Phone-Accessories Reviews

These "lightweight" headphones are far too heavy to be worn for extended periods of time. The boom microphone only rotates down a limited amount, ending up more or less directly in front of your nose, somewhat obscuring your view of the screen. And finally, the earpads are rigidly fixed in parallel planes to each other, unlike the ears of anyone I've ever met. I bought these to replace a set of Labtec C-322 headphones whose cord had gotten pinched and had exposed wires, but now I think I'll just buy some electrical tape and fix the old ones.

Its perfect for in-game chat or when using teamspeak (or other IP-talk applications). Sound is Koss style (excellent), but not as good as Koss Porta Pro of course. The Mic is perfect. The fixed part of the arm rotates down to the mouth, the rest of the mic-arm is flexible and can be easily adjusted to any wish. Clear and good microphone. The cord is long compared to other headsets (more than 3 meters / 10 feet)

I found the fit and weight to be just fine, but the most important thing with a Speech Recognition Headset is the clarity of the Microphone, and I have found the microphone on these headphones to work better than any of the other Voice Rec Headphones I have owned.

Comfort:
Not sure if it's this brand, or all behind the neck headphones/headsets, but the are horribly uncomfortable for me. The plastic part that fits over your ear (between the top of your ear and your head) ends up hurting after about 10 mins of wearing these. My brother has a pair of altec lansing AHS-302 that are the same style, and he likes them. We are the same shape and build (6'2"), so I'm not sure if it's the brand or the style.

Sound:
The sound from these are lack luster. I mainly used them for playing online games and using teamspeak. I could hear other people's voices just fine, but the sounds on the game (BF1942) where nothing to write home about. I suppose for the price, I can't expect too much.

Microphone:
This microphone on this or horrible. It comes to the corner of your mouth (as designed) which I like. Problem is, you have to turn the sensitivity up to high to pick up your voice. Using teamspeak, the sound quality of the microphone was the worse of all friends logged in. I know that internet chat sound quality is not a great test, but everyone commented on how "tinny" the sound was from mine, as compared to everyone else (no one else was using these headsets).

Conclusion:
I would not recommend these even if you like the behind the neck headphones. The sound is rather lack luster and the microphone is one of the worse ones on the market. I took my back to the store and bought a set of over the ear (ear-cup) headsets from Altec Lansing (AHS-502). The AHS-502's where $25. They are far superior to the logitech, although the microphone one both are not as good as the Sennheiser PC-130's. I enjoy the performance of the AHS-502 sound much better than either of the other headsets though.

Fits good on your head and sounds great. There is also the volume control on the wire. Fits comfortably around your ears and the cool red ear things look great. The only drawback I have is that I wish the microphone was on the other side.

I just got it today and it is really comfortable. The sound is great too. Would definetly reccomend it.

I was disappointed when I finally received a product that would allow me to use earpieces not designed for the Samsung SGH-s105 phone. When it is plugged in, interference can be heard from both parties. However, it is even louder on the recieving end of the phone call than from the person making the call.

The only saving grace of this product is it's price and that's not saying much since I had to buy 2 in order to justify the shipping costs.

I've had the Samsung S105 phone for quite a while now and while it is a good phone, I was very disappointed to find it had a proprietary headphone jack. Standard headphones will not work with this phone and it comes with an earbud that was uncomfortable and not too functional. With this adapter, one can use any headset with a 2.5mm universal jack. With this adapter I am now using my preferred headset (Jabra) and actually like my phone again. It is a very simple and inexpensive solution to a problem that has bothered me for months. I have seriously thought of getting rid of this phone because I could not find suitable replacement headsets. With this adapter, that problem has been solved! Thanks Belkin!!

Even though "Talking Caller ID" is printed right on the unit, it won't actually speak the Caller ID (the phone number of the person calling) to you.

If you have recorded a personal name tag for a particular number it will play that, but if you haven't, it just remains mute. You can press "Review" later and hear the number announced, but it won't play it while the phone is ringing, which is when you need to hear it.

I purchased this for my visually impaired mother-in-law and she loves it! She will hear this unit announce who is calling without realizing that the phone had rung. It was easy to set up and just as easy to make recordings for regular callers. About the only problem was getting her to realize that someone had to call her so the caller-id unit could record their phone number. Then we could make the announcement. I would recommend this unit for anyone visually impaired!

The quality is mediocre at best. They are light weight, but not very comfortable due to the loose fit of the earpiecs. Stereo sound is not great either. The mic is not adequate for voice recognition software.

I enjoy using this product. Lightweight and the headband is easy to adjust. I can put it on for many hours without realizing that it was on my head. Very light. The cord is long enough that allows me to move around freely. The quality of sound is great and the volume is easily adjusted. It's a good piece of headphone with the product you paid. A great deal. I strongly recommend that everyone who is interested to purchase it.

This microphone was ok i guess. i wouldnt recommend it for voice recogonition though. it just isnt good enough

This is one of three microphones I own, and the added feature of being able to mount it on a surface is indeed a plus... the sound quality's not as good as other microphones I've used, but for the price, it can't be beat.

If you like quiet music or wish to be mobile then these are definitely not for you.

Unless the volume reaches a certain level, then there is just too much hiss. To drown out the hiss you either need to increase the volume sufficiently that you cannot hear anything else in the room (that's not very high since these are closed earphones), or play different music.

Even when you are within 2 meters of the transmitter, moving your head just a couple of inches can result in signal break-up.

