Don't be fooled by people that review a product a few days after they buy it. I bought this headset a year ago and after 6 months of everyday use they began falling apart. The first thing I noticed was that the sound stopped working on one side after I dropped the headset one day. You will drop the headset, believe me. Sometimes you just forget they are on and jump out of your chair to pick up the phone or go to the bathroom. I had dropped the headset a few times before and nothing happened. After another month or so the sound in the right side would only work when the cord was positioned in a certain way. That's when I gave up on them.

The headset is worth the money if it is used in a casual way... but for people who listen to music/play games/chat online on a daily basis I would NOT recommend this.

If you think that what happened to me is a rare occurence... do a search online and read it from other people. This happens to others as well and is a design flaw in the headset.

I have to admit normally I don't really bother too much with all the review writing when it comes to items I purchase,but in this case I feel a good review is merited. I got this headset for about half of what I would've paid had I gone to my local computer store.

I checked at several stores in fact for this headset after seeing several good reviews and couldn't find it anywhere for less than $35. Of course that means with the tax, gas, et all, I would have been spreading around $40 for the same headset elsewhere, so I was very pleased to see it on Amazon with free shipping et all.

I must admit I am impressed with the quality of the headset.

I had a Plantronics head set before, that I also paid about $30 for about two years ago that I have been using pretty much constantly due to a disability have and the need for using speech recognition to type. Because I use my headset for just about everything from doing e-mail to doing my job, usually while listening to CDs, I must admit I put considerable wear and tear on my headsets.

I actually went through several of them until I finally got the Plantronics 40 set that I had been using. Except for a bit of tightness on my ears,which I never cared for, that headset held up very well to considerable daily use. The audio quality wasn't bad, and neither was the mike, so when the earpiece, finally broke, after such a long time I must admit I was pretty dismayed.

I did my best MacGyver job, wiring the headset back on with a few garbage bag ties so that I could still use it in the meantime, but I also decided that it was time maybe to upgrade a little to a headset with some larger, more comfortable ear cups. Of course I looked at the Plantronics sets first, why wouldn't I after having such good results with the last set? But I also looked at other brands and read all the reviews there as well.

After doing a considerable bit of reading,and checking out prices online I finally decided on this headset.

What can I say except I am totally thrilled?

This headset is far more comfortable than its predecessor, and the audio quality is just superb in terms of both listening to music and speech recognition. I am sitting here right now listening to a CD and voice typing and both are being done with minimal effort and great enjoyment on my part. This headset is a big improvement, even on the last one.

Yup, I am definitely becoming a confirmed Plantronics fan!

If this headset holds up half as well as its predecessor did, I will have absolutely no complaints!

:)

Morrighan

I've gone through two sets of these headsets. The first was good and worked fine till I accidently stepped on the cord and stood up at the same time, ripping the cord out of the headset. I ordered another pair, and they worked fine for 3 months, then the headphone parts stopped working, but the mic still works. For the price, these are pretty decent headphones, but they do not really have a long life. I think my next set of headphones will be the Logitech 980125-0403 Stereo USB Headset 200.

I bought this after doing much research for a headset to use on my computer with occasional voice-to-text use. The mic works really well (great for voice applications), although the moveable boom is more marketing hype as it only moves 1 inch with little effect. It is bendable which is good. Audio quality for games and music is very good. Bass response is also surprisingly sufficient. It can output very loud music/sounds without distortion, much better than smaller headsets or earplugs.

If you wear it for longer periods 1 hour+ you may find it hurts your ears.

Also rebranded along the lines of Plantronics GAMECOM Digital Stereo PC Gaming Headset. Identical to the Audio .90 except for some extra printing and different packaging to compete with similar products from Logitech and others.

Volume control works, but isn't very good quality as at max volume you may hear some noise during adjustment. There is also a built in mic mute switch which shows a red sticker when the mic off.

There is also a small clip on the cable which you can adjust to clip to your shirt which keeps the volume control close to you or the cable away from your feet. I haven't really had a need to use it, but it does work.

The plugs are gold plated and have colour coded rings for easy identification.

BUT it is POOR QUALITY - the cable is long (great feature) but fairly thin. Cables on my previous cheapie US$10 Logitech headset were much better quality. After 3 months i noticed the left channel occasionally dropped out, then it permanently stopped working. I took it back to the shop and they took 3 weeks to get it replaced. Now 15 months later the left channel has stopped working agin!

Now this seems like a trend :( I did some research with Google and i've seen stories of other Plantronics products having the same problem. When i jiggle the wire between the headset and the volume control the sound comes on and off. The weirdest thing is that the cable comes in the left speaker then gets routed to the right speaker via the headband. But the right channel works fine and the left does not.
So I opened it up and found that they use a very small PCB to solder the wires together which is the weak spot. I ripped off all the wires, soldered the tips, twisted them together and resoldered them, such a waste of time but now it works again although the cover doesn't close properly.

Also interesting that the warranty is only for 12 months. I'm unimpressed at paying US$50 for something of such poor manufacturing quality compared to $10 headphones which last much longer (the foam ear bits wore off my old Logitech after 3 years but it still worked fine).

Recommend you try something else unless you're OK with replacing it after a year. I've seen it on sale as low as US$18! Open air-headphones are also great but leak much more sound to those around you than closed headphones.

The unit works fine as it should. It is comfortable and gives a good sound quality.