Introductory ramble of nonsense

With phones increasing in size in the past 2 years, in my opion it's starting to get a little bit silly to hold your 6.5 inch phablet as a normal phone... not sure where im going with this but anyways *fancy segue* BLUETOOTH HEADSET!

Using a Bluetooth headset when you work with computers is a blessing.

At work I'm using an Avaya desk-phone without a headset, when someone calls me to reset a password or throw them out of a terminal server because it shat itself or something like that.

I have to balance the desk-phone earpiece, while concentrating on what they want, as well as typing on the keyboard and using the mouse, this is highly uncomfortable and very inefficient.

My solution to this problem?

Our phones have a call forwarding feature, so I pretty much forwarded my desk-phone to my mobile phone(Nexus 5), in which I have connected the Plantronics Voyager Legend Bluetooth Headset, it works great, it frees me from my 1 meter radius around my desk-phone as well, if I have to go into the server room and patch a network connection or something like that.

Enough ramblings..

The Plantronics Voyager Legend

The price

I purchased this headset at one of Norway's largest electronic stores ( Elkjøp ), where it was priced at 170 USD, when I came back and did some searching on the internet i found it for 80 elsewhere.. Fuck Norwegian stores, never buying shit locally ever again, I could go on for hours about the import tax and various other complete bullshit laws Norway has, but lets get to the fucking point...

The price on amazon is much more reasonable at a measly $80 USD, it's what i'd class as a medium-high end product, but it's priced at a realistic and pretty decent price.

Ease of use

The Voyager Legend is very easy to pair to your phone as it doesnt require any authentication(as far as I know...), all you have to do is to turn on the headset, turn on bluetooth on your phone, and press the equivalent of "connect" on whatever phone you are connecting it to, Within 1 second it is connected and you can start using the Voyager Legend for both call and media audio.

To take a call all you have to do is press the button on the back side of the ear-plug piece, if you're in a call and press the button, you will hang up. When you're not being called or in a call this button will act as your "check battery" button giving you information like: "Talk time 5 hours" ( See Image ).

Sound quality

I have been quite impressed with the sound quality of the voyager headset, both for voice and music, I've used this headset as a discreet music earplug at work and walking home, It services nicely, and works as well as having a single plug of some decent quality earplugs, but without the annoying cable and way more comfortable.

Aesthetics

In my opinion the Voyager Legend is a thing of beauty, It's well designed both aesthetically and functionally... Just look at it :o

When you're using it you will feel like it was meant to be on your ear, it sits snugly, doesn't look overly bulky, and it makes you look professional at meetings and when sitting at your desk.

Battery Life and Charging

The battery life on the Voyager is about 6-7 Hours standby, probably about 4 if you were constantly talking or listening to music on it.

The way you charge the Voyager Legend Headset is by connecting it to a USB charger that looks like this:

The end you plug into the headset is magnetic, so you just have to put the two together and they will sort of snap together and then it will start charging.

I like the concept, but at times it can be a bit unstable since its only the magnetic force that is keeping the charger connected, and sometimes it can fall off, I recommend getting a desktop charging dock, which Plantronics also sells ( see image ).

Comfort

The headset sits very comfortable on your left, or right ear as the microphone piece can be rotated to fit both the left and right ear, this is a nice addition and will give users who prefer having the headset in a particular ear a better user experience.

The soft rubber on the piece that sits behind your ear, is lightweight, soft and has no sharp edges that might cause discomfort, once you've put it on and adjusted it a little bit, you won't even notice it's there to be honest.

Some Cons

• It's hard to put on with one hand(or I just suck at it).
• The battery life is juuust enough to get a full workday's use out of the headset, I wish it would last a few more hours.

Summary

It's one of the best Bluetooth headsets that i have ever worn, as it does not rely on the whole "plug it in your ear and hope it sticks", it will fit snugly on your ear, it's lightweight and the sound quality for voice and music is great for the price.

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