Clarity Professional PL100 Personal Listener Plus

List Price: $92.99 Discount Price: $45.99

Features:

• Clarity Power technology increases incoming sounds up to 40 decibels
• Max Boost and Automatic Gain Control settings allow you to customize the level of amplification
• Simple, easy-to-use design
• Detachable omni-directional microphone and 12-foot extension cord for listening to TV and music
• Long lasting AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries, extra charging component in docking bay

Customer Reviews:

SUCT! [Posted on 2007-12-02]
It amplified minimally.
I bought a similar gizmo at radio shack for $19.99 that worked much better.

Good for the price [Posted on 2008-02-09]
I was a little hesitant after poor review stating that the unit didn't work right out of the box, but I went ahead and gambled the $46. To my disappointment, the unit showed exactly the same symptoms described by the other reviewer. The thing would work for a couple of seconds and cut out. After trying non-rechargeable batteries and various combinations of buttons I happened to take a closer look at the battery cover. It's here where I found the problem... at the very top of the battery compartment there are the usual + and - symbols, so I put the batteries in so that the symbol matched the part of the battery that was outward facing. But looking at the cover the symbols were reversed.... what was meant was that the symbol on the device was actually the end of the battery meant to be buried int he device and the symbols on the inside of the little cover were the outward facing ends. Once I reversed the batteries and charged them, the unit worked as described.

hope [Posted on 2008-02-11]
After trying several amplifiers, the Clarity PL100 listener is to me the best in the mid price range.The descriptions of it's performances are accurate. The quality of the sound, the weight, and the one ear earphone make it discret and pleasant to use. We called it Grandma's Pod, look is very important to her.She return a pair of earring aid (4000 euros) after receiving the PL 100 I am not joking!
I bought two PL100 listeners for elderly relatives (89 & 90 years old) and it does requires the manipulation of small parts. Also the power charger is for US/110V only, unlike cameras and cellular phones. For travelers or customers abroad you need to purchase an additional international charger or power reducer (15 dollars, on the web)and additional set of rechargeable batteries...this is a Pain. In a world of technology, of smaller computers and miniature electronic gadgets, while we are living longer, why is so difficult to find a store,to compare,and try a personal listener/amplifier/earing aids ? Thanks to Clarity and Amazon.

Disappointed [Posted on 2008-03-28]
The product in no way lives up to the info on it. I used it with an open door with an open hallway to a downstairs kitchen. Heard only murmuring.

Disappointed! [Posted on 2008-04-05]
If I could give this product the equivalent of a negative star rating, I would. It didn't work out-of-the-box. No power. Flimsily made. I had purchased for my elderly mother and needed it to work for her short visit to convince her of the need for a more permanent solution to her loss of hearing. Don't buy this product.

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