IOGEAR GBMH211W6 - Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headphones with Built-In Microphone

by Iogear

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.8 x 2.3 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000XJRZPG
• Item model number: GBMH211W6
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Free yourself from confining wires and immerse yourself in music with IOGEAR's wireless Bluetooth stereo headphones. Now you can comfortably enjoy your favorite music without messing with annoying wires. IOGEAR's Stereo Headphones use Bluetooth technology to let you enjoy music up to 33 feet from the source in beautifully crisp MP3-quality stereo sound. IOGEAR's behind-the-neck design makes the headphones very comfortable to wear even for extended periods of time. You can also easily change tracks, adjust the volume and pause your music with the integrated headphone control buttons (with compatible devices). The built-in rechargeable battery offers up to 6.5 hours of music play time. A built-in microphone supports use with Bluetooth mobile phones. You can even pause your music and pick up an incoming phone call with the press of a button. This unit works with any Bluetooth-enabled devices (computer, PDA, MP3 Player) that support A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth profiles. For devices that do not come with integrated Bluetooth, you may use the IOGEAR Bluetooth Audio Transmitter (GBMA211W6), which transmits audio signals wirelessly to your Bluetooth Stereo Headphones.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most versatile headset I've ever used, April 22, 2008

By 

Robert K. Mertz (Linden, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IOGEAR GBMH211W6 - Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headphones with Built-In Microphone (Personal Computers)

I am a data center technician and have long been frustrated that I was never able to listen to music without a headset but when I would do that I suddenly lost the ability to hear things such as IMs or my cell phone ringing. Of course you can only pair a bluetooth headset with one device -- until now.

I easily paired these headphones with my MacBook and my BlackBerry Pearl and they do exactly what they say. I can listen to music through iTunes and have the ability to hear IM alerts and such and I can control the music volume and track as well as play/pause all from the headset it's self. If a call comes into my cell phone these headphones automatically pause the music on my computer and allow me to take the call and will unpause the music whenever the call is complete. I am also able to place a call using voice dialing without going near my computer or my phone. The way this is able to work is these headphones support 2 different bluetooth profiles. One is the headset profile and the other is the headphone profile. Your cell phone will pair with the headset profile and your laptop with the headphone profile.

Aside from the incredible advantage that the above options provide the headphones are very comfortable and they sound great. I'm sure if your an audiophile who swears by Bose you will probably find something wrong with the quality but for what the normal mobile person uses these types of things for I think they far excel. Being surrounded by thousands of computers has always been an issue for me with the background noise but I am able to hear music just fine and I've had a couple conversations on the phone using these that the other party had no issue hearing me.

And beyond all of that... the battery life is AWESOME. I used these for about 8 hours in the data center and had it paired with both devices the whole time.... at least 7 hours of that was with music playing and when I left for the day the headphones gave no indication that the battery was running low. Oh.... and range is far better than any bluetooth headset I have used with my phone.... I've gone well over the 30ft range that it claims and the connection was still stable.... and this is in a building where the 2.4ghz spectrum is quite crowded.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Microphone low gain - not loud enough, October 1, 2008

By 

Not Always So "itsnotalwaysso" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IOGEAR GBMH211W6 - Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headphones with Built-In Microphone (Personal Computers)

The microphone gain on these is very low. You will have to yell for the other end to hear you! They are also not great if you plan on using them during active workouts since they are a bit too heavy to stay on the ear. THEY DON'T USE A STANDARD USB connector to charge! I HATE that - yet another cable to carry around. Forget about it!

Look at the Kensington bluetooth stereo headphones with microphone to solve both problems. Don't buy the Motorola ROKR S9 - they are flawed and will break! I had to return two sets.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars do not buy!, February 7, 2008

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Ashen™ "Ashen™" (Gate to Hades,) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IOGEAR GBMH211W6 - Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headphones with Built-In Microphone (Personal Computers)

UPDATE!!!!!!! --- DO NOT BUY!

these were promising at first.
they were so great i bought a second pair!

Unfortch the plastic clip broke on both sets, and the 1st set no longer holds a charge. I've only had it for 8 months!

i would change the rating if i could folks!
unless u want to buy a new pair in 8 months I suggest you find a different headset.

sorry all :(

my first review is below
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the iogear wireless stereo headphones are all they promise and more.

for cell phones:

the pros: same as computer, plus

- alerts you to incoming calls
- great clearity both for voice and music

phone cons: none. easy to hook up with a2dp phones


for computer:

the pros:

- great sound quality
- great range
- adjustable fit and stays on the ear even when exercising! which is a suprise because they are around ear headphones (they clip on to your ear).


the cons:

- you most likey have to update to the newest bluetooth stack for your system and make sure the "check scms-t" is disabled. if your great with computers than it's worth the extra time to find a bluetooth stack, upgrade and install the package (these are free) if you are not computer savy i suggest you don't buy this product.

- customer support for this item is non existant, being lazy i contacted them but they were unaware of the problem and offered no assistance. this is a common problem for bluetooth. scms-t is a copyright protection check and if a product hasn't been reviewed by and passed the bluetooth copyright standards than you will get this error on any bluetooth accessory you add to your computer. good thing is companies are listening and chances are if you have a computer that is about 6 mo. or newer you will only have to make sure the check scms-t in disabled under your bluetooth settings. otherwise you'll have to completely uninstall your current stack and then reinstall the new stack.

- as for fit i read alot of reviews that people who wear glasses have problems with around ear headphones and these ARE around ear headphones so that may be a problem for you. i don't wear glasses so i don't know.

recap:

for cell phones:

- its a great product buy it

for computers:

- if uninstalling a your bluetooth software and upgrading to a new version doesn't scare you then buy it, these are by far the best i've seen.

- if your not good with computers you may want to rethink buying these