Cardo Packtalk PRO Single

The Cardo Packtalk Pro is Cardo's flagship mesh intercom, and the only one with crash detection, sold here as a single unit. One headset, with its mount, speakers and microphone.

Crash detection

A sensor in the unit feels what your head feels. If it reads an impact as a crash it sends an emergency notification on your behalf, which matters most in exactly the situation where you cannot reach a phone. Cardo enable it region by region, so it is worth checking your own is on the list.

Sound, and why 45 mm matters

45 mm JBL speakers, the largest Cardo fit to anything. Speaker diameter is most of what separates intercoms once you are moving: a bigger driver moves more air, which is how you hear a conversation over wind at highway speed without pushing the volume into distortion.

Mesh, not pairing

Dynamic Mesh Communication builds the group itself. Up to 31 riders, and when somebody drops out of range the network closes around them and re-joins them when they return - nobody stops to re-pair. That is the whole argument for mesh over Bluetooth for group riding.

Built to be left on the helmet

IP67, so rain, snow and washdowns are a non-event, and Auto On/Off means it wakes when you do. The matte black shell is the least conspicuous unit Cardo make.

Fitting it to your helmet

The Air Mount is a magnetic plate that fits any helmet - you install it yourself at home, no tools beyond what is in the box and no helmet modification. The unit then snaps to the plate. Cardo's own accessories for the Edge and Pro use this mount; the Neo's clickable cradle is a different part and the two do not interchange.

Talking to other units and other brands

Cardo to Cardo, modern Dynamic Mesh units find each other and join the same mesh. Older Cardo Bluetooth units connect by standard pairing instead, and G and Q units need to be put into phone-pairing mode first. Other brands - Sena, Midland and the rest - connect too, but over universal Bluetooth: that rider is held as a one-to-one link, much like a phone connection, rather than joining the mesh. A mixed group works, it just does not self-heal the way an all-Cardo group does.

It works where your phone does not

The intercom needs no cellular coverage and no data. It is a direct radio link between units, so it keeps working in the places that matter - a valley, a range, anywhere the phone has dropped out.

In the box

One headset, with its mount, speakers and microphone.

Key features

• Built-in crash detection with automatic emergency notification
• 45 mm JBL speakers - the largest in Cardo's range
• 2nd generation Dynamic Mesh Communication, up to 31 riders
• IP67 waterproof
• Auto On/Off
• Natural Voice operation - hands-free, no button
• Over-the-air software updates