Yes, we had quite a few to go thru!
(Page now arranged by 'most recent' info /
postings first)
3/11/2022 So the
LG HBS-910® has been chugging along since August of 2016, albiet with some
help from multiple applications of SuperGlue ("Bob's" brand from Hobby Town,
which is the only one to get IMO), some shrink tubing and vinyl electrical
tape. I recently purchased the LG "Tone Style" / "HBS-SL5" as a back-up (and
from Sams Club they were only about $65.00 USD. The power switch is a 'press
and hold' instead of the 'slide' switch that the LG HBS-910® has (I prefer
the 'slide' switch). The ear bud wires are thicker, thus don't retract quite
as 'slickly' as the thinner wires of the HBS-910 do, and the sound thru the
ear buds is has less 'top end' and the sound is somewhat 'distant' in
character. Everyone seems to be able to hear me decently and the sonics on
their end has not had any complaints. I am starting to get complaints from
people that I sound 'muffled' (no, I still have most of my teeth thank-you),
so I took a needle and cleaned some debris out of the two, small, microphone
ports (probably not a good idea, but nothing to loose). I'm now gathering
opinions as to how it sounds now. I have a new, "iPhone 13 Pro" on order,
which should be here in a couple days, so will be pairing both of the above
models up with it. I'm thinking of getting whatever model is the replacement
for the HBS-910....but first, I have to add some more Super-Glue to my
existing set as more cracks have developed in the plastic.
I can tell you that as far as the HBS-910 goes, it does
sound good for conversation and for music. The battery can last certainly
many hours and could probably go days with normal use between charges. Once
on the charger, there's a 3-stage light to indicate the 'charging status'.
'Red' for 'Low', 'Purple' for 'Medium' and 'Blue' for 'High' or charged.
Also when you power the unit up, it will verbally state (thru the ear buds)
the 'charge status, "High", "Medium" or "Low". I've never had it state
"Low", but when it states "Medium" and you plug it in the LED will be
'Red'. They HBS-910 and the HBS-SL5 both charge up fairly fast, and if you
simple need a bit of a 'top up', that's typically very fast (less than 15 or
20 minutes will probably give you a day of usage). Both units utilize a
standard USB charger with a micro-USB plug.
8/18/2016 I knew I would jinx it by writing the
last post about how the LG-HBS-900® 'ear bud wires' had not had an issue for
almost a year. Well, a month later, one of the ear buds / speakers developed an
intermittent connection at the point where the wire enters the ear piece 'body'
(which is where one would expect it to start to fail, and yes, it was the 'most used side' as in I pretty much
exclusively use the right ear piece). I tried yesterday to use and become
accustomed to the 'left ear' speaker / use, but 'that ain't gonna work'. So, it
was off to Best Buy® to get another, but knowing that it was a year since I
bought the LG HBS-900®, I was confident that it was likely 'new and improved' (which
usually means 'new and we found a way to make it cheaper'). I was correct. The
LG HBS-900® is now replaced with the LG HBS-850® "Active", but my local Best Buy®
only had it in 'blue', and I just wasn't into that. I decided to 'bump up' to
the HBS-910® "Infinim®" model. It was $30 or $40. more, but was avail in black.
I looked at the LG HBS-1100® "Platinum", but neither the HK 'Signature Sound'
speakers in the Infinim®, nor the HK® "Platinum Sound" w/ 24 BIT HI-FI sound
with LG 'G5®' was of any interest to me, as my use is not for listening to music
thru them, but for 'phone conversations' with customers. Again, I only 'stepped
up' to the 'Infinim® HBS-910®' because they had 'black' in stock. Another
'turn-off' for me with the HBS-850® 'Active' was that it was made in China. Yes,
the 'Infinim® and Platinum' are not made in USA, of course (they're made in
Vietnam) but at least NOT China. Sorry, but it's 'my soapbox' and I'm standing
firmly on it. Anyway, out of the box, the LG HBS-910® was fully charged,
connected as soon as powered up and worked immediately. HOWEVER, and this is
obviously just my opinion, and YES, I get 'set in my ways', they moved the 'call
answer' button from the top, to the side of the unit. WHY???? On the 'HBS-900®'
you could simply press 'down' on a 'big' button, located on the front / top
surface to answer the call, with one finger. Now it's a very small, rectangular,
tab on the side that you need to squeeze inward with two fingers. I'll get
accustomed to it, but it worked better before. Also, all the other 'furniture'
is moved around. If you haven't had one before, not a big deal, but for anyone
moving up in model, it's a hassle to re-figure out. I've cut off a few, fairly
important business calls by trying to increase or decrease the volume, because
the 'call answer / hang-up / call end' button is now in it's position. Also to
increase the volume on the old one, you would press one button for 'volume up',
and one for down. The new one requires you to slide a button up or down, that
one is very 'low profile' and two doesn't move very much, which makes it hard to
tell if you're actually moving the correct control. I have VERY short finger
nails, which makes it doubly hard to manipulate. Other than all of that, the LG
HBS-910® V1.0 seems to be very similar in build quality, construction, weight
and function to the previous model, the LG HBS-900®.
On a different note, I purchased the extended warranty
on the HBS-900®'s from Best Buy®, which extended the original warranty to two
years. It was cheap, and in my opinion, an extended warranty is a good idea on
something as fragile & vulnerable to damage as a blue tooth headset. Also the
ratio of the cost of the warranty compared to the cost of the item makes sense
(I have always purchased the extended warranty on bluetooth headsets and have
had to use it EVERY TIME, and in some cases multiple times), which brings
me to this. Best Buy has now started exhausting the warranty once used,
regardless of when the unit fails in relationship to the original length of the
extended warranty. In other words, my HBS-900® failed a year and a month after
purchase. I didn't get a prorating / credit for the remaining 11 months towards
a new warranty on the new unit. They said they considered the warranty
'fulfilled' with a full credit of the product back towards the new purchase. I
suppose that's one way to look at it, but not sure I agree. I'm also not sure
that's what my original extended paperwork stated, but it was so little money
(like about nine bucks if I remember right) that it wasn't worth looking into.
Well, we'll see how this one (the LG HBS-910® 'Infinim®'
fares...
7/19/2016
OK, so it's been almost a year, and for some weird reason, the LG HBS-900®'s are
still functioning fine! The 'thread' sized wire hasn't broken, the wire
'retract' mechanisms still work fine, battery life is still good (can get a
couple days of conversation out of them between charges if I so choose), the
charge connector still functions with no loose / intermittent connectors, both
ear pieces sound fine, the mic works. I just can't believe the small ear bud
wires haven't broken. I probably just jinxed it by writing this...
