I was one of the riders in Don Moe’s group of 8 riders and the mesh worked just fine and MUCH easier to pair unlike the 20S units in large groups. That said, we did have issues when Bluetooth pairing with a rider using a 20S. It would drop from the group about every 20 minutes and that old familiar “popcorn” sound was ever present. When the 20S unit was not in the group the mesh technology worked pretty much as advertised.
A few weeks later 4 of us all using the 30 units used private mode.....a definite improvement over public mode, primarily being sound quality and improved distance. We tested the range and line of sight and were able to communicate (best guess) at least one mile without line of sight
A couple questions that I have on the 30K that I have yet to get an answer on. Probably because from what I read the 30K operates in both Mesh and BT and most users really don't understand what all is in play in various situations.
1. On a 20s the pop corn only comes into play when 3 or more users are paired in a daisy chain.
2. In Mesh on a 30K, it is NOT working like a BT or at least I don't believe it is, so it should not generate the pop corn sound.
3. When a 30K user says they hear pop corn, what is being configured?
a. Does it happen at all when all users are connected as 30K units? (I'm pretty sure the answer is no)
b. When you operate the 30K as BT, do you daisy chain pair the other 30K units and do you get pop corn with 30K units in BT?
c. When you say a 20s is added to the mesh, you get pop corn, correct? (Probably not say this right, just trying to understand a mixed mode)
(1) Is the 30K operating as BT, Mesh or both when this happens?
(2) Does that 20s automatically add itself to the mesh or do you have to configure something in BT to add it?
(3) Do you have to go to BT and daisy chain to mix BT and mesh?
I'm a 20s user and Sena has not fixed the pop corn issue with them even they have known about the problem for years. I'm trying to figure out if they actually fixed it in the 30K. I'm also convinced that a key issue to find out what is causing the problem is to see how the 30K handles the problem in the BT mode.
Thanks