Blueant S1 Sun Visor Bluetooth Handsfree

by BlueAnt

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 6 x 7 inches ; 5.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B002C41KJ2
• Item model number: USEN-BAW-S1
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,646 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
  • #32 in Cell Phones & Accessories > Accessories > Car Accessories > Bluetooth Car Kits

Product Description

The Blueant S1 sun visor Bluetooth car kit speaker is equipped with multipoint technology which enables pairing with 2 phones. It also introduces A2DP music streaming, allowing you to play music through the S1's high performance speaker from any mobile phone that supports the A2DP Bluetooth profile.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Seriously flawed - no car charger included, August 29, 2009

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ScOObydoo (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blueant S1 Sun Visor Bluetooth Handsfree (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Let me start with the basics - this car kit is not bad. It isn't great, but I've seen worse. The S1 is about $20 cheaper than the Supertooth 3 (the flagship carkit from Blueant). Sadly, the S1 loses the cool features found on the Supertooth 3 - voice dialing is one of them (the S1 does support a simple "answer" command for picking up calls.

The S1 does all the basics, plus it adds Bluetooth audio. This works, but don't expect it to replace your car stereo any time soon. The A2DP Bluetooth stereo lacks one minor little thing - AVCRP or Bluetooth audio remote. So, even though you can listen to music, you can't control it.

Now on to the big one - when you open the box, you see the S1, its visor clip and an AC charger. That is correct - the brainiacs at Blueant obviously felt that nobody would need a car charger for the car kit in their car.

This means you'll need to spend an additional $10 on a MiniUSB car charger cord. To me, this is an inexcusable flaw, and one that makes it seem like the product was poorly thought through.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, not great, June 24, 2009

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Ronald Mendoza (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blueant S1 Sun Visor Bluetooth Handsfree (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I have been a long time Jawbone user, but have been trying to convince myself that a Bluetooth Speakerphone would better fit my needs/lifestyle, since I only use the Jawbone in the car anyway.

I finally pulled the trigger on a Jabra SP700, but returned it because it could realistically only be used with one phone. (It has multiple phone history, but will only connect to the most recently paired phone.)

I have friends who are happy with the BlueAnt SuperTooth 3, and since the S1 was newer I decided to give it a try.

Good:
Good overall volume and clarity. Multipoint technology which not only allows it to reconnect to the two most recent devices, it actually reconnects to both simultaneously if in range.

Not so good:
In addition to the standard Bluetooth Headset profile, the S1 also supports A2DP, like the Jabra SP700. The Jabra SP700 also has a FM transmitter, so it can basically act as a speakerphone/music streamer to the car stereo. The S1 does not have a FM transmitter, so music is streamed to its mono speaker. Herein lies my problem; my iPhone 3G will connect to the S1 for phone call duty and will also send music to it, instead of to my car stereo through the direct connect. I have not found a way to disable A2DP support on the S1 (or the iPhone 3G), and I'm checking with BlueAnt to see if they have any ideas. This will probably be a deal killer for me if I can't resolve it.

Also, the visor clip is extremely tight, taking a lot of effort to attach to my visor. The Jabra SP700's clip looked more fragile but clipped on well enough as far as I can tell.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value with A2DP support, December 31, 2009

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Frank Osorio (Los Angeles Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blueant S1 Sun Visor Bluetooth Handsfree (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Over the past week, I have used the S1 in two cars while I have traveled on noisy gridlocked LA freeways and residential streets. Additionally, in the back seat where my 5 year twins doing the usual 5 year old things like talking, laughing, asking questions, singing sometimes LOUDLY etc... The S1 passed with flying colors against this curtain of noise in the car and outside of it. I used the S1 in two ways. The first was as a regular speakerphone that did not lose a call nor was my voice ever "difficult" to listen to according to people on the other end of the line. I have used other bluetooth devices like Motorola and Parrot and the S1 is noticeably easier on the caller and the listener. Their voices came in quite well and easy to hear at all times especially in light of the noise intrusions from both inside and outside the car. The second way I used the S1, and the reason why I bought it, was to use the A2DP function with my Palm Centro phone which is able to stream any audio to the S1 with a 3rd party software program. The S1 paired easily and quickly with the Centro and I was able to listen to many podcasts, Internet radio stations, MP3 songs etc. The sound is quite acceptable for what the S1 is: a mono bluetooth speakerphone. I read many other reviews both here and other tech blogs about the S1 and I realized that those reviewers who are expecting stereo sound from ONE speaker, non-bluetooth artifacts from a BLUETOOTH product or better package contents from a $60 mid level bluetooth device are people who can never be satisfied with any product. I bought the S1 knowing that its function was to provide a reliable, transportable "loud enough to work" mono speakerphone addition/compliment to the bluetooth and cool to use A2DP functions of my phone. It's not meant to replace my expensive hi-fi set up in the car nor replace wired headsets that have obvious loudness and clarity caller/listener attributes that no bluetooth mono speakerphone could ever match. The S1 simply is an excellent value that does its job as well as other more highly expensive bluetooth mono speakerphones.