One bit of mounting advice for your ANGI sensor is that if you are using the adhesive mounting tape to attach it to your helmet, be certain that you apply the ANGI only to a plastic part of the helmet and as near the back as possible. DO NOT apply the ANGI directly to the soft EPS foam of the helmet. The adhesive will melt the foam, the sensor will fall off, and your helmet will be permanently damaged. Apply ANGI to the plastic shell of nearly any helmet, or to a dedicated ANGI mount on current model Specialized helmets.
Thank you. Interesting. In FAQ for Angi it says you need Android 7, My son gave me a phone - only L6 so I'm off the hook for now. Seems like I could also use this when up on the ladder or on the roof. Flaw is wife checking her phone, after last crash i drove home with one arm.
Garmin has crash detection in all their modern cycling devices. Not sure how well it works. Can't imagine either one of these being worth a damn mountain biking on my terrain in the rocky mountains.
Ray, great work as always many thanks! Good piece of tech but not quite ready for prime time, too many small gaps to deal with and no conex to Garmin or other units. Most riders are just used to start / stop one item prior a ride, no need to add more starting reminders, maybe in about a year or so after working out some bugs.
I love the idea and am not so happy with my Garmin crash detection. It goes off sometimes when I stop for a call of nature ! ;-) But I don't like the idea of haveing to "stick" one of these to my helmet. I use 3 different helmets and it needs to be mobile from helmet to helmet !
@@Dcrainmaker LOL ! Really though, I pull in to stop at the roadside for a pee sometimes and my 520 goes crazy. Only happens on the road bike, never on the mtb.
I was just looking at one of the other smart helmets you reviewed for the bone conduction headphones and wind resistant microphone (I commute by bike and long-distance gf likes to talk to me then since it's such a big section of my day). And one of them (I forget which) also had crash detection - do you also have to activate that on your phone for that one? I know it wasn't MIPS but man I could really use better ability to talk while biking... Can't have it all I guess :(
Tim Yann Ride app is functional as a stand alone ride app. You will need to have a paired and active ANGI sensor for the crash notification feature to work.
Still no false positives. DCR forced an impact thus setting off the crash alert. Had the helmet been on his head when subjected to such a blow, he might well have been subjected to a head injury. The sensor worked as it should have. A simulated head strike is not a false positive.
@@prestachuck2867 What about when I have a flat tire and stop to install a tube and drop my helmet on the ground while I repair the tire? That's a false positive.
Again a good video but I give the product a thumbs down because it does nothing actually for safety. I'd rather give my money to an advocacy group to fight for more bike routes and lanes.
Seems like a bit of tech that's going nowhere. If I ever get that paranoid about crashing every time I go out on my bike I think that's when I'll call it quits. Cycling is suppose to be enjoyable.
@@usersense5738 Good point and sorry to hear that, but I don't think the company is going to make much profit on this device if this is the only viable reason for their sales.
