[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] rickh925:
Watch out for sweat, still give thumbs up.

Just found this thread and thought I would add my 2 cents. I have had the S9 for about 9 months now and am on my third headset. The first was returned to BestBuy(where I purchased it) within the 14 days because of the sweat problem mentioned by a previous poster. I was pissed because all of the pictures show a sweaty guy working out indicating that this is the appropriate use. Same symptoms, buttons don't work or one tap of volume and the headset thinks the button is being held down.

About a week later, the same thing happened so I did the "Hello Moto, is your moto feeling blue" call and RMA'd it to Motorola. That took about 2 weeks :mad: due to shipping and such.

Then about 2 months after that, a run outside in the early Fall in Atlanta and sweat got in it again. Buttons failed. This time, rather than go 2 weeks without the headset, I decided to put it on one of my floor vents in my house. The vent is also in the sun. After 2 days sitting in the air conditioner's breeze and the sun, the headset worked just fine. It is still working although I am extremely careful about sweat getting into the headset. If you are in an air conditioned gym, you probably won't have a sweat problem. Every time I've had it I was outside either working in the yard or going for a run.

I think that the design problem is in the rubber covering over the USB charge port. It doesn't seal very well. I've been tempted to take some plastic and tape it over to see if that helps.

On the plus side, the headset works perfectly with my phone. I use either MortPlayer(audio books and podcasts) or HTC Audio Manager for music. I tried using TCPMP to play Divx encoded TV shows with audio going over the S9 only to find the same problem as a previous poster that apparently the BT process really sucks up CPU power. The same TV show will play just fine through a wired headset but stutters to the point that it is unwatchable over the S9 headset.

The controls work just fine for me although it does take some getting used to. It is easy to press the up/down on the right ear when you mean to play/pause the music. The volume is not a problem because if you accidentally press the center of that combo button, it is the phone which in my case only activates MS Voice Command. MSVC works perfectly by the way with full control through the headset. I also use the big black silicone(I guess that's the material) headset tips. One good thing about the two returns is that I now have some spare tips for the headset. I don't know anyone that likes the half tips that come installed on the phone. Swap them out first thing.

As for charging, one of the off site reviews mentioned above said that you could only charge with the charger supplied with the headset. I found that the charger supplied with the headset would charge the S9 of course, but would not charge any other USB-chargable devices I have. The S9 will charge off of any of my car chargers, my Battery Geeks Portable Power Station (http://www.batterygeek.net/130Wh_Portable_Power_Station_PPS130_3V_28V_p/pps130_batterygeek.htm), any computer with a 6->4pin USB cable, and any AC USB charger that I've found. There is a warning beep at about 2 minutes of remaining power. The light may also changer colors, but since it is behind your head, you won't see that before the beep.

I've placed calls with this headset, but it tends to pickup a lot of background noise according to people on the other end of the call. In my house, it's fine. In my Durango on the highway, it's a little loud, but no one has complained so much that I had to disconnect(which is pretty easy, press the power button on the headset once and the call transfers to the phone like a normal call).

Except for the sweat problem, I really love this headset. I hope that they work that out in the next generation. If this one dies, I'll either RMA it(if in the one year Moto warranty) or use the warranty extension from my American Express that I used to purchase the headset.

If you have any other questions, just ask. I use my headset about 2 hours a day either listening to books while walking our newborn around or at the gym or on my road bike(on the rollers in the basement, not on the road with music....personal safety pet peeve:mad:).

Rick