Greetings, As promised, I am writing about the Backbeat Sense Bluetooth headphones from Plantronics that I received yesterday. These are over the ear headphones that claim 18 hours of talk time, have a microphone and Plantronics usual attention to detail with the spoken prompts about battery, pairing, etc. I had a pair of Bose Mobile over the ear headphones that I really loved, but they were only wired. They died recently after 7 years of daily use.
I was looking for a stereo headphone that had Bluetooth when I came across these. Regular Price, $179. (That is what I paid for the Bose 7 years ago. B&H Video/Audio in New York has some for $116. They come with the micro USB cable for charging, but no wall charger. They offer one, which we bought, for $6.00. They come in a very nice box, with also a very nice carrying case. The selling point for me was that they can connect with two different Bluetooth devices. The delightful surprise that I discovered when I opened the box is that they also have a 3.5 to 3.5 MM cable so you can use them as wired headphones. What they say about that in the documentation is that you can use them when the battery dies. So, in actuality, you can use them with three devices. I would say the sound quality for listening is almost, if not as good as, the Bose were. They are very comfortable, and the over the head band is adjustable. They feel like they are made from very high quality material. The 3.5 MM cable plugs into the bottom of the right ear cup. The cable has the microphone and buttons on it that work much the same as the iPhone Airpods. They take about 3 hours to fully charge. I have not run them down on the battery yet. The microphone sounds fine. I did a couple test calls with my wife on Bluetooth and she had no trouble hearing me. They do block out most of the surrounding sounds, so I won't be using them while walking down the street. I am quite impressed in my first day of having them. HTH, Richard -----Original Message----- From: Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 6:33 AM To: 'viphone@googlegroups.com' <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: bluetooth headphones I'll let you know next week. My wife is getting me the new Plantronics Backbeat Sense stereo Bluetooth headset. It is over the ear, it claims 18 hours of talk, and lists for $179. It was on sale briefly for $79 with a code, but I missed it. She found them through a store called B&H from new York for $116 with free shipping. It doesn't come with an AC charger, so she added their charger for $6. It does, of course, come with the micro USB charging cable, just not the wall plug. Later, Richard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of david gross Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 6:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: bluetooth headphones can someone suggest a good bluetooth headphone that is over the ear, not in the ear, has a extended battery life, and works well with voiceover? Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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