Accessory Advisor

The Tooth Fairy Bluetooth Headset Carrier from Nite Ize allows you to have a secured place to store your headset while not in use. 

It is made with genuine leather and has a strong, leather-covered flex clip on the back allowing you to conveniently attach the carrier to a sunvisor, belt, purse, etc. 

It features a convenient pull tab for fast and easy storage of your headset. 

The X-strap system design allows versatility and securely holds most wireless headsets vertically or horizontally in place. 

We found the carrier worked as promised and provided a good way to carry a bluetooth headset.  It was comfortable to put on a belt and securely held the headset in it.

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This Samsung Bluetooth headset brings to you powerful features and an innovative design.  Receive sounds as if being whispered in your ear and talk for hours with the eye opening design.  With a retractable ear hook that can be worn on either side.  It has a talk time of 6 hours, a standby time of 110 hours and a range of 33 feet or 10 meters.  

Samsung says -

  SAMSUNG’s Black WEP180 Bluetooth headset has powerful features, an innovative design and comes in an array of vivid colors. This headset brings Bluetooth to your ear like no other. Features include up to 6 hours of talk time and up to 110 hours standby time and weighs only 13 grams. Package includes Black WEP180 Headset, Travel Adapter, and User Manual. The WEP180 is compatible with SAMSUNG and other non-SAMSUNG Bluetooth enabled phones utilizing Bluetooth v2.0.

Overall the WEP180 performs fine for the price.  There are no outstanding features but for a price of around $50, it does well.  Sound quality is acceptable and noise reduction is ok.  Overall we would give it an average rating.

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If you need better cellular reception in your car but your phone does not have an external antenna port, this cradle will work for you.  The cradle arms are adjustable, allowing any phone to fit securely in the cradle. 

The cradle connects to a 3 watt booster, then to an outdoor antenna, dramatically increasing the reception to your phone.  The phone does need to be in the cradle for the phone to receive the increased signal.

The kit comes with the adapter cradle, a pedestal windshield mount, air vent mount, adhesive mount and screw mount.  It also comes with a coaxial cable RG 174 with an FME Female connector on the end. 

The frequency is 824-960 Mhz/1700-2100 MHz and the impedance 50 ohms.

This is a great solution for a phone without an external antenna option if you need a way to hook up your phone to a 3 watt booster.  It is also the perfect solution if you have more than one phone that you may need to use with a 3 watt booster.

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This headset is a nice, lightweight, stylish earpiece to complement your phone.  Its small, sleek design makes it visually appealing, but the great features it comes with make the headset even better. 

BlueAnt states:

“The Award Winning BlueAnt Z9 Dual Microphone Headset is the latest in Bluetooth® headsets, combining cutting-edge technology with stylish design. Incorporating Bluetooth version 2.0 and BlueAnt’s revolutionary Noise Cancelling Solution, ‘Voice Isolation Technology™’, the Z9 cancels out almost all background noise whilst preserving the clarity of your voice.”

“The Z9 can be paired with up to 3 Bluetooth devices, allowing you to switch ‘on-the-fly’ between them. You can upgrade the firmware via your PC and BlueAnt’s 2 year replacement warranty and localised technical support guarantee you peace of mind.”
 

The headset also comes with a clear ear hook so it is less noticeable as well as tie-clip to be able to attach to your shirt, cuff, etc. when you are not using it. 

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The Motorola Bluetooth IHF1000 car kit is a great product for those people who live in their cars.  Using your compatible Bluetooth “Hands-Free Profile” enabled mobile phone, your in-vehicle communication experience is about to go to the next level.

Core Features
Just touch the blue button and the IHF1000 car kit will listen to your command and make calls for you. The system’s brilliant sound quality with noise reduction and echo cancellation optimizes sound quality for all parties in conference.
The stylish, backlit controller with its chrome-brushed finish mounts within easy reach on the dashboard.

The simple voice menu prompts and the controller make it easy to:

Overall the IHF1000 is a great unit for a car speakerphone.  The noise cancelling feature was good and the sound quality was as good as any other car kit we have tried.  As with any speakerphone car kit, the caller will likely be able to tell you are on a speakerphone but we have not found a car kit yet where that is not the case.

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This headset is convenient to use in the car because of how easy it is to store. The headsetis stored directly in the charging unit so that it is always fully charged. The charging unit plugs directly into the accessory outlet of the vehicle. All that you need to do to answer a call is unclick the headset from the charger unit.

Parrot describes the unit as:

Cradle: L=130mm W=58mm D=35mm

Total weight: 60 grams
Headset: L=68mm W=25mm D=23mm (with insert)
Headset weight: 14 grams

We found this to provide good sound quality and the headset was comfortable to wear.  Callers can tell you are on a handsfree kit when using the car speakerphone.  When using the headset this was not as much of an issue.

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The Blue Ant Supertooth II is a handsfree speakerphone which uses Bluetooth wireless technology to operate.  The Supertooth II has great sound quality and requires no installation because it attaches to the vehicle via a magnetic clip which can be attached right onto the vehicle’s sun visor. 

This speakerphone comes with a rechargeable battery and the kit includes the DC charging cable with an AC adapter so that it can be charged anywhere.    

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This Nokia Bluetooth headset is a very small and light headset. It comes with four interchangeable covers, white, red, black and light blue, which allows you to change the look of the headset whenever you want.  The covers have different designs on them as well.  It also has a removable ear loop/carrying strap that makes it easier to carry and wear.  The ear bud has a gel covering, which is very comfortable.  The unit is easy to used, with a power on/off with built in red and green LED showing headset status, answer/end, redial, and voice dial.  It also comes with a travel charger and a spare ear gel. If you’re looking for a small and stylish Bluetooth headset, this one will work well for you.  Find more information directly from Nokia here.

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