OT – Bluetooth

[admin]

I don’t know if anyone has the same hatred of Bluetooth headsets as I do.

Nowadays, we do business on mobile phones a lot (or exclusively). I find it’s better to use a quality wired headset from the phone manufacturer than pairing to Bluetooth devices, such as headset or car stereo system.

I was talking to a realtor earlier today and all I wanted to do was hang up. To realtors out there… something to consider to provide better customer service. Bluetooth sounds hollow like you’re driving and too busy to pay attention to your customers, who probably can hardly hear you.

I drive a lot, and I’m always on the phone. But I use a quality headset.

[urbanrealtor]

Funny.
I was with AFX114 and his wife at the station a couple years ago and they mentioned this specific issue to me.

I have since switched to a wired set most of the time and the native car BT while driving.

It generally has better quality than my old bt set.

[bearishgurl]

I’ve always used very good quality Jabra wired earphones, and later, wireless bluetooth devices but am considering switching to a wired headseat with separate mouthpiece before my next road trip for the reasons mentioned above. I, too, talk on the phone a lot when I drive (and have recently learned to send voice-texts in my old age, lol).

[moneymaker]

If you get a quality bluetooth device with dual microphones for noise canceling then I’ve found it’s not a problem. I use the plantronics M165 but there may be better ones out as I’ve had mine for a while. I also like that it will pair to 2 devices at the same time.

[Coronita]

Well, I can’t say these products were my fault. We weren’t doing headsets. You can blame CSR for your headset problems..Or, since last week, you can blame Qualcomm, since they own them now.

The latest carkits in the new cars are pretty good (also mostly CSR). I like them because of A2DP and audio streaming from a smartphone, so I don’t need to use a USB thumbdrive all the time.. In a convertible, I just still use a wired headset, with one earbud in. Works for me.

Despite having to do a lot of interop work with headsets. I never owned a bluetooth headset myself. I prefer a normal wired headset. I never liked the idea of putting something wireless right next to my brain, even though the power is so low on them.

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