Sennheiser BW 900 Lightweight Wireless Bluetooth Headset for Phone/Mobile by Sennheiser
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Digital camera reviews of Sennheiser BW 900 Lightweight Wireless Bluetooth Headset for Phone/Mobile
Digital camera Review: Excellent for Laptops, Noise Cancelation, Comfort, Dual Use
Summary: 5 Stars
Sennheiser BW900 Wireless Office Headset
The BW900 is a serious noise canceling headset designed for people who care more about sound performance and comfort than aesthetics.
Anyone who operates laptops with various programs like Skype, Dragon, WebEx and so forth requires high quality headsets that are compatible with the program and your laptop. There are many USB headsets which may be easily recognized either your laptop's software or one of the program's you are using, both not both simultaneouly causing frustration.
The BW900 can circumvent these problems with its optional audio cable by plugging directly into the laptop's standard microphone / headset cable inputs which are ordinarily setup at the default settings.
The noise canceling microphone is outstanding if a radio is on in your room or anyone is speaking near you. Alternatively, if you are using the BW900 with your cell phone in a convertible, wind noise is all but eliminated as a distracton to the person listenting to you under most reasonable speeds and circumstances. Car use of the BW900 is simpler now that Sennheiser offers a car charger option for the batteries.
The replacable battery option sets the BW900 apart from many other headsets, although one weakness is that you cannot keep your call going as you hot swap the battery (unless you flash it onto hold).
Another possible weakness is that you cannot raise the volume beyond a certain point and I haven't found anyway to amplify this (although maybe I'm going a little deaf and have a different issue).
This is simply the most comfortable headset I've ever worn. I still cannot figure out how light it is, or why I forget it's there and how it stays on my head given how large it is, I hardly notice it until I see a mirror.
I only use the BW900 with my laptop and cell phone. The great thing about using it with my laptop is that I can walk to the kitchen for coffee or elsewhere around the house and not loose the signal. For someone like me that wanders around while talking, that is a real lifesaver.
Others use the BW900 with their telephone, but my phone system has multiple lines.
Digital camera Review: Exceptional Headset
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought this headset about a week ago. I commute about 2.5 hours per day and spend alot of that time on conference calls. I have never been able to find a bluetooth headset that can effectively get rid of all the road noise.. Until now! The noise cancellation is absolutely amazing! I never would have believed it without experiencing it first hand. Even driving at highway speeds with the driver's window fully down, my voice is crystal clear to the person on the other line. A friend of mine made an audio file that compares this headset to the Plantronics 510 (modified with a noise cancelling boom mike) and a Plantronics 520. No contest... Although expensive, if you regularly use a bluetooth in a somewhat challenging noise environment, it will be well worth the extra money.Digital camera Review: Exeallent!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I use it for phone and Dragon 10. Nearly flawless for dictation. It is so coolDigital camera Review: Good sound and noise cancelling
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the Senheiser BW900 wireless to replace both my wired Plantronics land-line headset and my Motorola Bluetooth cell phone headset. It works great with both phones.
I work at home as a writer and the wired headset made it impossible for me to get up from my desk even to close my office door when the kids are around, let alone answer a ring at the front door of the house. With this headset I can go all the way downstairs and sign for a package or whatever and the person I am talking to does not even know it because the sound cancelling masks the sound of my steps.
On the cell phone, this headset is much better in both outgoing and incoming sound than the Motorola H500 I was using. I have made several calls in the car and again, the people I am talking to cannot hear the ambient sound.
There are a couple of drawbacks with this system. One is it works much better, at least for hearing, if you get the accessory over-the-head headset attachment instead of relying only on the earpiece sitting on your ear. This makes the headset much bulkier, but if you need your hands free for typing or driving, it is very much worth it. The second issue is I have not been able to turn off the noise cancellation, even though your are supposed to be able to. Every once in a while I get a call where the person on the other end has trouble hearing and I have to turn the outgoing volume up in the base station to compensate. I have not had this issue using the headset with my cell phone, and only a couple of times with the land line. I would easily give five stars for sound qualty in both direction if not for these occassional issues. The Sennheiser is just as good as the wired Plantronics I have been using for years, even when I use it on a cell phone.
Some reviews have also mentioned getting an echo when speaking. I have found the way to get rid of it is to move the microphone down to my chin instead of directly in front of my mouth. I'm guessing if the mic is too close to your mouth, it picks up your voice on both the main mic that transmits soud, and the small mike that is on the other side of the boom that pics up ambient noise to cancel, and this causes some kind of feedback. But this is just a guess. Bottom line is, if I move the mic down, the echo goes away.
Digital camera Review: Great for Voice recognition
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been very impressed with this headset for voice recognition. I have not yet figured out the best settings for volume control when I have used it with my office phone. I believe it will be fine, just a question of me taking the time to figure it out. Overal I am very happy with the purchase.