Well, I received this headset at the beginning of the week, I decided to go with it after reading Pseudofinn's review of the BT8010. I don't need headphones as such for mine because all I want to do is use it in the car to save me of 3 points on my licence here in the UK (12 points is a years ban).
After getting it I was surprised at how light it was, 20grams, not the lightest on the market but after 5 minutes you don't even know it's there. Part of this is also due to its comfortable design, I'm not a fan of stick in ear headsets so I went for the around your ear headset and I'm glad I did. It sits very nicely around the back of your ear and the actual ear piece extends so that it fits all shapes and sizes and will swivel so you can wear it on your right or left ear. It's quite discreet front on as well, unless you look at the person from the side it sits you hardly notice it.
The buttons themselves are nice and easy to use, you have your volume up/down, power button and call button, as well as a indicator light telling you if your connected to a device and the state of the battery. This is a full feature list taken from blueunplugged where I bought it from.
MultiPoint connections
AutoPair functionality
Optimized wind noise reduction
Enable/Disable vibrating alert
Optional charging from PC via USB cable
Multi-colored light indicator (LED) for:
LED is switched off after one minute of inactivity
Visual alert of incoming calls for ultimate discretion
Charging
Battery status indicator
Mute
Answer / end call
Voice dial*
Last Number redial*
Reject call*
Call hold / Call wait*
The battery life on it is the same as most Jabra headsets, 300hrs stand by time and 10hrs talk time. It came with a mains charger and a usb cable to charge it with as well, so if you have one of the infamous Proporta's you can charge it from that. It also has the ability to connect to different devices at the same time, so if you have a personal phone and private phone you can still use the headset with both at the same time, which is pretty nifty.
When it comes to use in the car I was very pleased, my car is rather loud considering it has a blitz exhaust strapped to it and when the turbo winds up it can get very loud. However I can still hear and talk with it perfectly, people have told me they can hear the car in the background faintly but can still hear me fine, which is exactly what I needed. It has wind noise reduction, not the most advanced on the market but still it appears to be sufficient for my needs.
All in all I would highly recommend this headset if all you use it for is talking on, I would assume it isn't the best for music but then I haven't tried it with music. The sound clarity is very good and the voice clarity I have been told is also very good. If you want a headset for the car I would suggest checking this out :)
Scott
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