sony ericsson hbh-60 review

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Average Ratings

Sound Quality	5/10
Battery Life	1/10
Level of Comfort	5/10
Value for Money	3.7/10
Reviewer Rating	4/10
Overall Rating	6/10

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By scarborian on 17th Jan 2004

scarborian's Ratings

Value for money	5/10
Overall value	6/10
scarborian's recommendation

Good Points

Light and compact. Easy to use.

Bad Points

Gets Un-comfortable after a while. Poor operating range and sound quality.

General Comments

If you read my review on this site of the new Jabra "Freespeak" 250, you will know that I was less than impressed when I paired it up with my Sony T610. So in an effort to get a decent Bluetooth "set up" I decided to try the Sony HBH-60. After all this headset was made by those awfully nice Sony people to complement their Bluetooth equipped handsets! Weighing in at around 22 grams and costing around £90 the HBH-60 will fit either ear and un-like the Jabra, has a speaker that sits just outside your ear canal. After charging the headset for a couple of hours I paired it up with my T610 (a cinch to do) and hit the road. My first cell call was only a few minutes into the journey, and just like my experience with the Jabra, left me disappointed. Sound quality from the headset was very poor unless I moved to within about six inches from the handset. The quoted range (like many other Bluetooths) is around 10 meters! I think this is wishful thinking on the part of the manufacturers as my experience with both the HBH-60 and the Jabra 250 fall well short of this! I then tried making a call using the headset, which invlolves simply pressing a small button on the side and then (after the bleep) saying your stored voice dial command. Again it took four attempts to get the phone to dial and once connected the quality was far from good, unless I moved my head closer the T610! During that conversation I became aware that I could not hear the other party and when I looked at the phone it was telling me that the Bluetooth connection had been lost! This is simply not accepteble for a device that is intended for "wirefree" use and costs the best part of £100.
So, its back to the shop with the HBH-60 and back to the drawing board for me. I understand there is a HBH-65 available, but try as I might, I can't find any information as to what the difference is between the two. Has anybody found a good "useable" bluetooth headset that is compatible with the Sony T610? If so, let me know and I will try it. Until then I suppose it's back to just picking up the phone to use it! How 90's is that?

Total Respect: +2