VXI CORPORATION Blue Parrott Digital Wireless Blutooth Office Headset (B200)

List Price: $149.99 Discount Price: $139.99

Features:

• Controls - volume, on/off, pairing and mute.

Customer Reviews:

Not recommended [Posted on 2006-02-23]
This headset is comfortable, but it had great trouble connecting to my bluetooth-enabled phone. It works well when connecting to its own base stand, but if you want to use this to connect to a different bluetooth device, I would not recommend it. It would refuse to connect often, and sometimes it would drop the connection to my Uniden ELX-500 handset. I replaced it with a Plantronics Voyager 510, and I've very happy.

Not bad, but seems too much like a "first attempt" [Posted on 2006-09-11]
I've been using VXI headsets (wired) for a long time. And liked them more than other brands. I had been looking for an over the head bluetooth headset for my cell phone since the beginning of bluetooth. Practical had to wait because, 'over the head' wasn't cool. OK, so VXI finally came out with a headset that I could use in my office or on my cell. Let me have it.

Setup was pretty easy. Had to call tech support for one small issue and they were very helpful. In use... well, I'm not ecstatic. Mainly used in the office. There is a pretty good lag from turning the thing on to answer the phone. Sound is good. Range is under 30 feet (they say 60 feet I think...under "ideal" conditions). I'm in a home office with a wireless hub and wireless keyboard/mouse combo close to the base unit. Maybe those things knock down range. I'd blame the hub, but not willing to relocate it.

All in all, I'm going to relegate this to the car for the cell phone and get a new Plantronics CS361N for the office. It has better range (300 feet) and is binaural (covers both ears). Hope this review helps. Good luck.

A Good Product to Avoid [Posted on 2006-10-20]
As a telecom engineer, I was excited for my first shot at a wireless headset. I purchased and tested it on an extension of a Nortel Networks PBX system. Although, the headset seemed a bit large it was quite comfortable. However, while using the product a week or so I had the following issues
-Calls just dropping. On a conference call my coworker stayed on line while my extension dropped off because of the headset.
-The sound quality was quite muffled sounding. Many callers asked why my phone sounded so bad.
-More dropped calls

The is definitely a product to pass on. It is unstable, poor sound quality, and just a good way to lose friends. Currently testing GN Netcom's product.

Bluetooth headset that actually works [Posted on 2007-01-11]
I have had this for a few months now and am very pleased. It is very comfortable and the sound quality is great. My only complaint is that if you want to mute the headset for any amount of time you have to hear a beep the entire time it is muted. This is not good for conference calls.
Overall, this is a great product and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is on the phone a lot.

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