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(More customer reviews)This is the first headset I've used with earbuds and an inline mic.I usually wear earbud headphones while working at my desk, and I thought these would make sense for regularly listening to music plus occasionally making Skype calls.In a pinch, they will certainly do that, but the design is flawed enough that I wouldn't really recommend them to others.
The in-ear canal-design is weird and not my first choice. I switched to the smallest sized ear plug included in the box, so I'm glad Logitech gave me a choice.But I feel like my ear canals must be slightly different sizes as one fits well and the other falls out often.But I knew that was the design ahead of time, so I can't fault Logitech for my choosing them.
It's the inline mic that works poorly.The microphone hole is on one side of the inline housing, and the cord seems to always want to rotate the mic side away from my face, making the volume of my voice quite low when compared to some other headsets with regular boom mics.Logitech should have put the mic on the top, so it would always point toward the person's face no matter which direction the cord rotated.
The other annoying part is that the mute switch is in the same housing right next to the microphone, and it makes a loud click when used, so it's very obvious to the people on the call that the mute switch is being flipped.This also puts the mute switch right at mouth level where the mic is fixed, about 3 inches down the cord below the right earbud, which is impossible to see without squashing your chin down into your chest and/or pulling the cord out in front of your face.This means you can't easily check whether it's muted, and if you want to mute without looking away you end up fumbling your fingers around on the microphone, which produces annoying sounds on the call. Logitech should separate the mic from the mute switch so both can be placed at their own optimal positions, and the mic can be muted without an audible click on the audio.
There is a lapel clip included which may have been intended to help mitigate the mic rotation problem, but the clip itself is weird because it doesn't hold the cord securely and so it all just slides around.The clip does marginally help stop the earbud from being pulled out of your ear if the cable is tugged.There is also a barrel shaped bit of plastic fixed on the cord near the jacks, which the manual states is a place to stick the plug when not in use.But it only has room for one plug, not both, which leaves the other jack hanging and thus seems to kind of defeat the purpose. Maybe I'm missing the point?
In conclusion, if you actually want a headset to actually use with Skype, I think you just have to bite the bullet and use a headset with a regular boom mic, even though it might be dorky looking.
Last note: this headset is not compatible with Mac hardware, and neither are any others that use stereo jacks.Macs don't have microphone jacks as many other PCs do, they only have line-in jacks which don't supply the right amount of power.I found out the hard way and had to order a USB adapter to make it work on my 2009 iMac.Believe me Mac users, don't waste your time, you have no choice but to use a headset with a USB plug, or else a USB sound card as an adapter.The box states "Works with Windows" only, although Amazon doesn't make any mention one way or the other.
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Make Internet calls and enjoy music and movies while on the go with the Logitech Notebook Headset H165.The portable design makes them easy to slip into a bag to take with you. The headset works with notebook and desktop PCs as well as music and DVD players (phones not supported) and includes a travel case, a noise filtering in-line microphone, and interchangeable silicon tips.
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