NSO BH51M

"The helmet is very good, comfortable, and the sound quality is excellent. The only thing is that I would like you to add the option to keep the lights on steady, without them constantly flashing. I ride in areas with no lighting and I would feel safer. This is also a comment I have seen often."

Great upgrade and the sound quality is far superior to the previous model.

It fits so comfortable.

New JBL BH51m NEO helmet, just out of the package
Initial findings
The helmet gives an impression of quality
The magnetic loop is a plus
Only drawback I have found for the moment, the inability to change the battery without destroying the helmet.

I had the predecessor and sold it for its bad audio quality. This upgrade with the JBL tuned speakers is almost perfect. Two things that need improvement though:

1.) hardware design: the speaker modules are glued in place and contact is made by tiny spring-pins. If the helmet gets a shock, like when dropped, those become slightly lose with the effect, that pairing with the phone becomes almost impossible. It was very hard to figure that out. But it's real and reproducible.

2.) software: the app connection keeps being a problem. It sometimes gets better and then some update seems to be making it worse again. Then i need to check for issue Nr. 1 as pointed out above and mostly it's not that, it's just the software acting up. This has been pretty consistent over the last 3 Android iterations and for shits and giggles, I've also tested this on old phones i have here with Android 9 and 7. Same issues with the app.

Apart from those flaws I've had nothing but good times riding and listening to music and even talking on the phone (wind noise reduction is astonishingly good). Thanks for a really great product! I really love the helmet!