This is the newbie of the Plantronics Bluetooth headsets. We recently recorded the audio tests for it, which are up on BlueTruth.com. My feeling so far, is that it’s a decent middle of the line Bluetooth headset. It’s fairly small. It’s supposed to have windsmart technology, so in theory, it should work better outside, but it wasn’t fantastic outside. It wasn’t terrible either.
Also, for me, I don’t like the fixed earbuds in the more recent Voyagers. They are very uncomfortable in my small ears after a while. So, I think this headset is a good middle of the road headset. Be sure to check out our audio tests!
Today, in between the conference call, the webinar, the web demo meeting, and the phone meeting, I was on the phone for about 4.5 hours today. That is a bit unusual for me but all I can say is, thank goodness for Bluetooth headsets.
In the interest of bringing you the truth and trying out our Bluetooth headsets and recording them all being used so you can hear them, we were stumped with what to do about the Scala Rider. See, none of us here ride a motorcycle, or even have a license to ride one. Check out what we did… (Oh, and this should definitely not be tried at home!
I feel a little more intimate with the Jawbone 2 Bluetooth headset after spending my four day weekend using it. I found it comfortable, easy to use and from my end it sounded great. My only problem with it was that the little nubbin that touches your face didn’t always stay connected with my face. When that happened, my friends would tell me that I got fuzzy sounding. I would just move the headset so that it was touching my face again and it would sound fine to my callers.
At one point I was talking to a friend of mine who had just gotten her own Jawbone 2 and she asked me what headset I was using. I told her I was using the Jawbone 2 and asked why she had asked. She said I sounded fuzzy. She told me she was having the same issue with keeping the headset touching her face and had gotten the same fuzziness complaints that I had. She said that when she moved it to touch her face she accidentally hung up on someone. That didn’t happen to me, but I was instinctively touching the sides to move it and not just pressing it into my face straight on.
I did like the headset except for the face touching issue. My ears are small, so I think it was a little loose and that maybe why it kept moving away from my face.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I’m not going to lie, 2008 has been a bit of a rough year for me, but one thing I am very thankful for, is that I was given the chance to work on this great site that I really believe in: BlueTruth.com and to test out and write about all sorts of Bluetooth things.
I like testing things and figuring things out and then I like writing about them in a very informal conversational way, like, oh, I don’t know, a blog perhaps. I love writing this blog and I am pretty proud of it too. I think I am giving a lot of great information and I try really hard to keep it real.
This long weekend I took home a Jawbone 2 Bluetooth headset to use for the whole time. I had tried it out before, but it was fairly brief while we were testing them. Now I have a whole four days to really get intimate with the Jawbone. I have to say, so far so good. I definitely needed the instructions to pair it up, because you can not see any buttons on the headset whatsoever. Although if this had been the first time pairing it to a phone it would have gone into pairing mode automatically. This particular headset has gotten around.
It’s more comfortable than I thought it would be, because I don’t really like the earbuds, but this one in conjuntion with the loop doesn’t sit so far in the ear. I wasn’t sure if I would get annoyed by that little part that needs to touch your face for the noise suppression to work either, but I haven’t really noticed it.
I’ll write more after I’ve had it the full four days.
It’s almost Black Friday (and then following shortly will be Cyber Monday) and people are starting to chomp at the bit to figure out what to get their loved ones. I say, why not a Bluetooth headset? There are many reasons Bluetooth headsets make great gifts. Just one reason is that they are safe. They have waaaay less radiation then what is emitted from a cell phone and they allow you to be hands free while you are driving or doing other things. Read more reasons why Bluetooth headsets make great holiday gifts.
They all come with their own awesome little cases, that not only look nice and protect the headset, but hold an additional charge to help you get through the day.
If you just have so much money you don’t know what to do with it, you could always get someone the Discovery 925 Jewel. However, it runs a hefty price tag of ~$100,000 USD. From a distance, the gold colored 925 doesn’t look too different and is about $99,900 less.
All in all the Plantronics Discovery 925’s are great headsets. Gordon in our office, is looking forward to all of our testing and reviewing being done so he can go back to using his 925 full time. He thinks it’s the most comfortable and the easiest to use.
This is the headset I opened 33 Feet and a Microphone with, but I can not say enough about what a great headset it is. Yeah, it’s pretty big, but when you’re cruising in your truck, not a care to the world, it will look positively tiny… in comparison with your truck.
We’ve been selling a lot of these headsets and not just to truckers. Some people just don’t like those little headsets that fit in your ears. And the sound quality is top notch. You can get the incoming volume really loud so you don’t miss anything and the boom microphone let’s your callers hear you clear as a bell. Just listen to what the B250 sounds like here!
Ever since The Office introduced that fake Bluetooth headset, The Matsuhashi B400, people have been searching and trying to find out where they could get it. Since the Matsuhashi doesn’t exist, I thought it might me nice to do a little review of the three smallest headsets that we carry that do exist. The BlueAnt z9i, the Motorola H12, and the Bluetrek Mini Bluetooth Headset.
First all three weigh just about the same: they all showed up as 4 ounces on our postal scale. They are all approximately 4cm in length and a little over 1.5cm wide. Of the three, the z9i to me seems the sturdiest. The H12 has a small, flexible, clear, optional ear loop. The ear loop on the z9i is rubber and metal and although the earloop itself is not flexible, it is attached in such a way that it pivots and moves smoothly on the headset allowing for proper adjustment. The Bluetrek Mini does not come with an ear loop, so if you need that added security, the Mini is not for you.
For sound quality in both directions, the z9i wins hands down, with the H12 following at a distance and the Mini last. I have smallish ears and for me, all three were about equally as comfortable, although I was nervous I would lose the mini without an ear loop. However, there are plenty of people that don’t like ear loops anyway.
In terms of MSRP it goes (from most expensive to least expensive): z9i ($119) > Mini ($79) > H12($69). However on BlueTruth.com at the time of this writing we sell the z9i for ~$65 > the H12 for ~$60 and the Mini for ~$40.
The best way to really compare them though, is to listen to our Audio Tests on all three headsets. Follow the links below:
Joby, makers of the awesome Gorillapod camera tripods, have dipped their design toes into the Bluetooth headset pool and I think they’ve got a winner on their hands. The Zivio is stylish and sounds freakin’ awesome. Just listen: Hear how the Joby Zivio sounds.
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