I've had the H-5 for a few months now and I'm not impressed with it. Yes its small but it has some major draw backs. First, it needs to be wedged into your ear canal so far to keep it from falling out. This also makes having it in while your not in a call very uncomfortable. You lose about 50% of your hearing out of one ear. Also if your eating something the noise inside your head it very annoying. Second, it sticks so far out from the side of your head. I turned mine around backwards. It fits better this way, its more comfortable and it doesn't stick out as far. Third, the audio sucks! When I', in a call I have to keep the audio down low on my end due to it being in my ear canal and its so loud in there. But everyone I've called has told me it picks up way too much ambient noise. And fourth, I use a Razr V3M and when I have the two paired up I have to keep my Razr out of my pocket at all times so that it doesn't pick static up. In closing, I'd say that over all its a good concept but it needs a lot of refinement. If I had to chose a good headset, I'd chose the Jarba bt250v.
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I've had the H-5 for a few months now and I'm not impressed with it. Yes its small but it has some major draw backs. First, it needs to be wedged into your ear canal so far to keep it from falling out. This also makes having it in while your not in a call very uncomfortable. You lose about 50% of your hearing out of one ear. Also if your eating something the noise inside your head it very annoying. Second, it sticks so far out from the side of your head. I turned mine around backwards. It fits better this way, its more comfortable and it doesn't stick out as far. Third, the audio sucks! When I', in a call I have to keep the audio down low on my end due to it being in my ear canal and its so loud in there. But everyone I've called has told me it picks up way too much ambient noise. And fourth, I use a Razr V3M and when I have the two paired up I have to keep my Razr out of my pocket at all times so that it doesn't pick static up.
In closing, I'd say that over all its a good concept but it needs a lot of refinement. If I had to chose a good headset, I'd chose the Jarba bt250v.