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Cell Phone Headsets?

Posted by Cliff on from the keeping-both-hands-on-the-wheel dept.

stm42 asks: "I drive 45 miles to and from work each day and I have found that a great way to spend the time productively is to use it to make the phone calls I have to make to employees, co-workers, bosses, etc. I want to be safe, however, and would like to find a headset for cell phones (with a regular headphone jack) that works and is fairly comfortable. I currently use a Plantronics over the ear style and it will stay on my head but I usually have to push the earphone to my ear to hear the other person and that pretty much eliminates the usefulness of the headset. Any suggestions?"

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  1. Earbuds (not jabber eargels) by JofCoRe · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I like the earbud one that I have that came w/my Nokia phone. It's just a simple earbud with a mike on the line, and a clip so i can clip it to my shirt. I tried the jabber ones, but didn't really care for the gel earpiece... much too hard to get in and out of my ear. This simple little nokia one works great for me.

    (personally I like to be unproductive during my 45 min - hour drive in though. I like to take the time to relax and enjoy the drive rather than working every second of the day. but that's just me :)

    oh yeah... FP?

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    1. Re:Earbuds (not jabber eargels) by xWeston · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I have the Jabra Earbud that has the "gel" earpiece like he said. Mine has the microphone integrated to the earpiece instead of on the line. I've found it to be very easy to get in and out of my ear... it just takes a simple twist as said in the directions.

      The sound quality for the listener is good, but I've had complaints about it not being as good on the other end, or being exceptionally loud.

      It is impossible to drive with the windows down while using the earpiece in my left ear because of the wind noise.

      However, I've killed many hr+ car rides by making phone calls and doing business on the road. It makes it hard when people want you to write something down, but that is what the recording feature on the phone is for!

      Most of the time I use AM Radio to kill the car rides so that at least I'm thinking a little bit.