Phone-Accessories Reviews

I bought these because I have owned Aiwa earbud-style headphones in the past, and been extremely happy with them, even so far as to prefer them to any other brand, including Sony.

This pair turned out to be an almost complete disappointment. To be sure, the sound quality is fantastic; the treble is nice and high, the bass is spectacular for 'phones so small...

Unfortunately, the sound quality is not so good as to make up for the major problem with the 'phones: a glaring design flaw. The headphones do not come with earpads, nor do they have a soft rubber coating to keep them planted in your ears. They're made entirely of HARD PLASTIC. Not only do they not stay put, but, kept in your ears long enough, it's enough to cause severe pain.

It's nigh on impossible to find just replacement earpads, without having to buy a new set of headphones.

If you already have a set of earbuds with earpads you can re-use, these may not be such a bad replacement. But if you want something comfortable and ready-to-use right out of the box, look elsewhere.

Two stars, and only that because of the good sound quality.

the headphones are fine for adults, but for kids they are too big to stay in their ears and they prob need the ones on a band

It is very comfortable and fits in my hear like no other ear phones, I believe they have a model that has a volume control for it but its hard to find and now this exact model is hard to find and only available through amazon (which is pritty stupid)

After getting a Siemens S55 (Or S56 in the US, I guess) with Bluetooth enabled, I decided to go for the Jabra BT200.

Having used two regular carkits before, I found I always had trouble with the microphone not working as it's supposed to. I could hear people, but they were unable to hear me. Bluetooth seemed like a perfect option.

The Jabra solves this problem. The only time you'll find people unable to hear you if you're walking outside in the wind. Other than that, reception is excellent on both ends.

Setting up the Jabra is rather easy. Hold the main button for 5 seconds, configure your phone to link the two devices, and you're pretty much done.

The first headset I got didn't quite function properly at first, but the company I bought it from replaced it, and ever since, it works. To some extend.

The problem is the headset seems to drop calls quite a bit. In the middle of a convo, suddenly the call is back at your phone, which is quite annoying.

Using it in your car is not a problem though. Pick it up, put the speaker in your ear, press the main button, and you're talking.

It's a nice product, but the dropped calls make for quite some annoyance.

It is difficult to set up for use, especially in the car where one is most likely to use it. If it is not setup and on your ear, you have to put the phone down (if you received a call) and spend 20 to 30 seconds getting it turned on, and on your ear, then the call may get dropped. Regardless of the claims, the batteries don't stay charged very long. You must remember to shut it off properly or it gets worse. You would think for the money they would include a car charger. It does work well after you get it going, butI think the simpler ones with wires are more straight forward.

i LOVE it! no wires, no mess, totally decent battery life for the headset and it's not like cell phone batteries that you need to let die before recharging, just charge it every night before bed and unless you're a use-your-cell-phone-a-holic it'll last PLENTY long :) other great features, you can switch calls just by pressing the answer button and it'll automatically save the other call, get the new one, and then when you want to go back, just press it again. so easy. i can hear things perfectly in my ear most of the time too, it doesn't exactly go 30 feet (more like 15) but still! that's awesome to me. oddly enough, the bluetooth doesn't like to work through wool... don't ask why, it just always gets really fuzzy for me. oh! it's really quite comfortable in the ear. i can usually go for hours (not like that's necessary very often) without taking it out and not have my ear ache like a lot of other uncomfortable ear peices.

While I like the form factor of this device, it has poor voice pick-up. I have an LG VX6000 with voice dial. I cannot voice dial with this headset--the poor voice quality does not allow the phone to recognize my instructions. *In order for a person to hear me clearly, I have to bring the mic over so it's right next to my mouth.

Also, the earbud "bands" continue to pop off--very poor design. It's fairly comfortable as far as earbuds go, but it's a pretty low-quality device. Skip this and buy something better.

I purchased this headset earlier this year to use primarily at home. The design is comfortable for an in-the-ear device, and it stays in place quite well. The speaker sound quality is very good, but the microphone leaves something to be desired. When I use it outside on the street, my friends often cannot hear my voice, and even in a quiet room, people complain that it can be difficult to hear.

All in all, a useful headset.

This is the best "teardrop" (small dangling microphone)low-profile design headset I've seen. The only one that compares is the "Motorola Hands Free Silver Headset for all Motorola Headset Compatible Phones" which doesn't stay in as well, but has a better distance between the mic and the earphone. But the problem with both is that they break easily.

I bought 2 of these along with the Cobra FRS radios so that my wife and I could drive our own cars across country and still communicate. The radios worked fine, but the headsets were an absolute waste of money. First off, the batterys wouldn't seat properly, so sometimes they worked, but sometimes they didn't. Then there was the trouble with getting the vox and volume settings set properly that others have complained about. Plus, the mikes won't stay where you put them. So we threw them in the back seats, and used our radios as handhelds all the way from San Diego to North Carolina.

