Motorola HS850 Bluetooth Headset Review

There are many professions that require you to be on the phone for large amounts of time. It is not just call centers. Sales people and business people need to be available all throughout the day. So what happens if you are driving or you have your hands busy? That is where a Bluetooth headset comes into play. It allows you to still make and take a call but without the necessity of holding a phone to your ear. If this is your life, then you need to check out the Motorola HS850 Bluetooth Headset.

Battery life is always something you should consider when purchasing a Bluetooth headset. Unfortunately, many on the market only have a talk time of four hours. The Motorola HS850 Bluetooth Headset has addressed this issue with an increased talk time of eight hours. And if you are not using it, then you have almost double the amount of battery life on standby. That is a vast improvement and one that has many users extremely happy.

Another aspect that users find quite nice about the HS850 is the fact that it reduces background noise. So you can be driving with the window down and still be able to communicate back and forth with your caller. Motorola has also taken care of the on/off ability by creating a headset that turns on when you flip the microphone boom down and turns off when you flip it up. This helps conserve that battery life mentioned previously.

There is one technical detail that you definitely need to pay attention to though and that is the technology that it supports. The HS850 only supports Bluetooth 1.1 and 1.2 compliant devices. With so many new phones coming out on the market that are Bluetooth 2.0 capable, you might find yourself with a phone and a headset that are not compliant with each other. Before you buy the headset, make sure your phone can support it.

The Motorola HS850 Bluetooth Headset can be found for less than $40.00 but you have to shop around to find that price. Amazon.com has it for $35.50 but ANTOnline has it for $89.49. That is a pretty significant price difference. You can purchase it at your local cellular provider but you will definitely pay more for it there. No matter where you purchase the HS850, you are going to get a very good headset for the price.