7/28/2015
So I couldn't wait and go thru another day of poor performance from the HBS-760®,
but in the interest of 'fairness', I decided to stick with LG® and try the
version a 'couple steps up', the LG HBS-900®, with the 'Harman Kardon®' drivers. I
am primarily utilizing a bluetooth headset for 'phone conversations', so I
couldn't imagine that the lowest end / OEM drivers wouldn't / shouldn't be
sufficient. The TOPL drivers do sound better, but again, for conversation, I
can't imagine they should make much of a difference (and I have sold audio gear
'for a living' for the past 30 years). They do sound better. Much better. Did I
have a 'less than par' pair of HBS-760®'s...? Maybe I should have tried another
pair...
Regardless, after a couple days of usage on the LG
HBS-900's, I am not getting the complaints about sounding 'distant',
'digitized', 'reverb'ie', 'muffled' etc, and I'm asking folks, randomly how I
sound. One thing I notice is that the microphone is in a different position
(closer to my mouth) on the body of the LG HBS-900®. The controls, etc are the
same as the LG HBS-760®. The 'retractable' ear-buds / cords seem to work fine, but
my limited knowledge of 'physics' leads me to believe that the mechanism will
not likely last long, nor will the VERY think leads / cords / wires. They are
even thinner than the thin wires on the HBS-760®. I am guessing they have silk or
Kevlar running the length of the cable, within the wire jacket, but
none-the-less, wires that thin, don't typically last very long. In the interest
of getting as much 'mileage' out of them as possible, I leave the 'out' (not
retracted) most of the time. They do tend to get tangled in my sunglasses leash,
seat belt etc, but that's kind of the 'nature of the beast'.
As far as comfort goes, they are marvelous. I forget they're around my neck, or
in my ear. I can hear fine with only one inserted, btw. I am also not 'jazzed'
about the charging system / port of the either the HBS-900® or the HBS-760®, as
while it's a very 'tight / snug' fitting, 'micro-USB' jack, I know that over
time, it will get loose. I like the magnetically attached / contact only type
charging jacks / plugs as they 'live longer'. I can get the charging port door /
cover off with very short to 'no fingernails' however, as I could with the
HBS-760®. That was kind of a 'deal breaker' on the Samsung® 'Circle Gear®' I tried,
but may give it another go as well.
I am not completely sold on this one yet, as haven't had enough comments back
from folks on the other end of phone calls yet, so will probably try out some
other models before I settle on one. I'll keep you posted....
7/27/2015
Ok, first day of utilizing the LG HBS-760® 'Tone', around the neck headset. I can
hear 'audio programs' thru them such as news and music and 'streaming radio
stations'. The controls work well. The LG HBS-760® paired easily to my iPhone...HOWEVER,
pretty much everyone who has called in has complained that it's hard to hear me.
Some calls came in while I was in a 'retail store' and a couple others when I
was in a restaurant (fast food type) so it was a bit noisy. The folks that
called in while I was in the restraint said they had a very hard time 'hearing
me' / understanding me, and I had a hard time with them as well. I did some test
calls with employees and they both said that the 'sonics' was ok, but that any
ambient noise (radio in background, voices, wind etc. came thru 'loud-n-clear'
as well). The sound of 'incoming calls' has a 'comb filtering' / 'flanger'
effect to them thru the speakers (when using both). For conversation, they seem
very 'thin' without much punch / low-end, which I realize I don't want a lot for
'spoken word / voice', but these are VERY THIN sounding. I have never had a unit
get so many complaints, so quickly. I'll give it another day, but if I determine
the issues are with the headset, I'll be returning it to make another change.
7/25/2015
So a few folks I know have the LG HBS-760® 'Tone' and various other versions of
the 'around the neck' Bluetooth headsets. I am interested in getting the
'transmitter / receive' part of the headset away from my head as I've heard some
fairly compelling evidence of potential contributions to brain cancer / tumors
by close proximity radio waves (my grandfather died of brain cancer, so I'm also
a bit 'gun shy').
2/26/2015
I am 'breaking' a lot of ear clips on the Jawbone Prime® Bluetooth headsets as
they are so 'fragile' where they enter into the body of the headset. Plus I'm 'hard' on them as
I keep putting them in my pocket. They will pretty much break every time doing
that. I ordered a few backups of a couple different varieties of the ear clips.
2/26/2015
Dug out one of the many Jawbone Prime® Bluetooth headsets I have. They are my
current 'fall back'. I am 'breaking' a lot of ear clips, so ordered a few
backups of a couple different varieties.
2/25/2015
Got lots of snow here. Guess what fell out, likely landing in snow somewhere,
not to be found again. Arghhhhh. The Bose headset. It had been falling out multiple times a day. I
had not changed the clip from the 'middle' one (it came with 'small', 'med' and
'large', with the 'med' already installed). I should have tried the other clips,
but didn't. Oh well, no one to blame but me. Now they aren't made anymore (not
sure why) and there doesn't seem to be a replacement in the works.
1/2015
Got the
'Bose®'
Bluetooth®
Headset. Paired with the iPhone 6®
instantly with no glitches. Sonically great,
both on the monitor (speaker) and the mic aspects. No delay for caller on the
other end. Controls work fine. I can monitor / listen to audio programs on my
phone as well. I'm concerned that it's going to be falling out, even though
multiple Bose sales people / users assure me it stays in fine.
1/2015
So I've noticed a bit of an issue with the 'Sliver'. The 'body' is rather large,
behind my ear. So much so, that's my ear has started getting a 'falling asleep'
feeling, and I feel the headset back there, even when it's not. I'm gonna go
switch to the Bose bluetooth headset, although I'm worried about it not staying
in my ear as it has an 'in ear clip' instead of one that surrounds the back of
the ear.
12/2014
YEA!!!! FINALLY GOT AN iPhone®. Don't plan on 'Look'in back'. Now I have a 'REAL
CAMERA' do doing 'snapshots' / vacation photos, and quick videos. YES, I've done
lots of comparisons with the photo quality of Android phone cameras, with
different versions of iPhones, and so far the iPhone® has always been better in
all the aspects I can notice...hands down!
