M214i 3-in-1 VolP Headset

List Price: $31.99 Discount Price: $24.99

Features:

• Noise canceling microphone reduces background noise
• Microphone volume control
• Adjustable headband and boom
• Hearing aid compatible
• 2.5mm plug

Customer Reviews:

Good price and good product. [Posted on 2007-09-30]
It works as expected. The sound is good (headphone and speaker). The price was right.
It meets my needs.

OK but better headsets must be out there for less [Posted on 2007-11-25]
I bought this primarily to use with a regular desktop business phone. In addition to regular phone use, I do some conferencing via Skype and didn't want to have two headsets on my desk, so finding a headset I could use with both Skype and the 2.5mm jack on my phone seemed like a good solution.

However, one immediate problem confounded me when I got the headset: The cord for the 2.5mm cable is only 4 ft long! This is totally useless in reaching from my desk phone to my head without the cord laying on my keyboard or preventing me from leaning back in my chair. I spend as many as 4 hrs a day on the phone, so having some ability to shift around is important.

Buying a 2.5mm extension cable is non-trivial. Some vendors on the web have them, but want 4x the cost for shipping. I ended up ordering a cable from Mouser Electronics for a small price and reasonable shipping.

Plantronics is obviously aware of the short cable issue because the USB side of the cable makes the cable a reasonable length for when it is used with the computer. Too bad Plantronics forgot that they are also selling this to work with regular phones.

Audio quality is fair; I do notice the hum noise that other reviewers have mentioned when I crank up the volume on the phone amplifier itself. For what it's worth, I'm using this with a 2-line AT&T 992 phone.

If the extension cord works, I will keep using it. Otherwise, I'm going to have to find something else for my phone.

P.S. It does work fine with my MacBook Pro and Skype on 10.4.

Nice HeadPhone - Comfortable. [Posted on 2007-12-08]
I liked this headset a lot. Its says 3-in-1 i.e it works with cordless phone,mobile phone and PC (via USB).
For me , it worked only on the cordless phone and USB.
I talk for long hours still it is very comfortable.
I did not give it 5 stars since it did not work with my mobile phone.I can hear the caller's voice but caller is unable to hear me.

M214i 3-in-1 VolP Headset [Posted on 2008-02-23]
Work's great! Bought new Panasonic KX-TG1031S phones and had trouble hearing using my old headsets, even with the phone volume turned all the way UP. The problem is that most people you talk to just don't hold the phone up to their mouth and/or have their headphone boom mic not up to their lips (yes, I have good hearing). The new Plantronics headset has a volume control that I can crank up for people that don't know how to talk on a phone or headset. The other features of this headset are really nice to have, too.

Surpassed my expectations [Posted on 2008-02-25]
This headset surpassed my expectations for such a low cost headset from Plantronics. The other headsets I looked at cost hundreds of dollars so I was skeptical about this one. This is a versatile headset with great clarity and very comfortable. I can't believe I didn't find this one sooner.

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