Bought my Neotec 3 from TBC in September last year, PFS carried out by Steve along with an install of the SRL3 comms. By no means cheap but touring every year day on day comfort and utility are important.
I have to say that this helmet has exceeded my expectations. I had heard of niggles from early adopters but with mine I have no issues. It's wonderfully quiet and supremely comfortable day after day. The venting is OK (though will be buying the mesh chin shield next time I visit). You certainly notice if vents are left open and you enter a tunnel or ride in colder conditions having left them open, so I guess it's good to adequate. The helmet could be better in this regard. A flip up, and one that is legal on the move, is a revelation to me. Opening it at town speeds in hot weather is quite literally a breath of fresh air, the flip down sun visor is useful to keep your eyes protected when doing this and great at mitigating bright sun too.
The SRL3 comms are a neat solution. I've had the Sena 10U in my previous GT Air and this is an evolution. On this years 2,500 mile tour to the Dolomites we all had Sena Mesh of one flavour or another and it worked well. The one issue is that of battery life when compared with the regular Bluetooth Bike-to-Bike. The latter would last for a full day of riding. Mesh on the other hand, for the SRL3 at least, needed charging at lunchtime to last 09:30 to 17:00. This is annoying as the two other riders, one with a Sena Spider RT1 and the other using a 10U along with a Sena +Mesh adapter didn't have this problem. It seems the capacity of the SRL3 battery isn't sufficient for more than about 5 hours. One thing that helped extend the battery life was switching off my mic with, IIRC, a 2 sec press of the Mesh button.