2/24/14
So my Motorola®
HZ750 / 'Elite Sliver®'
still doesn't give me a 'voice prompt' as to the number that is
calling. I have tried a number of menus on the phone to address it, but still
doesn't give me the 'voice prompt' of the number that is calling, nor even a
'ring' tone in the headset. All I get is one voice prompt stating I have an
incoming call. I get not ring tone, nor even a tone when I 'connect'. It did
give me a 'caller ID' name, once or twice, when that was available, but isn't
consistent with that (actually only did it the 3rd or 4th day, a couple times,
and hasn't done it since, and the call is from someone who calls a few times
daily) If anybody knows EXACTLY what's
going on, feel free to contact me with the solution...
I'll post more as necessary...
1/10/14
So yesterday my Motorola®
HZ750 / 'Elite Sliver®'
developed an issue with NOT 'turning on' when 'twisted'. It would try to power
up, but then the 'voice prompt' would cut out about half way through. I tried
're-booting' the phone numerous times, disconnecting and re-connecting, and
finally had to 'throw in the towel' as a bad headset. Fortunately, when we
purchased it, we also purchased Best Buys 'extended warranty' (I wouldn't often
recommend extended warranties on gear, unless it's something that is exposed to
more strenuous use or situations that are more likely to stress it, AND the
warranty does not exclude likely issues, AND it's a reasonable percentage of the
replacement cost-vs-risk (and Cell phone headsets are high risk of damage
items)).
I knew that there was a new version of my
Motorola®
HZ750 / 'Elite Sliver®'
called the Motorola 'Elite Sliver-II'. I also went with the intentions of
considering the 'Bose®'
Bluetooth®
Headset, but I really like the ergonomics of the Motorola®
Sliver®
design, didn't want the larger 'body' of the Bose®,
didn't really like the ear clip design when compared to the Motorola®
Sliver®,
and most of all didn't want that BIG 'Bose®'
label on the side of my head (I have heard positive feedback on the Bose
Bluetooth Headset however from some users).
So we took our original receipt with the broken Motorola Sliver and much to my
pleasant surprise, the Best Buy®
customer service rep was completely amiable and made the swap for the new one
'painless'. I also purchased another 2 year 'extended' warranty on the new
Motorola®
Sliver-II®.
So far I can say that it has a slightly larger body (not really jazzed about
that part), and they added a 'micro-USB' port as an alternate way to charge it
(still utilizes the charging case, although they are not interchangeable as
again, the 'bodies' are different size and the original has 4 contact points,
and the Motorola®
Sliver-II®
has 3). Hopefully the new one will have all the sound quality aspects
(meaning that the speaker was sufficiently loud (at least for me, and I need it
pretty loud), callers didn't complain about my voice as they did with others),
and the 'range / distance' that the original had as I was commonly able to walk
away as much as 50-70 feet from my phone, and into different rooms. One thing I
don't like is that it doesn't give me a 'voice prompt' as to the number that is
calling. I have tried a number of menus on the phone to address it, but will
continue to try....
...1/12/14 Ok, so after a couple of days of trying to get the 'voice prompts' of
the 'incoming phone call number', I've not been able to get the Motorola®
'Elite Sliver-II®'
to do that. Yes, I've read the headset owners / users manual. The headset 'says'
that that feature is turned on, but it doesn't state the number when a call
comes in. It also doesn't 'ring' in the headset. The only indication I get
through the headset is a voice prompt indicating 'an incoming call'. It doesn't
even 'beep', 'peep', 'burp' or anything when I connect, so I just have to wait a
moment or so to 'say "hello"'. I'll keep working with it and see if there's some
'buried menu' on my
'Motorola® 'Bionic™' / Android format
phone that needs to be addressed (but I think I've done all that I can with the
phone...other than trash it for an iPhone (can't wait!)). And yes, I've
re-booted the phone, including removing the battery. The only thing I haven't
tried since re-booting / removing battery is 'disconnecting' the headset and
then 're-connecting'. I'll give that a go, but if anybody knows EXACTLY what's
going on, feel free to contact me with the solution...
I'll post more as necessary...
11/15/13
Just FYI. So I had mentioned that the silicone 'elbow' of the Motorola®
HZ750 / 'Elite Sliver®'
developed a fairly sever crack, so much so that eventually it was pretty much
all the way through. I put a small amount of 'Super Glue' on the split and it
has held perfectly. It's now been about 3 months since I glued it, and it's
still 'Crack Free' (oh,....if we could only say that about everybody)
8/13/13
Ok, there's a bit of a 'glitch' in the 'love affair' with my Motorola®
HZ750 / 'Elite Sliver®'. The
silicone 'elbow' has developed a fairly sever crack over the past couple days
and probably won't be 'much longer for this world'. Also, so far it's a minor
thing, but the jack in the case where the charger attaches has become pretty
loose, and if you move it while plugged in, it will likely disconnect. A minor
issue, and frankly most of those 'micro-USB' connectors seem to be pretty
anemic. That is just one of the aspects of quality and longevity I've noticed
Apple®
products seem to 'have a handle on'. Their chargers generally attach to their
products with parts and in a fashion that doesn't wear our or has very minimal
possibilities to wear. I will probably be replacing my Motorola®
Elite Sliver®
with another of the same model, as it's performance has been superior.
6/21/13 I'm
in love!...With my newest
Bluetooth®
headset. My Plantronics® 'Voyager Pro®' just
had it's microphone die on 6-19-13. To try and find a replacement, I went
through my collection of surplus headsets and realized that I am reaching the
'bottom of the barrel', so instead of rummaging thru the rest, I decided to look
at some 'new' ones. My wife (with whom I'm also in love with, so it's not just a
'headset thang') suggested I try her
Motorola® Bluetooth® Headset,
the Motorola® HZ750®, aka the Motorola 'Elite Sliver'
(not Motorola® Elite 'Silver'®), that she had been using on
her iPhone 5®. I agreed, but had some time to kill, so did a bit of 'pre-window
shopping' first.
First I went to Radio Shack (nearest to warehouse) and their selection topped
out at about $70 (at least at that time, and for that store). Probably the most
'top end' they had in stock was the 'Jabra® Extreme-2®, part #
100-95500000-02'
and the Plantronics® 'Voyager Legend®' (the replacement for the Voyager Pro® that I
already didn't like as I had a few of those and they were, in my opinion, too
bulky. I also didn't like the button configuration, but it looks like they may
have improved that on the 'Voyager Legend').
