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"Suck"

That would be the word.

Bluetooth headsets all suck.

Jabra? Suck
Sony? Suck
Plantronics? Suck
Bang & Olufsen? Theirs may not suck, but I'd be surprised.

Why do they suck? Because evidently the designers all took anatomy from Picasso. In their world, your mouth is on the side of your head 2" from your ear.

That's what it has to be. It's the only reason for them all putting their mics that far from your mouth. They all live in Picasso's Universe.

Oh sure, they all work great in a quiet room with no wind, and minimal background noise. But then go use one on a windy day on a street with a ton of traffic. Yeah, good luck with that. Of course, that's only half of it. Most of them suck at the ear part too, because, from what I can tell, not only are all the designers Picasso fans, but they all only take phone calls in soundproof rooms.

One day, someone will remember WHERE OUR FRIGGIN' MOUTHS ARE! Maybe then the headsets won't suck. But until then, this is what I'm using:

The Ety•COM headset. Sure, it's not wireless. But it's lightweight. The earpiece is comfortable, and fits so well that I can hear it not just in a quiet room, but standing next to an interstate on a windy day. The microphone can be placed, get this, NEXT TO MY MOUTH, so it's able to capture my voice correctly, and it has two windsocks, the ultimate, low-tech, reliable way to deal with wind noise.

It

Rocks.

I really hope they take this design, and attach a Bluetooth transceiver to it, because I'd buy that in a heartbeat. Same design, just with Bluetooth. Don't need no damned display. I picked it up at Macworld Expo for like $40, and it's the best headset I've ever had, bar none.

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