Best bluetooth headset?
Oct 28, 2006 | 4:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Mikey likes it
Cardo Scala 500 from about a year ago. Clients kept asking me why I sounded so muffled and scratchy on the phone, so I quit using that one about two weeks after I got it. This unit may have had Bluetooth 1.0. Don't remember. The charger was also stupid (I bent the little charging wires) and the device didn't hang on my ear very well. At the time I think this one was $55 or so from AMZN.
) with my Q phone and haven't had any complaints at all with the sound quality. They are priced right and IMHO are as good as the rest out there.
Oct 30, 2006 | 4:07 pm
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Here's a watchout for the Plantronics 655: if it goes in and out of pocket, including briefcase pocket the silicone ear piece can easily turn to the unlocked position and fall off.
It seems that the locking mechanism is much better in the beginning of use and becomes less secure as it gets worn in.
It's a PITA. I don't like walking around with the thing in my ear, but in and out of jacket pocket means once in every 3 - 5 times I come up with the unit minus the ear piece.
It seems that the locking mechanism is much better in the beginning of use and becomes less secure as it gets worn in.
It's a PITA. I don't like walking around with the thing in my ear, but in and out of jacket pocket means once in every 3 - 5 times I come up with the unit minus the ear piece.
Oct 31, 2006 | 6:11 am
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Originally Posted by Teacher49
Here's a watchout for the Plantronics 655: if it goes in and out of pocket, including briefcase pocket the silicone ear piece can easily turn to the unlocked position and fall off.
It seems that the locking mechanism is much better in the beginning of use and becomes less secure as it gets worn in.
It's a PITA. I don't like walking around with the thing in my ear, but in and out of jacket pocket means once in every 3 - 5 times I come up with the unit minus the ear piece.
It seems that the locking mechanism is much better in the beginning of use and becomes less secure as it gets worn in.
It's a PITA. I don't like walking around with the thing in my ear, but in and out of jacket pocket means once in every 3 - 5 times I come up with the unit minus the ear piece.
Oct 31, 2006 | 7:04 am
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I have an H3 and while it works okay it doesn't fit my ear too well. I suggest you try before you buy.
What ever happened to the Motorola H5? It was to be an in-ear only headset.
What ever happened to the Motorola H5? It was to be an in-ear only headset.
Oct 31, 2006 | 7:51 am
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Originally Posted by anrkitec
I post here to beg everyone, whatever you choose, please - don't be THIS GUY!
Any such speculation on Bluetooth radiation? Seems that if a BT device is hooked to your head non-stop for hours you may wind up getting more radiation than if you're holding a phone to your ear intermittently.
Anyone have info on this?
Oct 31, 2006 | 8:02 am
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Originally Posted by slawecki
send it back for waranty replacement.
Good idea. I will call Plantronics today. I must say that it seems to be a design flaw rather than a production fault.
Oct 31, 2006 | 5:26 pm
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Originally Posted by Mikey likes it
There seems to be some speculation that exposure to cell phone radio waves may cause brain cancer.
Any such speculation on Bluetooth radiation? Seems that if a BT device is hooked to your head non-stop for hours you may wind up getting more radiation than if you're holding a phone to your ear intermittently.
Anyone have info on this?
Any such speculation on Bluetooth radiation? Seems that if a BT device is hooked to your head non-stop for hours you may wind up getting more radiation than if you're holding a phone to your ear intermittently.
Anyone have info on this?
The power level is so low it won't be an issue IMO. Wireless phones transmit at significant power levels (200mW to 2W). BT outputs a maximum of (IIRC) 2.5mW. No concern at all. If anything it's MUCH safer than using a cellphone clamped to your ear. No hardwire connection to the phone as with a wired earpiece so RF energy can't radiate and you get the antenna away from sensitive bodyparts. I don't think it's an issue anyway; if you do, BT is the way to go.
Nov 8, 2006 | 2:26 am
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Originally Posted by slawecki
send it back for waranty replacement.
I should have done that. I checked a second unit and it was fine. In swapping pieces it is the earset itself that is the problem. The one I had did not work in the second sleeve either. I may give them another try. The multi-charging is soooo nice, especially the battery option.
Nov 8, 2006 | 6:20 am
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The headsets seem to come in two flavors. those what sit outside your ear, and those what poke into your ear. if one wears glasses, the outside the ear models have difficulty getting close enough to be heard, unless you loop the ear holder inside your glasses.