I then went to Best Buy (was not looking forward to that, but actually DID WANT
to hear about what they had for an extended warranty, as I'm a heavy user of a
Bluetooth®
headset). They had a 'higher-end'
selection including the
Motorola HZ750, aka the
Motorola® 'Elite Sliver®', a couple of Jawbones (not a big fan as I'm not smart
enough to locate the 'magical areas' on them to press to do stuff), and 2 or 3
by Bose® (not of fan of most anything from Bose®, they were large with a HUGE
'BOSE®' insignia on the body of them. Sorry, but NO WAY!) Then I went to
the Verizon® Store a couple blocks down the street. They had the best selection
with all that Best Buy had, plus a couple others. Went back home empty handed,
but knew the next day I would be trying out my wife's Motorola HZ750® /
'Elite Sliver®' headset. WOW...I LOVE IT!!! Why? 1) It's has more than sufficient
speaker / earpiece volume, 2) It has sufficient and clear mic pick-up and volume
for the person on the other end, 3) 'Pairing', at least with my
'Motorola® 'Bionic™' / Android
format phone is essentially 'AUTOMATIC'. All I did was turn it on, which is done
by simply 'twisting' the unit at it's mid-point, 4) It connects automatically
every morning by simply turning on with the 'twist thing'. 5) It has 'voice
prompts to tell you how much battery life is left, when it's connected and when
you walk away far enough to disconnect, and prompts you with what number is
calling so you don't have to look at your phone's screen (something that my last two 'Plantronics®' didn't have), 6) it uses a
very durable design for charging (no stressed, plastic parts going in and out
every day (unless you unplug the entire storage case)), 7) There doesn't seem to
be any parts that overtime will wear out or break from flexion, stress, strain
etc (that aspect will remain to be seen), 8) It's comfortable, at least for my
ear (this is not really a negative or positive and should really not be in any
review as everyone's ears are shaped differently, so what is 'comfortable' for
one doesn't necessarily work for another person, but regardless, I like it). 9)
IT JUST WORKS!!!
There are other cool things such as the 'prompt voice'
tone and the 'extra charge storing case' (charges when you put the headset back
in it's case).
This was one of the more expensive models of the
available lot. I DON'T CARE! I have gone thru so many over the years, and a long
time ago learned not to purchase most things because they are the cheapest, and
that logic definitely applies to a
Bluetooth®
headset. Since this one came from Best
Buy, and we purchased the extended warranty on it, I'll use it and my wife
ordered another from Amazon to replace it for her self. I'll keep you posted
with any issues and with it's ultimate life span or any phone changes / upgrades
I make with it.
5/20/13 Just a
'rant' by the way and off the topic of 'blue-tooth' headsets. So I've had my
'Motorola® 'Bionic™' / Android format phone for about a year and a half now. I
was pretty much 'sorry' I didn't go with an iPhone® a few days after I got it
for many reasons, but the primary one being that the iPhone® is simply MUCH MORE
intuitive on pretty much every level, but certainly basic operations and
navigation of it's screens, operations and apps. Another reason is the built-in
camera. Now first of all, phone cameras are generally 'novel' at best, when
comparing to even one of the lower priced digital 'real' cameras, but due to
their convenience, they have become the 'go to' camera for most folks, including
more often than I like to admit myself. That 'convenience factor' has led the
market to become complacent and now RELY on them and refer to them in
conversations like they are indeed, 'real cameras'. Sorry, but they're NOT
(doesn't matter how many 'bazillion megapixels' they have, when the lens is the
size of a 'period' the photos aren't going to be that great. Just simple
physics). Having said that, last night I wanted to take a photo of kids playing
inside. I first used my
'Motorola® 'Bionic™' and it resulted in it's typical
'grainy, crappy' resolution. So I asked my wife to hand me her iPhone 5® to use
'before the moment passed' (again, a good application of the 'convenience factor
of the camera phone') and it looked WAAAYYY better!!! Our friend said, "well my
Android is '8-Megapixel' and takes great photos!" (mine is '8-Megapixel' as
well, which again, DOESN'T MATTER WHEN THE LENS IS SO SMALL ON A CELL PHONE
ANYWAY), so I shot the same
scene with his (one of the newest Samsung's) and we compared all three photos.
The photo on his was the same 'grainy, crappy' resolution as on my Android
Bionic™, just 'tinted' slightly different (neither rendered very true colors to
what we were actually seeing in the room. The iPhone 5® was also much truer to
the actual colors). The iPhone® also 'fires' and captures photos much quicker,
as well as loads the camera app WAY faster in the first place to catch 'fleeting
shots'. Now there may be some settings that could be done on the phones to
'improve' the results, but all three were 'out of the box' as far as the
settings go, and frankly, I don't think there are any settings to address the
results we got.
Hey, just the results of my very 'unscientific' experiment.
5/20/13
So over the past few months my
wife acquired an iPhone 5® and then paired it with a Motorola Bluetooth Headset,
the Motorola HZ750, aka the Motorola 'Elite Sliver'. It's comfortable to wear,
unobtrusive (relatively small), and she likes the 'in case' charging capability
as the 'case' has a 'reserve power supply' for an emergency charge. Sonically,
it seems to be 'all around' adequate for both the user and the person on the
other end. I doesn't really sound any different than being on the phone
'handset' microphone. It has ample volume and NO perceptible echo for either
party. Easy to turn-on (just twist after taken from it's case / charging dock)
and is 'automatically' ready to go, without 'jumping through any hoops'.
1/20/12 So I
finally got a new phone. It's an Android™ type product, the 'Motorola® 'Bionic™'.
I chose the Android format, as my wife has an iPhone® already and I wanted to
see how current and future changes that we make to this site look on both
formats. Also, it seemed like the inability to change the battery on the iPhone
format was a 'deal-breaker' for me. In hindsight, I wish I had also gotten an
iPhone® , as the 'Android' format is too much of a 'frontier' / rogue format. My
impression is that there are 'too many chef's' involved in both product and app
development with only a few of them 'playing off the same page', where-as the
Apple products and apps are all vetted thru Apple and all 'play well together'
(but all of that's for a different rant).
So how does the Android, 'Motorola® 'Bionic™' work with the Plantroics Bluetooth
headset?...
So far with the Android I have used only the Plantronics® , 'Voyager 520™'
Bluetooth headset. I wanted to use the 'Jawbone 2', but after trying about 30
times to get it back into 'pairing' mode (after using it with my LG 'Fusic'
phone, I gave up (I'll try it or another one later). For now, the Plantronics
Voyager 520 has been doing well. With this Motorola Bionic phone, I simply pull
the Plantronics Voyager 520 headset off the charger in the morning, and once the
phone is 'awakened', press / hold the 'call answer' button on the headset for
about a second and let it connect to the phone (then 'kill' it on the phone).
