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Motorcycle
Mar Orts Interview for October Breast Cancer Awareness Month
From finding healing through motorcycling to bringing riders together for breast cancer awareness, Mar Orts is turning her personal story into a mission through the Cardo Ride Rosewood Challenge.

Motorcycle
Experience Every Road with Cardo at EICMA 2026
EICMA 2026 is almost here, and Cardo is bringing the full world of rider communication to Milan.

Motorcycle
Ride Together. Give Together.
Meet Rosewood, a limited edition PACKTALK EDGE created for a greater cause.

Off-Road
Best Intercom for UTV & Side-by-Side Riding
A UTV intercom solves the one thing that kills group rides fast: nobody can hear anyone. Cardo builds two units for off-road crews, the Packtalk Edge ORV and the Edgephones ORV, both running the sa...

Outdoor
How Long Do Ski Helmets Last? Expert Guide to Life Expectancy & Care
A ski or snowboard helmet is one of the most essential pieces of safety gear for anyone hitting the slopes. Whether you're carving turns in Colorado or exploring backcountry trails in Europe, weari...

Outdoor
Cardo Packtalk Outdoor: The Complete Ski & Snow Guide
Packtalk Outdoor is Cardo's dedicated communication system for skiing, snowboarding, and other outdoor sports, built to mount on a ski helmet instead of a motorcycle helmet. It connects up to 15 ri...

Outdoor
What to Wear Under a Ski Helmet
The short answer is no; you don't have to wear anything under a ski helmet. Most helmets offer enough insulation on their own. However, if you want extra warmth or moisture-wicking on colder days, ...

Motorcycle
5 Things to Consider Before Choosing a Dirt Bike Communication System
Five factors decide which dirt bike communication system suits you: how easy it is to control mid-ride, how well it survives mud and impact, whether it fits your helmet, how clear the audio stays a...

Motorcycle
TRADE IN YOUR OLD COMMS. RIDE WITH PACKTALK (US ONLY)
Upgrading your communication system just got easier. With Cardo Trade-In, your current communication system can help you save on a new PACKTALK. Whether you’ve been riding with Cardo for years or y...

Outdoor
7 Cool Ski Gear Accessories You'll Actually Use
More people are using ski tech than ever before, and digital gear is a growing part of that as more skiers and snowboarders realize the benefits of staying connected on the slopes. These seven acce...

Off-Road
How Should Your Cardo Venture Helmet Fit
Venture combines a lightweight composite shell, 4-density impact foam, LEATT's 360° Turbine Technology, integrated Mesh communication, and Sound by JBL. But none of that works as intended if the he...

Motorcycle
Mesh Boost - More Riders. More Adventures. More Stories to Tell.
For years, Cardo's Dynamic Mesh Communication (DMC) technology has helped riders stay connected through those moments. Not because technology is the destination, but because great communication mak...

Off-Road
Summer Touring Setup: The Gear That Keeps Long Rides Connected
Summer is when the good roads open up: a week across the mountains, a coast run with friends, the kind of miles you plan all winter for. Long days in the saddle ask more of your gear than a Sunday ...

Outdoor
What Is Easier: Skiing or Snowboarding?
Planning your first trip to the slopes and wondering whether to pick up skis or strap into a board?
While both offer an incredible winter adrenaline rush, their learning curves couldn't be more dif...

Motorcycle
Group Ride Communication 101: How Motorcycle Intercoms Actually Work
Somewhere around 40 mph the wind turns your helmet into a wall of noise, and the friend riding two bikes back might as well be on another continent. You wave a hand signal nobody sees. You miss the...

Motorcycle
Best Motorcycle Bluetooth Intercoms in 2026: A Rider's Buying Guide
Picking a helmet communication system gets simple once you know which specs matter for the way you ride. Six factors decide it: how riders connect, how far that connection holds, how many people ca...

Motorcycle
The Complete Guide to Motorcycle Brands
Every rider has a brand that feels like home. Some chase the precision of German engineering, others want the rumble of an American V-twin under them on a Sunday morning. The bike you love says as ...

Motorcycle
Show Us Your #BestRideEver and Win $1,500 in Cardo Store Credit
Every rider has that one ride they’ll never forget. This summer, we want to hear yours.

Motorcycle
Dirt Bike Riding for Beginners: The Ultimate Guide
Like most hobbies, you need to develop some skills on a dirt bike in order to have fun and be safe. The learning curve can seem steep initially, but the basics are actually easy enough to master, a...

Motorcycle
BEYOND Wins a Red Dot Award: What It Means for the Helmet You'll Be Wearing
BEYOND just picked up a Red Dot Award. If you're not familiar with the name, Red Dot is one of the design world's toughest juries, and getting past them takes more than a helmet that looks sharp on...

Outdoor
Best Communication System for Skiing and Snowboarding
The Cardo PACKTALK OUTDOOR is the communication system built for the mountain, linking up to 15 skiers or snowboarders on a self-healing mesh network with JBL audio, glove-free voice control, IP67 ...

Motorcycle
Motorcycle Helmet Speakers: 40mm vs 45mm JBL, Explained
Most Cardo units run JBL speakers built into the intercom system. The Packtalk Pro uses 45mm JBL speakers, the largest in the lineup, while the Packtalk Edge, Packtalk Neo, and Freecom 4X all run 4...

Motorcycle
Cardo PACKTALK EDGE Review
Twelve months, two tours, and one wet British winter later, here's how the Cardo PACKTALK EDGE really performs on battery, audio, group mesh, and durability, and whether it's worth choosing over th...

Motorcycle
Packtalk Neo vs. Edge: What's the Difference?
The Packtalk Neo and Packtalk Edge run the same 15-rider 2nd Generation DMC mesh, the same range, the same 40mm JBL speakers, and the same 13-hour battery. The Edge adds three things the Neo doesn'...







