Plantronics Explorer 110/115

Advantages: 1. Convenient power button, which does not push the ear.
2. Convenient volume control: not "in a circle", but "quieter-louder".
3. Enough long time on charge, fast charging.
4. Informative voice prompts (by the way, my voice seems normal).
5. A very sensitive microphone (but this is also a drawback sometimes - see below).
6. The ability to work with two devices at once: in my case, this is a smartphone and a laptop.

Disadvantages: 1. An inconvenient toggle switch on-off button - unlike other buttons, it can not be pressed with gloves.
2. In a noisy environment, you want to add 25 percent more sound to the maximum.
3. Often falls off, and does not always work correctly, being connected directly to two devices. Resolve on-off headset or Bluetooth on your device.
4. After a year of wearing it became not so clearly fixed in the right position.

Comment: I was pleased with the range: if there are no obstacles, 10 meters is easy. If you wear it in your ear for a very long time (4 hours in a row), then discomfort appears. Without a handle you can wear only if you barely move. And with a bow to wear is not so convenient. But there is a compromise. Sometimes a very sensitive microphone picks up and amplifies background noise - but not the voices around. Although mostly the interlocutors say they hear perfectly. I use both for talking and for watching movies on a laptop (when children are sleeping), as well as for audio books. Separately, I will say about voice control through Google applications: a search in the phone book and a set are happening with a bang. Having a repeat of the last set by double pressing the call button is also convenient.

Advantages: - Honest 7 hours of conversation.
- Stylish design for my taste.
- Holder in the car.
- Audio channel control (on / off, rewind).
- Volume keys on the headset.
- A clear, convenient, clear button for receiving a call that does not press the headset into your ear.
- Price.

Disadvantages: - Inconvenient and unreliable fastening in the ear (already falling to the ground on the go).
- The average sound quality for the interlocutor.
- Very low functionality of branded phone software.
- Lack of firmware and Russian language. English is not a problem, but it is voiced by a woman with a nasty voice.

Comment: Headsets constantly wear about 10 years. It was 3 pieces Plantronics Voyager - live in my mode exactly 1.5 years, and they are not weak. I was looking for a replacement for a cheaper, but not the worst headset and found it! And this is not Plantronics, but Jabra Stealth. She lived with me for a year, I slapped her with long listening to audiobooks, bought a new one, but then I managed to change my smartphone and the new smartphone didn’t make friends with the jabra. She constantly fell off of him at the most unnecessary moment. And this is the only reason why I had to try Plantronics Explorer and compare it with jabra, since they are in the same price range, well, Plantronics is a little cheaper. I'll say right away: the explorer also falls off my phone, but after the blade it connects quickly, I almost resigned.
The fattest minus of this headset is its wearing: the jabra is more comfortable MUCH. The second is the sound quality for the interlocutor: in jabr they hear me crystally, and then of course they hear me, but without enthusiasm. You hear yourself without any problems. Prog for android - PLT Hub - only knows how to show the remaining charge in hours rounded to the nearest. Well, it can still show on the map where in the last time there was a connection with the headset - well, this is for those gifted who have GPS always on on the phone. In Jabra, the prog program can speak from whom the letters come, reads the SMS content and recognizes the phone book in Russian and reports in the ear who is calling. The most fat plus is the control of the audio channel and the volume from the side dish. You have to get the phone less often than with a jabra. Honest battery consumption, I attribute to the second most important plus.
Conclusion: in this price category, if comfort and quality of communication is more important to you, then definitely Jabra Stealth. If the duration of the work and the push-button control, then the Plantronics Explorer 110.

Advantages: The interlocutors hear me well, I do them too. Good and easy, sits in the ear, on the silicone nozzle, which is included. But you have to be more careful, because there is a risk that you will fall out of your ear unsuccessfully, for example, when you climb out of the car ... you may not notice and lose! I have a big ear and the nozzle fits well, but who has a smaller ear hole, it will be optimal for them to still wear and retain the handle, which also comes in the kit. She also sits well. The weight of the headset is very light and the ear does not get tired, with prolonged use. The volume of the speaker during a conversation is enough, you can hear it loud enough. It works on Bluetooth 4.1, so the range is good. Walking with her 2 room apartment 45kv.m. and no problem, everywhere catches. In an open area, it catches exactly more than ten meters (as described), in fact, it takes somewhere between 15-18 meters. It is also a convenient option to simultaneously connect two phones, or a phone and a laptop ... and indeed any devices. Since I always have two phones (work and personal), it is very convenient for me. The headset is connected to the seventh iPhone. Based on this bundle, I share my experience and impressions on operation, which is already 10 months old!

