Sony SBH-50 Black NFC Wireless Bluetooth Handsfree Stereo Headset

If the perfect bluetooth headset exists out there, I have not yet been able to locate it, but the SBH-50 is as close as you're gonna get.Pros:Pairing is pretty easy - just hold down the button on the bottom for about 3 seconds, then select SBH-50 once it appears on your device.Quality is very good - obviously, not as good as hardwired, but very good.Range is decent - About 30 to 40 feet in an apartment.Headphones - Excellent. They're the "L" type where the cord for the left earbud is far shorter than the one for the right. Much better than the "Y" type in my opinion, because you can run the right bud wire around the back of your neck instead of having the wires hanging down in front of you. The wire that connects to the main unit itself is very short as well, the perfect length if you clip the unit to your shirt pocket. Even better, if you don't like those headphones you can plug ANY standard headphones into the SBH-50!Battery - Not too shabby. I get about 5 to 6 hours of audio from my iPad.Functionality - Incredible. I paired this with both my iPad and iPhone, so if I'm listening to music on the iPad and the phone rings, I hear it in the headphones and can press a button on the SBH-50 to answer it. The music is automatically muted! That feature just blew me away, unfortunately, it doesn't pause the music on the iPad. Can't have everything I guess.Cons:Ease of use - Here's where every device like this seems to fail. The SBH-50 is better than the rest, but still, pretty terrible when it comes to operation. If SONY is reading this, PLEASE stop with the pushbuttons and menus. I realize that switches take up more space and tend to fail eventually, but having to push and hold tiny buttons is a real pain, and I am constantly pressing things by accident. This model does have a major improvement over the MW-600, the volume is now a rocker button instead of a touch-slide, but the power and menu buttons are just a nightmare. You get the hang of them eventually, but if you're not diligent you may end up never using the headset at all. Please, Sony, for the next model use 3 position switches (Off/On/Pair) for power and (1/2/1&2) to select the device(s).

Me, I'm not a huge cell phone person. I use it when I must, take calls when somebody decides to ring through. I am, however, a 2-hour-a-day commuter, and a music maniac.An ipod is a wondrous thing. But the wires... tug and tangle, catch your hands or arms up, under the jacket, over the scarf... the wires just become a huge inconvenience tethered to your mp3 player. And that was what I wanted to eliminate when I went scouting for a solution.First I tried a bulky, cheap pair of over-the-ears I reviewed elsewhere. They worked, well enough. Just about. But, in the end, they didn't make the grade. These Absolutely do. They connect and stay connected, even through heavy coats and bags and across 25-30 feet of distance. Although the headset itself is wired, it isn't physically connected to the player - which means you can arrange the wire and just leave it there all day - not wrestle with it as you take off a coat or shift stuff in your pockets. The sound is grand, at least to these old ears; they may not be Beats, but these old ears physically would be incapable of telling the difference between the two. The charge lasts all day (at least), running about ten hours at a crack, which is a delight. Keep a micro usb cord at work, and top it off during the day if you're feeling nervous - God knows we all have about two dozen of the things laying around...Best of all - since you can rack two devices up to it, if I DO need to make or receive calls, it's simple to switch over, and use the headset for what it was initially designed for.I'm Very satisfied with this thingamabob.

It seems to be not be able to hold it's charge like it did at the beginning worried about how long it will hold on to power. Also the headphones are great but there are no replacements? No one seems to make these specific sized length cords which are perfect for this device so when you lose them or they don't work anymore you have this long cord that gets caught on a lot of things. Otherwise this works great as a receiver also for anyone looking to control or skip music while in the car that has an auxillary port this is awesome. Worried about quality since the mw600 (older model) lasted me only 6 months before the buttons would not work twice! Hopefully Sony has ironed out the quality control problems had mine for close to 6 months now here is to hope it continues to work.

This is the first bluetooth where my callers could hear me clearly and they report I did not sound garbled or in a metal tank. I have tried half a dozen BT's for work, which requires me to be receiver-free to work around the office, and this is the first one with decent mic quality. All have great speakers, but are useless when my customers can't hear me clearly.Pros:Great mic qualityGood app for my phone that lets me mute all but ringer at set times of the night.Comfortable earbuds, but I can use any earbuds I want because the mic is in the unit.Helpful battery meter on the unit.Standard micro-usb so I can use any charging cable (car, wall, computer...)Cons:Wall charger is the weirdest thing I've seen: two round prongs, not flat blades. I'm afraid to plug it into the wall. Luckily it will charge with anything.No voice or beep to tell me I'm out of range. Can't find a range, or out of range, indicator or icon on the unit, so I don't know I'm out of range until I just notice it doesn't connect.Overall, a great unit.