Bluetrek G2 Review

Overall Rating

Even after two years, my little Bluetooth v. 1.1 model still holds its own against the competition. The most stylish looking unit on the market for three years running.

As it's not longer the current spec, sometimes it feels the feature set is limited but then again, the same goes for a watch that only tells time. The battery is sealed within the unit, and so if my recent power-off (the undocumented power-save feature) problems are because I need to change the battery, I'm hooped.

I bought this Bluetrek G2 headset in the spring of 2004. I had heard about the bandwagon and got my first bluetooth-enabled cell phone: the Sony Ericsson T616. I hunted around for a decent headset, and refused to pay $295 CAD for the one sold by the cell phone company. I stumbled on the Bluetrek G2 for a mere $140 CAD, and since then have had trouble finding an upgrade.

The G2 wasn't the first headset I tried. I first bought a $40 CAD Genexxa headset from Radio Shack that didn't perform to spec, so I returned it the next day. Definitely the adage "you get what you pay for" was true in this case.

But cost-based performance is not always accurate. Two years later, I have trialed the Motorola, Scala 500, and now the Gennum nxZen, and sad to say, no other compares to the look and sound quality of the G2. Although, many of these units are more expensive (except the Scala 500 that I bought for my wife). Way to go Bluetrek!

Bluetooth functionality is controlled by the cell phone. On my T616 the standard power-on method (press the talk button for two seconds) allowed incoming calls to ring in the headset. Not so with the Z520A. Instead, I must use a different method I found on some website last year (pressing the volume down button for eighteen seconds). Funny how the different phones operate totally differently.

The G2 revealed to me the faults of the T616's reception. When I heard static using the handset, that fault was intensified within the headset. Strangely enough, those I spoke to thought I sounded extremely clear. Now I use the Sony Ericsson Z520A and the quality is far better.