[General Accessories] unknown123456:
I am currently on my 3rd BT Stereo Headset/Earphones. I originally had the Motorola HT820. It is the best I have used compare to the rest of the bluetooth headsets I've used. The reason is not because of it's comfortableness (it's not because it hurts after using past a hour or 2 on the ears), but it autoconnects to my Dash/Wing via A2DP, easy port mini-USB charging, and great battery life with little effort in having a full charge. It also produce the best sound/bass (if any). I decided to switch to 3.5MM bluetooth adapter because earphones were more comfortable for me. I move on to the Itech R35. This 3.5mm adapter uses a non-standard charging adapter which was very inconvenient. Since the Dash/Wing uses mini-usb port charging, the HT820 was much more convenient because I can use a universal usb charger. The battery life was decent but not as long as the HT820 which lasted well over 7 hours at least for me with great idle time. The sound for the R35 was mediocre but reasonable for most people I believe. No Bass obviously. I used the JVC Marshmallows (earphones) along with it. Unfortunately, the adapter started coming apart after a year of use and due to detach wiring from the chip, which I don't know where to properly solder the wire back onto, I moved to my 3rd bluetooth headset/earphone experience. It's the same one mention by the OP. I bought mine off DealExtreme.

This was the cheapest option thus far and the most disappointing experience out of the other 2. The convenience factor of having it charged via USB is nice. However, it takes up the 3.5mm port unlike the Itech R35. But I guess it doesn't matter because the biggest downfall of A2DP devices is the inability to charge and use at the same time. I have used the wall charger it came with, a ipod shuffle charging adapter (3.5mm to usb adapter), and the 3.5mm to usb cable it comes with. According to the manual, a blue light is suppose to be on when it's fully charged and a sound I believe. I NEVER get a blue light indicating anything or any sound. The USB wall charger (not the 3.5mm adapter itself) that it comes with, shows a red dot, when I plug it into the power socket which I am not sure if it's suppose to be that way because the charger also has a green light indicator which I can't seem to get the wall charger to properly light up. When plugged in, the wall charger and the 3.5mm adapter both show a steady red light indicating it's charging something. And it still does charge the adapter somewhat. But once again, it never lights up blue as a sign of full charged. The red light on the 3.5mm adapter actually goes away whenever it wants. I use to think it was already done charging. I would have it charge for about 10 hours the night before prior to use assuming its charged since the light was off. HOWEVER, the most annoying problem comes when I hear that 3 consistent beeps, indicating low battery life while listening to music 15minutes in after a night of charging. These symptoms don't change despite 3 different ways of charging the adapter. I use usb ports from my netbook/pc with same results. So I am not just using a different adapter with the same wall charger that it came with for these results. Another flaw, exactly like the Itech R35 or similiar cheap bluetooth products alike, do not automatically connect via A2DP like my Motorola HT820. I have to manually tell my phone to set the device as Stereo. The hands-free connection works just fine without syncing anything; meaning once I turn the adapter on, I can dial/hear calls via bluetooth. But once again, the A2DP feature has to be manually connected. ANNOYING! The battery for this thing is terrible too. It will not last more than 3-4 hours. The most idealistic thing to say is 2 1/2 hours of listening to music at most; basically no point of listening to music in long commutes. Hearing that stupid low battery indicating sound does not make the matter any better after 15minutes of use for me. Overall, a very cheap product I must say. Now I am not doubting that there might be something wrong with my specific adapter but it won't get any better as the battery life is poor in general. Read reviews from DealExtreme about battery life. So whether my chargers all magically have a problem or whether the issue is with my adapter itself, it won't change the fact that this bluetooth adapter sucks in battery life. I came from 7+ hour (HT820) headset to a 6 hour 3.5mm adapter (R35) and ended with <3 hours crappy headset. The sound is also the worst out of all 3. It does the job you can say but not well and not for very long. This is why this device is so cheap.