Hello dear readers, today we are summing up the results of the past enthusiast competition dedicated to Bluetooth – headsets. Under the cut are the most interesting reviews of the participants and, of course, the announcement of the winner.
As I said, I myself Bluetooth don't use headsets, so some of the use cases were largely revelations, while others looked quite logical and appropriate.
For example, Andrey Podkin gave two of the most obvious and widespread use cases in his comment:
A wireless headset helps out great in the following cases:
1. Behind the wheel. Theoretically, you can use bluetooth in the car, but, firstly, I don’t have it, and secondly, if I’m not alone, I don’t want my fellow traveler to hear my interlocutor.
2. When your hands are busy. The funny thing is that I came up with such an application by accident. I was dragging packages from the store into the car and at that time they called me. Answering a call on a headset turned out to be much easier than intercepting packets and reaching into your pocket for smartphones. Now they put on a headset if it is necessary, for example, to work with their hands, waiting for a call and without risking dropping or getting the smartphone dirty.
A reasonable remark about the shortcomings of BT-headsets sounded from Alexander Noskov:
I tried to use it, but the bluetooth headset, which seems to be supposed to free my hands and not interfere with making calls, still requires attention. Inevitably, you expect some kind of trick from her. Either the battery runs out, then you forget about it and when you try to put on a sweater, it ends up on the floor. Then it was concluded that it only interferes. And there is no reason in it if the work is not connected with constant telephone negotiations.
But Daniel in his review talks about rather unusual reasons for using the headset:
I will speak out a little in favor of bluetooth headsets.
My wife and I use two identical Plantronics Voyager Legend headsets. We have been using it for so long that our friends have stopped teasing us for this eternal cyberpunk. We use it so constantly that from time to time, getting into the shower, we find that we got in there with a headset on our ear. Well, they have never been filled with water.
Each of us has our own reasons for using bluetooth headsets. A spouse spends 2-4 hours talking on the phone during the day, while she is always going somewhere, or she is doing something all the time, that is, she needs both free hands. But this is a commonplace reason. And there is also a reason for a purely hygienic property associated with an aggravated reaction of the skin of my wife's face to bacteriological and similar contaminants usual for a smartphone – in the places where the phone comes into contact with the skin of the face, the wife often had unpleasant and unaesthetic problems, and this despite the regular cleaning of phones with alcohol , which is customary in our family to do. So, for my wife, wearing a bluetooth headset also became a way to keep her face smooth and healthy in places of contact with the phone.
I have just been using bluetooth headsets for so many years (since the days of the Jabra BT200), having accumulated, by the way, their hefty graveyard, which has completely lost the habit of holding the phone to my head during a conversation. If for any reason I have to talk, holding the phone in the usual way to my ear, it causes me moral suffering incomprehensible to other normal people. ? At the same time, during the whole day I can make only one or two calls, that is, in an amicable way, I don't really need a headset, but I can't live without it. I also believe that holding a low-power, rarely working radio transmitter, such as a headset, is better than a relatively long-range telephone. However, this argument is from the category of 'foil hats', so I suggest it in the box of arguments 'for' not to throw.
By the way, I put my father and my wife's sister on bluetooth headsets at the same time. And they each also have their own pros, but on their behalf, I probably will not campaign.
A reader with the nickname Wade Crimson has rightly noticed that stereo headsets are much more functional than the usual one-ear version:
I prefer more functional solutions. For example, Sony NWZ-WS613. Own memory for music, BT and NFC for connecting to a smartphone, use as a hands-free headset, separate remote control in the form of a finger ring, waterproof IPx5 / 8 standard, comfortable fit. A must have for sports and life. Although regular headsets are useful too … considering the size of modern shovels)
Denis Mikhaylin had a very touching review
And my wife and I have such a situation. We didn’t use headsets before, but now … We have a daughter, 2 years old. When she sees smartphones, she screams 'I-le' and just don't give it a try. Screaming, crying, etc. will start. And if you give her a smart, then that's it, the child is lost for two hours. In general, my wife and I decided to buy headsets, hook them up to our smarts and walk around the apartment, hiding the gadgets somewhere far away. And we do not burn and the child develops correctly. All for the health of children))
And the winner is Aleksey Zheliske and his great detailed review of his use of a BT-headset:
It is interesting to read about business trips, courts, aesthetic problems, cars – in fact, the message of most of the previous comments (I could be wrong) is either a business environment, dispatchers, or some household chores (going to the store, cooking, etc.). My first scenarios for using a bt headset were exactly like this – hard work in a large office (constant movement), then buying a car, gym, etc. And then life changed dramatically – I had to work in a large chain retail, and in particular, these are huge warehouses, the opening of such hypermarkets as Castorama, etc. Does anyone know firsthand how, being a direct participant in the unloading of trucks and loading of such a store, in what condition is the work site, people, etc. ?
This is where the 'one-ear' BT headset becomes essential. You are in overalls, dirty, sweaty, with black calloused hands and constantly at risk (falling goods, driving loading equipment, endless calls from colleagues, etc.), and at this time you are also dragging a roklu with a pallet weighing 400 kg …
This is where you begin to understand the importance and necessity of the headset – its convenience (it is on the ear for more than 12 hours), reliability – if it falls out, as a rule, you immediately step on it yourself with a protected boot with a steel nose, sweat resistance and the ability to easily clean it from dirt and etc.
I consider it necessary to have several headsets, because I have very different scenarios for using them. And for all the seemingly versatility of some models, they may turn out to be impossible to use in some cases. It is necessary to separate the use cases and models that are most suitable for them, for example, office, home or sports (from banal jogging to extreme cycling).
Alexey, congratulations! I have already sent you a letter to the mail linked to the disqus account with the details of receiving the prize. I thank the rest of the participants for your interesting feedback. And of course, don't be discouraged, in the near future we will be giving away some more accessories.