This is a nice product. It has many good features and given it were a little better put together it would be a perfect product.

The problems I found with the product are as follows:

1) The VOX is useful but doesn't always work as one would hope. It has a tendency to pick up every little sound and if you turn down the sensitivity then the VOX won't pick up every word so you have choppy transmissions. Examples Too High : "(air from walking, breathing) Hey this is so-and-so and I am back at camp. (more air from walking, breathing) BLEEP(end of transmission signal) (more breathing and air)" Too Low : "This BLEEP so-and-so BLEEP camp BLEEP" It might be possible to find a perfect setting, but I sure haven't found it yet and I have been playing around with them.

2) The PTT button is kind of sensitive. When I use the PTT (which is always since VOX would pick up any and every paintball shot) the button is very similar to the buttons on my FRS-100 because they have to be pushed hard and right in the center. Press any bit off of the center of the button and you will get choppy transmission similar to the ones in the VOX example.

Don't get me wrong, they are kinda nice and if you are willing to put up with the PTT button and the VOX, they are wonderful.

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I used it when i was hunting for ducks in NY, it worked great. The sound was good and i could walk without it moving. It is a hassle to have to pick up the radio so this is a great product for people like me( lazy).

The sound quality of the Earhugger headset is fine; I hear things fine through it, and whoever I'm talking to can (usually) hear me clearly. But it feels really "flimsy" when I'm wearing it; as if it's going to fall off much of the time. And because it doesn't go on that securely (despite my having an average-sized ear), I have to wrestle a lot with the boom microphone to get it in a good position, each time I put it on.

Once you get it on and position it properly, and if you don't move around much (you can't recline or lay on your back, for example, without it feeling like it'll fall off), it's comfortable and the sound is good. But it's a little too much work to get there . . . I've found far better headsets since buying this one.

It was really a nice one.I suugest everyone to buy this headphones because of the following reasons,Its 2 cheap to afford, Its 2 light to carry,its 2 fancy to wear. bye ur stuff on amazon. Mirza Ahmed WI USA

In searching for a headset to overcome my bad soundcard for voice recognition, this is the only one that worked. And it is the most comfortable one I've used too!

what the hell does your statement have to do with a review for headphones, and Im guessing you ment rapper not raper, although i wouldnt be suprised.

The headphones look pretty neat and have a cool volume control, but they feel cheaply built, and the sound quality isn't that great. It's what you would expect for headphones around 20 bucks.

Nas is a good raper he got some good rimes i would like to liset to Nas with these head phones, BUT THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE!

I have bought this device in a pair and hoped to use for international calls. First of all, it wouldn't work when I tried to connect between the device internationally. I called them and learnt that the network is not proper setup for this. Second, I tried call from abroad to US, which they promised in many website that it same low rate everywhere in the world like you call from PC to phone in US. Instead I got $0.039 a minute as listed from net2phone website, I was charged with $0.10 a minute. I called them but they refuse to adjust the rate by simply saying that the rate is different when I used jap jack device. I tried to speak to their supervisor since they seem to need the decision from him. But they didn't allow me to and promised to call me back within 24 hours instead. After 24 hours, I called them again but they disappear for a while and come back in the phone by bad excuse that the request has been backup. Since that time, I haven't been contact back from so called supervisor.
So Please be careful on the rate they promise. (the rate printed in the manual is even lowe, which is $0.029 but they refuse to do anything on this).

This is an incredible product. I gave this product to my 65 year old mother who lives outside the US. She has cut her long distance phone calls by over 90%!! . The phone lines where the yap jack is connected gets good connect speeds when connected to a regular ISP (typically 49,333) hence The quality of the voice calls are excellent at this rate. At 8 PM a night when everyone is connected to the ISP, there is a slight echo, but the audio is never worse than a cell phone call .

This product is only as good as your connection to your local ISP. If you get lousy connect speeds and slow internet responses (*ie slow "PING" responses) with your computer/modem setup then you may be fustrated with this product. The other thing to watch for is the long distance rates. I am not using the Yap Jack as much (Dec 2001) since AT&T is selling long distance calling cards (Typically found at your local SAMS club/Costcos) that have better per minute charges that Yap (to some countries).

*See the ... title "The Sory of Ping" for a overview of what ping is and how you quantify the rosbustness of your internet connection

i GOT THE YAP JACK FOR CHRISTMAS AND WONDER WHY EVERYONE DOES NOT OWN ONE. FOR 4CENTS A MINUTE I CAN CALL FROM JAMAICA TO THE USA. FROM YAP JACK TO YAP JACK ALL CALLS ARE FREE.THIS IS TOTALLY AMAZING. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ONE. GREAT CLARITY AND NO PROBLEMS WITH IT. FABULOUS PRODUCT THAT SHULD BE MORE READILY AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE.

