Customer Reviews

Body Glove EarGlove BlueVoice Bluetooth Headset

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(10)
1 star:		(31)

 

 

When you get it to work right, it actually works pretty nicely with my Siemens S66. Sound quality is good, and the folks on the other end of the conversation have no problems hearing me. I don't like how the earpiece itself fits to my ear -- it sort of hangs just outside of it, so sometimes I have to press it to my ear to block out any outside noise, like road noise when I am driving -- but, otherwise, it works fairly well, so long as I'm in the middle of a conversation.

Between calls, though . . . Well, that's another story entirely, and renders this headset virtually worthless to me.

Let's set the stage, shall we?

I'm about to hit the road, so I handshake the headset to my cell phone. It's the first time connecting, so no problems at all. I make a test call to make sure all is going well. Dial my home number, hit the button to switch to the headset, click, I hear my works like a charm. Time to hit the road!

About ten minutes later, my cell phone rings. Perfect! I tap the button on the headset. Still ringing. Hm. All right, I hit the pick-up button on the cell, then the button to switch to the earpiece. Instead, I get the speaker phone. Bweh?!

After I finish the call, I look at the cell phone screen, and see that the Bluetooth connection has dropped. Grrr . . . All right, pull over. Make sure the earpiece is on. Yep, the LED is blinking. Try turning it off, then turning it back on. Nope, still not connecting. Hrm. Maybe just needs to be resynced. Instructions say to hold the volume toggle up or down for 10 seconds until the LED starts flashing. All right, holding it down now. Five seconds, 10, 15 . . . What the heck! Let's try up. Five, 10, 15 . . . Still just doing the occasional green blink at me. Starting to tick me off now. REALLY JAM is down. Five, 10, 15 . . . Nothing. REALLY JAM it up. Five, 10 . . . Blinky! All right, set the phone to resync as well . . . There we go! We have connection again. Woohoo! Just a fluke maybe? Back on the road we go.

Out of curiosity, I check the phone screen periodically to see how the Bluetooth connection is holding up. Five minutes, still good. Ten minutes, still good. Fifteen . . .

Dropped again.

This time, I hit the pick-up button on the headset, and it actually reconnects on its own! Bluetooth icon shows full connect on my cell. Woohoo! I call my folks to give them an update on some stuff going on to test things out. 15 minute phone call, no problems.

I stop checking the phone for now, and just continue on my way. Then, I stop an hour later for a quick breakfast, and check the phone once more. Bluetooth's dropped again. This time, hitting the pick-up button doesn't bring it back, either. GRRR! Again with the Dance of the Volume Toggle, and I get it connected again.

I finally get to my destination an hour or so later, and -- imagine that! -- Bluetooth's dropped AGAIN.

Now, I used a Logitech headset flawlessly for a year until the shoddily-constructed baby boom mic stopped working. Never had connect problems with it, though. This ruddy piece of junk can't seem to go 15 minutes without timing out if there's not an active conversation happening.

In short, it's useless. Find something else that works. This ain't it.

I bought this headphone from a Sprint store (groan) and hate it! It synced to my Palm Treo 650 with no problems, but the reception is horrible. When I use it, people on the other end of the phone complain they can't hear me and the static both ways is awful.

Tried to return it to the Sprint store, but since the 2 weeks was up, I'm stuck with it. It's going to the techo garbage pile and I'm ordering a Motorola from Amazon.

I have been using this headset for about three months now, and while I am not intensely dissatisfied, it is certainly nothing special. I am using it with a Treo 650, and while it "paired" on the first try and seems to interconnect reasonably well, the volume I can get from the set allows me to use it only in relatively quiet areas. For example, it is useless in an airport, and I can barely hear it when driving at highway speed in my car (which is fairly quiet). The other concern I have is the distance I can move from my phone and maintain call quality. I begins to degrade rapidly at 4 to 6 feet with no obstacles in between me and the phone, which is significantly less distance than I expected. I can't really say how long the charge will last, but I have now used mine about 2 hours between charges without any issues.

Finally, I am really pleased with tech support. My first unit malfunctioned after about 3 months, so I arranged a return via email, and they shipped me a new one the same day they received the old one. Not bad!

Mediocre to horrible I would say. First of all, DO NOT get anywhere near a laptop with a wireless card or a running microwave oven because your bluetooth connecting will drop at the drop of a hat (no pun intended).

Secondly, while the earpiece sound quality is acceptable, all people that I talked to using this headset have commented that I sound like if I was talking out of a "toilet bowl". Horrible microphone quality.

Only reason I give it two start is because of low price, and its free if you get a new plan/phone from amazon. Otherwise, get a motorola or something built with more quality if you can spare a few more bucks. This thing WILL annoy you.

I've gone through a handful of headsets over the past couple years. I figured for sub-$30 shipped I'd give this one a try to see how it worked with my RAZR. The sound is very good and I've had zero complaints from people on the other end. It's a tad large but it fits me well and even after extended use it's remains comfortable. It reminds me of the old Jabra 200 I had, which was twice the price.

Bought it to use with a Treo 650, synch'ed without problems, but... static is terrible even when I'm two feet away, answering my phone from the headset works one out of 10 times, hanging-up has the same reliability. Turning it on and off is also a problem. Bought it and am returning it.

I got this headset yesterday and the earpiece gives quite a good quality, but the person on the other end can understand a maximum of 25% of what is being said. THis is totally not worth any money. Even if you get it for free: don't take it, it will only make you angry everytime you use it...pay some more and take something else, but NEVER go for this one!!!!

As others have stated, it has a fine ear piece, however the mic is only good in the car (with the windows rolled up). The people I talked to on it all had problems hearing me. When they could hear me, they complained that the mic quality was bad.

I bought the Plantronics Discovery 640 and am very happy with it.

The headset works fairly well, but is uncomfortable to wear for very long.

I've used this headset for a few months now and it works fine for me. You could go with a more expensive headset, but for my basic needs this was perfect.