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Message: I tried a bunch.... $25 Plantronics is the best I ever had.
Changed By: Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S)
Change Date: October 10, 2014 08:06PM
I tried a bunch.... $25 Plantronics is the best I ever had.
Change Date: October 10, 2014 08:06PM
I tried a bunch.... $25 Plantronics is the best I ever had.
I even spent over $100 a couple times....... all crap. The biggest ripoffs were the Jawbones.... I owned two of these pieces of crap. Jawbones are marketing driven by people who know how stupid consumers are when it comes to buying.... stupid consumer will always buy something that is cooler than another perfectly good item. The worst thing about Jawbones is the sales people like them.... I would tell them of my bad experience with the last one (that they raved about) and they would say "Oh yeah, that was a bad one but this is better....". Funny how they are bad the next year and the new one is "fixed".
One big stupid lie is noise cancellation. Sounds like you need that eh? The biggest issue for me is people understanding me! I would wreck conference calls. When I couldn't hear others, it was because the unit didn't fit properly in my goofy ears or were simply not good sounding.
Other issues that make these units crap is the usb plug goes in at an odd angle. With the Plantronics, it goes straight in, aligned with the straight design of the unit. This makes plugging it in very easy to do without looking. You are driving, remember? The last Motorola I tried would slip out of my hand and drop behind my gas pedal... because it was so shiny cool.
The Plantronics on/off is a slide switch on the side and shows green when it is in the ON position. The talk/hang up button is directly over the speaker so you push directly down on your ear.... not to the side or off angle which changes the good position of the unit in your ear. Plantronics has it down. $24.
But Grant is right.... wired is way better. Always was. I keep threatening to ditch bluetooth but I don't like stowing the wires and I finally found this cheap, good Plantronics that does the job.
By the way, best I ever had does not mean it is fantastic..... just barely acceptable and better than crap... but not much more than that.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
One big stupid lie is noise cancellation. Sounds like you need that eh? The biggest issue for me is people understanding me! I would wreck conference calls. When I couldn't hear others, it was because the unit didn't fit properly in my goofy ears or were simply not good sounding.
Other issues that make these units crap is the usb plug goes in at an odd angle. With the Plantronics, it goes straight in, aligned with the straight design of the unit. This makes plugging it in very easy to do without looking. You are driving, remember? The last Motorola I tried would slip out of my hand and drop behind my gas pedal... because it was so shiny cool.
The Plantronics on/off is a slide switch on the side and shows green when it is in the ON position. The talk/hang up button is directly over the speaker so you push directly down on your ear.... not to the side or off angle which changes the good position of the unit in your ear. Plantronics has it down. $24.
But Grant is right.... wired is way better. Always was. I keep threatening to ditch bluetooth but I don't like stowing the wires and I finally found this cheap, good Plantronics that does the job.
By the way, best I ever had does not mean it is fantastic..... just barely acceptable and better than crap... but not much more than that.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
Original Message
Author: Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S)Date: October 10, 2014 07:58PM
I tried a bunch.... $25 Plantronics is the best I ever had.
I even spent over $100 a couple times....... all crap. The biggest ripoffs were the Jawbones.... I owned two of these pieces of crap. Jawbones are marketing driven by people who know how stupid consumers are when it comes to buying.... stupid consumer will always buy something that is cooler than another perfectly good item. The worst thing about Jawbones is the sales people like them.... I would tell them of my bad experience with the last one (that they raved about) and they would say "Oh yeah, that was a bad one but this is better....". Funny how they are bad the next year and the new one is "fixed".
One big stupid lie is noise cancellation. Sounds like you need that eh? The biggest issue for me is people understanding me! I would wreck conference calls. When I couldn't hear others, it was because the unit didn't fit properly in my goofy ears or were simply not good sounding.
Other issues that make these units crap is the usb plug goes in at an odd angle. With the Plantronics, it goes straight in, aligned with the straight design of the unit. This makes plugging it in very easy to do without looking. You are driving, remember? The last Motorola I tried would slip out of my hand and drop behind my gas pedal... because it was so shiny cool.
The Plantronics on/off is a slide switch on the side and shows green when it is in the ON position. The talk/hang up button is directly over the speaker so you push directly down on your ear.... not to the side or off angle which changes the good position of the unit in your ear. Plantronics has it down. $24.
But Grant is right.... wired is way better. Always was. I keep threatening to ditch bluetooth but I don't like stowing the wires and I finally found this cheap, good Plantronics that does the job.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
One big stupid lie is noise cancellation. Sounds like you need that eh? The biggest issue for me is people understanding me! I would wreck conference calls. When I couldn't hear others, it was because the unit didn't fit properly in my goofy ears or were simply not good sounding.
Other issues that make these units crap is the usb plug goes in at an odd angle. With the Plantronics, it goes straight in, aligned with the straight design of the unit. This makes plugging it in very easy to do without looking. You are driving, remember? The last Motorola I tried would slip out of my hand and drop behind my gas pedal... because it was so shiny cool.
The Plantronics on/off is a slide switch on the side and shows green when it is in the ON position. The talk/hang up button is directly over the speaker so you push directly down on your ear.... not to the side or off angle which changes the good position of the unit in your ear. Plantronics has it down. $24.
But Grant is right.... wired is way better. Always was. I keep threatening to ditch bluetooth but I don't like stowing the wires and I finally found this cheap, good Plantronics that does the job.
Peace
Bruce in Philly