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Each headphone sports a large button easily pressed from outside the helmet. These buttons can answer a call from your Bluetooth device, pause/play, raise/lower the volume, and skip tracks of your music. Able to operate in -4 degrees, these wireless monsters go up to 120 decibels and feature A2DP for high quality stereo sound. A USB charger, back-up cable, and carry pouch are included as well. In addition to freezing temperatures, Chips can handle sweat and water without flinching. Warm hands, warm head, music control, and talking to your mama. Any questions?

  • Minimal design
  • Fit into most helmet's audio liner
  • Connect to any Bluetooth-enabled device
  • Rechargeable battery
  • Two-button control system
  • IPX4 sweat and water resistant
  • A2DP high quality speakers
  • Up to 120 decibel volume
  • Works at -4° F
  • Includes USB charger, back-up cable, and carry pouch

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Unanswered Question

Can you mute or pause? If so how? Thanks

I'm trying to determine if I want these or the Skullcandys. Unfortunately I think I'll get some biased feedback asking on the OT product page, but I thought I'd check and see if anyone compared the two models before me. Also I can't find much information about how the Skullcandys work online.

I think the feature that I like the most about the OTs is that all the functionality is in two buttons. Granted you have to memorize the different touches, but I imagine having each earpiece being its own button will make it easier to operate with gloves on. The one downside I see is that the OTs don't allow you to go back a track, only forward, but thats only a minor set back.

Any additional feedback between the two units would be appreciated. Thanks.

Best Answer Responded on

You CAN skip BACK!
(It's the three second rule on the left earpiece.)

I haven't tried the Skullcandy version, but I'm so happy with these I could shout it from the mountain tops, and probably will, now that I've said it.

You'll learn the functions in one run.
The sound quality leaves me wanting for nothing.
And 3rd:
Using your clumsy glove-fingers to turn it off, while you're cruising, is priceless.
(Nobody wants to wait for you to fumble with your music situation.)

Happy Shopping!

Hit me up if you have anymore questions,
Emily Jenson
Expert Gearhead
800.409.4502 ext 4406

Unanswered Question

will these fit into a POC helmet other than the receptor? I am trying to get them as a gift for my brother, but can not find an audio liner that is compatible with his POC helmet. Do they need the liner?

5 5

Great Service and Great Product


I purchased this product a little over a month ago. It was shipped right away and arrived very quickly.

The product itself is amazing. It fit perfectly into my helmet. The audio is crisp and the microphone appears to be very sensitive. This is definitely the most useful item I have purchased for skiing.

I would highly recommend both this website and the product to anyone who wants to be able to control their music and make phone calls without taking off their gloves.

5 5

Excellent quality and sound


These speakers are very easy to set up and use, and they sound great. I was surprised by the quality of the sound even through the ear pads on the helmet. The 2 buttons are large and have tactile feedback and it even works with Siri. It also comes with a wire with controls in case the battery dies while you're out and away from a charger. Haven't used it much now since it's spring, but I'm sure I'll use it a lot when winter comes.

5 5

Works great

  • Familiarity: I've used it several times

Works as advertised with a few minor quirks. Sounds great. Easy to use. Love the undocumented voice command feature. Microphone works surprisingly well considering it's hidden in an ear flap. Pain to remove every night to charge. Does sometimes cut out for a split second if I turn my head sharply.

5 5

Done deal!!

  • Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer

Charged them up, slipped them into my Red Mutiny, dropped my iPhone in my back pocket and got to vacuuming my house - they sounded killer (plenty loud and surprisingly good bass) and I couldn't wait to get them on the hill...

How did they perform on hill? They killed it!
Still sounded great, and more than loud enough! Super convenient to start/stop and adjust volume but skipping tracks is a little fiddly, whatever just make a good playlist and you'll never need to skip tracks!

Battery lasted a couple days (with a couple weeks in between) but I didn't have them blasting all day long - I ride with buddies so I'd turn them off on the chair and back on before dropping in...

I spent years riding without music because of awkward controls, wires, crappy sound but now I won't ride without!!!


4 5

Almost perfect...

