Bluetooth car kit. Factory fitted, or whats the alternative?

nigem

Planning to buy a new car. There is a factory fitted choice for about £350, but i wondered if anyone had any experience, good or bad, with the various alternatives. I dont want an earpiece type though.

molerat

A lot depends on the car, the more complex the car the more difficult to fit but at £350 factory option I think a mass market model.

Parrots start at under £100 fitted or visor mounted from around £30, fully fitted are obviously superior to visor mounts. Replacement radios with bluetooth are also available for under £100.

Hammyman

I have a Clarion CD Radio with Bluetooth and I've had the Sony range as well. They both work well.

goldspanners

if you don't go for the OEM built in unit get a parrot fitted, they can be supplied and fitted for around £100 and work very well. all it means is you will need to have a small box fitted on to your new dashboard.

Kilty_2

Parrot kits are awesome however I'd try out the OEM kit in a demonstrator car if you can, and if it works well, pay the extra for it. Having a tidy dashboard is well worth the extra money.

kwaks

Agreed the parrots are good.

Though I simply replaced my stereo with one that gave me dvd/tv/bluetooth/gps/sd card reader/sat nav all for less than 200

Radsteral

had a nokia fited on my mercedess but every body complained of double sound... parrot 150 fited and its great