http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/ Engadget Comments for Ask Engadget: Best noise cancelling Bluetooth headset? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 29th 2010 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
Is it me or have all the editors gone to sleep since the tablet?]]>Jan 29th 2010 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
We are living in a Post-Tablet era, you see? So Engadget posts are also a bit different. ]]>Jan 29th 2010 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
Motorola HX1 Endeavor is better.]]>Jan 29th 2010 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
I tested that headset driving down the highway at 65 MPH with the windows down and the radio at 75% of it's maximum. The other party could still hear me clearly. Don't get me wrong, the 975 is a fantastic headset, built off the Voyager Pro, but the Voyager Pro will still whup the 975]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
I also had the Jabra Jawbone Prime. Overprice and overrated. the thing never stayed in my ear either, so uncomfortable and the noise cancelling was inadequate. the VAS bump/thing mutes you when your not talking, but when you talk you hear ALL the background noise. Annoying.

PLANTRONICS 975 ALL THE WAY]]>Jan 29th 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
I can attest to the Pro's noise canceling abilities. I haven't had as extreme an example as thewaffle, but there were times where I couldn't hear, but the other party could hear me.

Anyway, with Plantronics, you can't go wrong.]]>Jan 29th 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 29th 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/What do you mean you have to choose one or the other? Plantronics. There are a few models that work awesome. Driving around town with the top down. 975 is one. I have talked to more then one person I know using them with the top down. Not sure how it would work at 70mph on the expressway. Around town, you can't even tell. ]]>Jan 29th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 29th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 29th 2010 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
I figure I'm balancing out the karmic scales vs. the people who are texting with one hand and smoking with the other...]]>Jan 28th 2010 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
youre not allowed to talk on your cell without one while driving in montreal!]]>Jan 28th 2010 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
I get off a plane and into a car. I am driving until I arrive at my work site. If I can't talk/work while driving, then the job is not done, my company loses money, my clients lose money, and I lose. Mind you, I don't need to talk on every trip, but if I needed to pull of the road for 30 minutes on each of those occasions, the situation (lateness/lost time) would be nearly as bad as missing the call altogether. Not a trip goes by where I don't need to make a 5 minute call en route.

So, for people like me, a Bluetooth headset is an essential piece of equipment. Without it, I would either not be able to do my job effectively, or not be able to drive safely. ]]>Jan 28th 2010 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
Or you have an inflated sense of self-importance.
]]>Jan 28th 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
To answer the question asked, the Motorola Endeavor HX1 is a really good headset, if you can find one. Motorola's CrystalTalk technology works really well at canceling noise. Combine that with the jawbone conduction technology, and you've got yourself one hell of a great headset.]]>Jan 29th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/By looking at you avatar and reading your comment I think you like to make yourself feel important by denigrating others. Just sayin'...]]>Jan 29th 2010 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/I don't need an inflated sense of self-importance, I'm a surgeon so I am important. It's a beautiful thing.

I also have to field calls for patients nurses physicians etc. to provide quality care - and the only way to do that while driving from one place to another (to do important things) is, at least in California, on a hands free. ]]>Jan 29th 2010 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
I was talking to a friend and a Fighter plane went low over-head (i live in the British countryside) and the person on the other end heard nothing. It comes with a ridiculous amount of earbud options too, so you are much more likely to find something which will fit you.

Oh, and it looks damn cool.]]>Jan 28th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
Or did you mean to say it "looks damn tool?" ;)]]>Jan 29th 2010 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/the metal gear solid 4 headset looks DAMN COOL =D]]>Jan 29th 2010 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Second the Jawbone recommendation. All I have is my dusty old 1st gen, but I can hold a normal conversation in a datacenter, and the person on the other end hears NONE of the background noise. I cannot even hear my own voice, but they hear me clear as a bell.

There might be better headsets, but I can't imagine better noise cancellation. ]]>Jan 29th 2010 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
the earloops broke eventually so had to get a replacement since Aliph does not make them anymore for the Jawbone.

Got myself a jawbone 2. Dislike it immensely. The earloop is not as comfortable, it feels cheap, I can't het ANY of the earbuds to fit right to my ear, they all cause rubbing and discomfort months after still.]]>Jan 29th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
DO IT]]>Jan 29th 2010 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 30th 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 30th 2010 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 29th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/It comes with a total of seven earbuds plus a hook. Took me a few tries to get a good stable fit. Getting a good fit actually made for better sound quality both sending and receiving. I am told that it sounds like speakerphone, but crisp, clear, and background-noise free. Win.
So yeah, the Jawbone Icon is the best $100 headset I've ever owned. ]]>Jan 28th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 29th 2010 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 29th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 29th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
uh.

I'll just stop there.]]>Jan 28th 2010 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 28th 2010 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/
It's not perfect, sometimes drops the connection or has static, but re-connecting has always cleared that up (and it only happens rarely). I almost never use my phone separately now because the voice quality on my part is so much better with the Jawbone.]]>Jan 29th 2010 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jawbone JB2 Plus from Costco. $69.99. Comes with 6-7 earbuds and a car charger.
Noice cancellation is amazing! Couldn't believe it]]>Jan 29th 2010 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 29th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/ask-engadget-best-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headset/Jan 29th 2010 12:06AM