Plantronics Voyager 510 Headset

Best Bluetooth Headset (w/Treo 650 as of 12/2005)

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 5, 2005 | 30 out of 31 found this Plantronics Voyager 510 review helpful

Pros: Great sound quality, comfortable, super-light, good battery life

Cons: I tried to get too fancy with dual registration, no car charger included

After scouring the earth and grilling my peers for the best bluetooth headset on the market for December 2005, I came back with two: 1) Plantronics Voyager 510, and 2) Jabra BT500. My brother got the Jabra, I got the Voyager. The noise canceling mic... on the Plantronics was the clear winner! (the Jabra does have better battery life for those that can't get to a charger faster than 6 hours of talk-time) Bottom Line: Very comfortable, super light, great sound quality, good battery life, what more can someone ask for? Mistake: I did make one mistake of not leaving well enough alone, I tried to register my headset to also connect to my laptop (thinking I could use with my IP Softphone when I was near that instead of burning cell minutes). Net result; I got myself thoroughly confused and it took me a restart of the headset to clear things up (do-over). Tip #1: One quirk with the Treo 650 is that if the phone sees the headset on within 30ft or so, it tries to use the headset automatically.... which is good if you are wearing it, but not good if you have the set in the next room. That was a bit confusing for the first 30 minutes I had the headset. Tip #2: Spend some time trying the different ear pieces... it may be completely counter-intuitive in the end. I tried one of the ear-fobs and thought that worked great, wore it for hours and did not have a problem. Decided to just "see" if the other ones made a difference, and boy, it really did, even when I thought I was happy. Enjoy! Read more Less