Have the base with 4 extra handsets. Great range - maintains coverage even where a previous 2.4Ghz set failed. Handsets are small but with great keypads and simple operation. Speakerphone works well and handset will stand unsupported on desk when using speakerphone - improving clarity. Only complaint is the LCD screen can be hard to read in certain lighting conditions. Smaller antenna on handset than the newer extended range handsets make them a better fit in the room.

Great add-on to the 1000N and 1050N bases. As small as a larger cell phone, belt clip is great to keep the phone on your hip while you use the headset. Range is great -- in the city/suburbs I can go a block or two away from my place and it still works fine. Only complaint is that you can not edit any names stored in memory (just the numbers!) so you have to delete the entry and then re-enter it.

ALSO -- the reason I went with this phone is because it does NOT interfere with 802.11b as some of the others, especially Panasonics, do (the Gigarange Extreme interferes).

Even though the Panasonic KX-TG1050N base phone has been around for years, we're getting an additional handset rather than ditch the base phone.

I purchased these at CompUSA to help block the ambient noise during frequent air travel over the past year. The noise-cancelling feature works surprisingly well, but the overall sound quality is inferior to several other brands of non noise-cancelling headphones I've had in the past. They are especially poor at handling solid, deep bass riffs; after a couple of sessions a buzz developed in the low frequency range, even though the headphones had never been used with anything but a laptop computer. If you're looking for something that will blank ambient noise well and you're not too picky about sound quality, these are probably worth the $$s. If sound quality is a major concern, you'll be unhappy with this product.

When I saw the Targus headphones on sale I couldn't help but buy a set to see how it sounded. I used Boise's ComfortQuiet before, and the Targus's noise canceling function works surprisingly well. The headset is also comfortable and folds easily for storage and transport. But the sound quality is, at best, mediocre, with insufficient bass and sounding rather flat compared to cheaper earphones from Aiwa or Koss. If you find it at a bargain-basement price you may want to get it for the next flight, otherwise it just ain't worth fifty bucks.

I wouldn't pay 300 $ for Bose so when I saw this at Best Buy for 66$ I gave it a shot. I didn't use them yet on a flight, but with 3 computers working, a dishwasher 20 feet from me and the furnace going full speed I was amazed to see how well the noise cancelling function works. They don't make total silence, but they diminish the ambient sound significantly. I have a noisy heater in the bathroom (blows hot air), it works with that as well. They allow you to have a very decent conversation, they wouldn't interfere with that, just reduce the ambient sound, I like that as well. It would take a little bit for you to get use to wearing them, but cought on work on my computer I could spend 3 hours in a relatively quiet environment and without any discomfort. They look nice, they are not too heavy. I don''t like that the wire only has 3 feet (or so), so they would need an extension if you use it with anything else than a walkman. I really don't have much experience with headphones so I wouldn't make any comments about the quality of the sound. The noise cancelling function also seems to cause some amplification of the sound. If you turn it off, you might be dissapointed by the maximum volume level.
I like them enough that I would get another pair, but this was the last one at BestBuy, I'm dissapointed that Amazon.com doesn't have this product.

These headphones are first of all too small. If I had ears the size of a mouse I could wear them. Second the sound quality is horrible, they cannot hold bass or treble. All you hear is static, and it sounds like the music is playing from down the hall. Lastly the cord is too short and you have to strain if you are plugging them into the back of your computer. I would not recommend these, but they are cheap, really CHEAP!

these are great headphones. i bought them for my computer. i was looking for a large, padded, comfortable pair of headphones to wear, so i could listen to my music on my computer without pissing off my parents. when i saw the price for these i thought, "hey, even if they suck, it's only five bucks, so what the hell." so i bought them. they work great. only 1 downside so far. because the top isn't padded, they are a bit uncomfortable, but this problem was easily overcome, i just hot-glued a little nylon strap between the 2 sides, like on other headphones. now they are really comfortable. other than that, they are great for $5. i'd say they are worth about $15, but after that, your asking a little much. i've only had them for a week or so, so i can't say much about the durability, but they haven't broken yet. they also have pretty good bass. don't try turning up the bass on a song without any, it makes it sound all distorted. all the other headphones i've had didn't do that, they simply didn't give any bass where there wasn't any. but, still, great headphones. they don't fall off easy either.

I bought this a few months ago with a Target gift card. I'd been looking for full-size headphones that were good and inexpensive. These headphones are both of those. Another thing I like about them is I can use them on my computer The computer, whenever headphones are plugged in, allows people walking by to hear what's playing as if there weren't any headphones plugged in. But, when I plug these headphones in, turn the volume on the phones up and the sound on my computer down, it's terrific. I'm buying a second set for my stereo.