| | |  | Ski Accessories | Home » » Smith Skullcandy Twin-Tip Link Helmet Audio Kit | | | | | | Colors: | | | | | Description: | | If you need music and phone capabilities when you ride, but youAAAre not sure about all that magic wireless mumbo-jumbo, Smith and Skullcandy have you covered. The Skullcandy Twin-Tip Link Helmet Audio Kit hardwires your music and cellular straight to your brain. Well, straight to the included ear pads, anyway. An in-line microphone and adjustable volume control keep you from being the obnoxious guy yelling into his phone and complaining that he canAAAt hear anything.
Product Features- Material:
- Compatibility: 3.5mm plugs
- Recommended Use: rocking out, taking phone calls
- Manufacturer Warranty:
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Weight:
| 0.22 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 6 reviews |
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6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Very poor qualityApr 18, 2011
By Eugene Feingold
I listen to music. A lot. I've had dozens of headphones over the years. The last time I had a set fall apart this quickly was when I bought a $5 set of earbuds from Walgreens.
I skied with these for about 10 days before the insulation started separating around the various junctions of the wire. By day 15 I had to jiggle the various connections to get stereo sound. I tossed 'em in the garbage and got myself a Bluetooth helmet.
On top of the very poor durability, the button would get jammed at the slightest bit of moisture and cold. Shockingly, both are in abundance while skiing.
I wouldn't pay $20 for this product. You shouldn't either.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Extremely poor qualityMar 25, 2012
By ianh
This worked ok when tested at home, but once they're on the mountain they are almost useless.
The button control ceases to work when it's cold and/or damp. I'll be standing at the top of a nice slope pressing the button like crazy to get it to start, or at the bottom trying to mute it. It takes quite a few presses to make it work. Forget about the fast forward double click. Additionally, the speakers begin to crackle under these conditions, and sometimes one channel will cut out.
The microphone seems to be very poor as I've had people on the other end of it complain that I'm cutting in and out even though I'm speaking directly to it.
The speaker sound is terrible, with the volume hardly making it up to appropriate levels. Perhaps this is an issue with my iphone volume, although it seems to be fine with my ear buds. I have the pads installed so that there is no foam between the speakers and my ears.
I wish that I could find something else that fits easily in Smith helmets, and will continue to search. Smith should really consider teaming up with some higher quality audio manufacturers, as I know there would be a good market for good sound, even if it cost much more.
Don't waste your money on these.
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Exactly what I needed... Worst implementation imaginable!Mar 06, 2012
By Alexander Churin
"achurin"
Where do I start... What a cheap piece of junk!!!
I wanted audio kit for my helmet. The idea of a volume controller and a microphone was exactly what I was looking for. The idea of listening to music and taking calls on the slopes is something I had soldered together myself a number of years ago with great success, but wanted a commercial product that had some R&D behind it.
To summarize, no thought was put into this product whatsoever. The microphone / volume controller is bulky, fragile and NOT intuitive. I have accidentally made calls, turned off my music and have shorted the controller out with the just a little exposure to snow. Marketing this for sports is an insult. I have had free headphones at the gym with a better build quality.
First thing I noticed opening the packages is that ScullCandy used the mold from their standard headphone. They simply excluded the head strap. This was not designed for the helmet. This was something they had laying around and some jerk said, "I bet we can get fools to buy this if we can stuff it into a helmet."
Nothing is rugged, nothing is waterproof. The buttons feel like they are barely holding up, the plastic on the headphones feels overly bulky and fragile. I have hard the buttons get stuck and drain my phone's battery.
I would mention the sound quality, but frankly I knew I was getting crap when I saw the brand. Skullcandy is marketed towards kids that think a cool logo makes a good product. On the mountain, I want to hear the melody and the beat, but I am not as focused on sound fidelity. The audio quality is acceptable for my purpose despite the fact they are using the cheapest available drivers. Basically, the sound quality is a little better then your typical free headphones on an airplane.
Any ten dollar pair of headphones can match the audio quality. Having said that, I am shopping for an in-line microphone with an audio controller. I MUST replace this overpriced piece of junk. Time to take out the old soldering iron and get back to work. For a fraction of the cost and an hour of labor I will make a better device.
Good sound, but too fat to fit in my helmetFeb 06, 2012
By PEK
"MX223"
Make sure you have plenty of room in your ear holes for these. They are nearly 1/2" thick. Did not work in my BV2S snowmobile helmet...and it's too big for me.
Controls don't work properlyFeb 04, 2012
By Dr. D
This setup comes with two plugs for a phone and mp3 player. One plug lets you use the volume control but the function button doesn't work and the other plug the volume control doesn't work but the button does.
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