Originally Posted by shawbridge
nmenaker, are there problems with charging this unit? I seem to recall in reading the reviews that you plug it into a holster to charge and that its fit in the holster is not terrific. Do you have that issue? Otherwise, it looks perfect.
The last BT headset thread here had a lot good comments about the Plantronics 640 unit. So I got one and can only say there must be a reasonable unit to unit variation. I can only refer to my unit as a useless piece of junk. Probably the single most useless piece of gadgetry I have ever purchased. It is possibly the most disappointing purchase I have ever made, I get more value from Chinatown fake watches than from that headset.
The reason is the issue you refer to with the charging holster. Mine will not stay in the holster. Even if it is pointing downward, with gravity pushing in the direction of a good connection it pops loose so it doesnt charge. I have to brace it and weight the unit down to hold it in the holster. As a result I never use mine.
I went to a good Shure wired unit. I look like a dork, but then again, I always do so what does it matter, but the sound is fantastic. In my car I have a Moto Speaker unit (HF820), not on the ear but speaker on the dash, that works great. I have also really been fairly happy with a Moto HS850 headset but I dont use it as much due to the fact that I am now blessedly free of Moto phones and I dont carry that charger as a result.
The Plantronics 655 looks to be a completely different design. Im guessing they figured out the problems. I also notice that the place I got mine now sells all of the components separately, cases, adaptors and earpieces. Perhaps because of the thing popping out.
Edited to add:
At the same time as I got myself a Plantronics 640 I got one for my wife. I knew she never used it but it turns out it isnt because of the charging. I got hers and checked and it goes in the holder perfectly and seems quite snug. Im charging it up now. If I havent thrown mine out and can find it I will check with hers and see if it is the holder, the earpiece or both that dont work right with mine. I might try to resolve it then. I probably should have sent it back when I got it but was so annoyed that I just ordered the Shure instead.
Another thing I have noticed is that some sites say that both the 640 and 655 have a lot of compatibility issues, including Treos with both units being a problem and HTCs with the 655. Have people used the 655 with Treos (700w in particular) or HTCs (TMo SDA and TyTN in particular). Thanks for any info on the compatibility. I will post an update if I can figure out the charging holster issue.