  • Familiarity: I've used it several times

Just got back from Mammoth and tested the speakers all weekend. I love them, for the most part but there is a few things worth mentioning:

1. The sound is good, not great. It?s a tradeoff with convenience here, if you want full sound on the mountain you may want to look into wearing in-ear headphones under your helmet. I prefer the speakers though, quality is totally sufficient for me but of course doesn?t rival my Bose headphones
2. Fit is crucial! It took me a while to figure out how to get the best sound out of these speakers. Here is a few tips:
a. When inserting the speakers into your helmet, make sure it is not obstructed by foam padding or anything else. I have a smith holt and just took out the foam padding because volume levels were definitely not loud enough to go through padding for me
b. Volume: If you get the right fit, not an issue. But if something is off, most people would say that they are not loud enough
c. Make sure the earpads with speakers are as close to your ears as possible to get full sound with good bass
3. Battery lasted a day and a half on the mountain. Good enough for me, you just charge them again over night or bring your cable for day 2
4. Convenice is amazing! It is great to be able to just push the right earpad to pause the song if you want to chat with your buddies, you can answer incoming calls with the push of a button on the speaker and there are no cables bugging you. Even with a headphone remote I would often not even bother push pause because it would require me to take my gloves off ? this sounds silly but you are doing this 20-30 times a day, plus it?s not always sunny and 32F outside?

A few issues I have with the speakers:
1. Clicking ?next song? never worked for me, tried it on the mountain and in the cabin and could never get it to work. You are supposed to long press the right speaker button for a few seconds, but not too long or you are sending your speakers to sleep. Problem is that bluetooth often has a small delay

Responded on

When i used the iphone music player, the functions worked. But if you use a 3rd party music player, the skipping function didnt work for me.

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Could these be used for a motorcycle...

Could these be used for a motorcycle helmet?

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They look like they could, but since you have to touch them to change volume, etc, you could not be able to adjust anything. You are better off looking for a dedicated motorcycle headset.

5 5


GREAT battery life. Great, LOUD sound (make sure the device volume is at full BEFORE adjusting headphones). Multiple days on mountain and worked flawless. We will never use ear buds again. Worth the extra money. Maybe more bass??? Not a complaint though.

5 5

Works as advertised

  • Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer

So I have these in a Giro Seam from a few years ago, paired up with a LG G2 android phone. I have the BT volume on the phone maxed out. But the volume on the Chips pretty low.
Audio quality for music is as expected for something of this type. Good but not audiophile by any means, but is plenty sufficient.
Call quality is surprisingly good. I can hear them no problem. And despite the microphone being inside an ear pad, people on the other end of the call had no problems hearing me. Said I was obviously on BT but clear enough for them.
Battery life doesn't seem to be an issue, but the longest I've used it is around 6 hours. So not sure how realistic the claims 8 hours is, especially in the cold.
I did have to swap the left/right sides, to get the Right side closer to the left chest pocket where my phone is. This seems to help reduce problems with the signal cutting out. Which given they are like 2 feet from each other, does happen a bit more than it should.
Only other issue is my helmet has a stiff piece of plastic right over the ear pad, making it near impossible to use the buttons. Not a fault of the Chips, but something to keep in mind.

will the bluetooth chips fit a Giro Fuse...

will the bluetooth chips fit a Giro Fuse helmet?

5 5

great :)

  • Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer

these do as advertised! fit into a smith holt easily, buttons are easy to push with gloves on, bluetooth sound quality is fine and volume is loud, seem pretty rugged, i've had them for three weeks and used them every day (including days below -20C) - great product, glad i chose them :)

i'm struggling to find a complaint but if i search very hard i'd say the only hassle is remembering to charge them up - the lead plugs into one of the speakers which is a faff to get at when it's in the helmet pockets, battery lasts a couple of days if you haven't got them on constantly, think it says 10 hours in the manual which is pretty realistic

mine also came with a normal lead that you can plug in when the batteries die, if this happens the buttons on the speakers do not work, but the inline controller has a volume dial on it (too small to use with gloves) and a button (which doesn't seem to do anything)

4 5

These things work!

  • Familiarity: I've used it several times

Occasional drop-out when I turn my head quickly, but otherwise, FREE FROM WIRES! The sound is good, the mic works, controls are pretty easy. Overall, quite satisfied. I'd have given it 5 stars if you didn't have to charge daily.

3 5

Muffled microphone


Volume was OK at the house, but I suspect it would have been too low on the slopes. With my Smith Variance ski helmet, the sound of my voice on the phone sounded very muffled and hard to understand by the person listening to me - that's the main reason I returned the CHIPS.

The buttons work as advertised and I can confirm that you can call up Siri and make phone calls with an iPhone 4S. I had to speak loudly so that Siri could understand, though.

It would be nice if the whole setup would not have to be removed from the helmet for charging. The Smith Variance helmet has a puny zipper that isn't easy to zip/unzip.