If you're into the convenience of wearing a Bluetooth headset (or looking to comply with those hands-free phone laws popping up everywhere) but detest the big, bulky, not so trendy-looking products that abound, your choices are slim. The Motorola H680 Frost headset pulls off being stylish without a huge footprint. The styling may not be for everyone, but boring it is not.
This is pretty run of the mill for a Bluetooth headset - expect to find the home charger, two ear gels (because the ear canal doesn't adhere to a universal size), the over-the-ear clip and operation manuals. However, the charging unit for this headset is very cleverly designed - more so than any other I have seen. It uses a cradle with magnets that allow you to merely set the headset on the charging points and it snaps into place. No messing with plugging in the headset here - that was so 2008. A very nice touch indeed. It is worth noting here, though, that a car charger is not included, so if you expect to be doing a lot of talking away from your home charger, you might want to pick one up.
This is really the meat and potatoes of any headset - all of the other conveniences mentioned above mean nothing if it is unusable. Fortunately, Motorola has done a decent job designing this unit and it performs reasonably well.
Almost every headset boasts of a 30 foot range, and almost every headset falls short of this claim. I found that for all practical purposes, you will get your best performance between 1 and 12 feet away from your phone. Go anything beyond 15 feet and the static renders the call unintelligible. Almost the same can be said for the sound volume. In a quiet house, the person calling comes through loud and clear and the caller can hear you fine. Add in some road noise from the car and you will have a harder time hearing the person that you are talking to, and the conversation is more difficult to carry out. A little more volume would go a long way here.
Battery life is definitely a strong suit here. In mixed talking/standy use, I was able to go 3-4 days between charges. The absence of an included car charger does mean that you will be bringing in the headset to charge more often, however, the average user should be satisified with the talk time of the unit.
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