Riding a motorbike is dangerous and challenging as it is and I'm sure there are some out there who are totally against the idea of streaming music and chatting while riding.
But each to their own I say.
For me, the scala G4 has been an awesome companion on the long weekend road trips. I pair it up with my Iphone 4s. It keeps me awake on the long stretches of straight road, allows me to communicate with T (planning lunch stops, fuel stops, bathroom breaks etc) and makes it easy for my Mr to get hold of me.
Having used it consistently over the last 20,000kms, I have to say I am overall quite happy with this product.
Both T and I use ear plugs on our road trips and we have no issues in terms of the sound quality projected by the headphones.
The mircophone also works well to eliminate wind noise and John (the Mr) usually ask if I'm already off the bike. 99% of the time, I'm still on the bike.
The transition between music to talking to your ride buddy is quite simple... you can start talking (more like yelling) into the microphone or simply press the A button as T and I recently discovered.
The system also works reasonably well at adjusting the volume automatically.
In terms of battery usage, it lasted about 12.5 hours (music and chit chat) on one of my road trips before it died. Scala advertise the talk time as 10 hours.
For me, mine survived near zero temperatures and heavy non-stop 8 hours of torrential rain.
In terms of reliabilty, I would rate it ok only. The scala I crashed it never had any issues but the replacement I bought recently malfunctioned (only one headphone was working) which was a little disappointing. It was however covered under warranty so no issues there.
Price wise, you can get a single Scala for $248.85 or the Powerset (2 scalas) for $438.85 from Ryda. Service at Ryda is also quite good.
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