Motorola TalkAbout Earbud with Inline Microphone for 200 & 250 Series

by Motorola

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JD3A
• Item model number: 50256
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Be even more mobile. Motorola has brought together accessories that make its products more wearable, more powerful, more rugged, and more your style. They're designed to enhance the way wireless works for you.Talk hands-free - your voice does all the work. Transmits as you speak. This earbud with in-line microphone is perfect for biking, climbing, and hunting. It is compatible with Talkabout Basic, Plus, 200, 250, Distance and Distance DPS radios.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Make sure your ear can tolerate this before you buy it, February 5, 2000

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M. J. Mccaffrey "Matt OneLANE" (Conn., United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motorola TalkAbout Earbud with Inline Microphone for 200 & 250 Series (Electronics)

We evaluated the earbud/mic for bicyclists coordinating a tour. Ultimately we abandoned them because: 1. The earbud HURTS after wearing it for hours on end! (Plus having a sound source like that inside one's ear probably isn't great for our hearing.) 2. The open-cell foam rubber pad disintegrated -- probably due to some of the chemicals in sweat and <shudder!> ear wax. 3. The mic could not be clipped in a position that excluded road noise and included our voices -- we ran down our TalkAbout radios' batteries because wind and road noise triggered the VOX switch, also jamming our communications. 4. It wasn't the most sanitary solution going (see 2). ... For cyclists (bicycle and motorcycle), I recommend the headset/boom mic combination. It just worked much better, and the band fits over a bicycle helmet. (Motorcyclists might want to check this last statement out for themselves ... your helmets look a little bigger than ours.)

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An essential item to communicate with team mates., August 30, 2000

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Brian_C (Erie, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Motorola TalkAbout Earbud with Inline Microphone for 200 & 250 Series (Electronics)

I've been playing paintball for several years now and have been using the Motorola 250 with this earbud/mic. I haven't had any problems with it. The boom mic was to large and cumbersome to fit inside my paintball mask. As for the earlier reviews which complain about the VOX system in wind and background noise, the easy solution is to deactivate the VOX and use the radio as a standard push to seak radio using the earbud and inline microphone to speak and listen.

With the range of the Motorola 250 and this you can easily stay in touch with your teammates and allow the other team to know if anything is going on. Playing in the woods all day causes you to sweat and my earbud cover has not disintegrated. I've even cleaned it from time to time. The inside of paintball masks has a similar foam around the goggles. I clean mask everytime I play and the foam hasn't disintegrated either.There is a slight discomfot when you first use the earbud however it does go away.

Without the earbud I doubt I would hear the radio when someone was trying to get in contact with me. I gave this product 4 stars for its dependabilty and ease of use.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars has its problems, April 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Motorola TalkAbout Earbud with Inline Microphone for 200 & 250 Series (Electronics)

This product has its problems, which are mainly a little pain in the ear. I also takes a second for the VOX to kick in. There is a little click that sounds in the earpiece to let you know when the VOX has started. If you blow into the mic until you hear the click, then it will work just fine. It is a little hard to get the VOX to kick in, however. I just takes a little time to adjust the mic. The pain described in the previous description lasts only a little bit.