If you are prepared to sit still and listen to rock music at the right volume then the sound quality really is quite good. However for over $200 more flexibility is expected both in terms of mobility and clearity.

In mono the hiss goes away, as does the signal breakup (within 10 meters). However, you are paying for stereo headphones.

The batteries don't last long (maybe 4 hours) and to recharge them you must connect a cable between the headphones and the base unit and push a switch on the base. With some other makes you only need sit them on a stand. Also the batteries cannot easily be swapped. So if you want to listen for 6 hours, or you forgot to charge them, you'll just have to wait until they are recharged. You cannot just insert a new battery.

They are a bit on the heavy side.

Something I do like is that there is no tuning dial for the radio signal, so cannot accidently detune them.

Listening to classical CDs throughout the house was my goal in purchasing these cordless headphones. General reception is pretty good, although it does fade in and out somewhat as I move through the house. Most annoying, however, is a constant background hiss, which distracts from the high quality sound I hoped for.

Your satisfaction with this product will probably depend on your listening preferences. Most radios stations and many pop-type CDs would come through just fine. Discriminating lovers of more quiet music will not be satisfied.

Koss JR900 Cordless Stereo Headphones are the best in cordless. I've shopped around in many stores looking for such a bargain. I can't find one. The average price was 500.00. These headphones can work throughout my whole house! I just plug them into my computer and listen to MP3's while I clean. There great and very comfortable. I will encourage everyone to buy these well made Headphones.

As I said in my review of the base system, Motorola has on paper a nice looking system with a lot of neat features; but in reality the sound quality is extremly poor to the point of being useless to me.

Also note: in my case the extra handset I bought would not read the "Shared" phone directory the that handsets that came with the system shared so there seems to be different revisions between these handsets and the ones coming with the base units.

After using these for the last 2 months, I can say this whole MD4XX system from Motorola is not recommended by me. I have now gotten rid of them and am much happier with their replacement (Motorola's new 5.8ghz system)

We've had good luck with the sound quality and range on these phones, but the battery life is terrible (all three handsets have been this way since day one).

If the handset is off the charger for about 2 hours and then you have a call, chances are you'll start to get the annoying low-battery beeps within 10-20 minutes. Because of this, the handsets are generally kept on the chargers at all times, which sort of defeats the convenience of a cordless phone.

I have been using this phone for a month now and have had no problems, definately an upgrade over a 900mhz system, and the price difference between the new 5.8 systems makes this an affordable system.

I've tried several Voice-over-IP products from delta three, dialpad, vonage. Net2Phone is absolutely the WORST of them all. First, the quality is lousy. The thing sounds like a tin can under water that is receiving incoming enemy fire: sssshhhh, warble, pop pop pop, ssssshhhhh ... who is this? ... it's me grama ... who is this? ... ME! ... sssshhhh, warble, warble, warble ... if you don't stop calling me I'm going to call the police! ... no, it's me grandma! ... pop pop pop.

Their 1000 free minutes might as well be a million. I wasn't able to tolerate this product even for 10 minutes.

Good luck if you need tech support. Ironically, the most reliable way to call Net2Phone's tech support is using the old kitchen telephone. Calling tech support on the Yap handset DOES NOT WORK. You can't even call the company using this thing!

Overall, the handset appears to be good quality plastic and the packaging is nice.

By the way, grandma did call the police on me. Thanks, Net2Phone.

I live in Moscow, Russia and we cannot call 800 numbers direct so need to use a phone card or call back. I had a net2phone account from years ago that I never used as quality was so bad before broadband but happened to notice progam and tried it and it is very good so found this little phone in a store here and plugged it in. It is great. Now I can call all 800 numbers for free using freeworlddialup or Sipphone and for standard calls prefer net2phone for quality. Even now have free USA phone number with voice mail so my friends in USA can call me for free.

This phone works great and interface programs opens when you lift phone. Base of phone is way too light but I filled it with plaster so not is fine. Here it sold for $20 and I got a 20 foot cord. I like it

this is perfect if you have teenagers,you can limit there call time if they arent good or if they dont do there chores dont buy them many minutes great to help control how much they spend on a cell phone

This handset eats batteries to the point where it is almost unusable. If youy leave it on the charger base, the NiCad batteries develop the "memory effect" and lose the ability to hold charge. If you leave it off the charger base, it doesn't have much usefull battery life, and you're always dropping conversations because the battery pooped out. The flaw in the design is the lack of a "smart" charging circuit in the phone that cuts off charge current automatically when the battery is charged and allows the user to keep it on the charger base.

We have enjoyed both the base and the expandable Panasonic cordless phones. This is nice because of the alarm feature. I've used it for conference calls with work while at home. A good option for one of you expandable pieces to the base.

Hey, the picture is not clear at all-- this is a phone with an alarm clock on its "back" --when the phone is laying down in the charger, it looks like an alarm clock, with a design on the side. (The Amazon photo above shows only the "face" of the phone; you can't see the clock display at all.) Search on the web for "tg272s" and tyou can find other, clearer photos.

That said... this is a VERY well designed handset. The alarm has a backlight but it's not incredibly bright, which is great since it sits right next to me on the bedside table (my last alarm clock was like stadium lighting at night!)... the feature set is almost identical to the base handset, including the integrated speakerphone (!), the dual line support, etc. There is no headset jack, that's not cool, but the alarm is clear, has a snooze feature and is easy to set, too. The phone book can be transferred from the base unit, just like the other expansion handsets. Overall, smart design, and a perfect mix (for me, anyhow) of the alarm clock and phone functionality that I needed in my bedroom.