After that, I seem to have no issues throughout the day (meaning from about 9AM
to about 7 or 8PM, constantly wearing it).
My wife has also started using a BlueTooth headset with her Apple iPhone 3G. She
is using the BlueAnt Z9i. So far she has been using it for about a week and a
half, and for just about all calls now. She has no complaints and actually likes
it. It is comfortable, has plenty of volume, a clear speaker and microphone and
is fairly small. I am also surprised at the sound quality of calls between the
two Bluetooth headsets, meaning calls from my Android, Motorola Bionic /
Plantronics Voyager 520 combo and her Apple iPhone 3G / BlueAnt Z9i. To me, the
call quality is as good as a phone with no headset, and that's hard for me to
admit.
Probably the next change / upgrade to be made will be the Apple iPhone 3G to the
iPhone 4S. Not because we have an inherent issue with that generation of the
iPhone, but we are switching her over to my Verizon plan, from her AT&T plan, as
AT&T does not have '4G' here (I thought I needed '4G' to allow my web site to
load or at least load faster, but frankly, I did a 'side-by-side' comparison in
the store on both 3G and 4G formats, with one of my largest pages, and there was
virtually no difference in load time, but I went with 4G anyway). Also, the
battery is dying on her iPhone 3G after about 5 years, so that, coupled with a
current deal they have for a decent trade credit on the old phone makes it a
good time to switch.
And the beat goes on....
11/16/11
I'm currently switching between the Jawbone 2 and the
Plantronics™
'Voyager 520'.
Here's my thoughts. Overall, I like them both. No, still not perfection, but
functional, reasonably dependable and for me comfortable to wear.
The
Plantronics™
'Voyager 520';
Pros; Does not 'disconnect' from the phone when charging overnight, so you don't
have to go thru any 'unique steps' to get the phone and headset working in the
morning
(first one I've had that seems to work that way. I don't even have to
're-pair' it when I've switched from a different headset. I simply turn off or
charge the other, and turn this one on). Charger to phone connection
seems to be of a 'durable' design, but that's only based on a couple months
usage. The headset does seem to get thru one of my 'typical' days of usage on a
single battery charge. As far as sonic performance, it does seem to get
sufficiently loud for me to hear (probably due to the shape of the
ear pad that 'guides' the sound), and I have had minimal complaints
about 'low volume', 'static' noises or environmental noises (I am
assuming this is due to the 'Noise Cancelling Mic' built-into it and the longer
design of the body, which gets the mic a bit closer to my mouth).
While this is a 'personal' aspect, it is tolerably comfortable for me to wear
throughout most of the day.
Cons; It does randomly 'disconnect' from my LG Fusic phone 2-4 times per day
(doesn't seem to be related to distance from the phone).
The 'timing' on the 'call answer' button seems to be a bit 'random' or
unorthodox, but I probably need to re-read the manual to get the exact sequence
down. I've cut off a couple of calls by either pressing it twice, not pressing
it sufficiently, or pressing it too long. Again, seems a bit random. One thing
I've learned with most of the headsets is to wait about 2 seconds after you
press the 'call answer' button to speak a greeting, or it seems that the first
words aren't heard.
Overall, it seems to be a 'usable' device that generates a sufficiently 'low
frustration' level and I would recommend it based on my experience. The
Plantronics™
'Voyager 520' Bluetooth® headset operates on Bluetooth® v2.0 / HSP
1.1 & hands-free HFP 1.5 profiles.
The 'Jawbone 2':
Pros;
Charger to phone connection is the most 'durable' design I've seen and
can't imagine a more durable one. It utilizes an internal magnet to hold the
headset charging contacts to the charger so there is no plug / jack / connector
to wear out (this is a big PLUS). I've never had
it randomly 'disconnect' from my LG Fusic phone. Does seem to pick-up well from
a distance, if I leave my phone on my desk and walk away (happens all the time).
As far as sonic performance, it does get sufficiently loud for me to hear,
in-fact it can get 'overly' loud at it's loudest setting (probably
due to the shape of the ear pad that seals / mates with the ear canal well),
and I have had minimal complaints about 'low volume', 'static' noises or
environmental noises (except don't touch the unit, while conversing
at it transmits very loud 'handling noise', but that would be a good policy with
any headset. Make adjustments for fit, between calls or just prior to answering
current incoming call). While this is a 'personal' aspect, it is
tolerably (very) comfortable for me to wear throughout most of the day.
Cons; Takes a bit to get used to the 'call answer' switch. It's so sleak due to
no external buttons showing, that you have to 'get used to' where to press on
the unit to answer a call. Not really a 'con' as once you're used to it, it's
fine.
The headset doesn't seem to get thru one of my 'typical' days of
usage on a single battery charge. If I've had a couple of 'longer calls' 20-40
minutes thru the day, it will usually start it's 'low battery' beep by about 3
in the afternoon. I keep a charger at work to top it back up (charges to full pretty quickly [20-40 min]).
To be fair, the
battery on this one is likely older, so I'll try another with a fresher battery.
That will probably 'fix' that issue.
Overall, it seems to be a 'usable' device / tool and I would recommend it based
on my experience. Waaayyy better than my experience with the original Jawbone
'Prime' model from a few years ago.
PS. Did I mention it looks 'Cool'?
For lots of Cool, Vintage Electronics, Stereo / Audio Gear,
Guitars, Old Microphones, Deco / Retro furniture, Lava Lamps, etc!
10/26/11
OK, finally we're back to trying more. After wearing out my last,
Motorola H500 / 505's about 3 months ago we have a new crop of
Bluetooth®
headsets
to try. Models such as the
BlueAnt Z9i, Jabra
BT-250v, BT-530, Jawbone icon, Jawbone
2, Motorola Motorokr S9-HD,
Plantronics™
Explorer
210, Explorer
230, Explorer 320,
Explorer 390, Voyager 520, Voyager 835, Voyager Pro and others.
12/24/08 Switched back to one of my
Motorola H500 / 505's about a year and a half ago. Other than losing one on a
golf course, they are still working and so far have been "trouble-free".
Unfortunately there is an entire new crop of
Bluetooth®
headsets out there, so
most of the models listed above are now obsolete. If I try any of the new
versions, I will post the results here. Until then....
The saga continues....
9/1/07 Interestingly today I spoke
saw a person with a Jawbone. He said he loved it in all respects and had had it
since April. He did not notice any "tinny" aspects to the sound as I and many of
the references on the web speak of. He did say that he had heard there were
"knock-offs" of it out there. I don't know if there's any truth or not to that.
