Good value for the average user

I purchased this while out of town on business to go with my new bluetooth phone 5 days ago. The price was $49.99 at Fry's Electronics in the Chicago area. The battery has a little charge from the factory so I had it configured and working in under 3 minutes.

I noticed a buzzing in my ear right away but thought it was due to the low battery. After charging overnight I tried again. No luck it still buzzed. I messed with the phone volume and ear piece volume and got rid of most of the buzzing.

I used the headset for about 8 hours over the next few days and wore it for a total of about 50 hours. It get a little heavy after a few hours which is something I didn't notice with my corded Plantronics headset.

I contacted Plantronics online chat support today to see how to eliminate the rest of the Buzz and found that because this is the entry version there is nothing that can be done.

I decided to give this to my wife since I use about 1000 - 1300 minutes a month and she uses about 60 - 120 and this would drive me nuts after a while.

The tech support person told me to step up to the 510. I decided against this unit purely because of the weight and picked up a top of the line 640 from NEWEGG.COM for $89.95 which is about half the list price. I should have it tomorrow and I will let you know about this new unit.

All in all I was pleased with the unit, but it is a budget unit for the average user and not for a software consultant who spends as much time on a cell phone as I do. I would recommend this to the average user and for the kids. If they misplace this one you are out on $50.00 rather than about $100.00.