At the end of the day, one rider and I split off from the main group to head home, and even after we rode out of range and disconnected from the group, she and I were able to chat until we eventually rode our separate ways. This continued throughout the day, with no buttons to press and no fussing with re-pairing at stops. Then when the back four caught up, they automatically reconnected with us and presto! We were one big happy riding family again. The cool thing was, both groups could still communicate amongst themselves. The Packtalk Bold replaces the Packtalk, which was Cardo’s first DMC mesh communicator ( read our review here), and it has three noteworthy features: mesh technology, voice-activated operation and a JBL audio system. Is it worth the $339.95 retail price? Only you can make that call. Is it the best such device I’ve tested thus far? Yes. Is it perfect? No, but technology seldom is. I’ve been testing Cardo’s new top-of-the-line Packtalk Bold and have good news: you can probably cross all of those issues off your list. Think of your biggest complaints about them just five years ago…the list probably included difficult and/or unreliable pairing, especially in groups of three or more poor connectivity over distances and in areas like tight canyons controls that are hard to use with gloves on and horrible audio quality. Wireless communication devices (we can’t just call them Bluetooth anymore) are getting better and better. Cardo’s new Packtalk Bold features DMC mesh communication technology, Natural Voice Operation and audio by JBL.
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