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What is it?

The Plantronics Voyager Pro is a Bluetooth headset available for $99.99 at the Plantronics Store. 

The Good

The device gets about three hours of full talk time out of the battery before it starts to get low.  How do I know its low?  A helpful voice speaks into my ear advising me to prepare for a charge.  I can’t tell you how helpful it is to have this seemingly silly feature.  In a day and age when we are used to LCD screens and light up bars acknowledging battery life, headsets are generally absent of these.  It is a nice addition to know when you are running low.

Its dual microphone as well as its cleverly designed volume rocker and answer/end buttons makes operation and communication easy enough for an amateur Bluetooth headset user.  The dual microphone helps filter the outside noise so much so that I was actually able to talk with my car windows down and my music at a low, but audible, volume.  The listeners on the other end were not aware that I was on a headset, which made the experience great. 

One overlooked element of headset selection is durability.  I had the opportunity to get a behind the scenes video tour of the strict standards these headsets are tested through to ensure customer satisfaction.  Plantronics has an entire Dr. Doom dungeon designed to beat these devices until they are “blue in the tooth.”  They go through rigorous tests from pulling the earpiece to twisting the skeleton almost completely around; these devices are strong enough to withstand the mistaken drop on the ground, the rear-end crusher, and even a dog bite. 

The Bad

I do have some minor reservations.  The content kit includes 3 types of ear gels and well as an additional soft padded cover to extra comfort.  I found that regardless of the size of the ear-gel and soft padding, after about 20 minutes of usage my ear canal was a little irritated; however this is not a deal breaker.

The easy access of the answer/end button makes it both easy to answer/end and unfortunately easy to mistakenly answer/end.  Again, this is not the end of the world, but make the mistake of answering or hanging up on grandmother and you’ll know what I mean.  Lastly, I would have loved an additional car charger to come standard with the package.

The Crux

At $99.99 this headset is a great deal.  The minute issues I have with the headset are tolerable.  The call quality and battery life are most important to me.  The comfort was there, however, like the sun, prolonged exposure can only hurt. 

I do recommend this headset for those of you who are always on the phone, and even for those who are just to lazy to hold the phone. I spend extraordinary amounts of time in my car and traveling, this is one item that I do not leave without.

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