I did not ask what phone he was using it with. He also said that his charger
fits well, but I didn't press him on that issue.
8/20/07 I also tried the
following two models in a Sprint Store. One was the Motorola "S9", Stereo
Bluetooth®
headset
and the
Plantronics™
"Discovery"
. We paired both up with my Fusic phone. The Motorola S9 did sound good to me,
but I test called 3 cell phones and they all could hear every thing in the
background to an extent that it interfered with my voice. I could actually hear
some of the background noise coming back through the speakers. Didn't seem very
"useable". The
Plantronics™
"Discovery" did better than the Motorola S9, and was
on par with most of the older Motorola models such as the 820, but only on par,
so why bother? It was comfortable. The Motorola S9 was not comfortable at all,
as it applied a lot of pressure inward, but I would assume that could have been
adjusted. It also 'bugged' me by always rubbing the back of my neck (and not in
a good 'massage type' way).
8/16/07 The "Jawbone 'PRIME'".
After waiting for month through backorders, I finally was able to find an
available Jawbone 'Prime', Bluetooth® headset for sale locally. Yeaaa!!! My
current Motorola H500 has been getting more frequent complaints on it's sound
quality from my incoming callers. I have been anticipating what was purported to
be a wireless, cell phone headset that "actually works". I had an acquaintance
that owned one that I placed a call to before and it sounded great on my end,
with no echo or background noise. Well, I now have mine connected to my LG, "Fusic"
phone (which I really like for lots of reasons).
We did some tests with it prior to taking customer orders, and I have to wonder,
"do the people who approve these headset designs, actually try them before they
send them to production"??? Have we become so "cheap Chinese product oriented"
that our only issue is, "how much money we can save on something" that we don't
care if a product actually works or not? I think as a whole, the average
consumer is of that mindset, so manufacturers are simply "following suit". They
push the envelope to see what "low quality level" consumers will accept by
continuing to vote with their spending dollars (or as few of their dollars as
possible), but that's another rant. Sorry, I digress.
Yes, it does a good job for the other end or "incoming caller", but the sound to
me is similar to the very early versions of Thomas Edisons', "Talking" machines,
and I don't mean the later, much improved "Victrola's" from the late 1920's thru
1930's. Those would sound like "Race Car Grade" Hi-Fi compared to this. I
dismissed that it was me, until I looked on line and saw multiple similar
opinions. Well, that and the fact that I am 20+ year veteran audio retailer. It
is so bad, that I am having to ask callers to repeat themselves many times. I am
so disappointed. I will keep experimenting with it for a few days, but at this
point it is pretty much "un-useable". Ugh!!!!
PS. As far as the distance it is able to operate from the phone, that is fine.
With my LG "Fusic", it has no issue going 30-75 feet. I can walk all over my
warehouse and into other rooms with no drops, just like with the Motorola
HC820's and HC500's. I read a lot of reviews about folks "dogging" this one and
others for fit. It isn't really fair to comment too harshly or positively on the
"fit", as peoples ears can be shaped quite differently and one that feels
terrible to one person, may feel like "there's nothing there" to another, so I
wouldn't place a lot of stock in negative reviews about comfort, until you've
worn one for a while. They are all likely going to feel foreign or uncomfortable
at first. I do have to say the Jawbone does come with a good assortment of "fit"
accessories for different ear shapes.
6/29/07 Just like the
previous HC820's I've had, this on started to distort on it's internal speaker
all the sudden. Distortion to the point that it is un-intelligible. Purchased a
new
H500 (6/29/07) with an exchange warranty and will rotate with my "old faithful"
H500. Folks are already remarking on how the new H500 is muffled sounding and
this one has the dreaded "echo" that callers had not experienced with my
previous Motorola H500's.
6/13/07 Found my old Motorola H500,
so returned the new one as it was not as good anyway. At the same time, a friend
loaned me their Motorola HC820
as they thought it would sound better than my
current one (my old H500). They said it did sound better.
6/10/07 Misplaced Motorola H500 and
had to buy a new one. This one does not perform as well as my "lost" one. It
also has a lot of static noise in the background for the caller.
1/6/07 Unbelievably, the Motorola
H500 has not failed yet. Up to now, I have been lucky to get more than 2-3 weeks
on any previous model, that even worked to a usable level in the first place. I
did however slam my new Fusic phone in the tail gate of my truck last week. The
LCD display did not fare well. Had to "buck-up" and buy a new one. Works just as
well with the Motorola H500 as the previous one, as you would expect.
11/24/06 Surprisingly my Motorola
H500 is still running. I don't think I have ever gotten a solid month out of a
phone headset before. Still works well. A bit of a challenge to get the right
turn-on sequence in the morning when taken off the charger, but still works.
I'll keep you posted.
10/19/06 Purchased the Motorola H500
. Seems to have
performance similar to the HC500, but does work better with the Fusic phone.
Still has a very slight, but detectable delay when volume is up to the person calling in, but it has
decent range (30-75 feet and little 'line of sight' issues), LOUD volume for me & charger connection is a more durable design.
10/17/06 Finally got rid of the, near worthless,
LG-PM325 phone (battery is going) and replaced it with the new LG-550 "Fusic".
All around, way easier to deal with phone. It does have a couple features that
expand the Bluetooth® earpiece capabilities. It automatically beeps in the
earpiece and connects outgoing calls. The PM325 would only beep for the first
few months, then that feature quit (may have been an operator error, but I don't
think so). It also relays back the volume level of the earpiece in the window of
the phone. I does seem to have a bit more static in the signal with the HC820
and more susceptible to the proximity of the headset and phone to one another.
Minimal issue. The echo is still there, of course as that's an issue with the
headset and not the phone. On a side note, the LG-Fusic is loaded with "internet
/ web" options & features. You, theoretically can watch streaming video and
movies on it. While I have done both, the connection when using these features
comes and goes, and you usually have to restart whatever it is you are trying to
watch a few times. After a bit of this, it gets too frustrating to use, and the
payoff is not worth it. The content of most of the Sprint programming is
overall, fairly lame. Similar to the proprietary "Airline" channels you can
watch on the seat back monitors when flying. A marginal way to pass the time at
best. It also usually chews through the battery fairly quick to utilize many of
the web features. Still a way better phone than the LG-PM325. It does of course
have the obligatory "Mega-mega-mega pixel" camera. It's amazing to me, how the
general public buys into the whole "mega-pixel" hype. This new "Fusic" is 1.3
megapixels. Big deal. The lens is the size of a dull pencil point. Physics
pretty much dictates that if you can't get the light through the lens in the
first place, the quality of the picture is going to be drastically limited and
of generally poor quality. Sure camera phones are fun and "handy" sometimes, but
don't buy one based on having more "mega-pixels". Better off spend the money for
the extra mega-pixels on a physics text book and a book on photography. Just my
2 cents!
