride all day and my Sena never dies.
I had a Cardo Freecom 1 and that thing did not work on two medium. You either had to put it on GPS or phone but it would not work on both simultaneously. I dumped it.
Does the higher end Cardo have replaceable batteries?
I replaced the battery on my Sena smh10. Unfortunately you can't buy a replacement battery with the quick connect plug, so you have to cut the wires off the old plug and do a simple soder to the new battery. All on you tube.
Someone brought this issue earlier. I just want to clarify it:
The Sena20 can be used while you have it connected to a power source...done it lots of times.
I now carry a batt pack and have it. Earlier times I have used the power source on a BMW
I've never had a problem with my Sena battery..It last all day, then I plug it into the charging cord...and my Sena is approx four/five yrs (seasons) old...
It's the jog wheel that I have my problem with.....It turns way too easy, so I have to keep turning it to the right volume...
Have 20s EVO for use on the Tenere , it’s 2 years old and so far the only battery issue has been if I forget to charge it. But the Sena can be frustrating to operate with gloves on, the volume gets accidentally turned way to easily, customer support is lousy , the range is supposed to be about a mile but I would say your very lucky to get 1/2 mile.
i highly prefer the corded J&M headset I use on the Goldwing and J&M customer support is excellent.
We have a pair if Sena SMH10s. Guessing 7-8 years old. Battery performance deteriorated a lot by year 3-4. Sena does not offer battery replacement. Did a little research and found batteries on eBay and a YouTube video.
DYI replacement and have been happy ever since.
Doing a little research on the 10U that the OP was asking about shows really poor battery life and difficult replacement.
We have a pair if Sena SMH10s. Guessing 7-8 years old. Battery performance deteriorated a lot by year 3-4. Sena does not offer battery replacement. Did a little research and found batteries on eBay and a YouTube video.
DYI replacement and have been happy ever since.
Doing a little research on the 10U that the OP was asking about shows really poor battery life and difficult replacement.
Be sure to update the firmware. IDK about the 10u, but in other models, the newer firmware pulls a lot less juice.
My riding buddy switched to Cardo (Bold?) recently. Good sound and works well with the Cardo mesh. She couldn't get audio multi-tasking to work (not sure if the device or the user was the issue there) at all. Cardo-Sena pairing is possible but unacceptable. Switched back to Sena. No complaints about quality or sound, just features. BTW, if anyone really cares about sound, noise isolating ear buds are the way to go, rather than helmet speakers.
We run the Cardo mesh in our group and usually have 15 bikes meshed. It does work good but I wish Cardo would put an on- off switch on the mic side. We have a heavy breather or if someone coughs, belches or farts everyone hears it. Sometimes we can get terrible wind noise from someone’s set and with a switch you could turn it off but still be able to hear.
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