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Good bluetooth headset 7+hrs of bat and >2 device memory
Anyone have any experience with any bluetooth headsets that will remember say, 4 or more devices, and have a talk time of 7+ hours?
I use a bluetooth headset (Plantronics Voyager Legend) to connect to my deskphone at work, and sometimes end up on calls for many hours. My current headset will connect to both my personal cell phone and my deskphone, so I can listen to music streamed from my cell and answer calls at my desk. It's got a very good range and had about 7hrs of talk time. I've had it about 2 years and used the snot out of it. I think the battery is starting to get wonky and my talk time is going down. I'd like to have something that would remember at least 4 devices (phone, tablet, PC, office phone, and AppleTV). I'd like at least 7 hours of talk time. I see something very similar, the Jabra Motion, that seems like the newest offering from Jabra. It'll remember up to 8 devices (up to 2 simultaneous connections) and is supposed to have 6 hours of talk time and is reasonably priced. Is Jabra any good? How is their build quality? I also see the Plantronics Voyager 8200, which is more like a set of 70s headphones that also remembers 8 devices, has 24 hours of talk time, and is 2-3x as expensive as the Jabra. I don't think I'd care about wearing the big ones with the long battery life 99% of the time, but there are times when I'll wear my headset to walk the dogs to place a call or if I'm stuck on a conference call or something. I guess that's something that I could get over, but the price is something. It does look like they are available online for $270, but that's not cheap, but then I do use a headset often, but then it'd just be one more thing to carry back an forth to work. The current headset in it's case is about the size of an old flip phone. I'm just wondering if there are any other options besides these and what the quality of the Jabra stuff is.
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Looks like the Jabra Move headset (looks like headphones) has 8hrs of talk time, will remember 8 connections and connect to 2 simultaneously, and is only $50.
Then there are some other more office-geared options from Jabra too. Most of the options with good battery life are, of course, much larger headphone style devices (space for larger, longer lasting batteries).
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Sennheiser also makes a bunch, at least one that is like around the neck earbuds and several that are headphones. All of them seem to support up to 8 paired devices (2 simultaneously).
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OK, lots of stuff out there that sounds pretty cool, but since the primary purpose of this headset is to allow me to make and receive calls while at work, I think I may upgrade to the newest version (Plantronics Voyager 5200) of the headset that I've got (Plantronics Voyager Legend).
The Legend has for the past 2 years served me really well. It has had 7 hours of talk time (seems like the batteries are starting to wear out, and talk time is decreasing). The new version will remember up to 8 paired devices which is something that I've been wanting (work desk phone, personal cell phone, ipad, home PC and even Apple TV would all be remembered). The Voyager Legend has either 3 or 4 microphones for noise cancellation (so the people that I'm talking to don't hear the other noise in the office, they should only hear me) The new one has 4 microphones to offer as much or more noise cancellation as the previous version. It seems to have the same 7 hours of talk time.
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