EarHugger Computer Headset T-5000

List Price: $19.99

Features:

• Keeps conversations and messages private
• For Soundblaster compatible sound cards
• Ideal for any computer audio application
• Two gold plated 3.5mm plugs
• Comes with coupon redeemable for one pair of EarHugger Action Headphones with proof of purchase of COM7000

Customer Reviews:

You get what you pay for, the mike plug has got to go [Posted on 1999-12-07]
hey i just got mine in the mail. works great but only one problem. the microphone plug goes into the soundcard, the ring/tip is slightly offset just enough that it doenst work right on soundblaster brand card's. Aparently if you stick the plug in all the way it doesnt work at all, only when you leave it out about .5 mm does it work. And sometimes it comes out! its kinda rediculus.(spleling)

The plug works fine on my chepo zoltrix because it has a mono mike input as apposed to the SB brand's stereo. ? other mono mikes work fine, just this headset is weird. I took a close look and compared it to a bunch of mono mike plugs and saw that the earhugger plug was a little longer....

hey 20 bucks well spent? i guess you get what you pay for.

whatever. the earhugger has a decent ear piece and boom mike, but the plugs quality arent good enough.

Ear Hugger a Real Bugger [Posted on 1999-12-10]
Getting used to the ear piece did not take that long and the disconnect feature was interesting...but I never got to use it since the microphone did not operate. The earphone sounded good, but I needed a complete headset and this one is going back. Perhaps it was just a faulty piece but by looking at other reviews, the mic has some problems.

Good product w/ its faults [Posted on 1999-12-16]
This product works extremely well; if it is working that is. There are no problems with the earbud part, but as most reviewers have said before me, the microphone is what causes most problems. Earhugger claims that the headset works with most soundblaster compatible sound cards, but they fail to mention that the microphone only works in Mono mode which means that most new sound cards won't be able to use it since they work in Stereo mode. The remedy is to simply buy an adapter that converts the plug from mono to stereo, and everything will work fine. I bought my adapter at Radio Shack for $, and it was pretty easy to find. Overall, a good product, but poor support.

A good value but didn't work out of the box [Posted on 2000-04-21]
Head set didn't work out of the box. I could hear called party but they couldn't hear me. Went to Radio Shack and got stereo adapter. Plugged in mono jack of headset to stereo adapter and then plugged it into sound card. After that, headset worked fine. Very comfortable. You will have to buy y adapter to plug into output port so you have two outputs and can plug in both headphones and speakers at same time. Otherwise, you will have to always pull speaker plug out and insert headphones to use headset and then pull out headset plug and insert speaker plug to use speakers. I would rather use y adapter than to have to physically swap plugs all the time.

Gets the job done very efficently and is CHEAP!! [Posted on 2000-09-06]
These headphones are awesome. They are very comfortable and work perfectly fine. I took the advice of one customer and simply bought a mono to stereo converter for the headphones at radioshack, just in case they didn't work. I have the converter on now and the headset works fine (for those of you who don't know where to attach the converter it goes on the plug with only one strip since one strip signifies mono and two signifies stereo). I used it right out of the box, and the detachment option is very nicy if you have to get up and do something real quick. This might not be the best headset on the market but it is worth paying 20 bucks for. It works excellent with internet phones or whatever else you can dream up. This product is a must get if you are looking for a good headset at a low cost

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