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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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