Disadvantages: Despite the loud enough speaker, to talk with the interlocutor, the headset of course can play music, but it is absolutely not intended to listen, as the speaker itself to the music, is not at all sharpened. But listening to conversational podcasts, or watching movies, with dubbing through this headset, is excellent and very convenient! And the last minus is the battery, or rather the time of work from it. Probably because of the ease, as a result of which, it was possible to achieve a very comfortable carrying, the battery had to be sacrificed and it was not as large as we would like. The charge clearly holds, less than stated in the characteristics. Feels like somewhere four, a maximum of five and certainly not more!

Comment: Excellent headset, but minus the ball for the discrepancy on the declared time of work. If you buy by stock, or simply find it cheaper, somewhere for 2500-3000, then at the moment, it will be the best price-performance ratio from all the headsets on the market, represented in this price range, from the two leading brands that first began to develop the market headsets for sale to the masses; This is Plantronics and Jabra! All other brands, do not even consider, everything is an order of magnitude worse, in quality! The only exception is Sennheiser, which, with the same quality, will take a lot of money for its name, because in the world of professional sound, it has already created the indisputable authority of a leader and picked up in this area the largest number of world awards and awards for sound / microphones and other related with sound equipment! Therefore, in a limited budget, it makes no sense to pay for the name and the best option for this money is to buy this headset. For the money, you better not find it!

Advantages: Super noise reduction
The sound is clear, the volume
Answer button

Disadvantages: not found

Comment: I will be comparing with Plantronics Explorer 500 - I used it for three months, until the volume button failed, I was able to return the benefit under warranty. And there was the question of choosing to buy the same or a new Plantronics Explorer110. I took Explorer 110 and I am very glad, she was much better!

The points:
1. Noise reduction in it is super! Interlocutors now hear me and do not hear outsiders noises! As it was on the Explorer 500 - any noise, water, the rustling of the package increased there a hundredfold, and I was heard worse than extraneous noise around. And here (110) a quality sound / shumodav finally appeared for an adequate price.
2. The sound is clear, high-quality, loud; in Explorer 500, too, the sound is clear, only slightly quieter, on 110 street you can hear it louder
3. The answer button in this model is next to the charging socket, a very convenient button, I really liked, on previous versions the answer button is the body of the headset itself. I used it for years - norms, but having tried this I liked it more, just plus to comfort, nothing is pressed into the ear when pressed.
4. Compared to the Plantronics M55, M90 / 95, marque 155 and 165 headsets that I used before, I’ll say they are lower class. They have one microphone (except for the marque 165), the noise is NO in fact. The sound for the user is good, and the interlocutor for a threesome. Plus, when listening to music through the headset, only explorer 500, 110 and marque 165 sound elegant and clean. The rest is a bucket

Advantages: Hear better than Explorer 500

Disadvantages: The language is only English, the silicone liner is not very convenient.

Comment: I am satisfied with the purchase.

Advantages: - Excellent sound quality, the interlocutors hear well.
- A good speaker, I liked how it sounds, an adequate margin of volume both during a conversation and when listening to audio.
- There are buttons for adjusting the volume and it is possible to control audio playback - pause, switch tracks (in the program for audio books, it allows you to rewind forward / backward).
- Conveniently, quietly sitting in the ear.
- Plantronics standard silicone nozzles, you can easily use from other models.
- Minimalistic, fresh design, looks good.

Disadvantages: Squeaks body. The upper and lower halves of the case, in the microphone area, move slightly from side to side relative to each other, emitting a rather tangible squeak. Therefore, when you fix the headset, the creaking spoils the impression a bit, perhaps this problem is specific to my copy.

Comment: In general, the headset is good, if the case is more monolithic, it will definitely deserve 5 points. Silicone nozzle in the kit keeps well, but I use the nozzle from the old M155, with her I sit safer. Ordered another set of nozzles from China.