Spec me ... headset for work. PC and iPhone

bazzabear

bazzabear

bazzabear

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Hi All

Can anyone recommend to me a decent bluetooth headset for teleconferencing?

I need to be able to quickly switch between laptop and iPhone connection, because I usually use the laptop but it occasionally messes with the audio and I have to quickly switch to phone. I can never remember what the quick-switch technology is called - multipoint bluetooth?

Noise cancelling isn't a must, as I'm in a home office so it's fairly quiet anyway. But a good mike so I can be heard clearly.

Both ears - I'm not a fan of headsets with only a single earpiece.

And if someone out there has discovered a cheapo no-name one which is actually decent, not costing much would help with me convincing work to pay for it!
 
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Good question, and I haven't the faintest yet. I have raised a question with work about whether they will fund, and if so how much.
If they won't, then as cheap as possible! :D
 
Sony XM5 can do multi device Bluetooth but I can’t speak about its ability to switch between calls on a Windows machine as I tried and it didn’t work particularly well.

I might give it another shot but look into it.
 
I had the Jabra Evolve 75, it switched reasonably well but there seems to be a weakness in the microphone connection. Microphone died at around 3 years. Worked pretty reliably before then - dongle always beats bt so once you know that you can work around it.

Now I've got the Poly Focus 2. It's definitely not a good as the Jabra was: the microphone boom is really short and not flexible so you're forever getting stabbed in the cheek by it. I've had some bugs with it failing to connect, needing 3 or 4 restarts.

If you're not bothered about replacing it in a couple of years, I'd say get the Jabra. I've not seen any other good options, both are around a couple hundred notes.
 
Thanks for the suggestions people.

I've been generally thinking it must be something with a boom mic to put it near your mouth. It seems hard to believe that something with the mic by your ear will be as good. But is that incorrect, am I jumping to an unsafe conclusion?
 
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No you are correct. If you want good noise cancellation when you talk and clear voice, you need a boom microphone. I've compared and asked people's opinion and the ones with the boom mics are much better.
 
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