Customer Reviews

Conair SW9260 Hands-Free Mini Headset- Metallic Silver

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The Conair Hands-Free Mini Headset is great for doing two things at once. Want to make dinner and talk to your pal at the same time? No problem, the dialing devince fits perfectly in your pocket and the headset frees up you hands. Tired of resting the phone between your shoulder and cheek? Well be tired no more with this handy gadget! Want to keep it plugged in for talking and charging? Well the 25 ft. cord will solve that. I think this product is great and I give it my full approval.

This phone is garbage. Garbage! My particular phone alternated between a low buzzing and a really loud buzzing. And, to boot, the cord gets completely tangled because it is coiled and so long. You'll spend 10 seconds untangling the thing every time someone calls. It's lightweight, alright, so if you're looking for a lightweight phone with a loud buzzing that tangles, this is your man.

For its size, this phone has many features, including tone/pulse switch, two setting volume control, redial and flash. The long cord on both the base and the earpiece is a double edged sword. On one hand, it's great to have all that room to move around. On the other hand, even with the base cord being coiled, it has a tendency to get in the way. And it isn't modular; the base cord is attached to the machine so you couldn't replace it with a shorter cord even if you wanted to. The biggest drawback, however, is the amount of background noise it creates. I've owned cheaper phones that had less buzzing than this one has. If you can put up with the background noise, it's an okay little phone.

The previous reviews are all true -- it can buzz (depending on the quality of the phone line), its plastic parts are delicate, and the headset is very comfortable to wear.

I would like to add that I used the phone all day at work for months, and it had problems the previous reviews did not mention: the connection between the headset and the phone was very touchy. When on the phone, I would often lose microphone connectivity (I could hear them but they could not hear me). I would have to play with the connection to reestablish contact.

After 3 months of use, the connection to the headset died completely. I took the phone apart and rewired it by hard-wiring the headset directly to the phone. The phone worked 3 more months before the buzz gradually got unbearably loud. I took it apart again, resoldered the connections, and got it working for another month, before something else inside failed. I replaced it with a much better and slightly more expensive phone.

Unless you like an occasional electical engineering challenge, this phone is not for you.

Don

I bought this for a work-at-home position making many phone calls. Works great. It has great reception, fits well and it is very light, I can't even tell I have it on. I also like having my hands free to write while I talk to customers.

I have bought two Conair HandsFre phones, the SW8260 and the SW9260 models, both have a convenient price and functionality, but after around a year of use they begin to fail. Noise problems, interrupted calls, etc. take you to replace it for another phone.