Jabra Talk 45 Bluetooth Headset for High Definition Hands-Free Calls with Dual Mic Noise Cancellation, 1-Touch Voice Activation and Streaming Multimedia

I am on the phone for work all day and have 3 Plantronics Voyager 3200's. They've been pretty decent, but recently they started flaking out by reducing the sound level on the mic to where I had to reboot them so others could hear me. Plantronics told me this is normal and the noise canceling mics wear out. So... here we are with a Jabra now because that is a bunch of crap.I bought a Talk 55 and this one (the 45). The 55 sucks. Don't buy it. Whoever thought it was a good idea to make a headset that has to charge in a proprietary dock is an idiot and should be immediately fired. With the 55, you can only charge in the stupid dock, and if you forget it at home or whatever, then you cannot charge. It has better talk time than the Talk 45, and supposedly better sound quality, but that was a deal killer for me. I returned it immediately. The Talk 45 charges with a micro USB which I have everywhere. Pretty sure I could find one in the woods if I looked hard enough.Plantronics vs Talk 45. The Talk 45 has way better sound quality. I had the HD Audio turned on with the Plantronics, and the Talk 45 is still better. Battery life on the Plantronics is officially 5 hours, but I never got that. The Talk 45 seems to be accurate at their claimed 6 hours. There are no volume controls on the Talk 45, but I never used them on my Plantronics so those aren't missed. The manual doesn't really talk at all about the voice control. But, it seems that a single tap on the bottom button summons google assistant on my phone, and if you hold the button it summons the built-in voice menu.You don't need the hook that goes over your ear. I ripped it off and it stays in just fine. They have some extra silicone thingies which will hold it more securely without the ear hook.Their apps... what a mess. For this headset, you need to install Jabra Service, and then Jabra Assist. And if you have certain other models, you need to install Jabra Sound+. Stupid. Jabra Assist doesn't let you really change any settings on the headset at all like the Plantronics PLT Hub software does. The Plantronics one also lets you update software, and Assist does not. I only installed Assist for the Find my Headset feature which has a map and can play a loud tone. The tone isn't nearly as loud as the Plantronics one which I can hear from 2 levels away in my house. And the Jabra Direct software for my Mac... turn off the notifications. It is relentless in notifying you MANY times a day if software needs updating. It might be the most annoying software I've ever installed. In fact, the calls I get from people trying to reach me for my expired auto warranty are LESS annoying.But, I still give this thing a 5. I haven't taken a drive with the windows down yet to test the noise canceling. But, people I regularly talk to said that the sound quality is definitely better than my old Plantronics headsets. I'm probably going to buy another so I can always have one on the charger and one in my ear.It's too bad they crippled the Talk 55 with that idiotic dock charger thing.

This is the first Bluetooth headset I've owned (other than bluetooth earphones I use for the gym). I did some research and read that the Talk 45 is an updated version of the Jabra Stealth model. I'm using it with my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and mainly use it while driving. The features are really impressive- after installing the Jabra Assist app, you have the option of having it read your text messages out loud to you, as well as any emails. There's also an option to find your headset should you misplace it, but I haven't used that yet. It announces incoming callers that are on my contact list (I haven't had an experience with unknown callers while using it yet, not sure if it will tell me the ph # or just alert to an incoming call). Its really easy to connect with a contact, by holding down the button it activates Google Assistant and I can either call or text my contact. I have it paired with my phone so that as soon as it turns on, it puts my phone in "driving mode", which sends an automatic reply text to any incoming text message, indicating that I'm on the road and I'll get back to that person whenever possible. I find this handy because should I need to reply to an important text, I can, otherwise the message can wait until I'm not driving. It notifies you about the battery life, but that is also displayed through the Jabra app. As far as battery life you get 6 hours from one full charge. The battery works really really well, but keep in mind I mainly use it when I'm driving so I don't stay on it for hours at a time. It's super light weight, and I can change it from ear to ear by swapping out the red earpiece. One thing to note is that on the Sellers picture, the 4th one that shows everything it comes with is wrong. The picture shows 3 black ear gels in different sizes... it doesn't come with that. You get 2 over the ear plastic pieces (small /large), and one red earbud piece that goes along with the over-ear piece, and 2 rubber red "in ear hooks" one for Left and one for Right, a long with a car charger adapter and a charging cable. Overall I'm VERY satisfied with this this earpiece. I highly recommend it.

Clarity was good, connected easy enough, functions all worked properly, the fit and earbud quality didn't do well for my ears. Didn't like the over ear hook and thought it could be used without. But it doesn't stay in ear without the hook.

😡 In 2023 having a micro USB 😡 should be plain illegal, but NOT MENTIONING THAT in the description, is 1 star.and if it means I have to put 1 star for sellers that are detached from reality, then be it.in short: I would highly recommend it if you can live with 6hr battery and is ok with a 20th-century charging solution.Both are deal breakers to me**Details**I have half-a-dozen of headsets/monopieces for work calls.- notice cancellation: is just about average, it cancels a decent amount of monotonic noise, it does a really bad job with voice, and in general in a noisy environment your voice would sound very unnatural.- sound quality. Great for a monopiece. One of the best, with good mid-high frequency. Even a little bass.- comfort: is above average, super light, and feels very secure- battery: is unacceptably low. doesn't last a day. Misses by just a few hours.- looks: probably the smallest earpiece that does a decent job in picking up your voice.- controls: above averages - simple but reliable. The mute button is easy to use and it's discrete (many monopieces produce an audible click heard on the other side) power switch instead of a button, multifunction button. But no volume control.