Voyager Focus UC with Charge Stand - Discontinued

I'm on the phone pretty much everyday, working out of the home office or traveling which means a headset for calls is as mandatory as having a device for email. It would be a frustrating exercise to calculate how much money I've wasted on headsets over the years, both wired & wireless. The wired sets seem to have better sound quality (listening & speaking) but the cords always get jacked & the continuous untangling results in a short life. The Bluetooth sets die just as quick & I'd always replace them with a different model, hoping to find one that worked better but without much luck. To have a decent call w/ a Bluetooth, it seems you need to be in a soundproof room & sit perfectly still. Even if that was practical, what you hear & how you are heard is a roll of the dice & no mater which brand you pick or how much you spend, the calls are never as clear as a landline.FINALLY, I scored the Voyager Focus, hands down the best headset purchase I've made in years. Why? The sound is landline quality, I can hear everything clearly & those I'm speaking with hear me equally as well. It's loud when you need it to be & since the audio is in stereo, I have the volume turned lower than ever before. This is complimented by the noise cancellation which is really terrific, so much that I can be on a call with yelling kids in the background or a train can be passing by, & the background noise does not come across on the call. I tested this on a call in the city, walking downtown during rush hour & the call was as crystal clear as my office.The Focus also has terrific range, more than 5x that of any other Bluetooth meaning I can walk & talk around the office or home without needing to have my phone < 5 feet away. In addition to my mobile phone, it also connects to my PC, laptop, & iPad (easily connecting/switching between 2 devices at the same time). When if I'm listening to music & a call comes in, if I tap the headset to pick up, the music turns off & then turns back on when I hang up (a nice optional setting). Speaking of, the sound fidelity for music on this set is impressive on all ends. Since it has a great noise cancellation switch, I no longer bring the Bose headphones for the plane, using the Focus instead. Although it doesn't block out the background noise as much as the Bose does, it's close enough. It's a no-brainer since I can quickly switch over from music to pick up a call on my phone or make a Skype call on my iPad while sitting on the tarmac. I'm a hater when it comes to sitting next to someone blabbing away on their mobile. That said, when that call comes in & you need to take it, the Focus is the way to go. The audio is so clean, I can speak in a quiet voice (to be respectful to my neighbors) & those I'm speaking with on the call can't even tell.The Focus will also maintain a charge all day long (unlike my Note 5) & I've yet to have it choke for need of a charge. Admittedly, I still use my earbud headpiece (Plantronics Legend) when I'm out & about incognito. Although the Focus is lightweight & folds flat in a nice zippered bag for traveling, the over-the-head "call center look" is not so practical in between appointments. That said, for any important call where vocal & listening clarity is essential, I'll pull out the Focus & switch over. I write very few reviews but this headset is so impressive I can't recommend it more highly.

I particularly like this headset and I have had quite s few. I work remotely out of my home office for work, so this is really helpful when my 11-year olds are home from school for a holiday or the summer. The sound cancellation is great. I’m not going to tell you it is the same as Sony’s or Bose’s but it sure is good. The thing that stands apart is it’s seemless integration with my Cisco softphone (IP Communicator). No extra software was needed and i cannot install anything because of my eork laptop security. This is great. Now, I can pair it with my iPhone X and change the settings via the app, so I do not feel like I’m missing anything.The mic and sound of my voice during conference calls and presentations is superb. This is why it is a better tool for me for calls than the Bose and Sony products. If they only had a good dedicated mic, they could compete in this market, but this is why I believe a Plantronics stands apart and dominate. Their products like this one work well with my Cisco softphone, integrates with my iphone for mobile calls and when traveling, and has insane battery life for all day work.I can hear clearly and speak without problems or worry that the people on the phone cannot hear me. It appears to use the same mic I have on my portable Voyager Pro mic that I have as a backup or when I need a free ear to listen with.The traveling case is foam padded and protects it pretty well. It is not a hard case, but I think it still works well. Hard cases have made me assume more that I had more protection than it reasonably can.The stand that I use when in my office is a nice cradle/stand with easy to ready lights and docks really easily. This makes it easy to take off and charge in a dedicated place.The features that this has are really surprising, too. They are not only practical but seemed to have been thought out in a way that I did not expect. The auto answer when I put the headset on is great.The mic remind voice that I can set for various intervals, when I talk and it’s on, and/or any combination of the 2 is super helpful. Yes, I do wish I could control the volume of the mute on voice, but it works well. If I hate it at some point, I can turn it off and look at my Cisco softphone to see if mute is off.It does allow for longer range talk when further away from my computer. That can sacrifice battery life from over 14 hours to almost 9 hours per day. There are days when meetings, projects, and working with people will keep me online all day, so it’s nice to have 9+ hours.I’d recommend this and think you should seriously consider it for the features, comfort, great sound (earphones and mic), long battery life, and integration with Cisco. I have a big head and it works great.