My current Motorola HC820 Bluetooth® headset is still very difficult to turn on
in the mornings after unplugging from it's charger. Takes 8 to 10 attempts
usually.
9/13/06
Took many attempts to power-up this morning, but finally did. Will answer calls,
but have to press the "call" button on this one 2-3 times to get it to pick up.
9/12/06
Found a Radio Shack across town with a couple 820's in stock. Got a replacement.
This 820's "turn-on" sequence is intermittent and not as accurate / positive as
most of my previous 820's. Took forever to get it to go into it's "find" mode.
Finally got it to work.
9/12/06
HC850. Completely unusable today. Will see if Radio Shack has HC820's back in
stock yet.
9/10/06
The HC850 has developed an issue with 1) cutting off calls and 2) not connecting
calls without having it's "connection" button pressed 2-4 times. That's a
problem as well, due to the half second delay before a headset connects. Thus
you press the button 3 or 4 times, thinking that it's not connecting, but maybe
it does on the 3rd press and when you press the 4th time it then has registered
a connect and disconnect, back to back, thus connects the call and immediately
terminates it as well. It also has started randomly beeping throughout the day.
I've also noticed that it beeps sometimes when I move or lightly tap on the body
of the unit. Must be an intermittent short inside.
6/06
HC820, number 4 or 5 has become distorted. Problem with the speaker element.
Progressively worse over a couple days. Now not usable, and closest couple of
Radio Shacks are currently out of stock. Will use a friends working Motorola
HC850 Blue Tooth Headset. While I do like the way it turns on and off better
than the HC-820, it doesn't fit my ear as well (personal preference only and
nothing to do with overall quality of product).
Wondering where
the "tone" you remember went?....
.... Surround yourself with Silver and find it again!
3/17/06
Going back to using the HC-820 for now as I just got a replacement from Radio
Shack. This HC820 is a bit "quirky" in the way it operates from the others I've
had. It doesn't beep when I make a call to tell me that I can transfer over to
the earpiece. A bit annoying, but what isn't so far about these things.
3/14/06
The NEW H700 does not seem to have the echo issue, however it has almost ZERO
range. I have to hold the phone near the earpiece at the side of my head for it to transmit / receive.
If I use the phone on my belt and happen to "block" it's line-of-sight to the
H700 earpiece with my arm, the reception gets choppy with lots of static, similar to the
performance of the
Plantronics™
"Explorer 320". Having to hold the phone up to
the side of my head sort of defeats the purpose of the wireless headset, I
suppose.
3/13/06
Just purchased the NEW Motorola H700
with "new echo and noise reduction
technology". Does "echo reduction technology" mean "hey, we fixed it"? It's
charging right now. I'll let you know how it works out over the next few days.
12/16/05
Purchased the
Plantronics™
"Explorer 320"
Bluetooth®
headset. Not going to be
wanting to do a lot of exploring or anything else with this unit. While I have
used many of the
Plantronics™
"wired" headsets with good results, the 320 does
not fare as well. This particular unit has excessive (ie, too much to be of use) static /
crackling in the earpiece. Couldn't really tell much about the echo issue, as
the static was too strong. Interestingly my next door neighbor in my business
complex bought one as well and said the same thing. The static / crackling was
too strong to use. Suppose it could be something in the vicinity causing it, but
unsure. Haven't noticed it on any of the others.
8/24/05 Just purchased the Jabra BT-250v. Trying out today.
Will let you know my results. It's not as light weight as the Motorola, nor as
comfortable to me. It comes with a "cradle" that must be used with the charger
to charge the unit. In reading the manual, it says to first unplug the headset
charging cradle from the power adaptor, before removing the headset, or it may
put the unit into "Pairing" mode. Looks like the cradle is meant to snap into a
belt clip so you can carry the headset around in it. Not sure I would use it
that way. Just wish the headset had the charger jack built directly into it.
Ok, have been trying to answer or place calls on it for about
45 minutes now. Got it to ring into the headset once and very briefly take a
call, before it died. Could not get anything but power after that. I did check
the connection with the phone / headset and upon trying twice, it could not
connect. I unpaired them, then re-paired the two and it could then establish a
connection, but still could not place or receive calls. Went to the Jabra
website to verify compatibility, and they show my LG PM-325 phone being
compatible with a Jabra BT-250. I have a BT-250v. I don't know if they are
similar or if the "v" is a later model, or if it is a typo on the Jabra website.
If the "v" is different, concerning the "Bluetooth®
" aspects, I don't know if
that affects compatibility with my LG phone or not. The manual says to "reset"
the headset. I tried that and now have been able to receive and place calls.
Both callers said there was echo, seemingly just as prevalent as with the
Motorola HC-820. The sound is also distorted and digitized some for both the
callers and myself. The phone is usually less than 2 feet away when I am doing
these tests. If I hold the phone within a couple inches of the headset, the
distortion seems to go away. To be fair, there are two wireless computer
networks in the immediate vicinity. I don't know if they are having any effect
on the situation or not.
The Jabra has also "lost" it's ability to connect
throughout the day. It will ring in the ear piece (and vibrate like "nobodies
business" (great for noisier environments), but when I answer the phone using
the head set answer button, the phone earpiece and mic is working, but not the
headset. I'll try it a few more times, but it will likely be going back. Glad
I'm purchasing these locally, instead of from a "web" dealer. If I
weren't, this would be even
more nightmarish. I'm starting to think that maybe
Bluetooth®
use on wireless
headsets, is a "Half-baked" technology, that should go back into the oven for a
while, till the products are ready to actually work.
For now, I am back to using the Motorola HC-820. It's not
perfect, drops calls, cut's off some calls when trying to answer them and has
the echo issue, but I guess will work till something else comes along:-(
8/22/05
I also just purchased a
Plantronics™
M2500
Bluetooth®
headset. I tried it with my
son calling on both a cordless phone and a wired phone and my web master on a
wired phone. They both said while they didn't hear an echo / delay, it
was very distorted / choppy. If the phone was on my belt and I bent my arm, thus
blocking the line of site from the phone on my belt to the earpiece, it would
cutout. This particular unit was not useable. I have heard that a system from Jabra is out and
does not have the echo / delay problem. I have not tried it yet, but likely will.
