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Tunebug Shake turns your helmet into a speaker

#147 | 3:16 |

Gadget TV

Monday August 16, 2010

Tunebug Shake surface speaker video review.
It's an issue cyclists must face every time they squeeze into their sausage casing spandex, strap on their numerous water bottles and clip into their pedals: Listen to music with earbuds and alleviate the monotony of the rolling open road, thus making themselves less aware of the sounds that surround or be safe, go earbud free and suffer. Tunebug connects to your music player of choice via an included 3.5mm jack cable or via Bluetooth and lets you listen to your tunes while still being aware of the sounds around you.

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Show Notes

Tunebug Shake
$119.95

- Mounts easily to either a cross-country style helmet or a full shell bike helmet using either the Tunestrap or the Gecko mount.

- Full shell helmets to a better job of transmitting the sound.

- In our experience, full volume still wasn't quite loud enough when used with a cross-country style helmet via Bluetooth.

- Sound will be monophonic.

- Bluetooth is a fantastic addition.

- We've found the Bluetooth range to be a little lacking; with the iPhone in a cargo pocket and the Tunebug Shake mounted to the helmet, we'd get cutouts ranging from occasional to every pedal stroke, depending on conditions.

- Top touch buttons allow for volume adjustment and track skipping where supported.

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