PLANTRONICS Discovery 925 Black Bluetooth Headset - Retail

Great at first, now just good

Reviewed By: K on 7/30/2008

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: Very easy pairing process and connecting to my Sanyo Katana DLX was very easy. Sound qualitity on both ends is very good. Range is much much better than my Motorola 700. Long battery life and the extra battery is much needed when talking all day!

Cons: My only con is about the earpiece. Even using the smallest adapter, the fit and feel is somewhat tricky. After the first month of wearing it I found a good normal place...but, now, even with regular cleaning the grip of the rubber adapter on the headset wont hold it in place. Im constantly readjusting or poking it back into my ear....very disappointing.

Other Thoughts: Gonna probably go with the z9i from Blueant

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Pretty decent for money

Reviewed By: WallofFlat on 12/25/2008

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

Pros: 1. Some people don't like the design but I personally was first attracted to the 925 because of it. It was different and did not look like one of those motorola or jawbone headshots everyone and their grandmothers had on.
2. Clarity is excellent. You can hear everything the other person is saying unless they're whispering.
3. Light - as other reviewer's have said, this thing is very very light. If I had to guess, it would probably weigh just as much as a quarter.
4. Fit - it took about 5 minutes of fidling around before I got it to fit comfortably. No big deal. The gel caps may be a little hard to change since they are TIGHT so that they don't fall off. No complaints here since once you find the right size gel cap (comes with small, med, lrg) you're probably never going to touch it again.
5. No annoying blinking and hooks - some other headsets and phones have an annoying tendency to incessantly blink non-stop. This headset does not have that problem unless you want it to.

Cons: 1. The headset doesn't pick up sound on your end as well as it should. Sometimes when you're not speaking up (like when you're whispering at a library), the person on the other end will have problems hearing what you say. (Doesn't happen when I'm on my phone without headset)
2. Not intuitive - I'm probably one of the few rare people who would prefer more buttons on my BT. There are only 2 buttons on it - one controls volume and the other controls everything else. Perhaps I just haven't used it long enough yet but a lot of the functions depend on you pressing or holding the power button for certain amount of seconds. Sometimes it gets confusing whether to double tap or hold for a certain function.
3. No Flash/Call Waiting - Maybe the function is there but I can't find it. It's annoying when you can't change conversations on the fly when someone is on the other line without pulling out your phone. This is probably the biggest irk I had about the 925.

Other Thoughts: I've only owned Motorola headsets in the past so I can't say whether the 925 is better than its main competitors like the jawbone. I bought a cheap ($30) motorola headset that was practically useless. However, since I bought this when it was $50, I'm not gonna complain too much and can probably venture to say, based on other reviews, that this headset is probably the best you can get given the price.

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eh

Reviewed By: on 11/30/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Good design.
Light.
excellent battery life.

Cons: Broke up constantly.
Very Grainy sound.
The fitting makes it sort of uncomfortable. you get use to it i guess

Other Thoughts: I like the set over all, especially the price but I lost it recently. Can't seem to keep up with small gadgets. I

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Reviewed By: jakester on 11/6/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: Lightweight, good audio, charges quickly, and with new eargels fit great(11 bucks)

Cons: very small battery, so I recharged often. After 6 mos. it would not take a re-charge. It is so tiny I shoulda figgered.........

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Above average, but not surperb.

Reviewed By: Tech guy on 10/13/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: It somewhat looks pretty sleek. Better than those (what I call) lady-bug looking style. The performance of the headset is darn good. At times when both parties don't speak, I question if the phone is even on or have disconnected the conversation. Noise cancellation on my end is great... no hissing, I can hear the speaker pretty decent.

Cons: Noise canceling for the listener says they can hear the background pretty loud. I believe when the headset does not hear my voice, it tries to pick up the next sound and the person listening says my tv or background sounds loud. (although the volume on tv is very low)

Other Thoughts: The headset was left in the car and assuming it became too hot in there, the unit failed to work... My fault, but I would have assumed the unit would be more with standing to abuse than that...

Overall, its a decent device. It's defiantly not worth retail.... $50-$60 is about right I believe...

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