More info to come as it becomes available.
Motorola HC-850
Bluetooth® Headset for her business. Both
headsets experience the delay / echo problem. The problem manifests itself to
the person calling in. They hear an echo of their voice, that seems to be about
200 msec in duration. It is very annoying to the person on the other end. Almost
every customer that calls comments on it and wants to hang up and call back to
get a better connection (that won't help). A friend say's it's so annoying when
she calls me that she wants me to call back without using the headset. The only
way I've found around it is to reduce the headset volume. With my knowledge of
acoustics / amplification, this leads me to believe it might be a "feedback"
problem. If it is, it's either completely mechanical in that it is transferring
the vibrations of their voice through the housing of the headset or it's
acoustic due to the close proximity of the speaker and microphone with each
other. I'm not sure though how that much delay could be prevalent in such as
short distance. I could see 20-50 msec, but unsure how it reaches almost a
quarter second. Regardless, turning the volume down a few "notches" will reduce
it. The problem with that is that unless you are in a very quiet environment,
you may not be able to hear the caller. I called the Motorola customer support
(sounded like it was likely in India, one of my "pet peeves".
This is likely mostly due to consumers wanting goods and services as cheaply as
possible, with little regard to 'product quality / longevity' and manufactures
following suit, but that's
another issue altogether) and the person there said is was not a
"known issue". While talking with her on the phone, I did a web search and found
numerous other people with the same problem. I find it hard to believe that it's
not a "known issue".
Here are, also a couple of other issues I have found with the Motorola. It's
ability to answer a second call / "toggle" between 2 is "hit-n-miss" at best. I
don't know if it's a shortcoming of the headset, the quality of the original
Bluetooth® pairing, or operator error. I have read the manual a few times and
believe I am operating it correctly, but it's still hit and miss. That in itself
is a "deal breaker" as far as using it for my business. I can use the "Talk"
button on the phone itself, but I am sometimes not near it. There's also a minor
issue in that it has a flashing, blue LED on the side that indicates it's
status. While it does look "cool", it's a very bright LED. Not a problem in a
lit room or the daytime, but if you're driving with it, any passengers will
likely rip it off your ear and toss it out the window. It's about as bright as
an LED flashlight shining directly at them. It's also reflects off the glass /
window and can almost appear as "lightening flashes" in a dark room. This is a
minor issue that I could live with if it weren't for the other issues.
8/05 With my business I "live" on my cell
phone, using it to take orders all day. A headset is a must. For the past 2-3
years, I have been using a Samsung SPH-460 with a wired Plantronics™ MX-150
headset. While the performance of the
MX-150 is exceptional, meaning that the sound for my customers was as good as a
"land line" and it could achieve the volume levels sufficient for me to hear in
noisier environments, the wire was always an issue. I would either snag it on
things or the phone would fall from my belt and jerk the wire from my ear.
Initially, before I learned to loop the wire around a strap on the cable to
relieve the strain on my cell phone jack, I was breaking the headphone jacks on
the cell phone at an impractical rate. I ultimately went through 5 phones,
including disassembling the phones along the way and repairing the jacks
multiple times. I was also only getting about 2 weeks out of the
Plantronics™
MX-150 headsets. The general problem, I am convinced, is that the speaker cannot
handle the volume that the phone is capable of producing from it's internal
amplifier (I had purchased an "over the counter" warranty plan on about the 5th
or 6th one, so the every 2 week exchange didn't cost me anything but the time /
hassle factor).
Plantronics™
packaging actually removed the Sprint 460 from it's
list of phones that the MX-150 was compatible with. I am sure they discovered
the same issue I did. I finally broke my last SPH-460 a few weeks ago.
I had already been anxiously awaiting the arrival of a Blue Tooth phone from
Sprint for about a year. A few months ago they came out with the LG-PM325. I
looked at this phone, and felt sure that they would be coming out with a
replacement, or additional Bluetooth® ready phones soon (besides the handheld
computer / phones such as the Trio 650). It was / is a terrible design. It's a
"slider" not "Clam Shell" design that virtually every other phone uses. This has
a number of drawbacks, most that I could already see and was aware of. After a
few months of being without a headset on my Samsung 460 (difficult to hold the
"thin" clam shells between your head / ear and shoulder while writing), I
finally had to "break down" and buy the LG-PM-325. I knew I was going to hate it
as I was handing the salesperson my credit card for the purchase. I was right. I
knew the "slider" design would be a hassle when it came to using the phone in a
case, and sure enough you have to release a snap strap on the bottom of the case
every time you want to slide the phone open (I know you don't have to slide it
open just to use some of the operations). I bought a "refurbished" one that had
been returned from the previous consumer that complained that the buttons were
too small. They are. It is very difficult, especially when the phone is in it's
case with the clear plastic membrane / window over the keys, to dial the correct
number. Sometimes it will take 2-4 attempts to hit the correct numbers. The
worst thing is that since the buttons are exposed, they are accidentally hit all
the time! While wearing it on it's belt clip, I have accidentally cut off
customer order conversations many times by walking too close to items around the
warehouse and elsewhere, which in-turn "bumps" the buttons. When in the car, the
seatbelt pushes on the buttons. Otherwise I suppose the phone works fine and
does what it should, but the above issues make me despise this phone. I didn't
want the LG-PM-325 so much, that I almost switched to Verizon, or another cell
service, as they had much better designed phones that were Bluetooth® ready. As
soon as Sprint comes out with any other "clam shell" design phone, I will get
rid of this one. I hope it's tomorrow!
Anyway you want to know about the delay / echo issue with the Blue Tooth
headsets. With the LG-PM-325, I also purchased a
Motorola HC-820
Blue tooth®
headset. An associate did go with Verizon and purchased the Motorola 815 phone and a
This is simply what I have found
after personally using a variety of Bluetooth® Cell Phones / Headset /
'Hands-Free' systems. I wear 'hands free', Bluetooth® headsets every day, from
about 8 AM to about 6PM, and conduct 95%+ of our business on one. Average 12-20
calls per day, each of which can range from 20 or 30 seconds, up to an hour and
a half, with the average probably being 12-20 minutes. That has been the case
since about 2003 or so. In that time, In have owned many Bluetooth® headsets,
including multiples of many models. I have experienced equipment life spans of
almost a year down to only a few days. There are differences between most of
them, some minor, some drastic. Below are my 'unscientific' but, 'real world'
findings;
