Plantronics – Voyager Legend (Poly) – Bluetooth Single-Ear (Monaural) Headset – Connect to your PC, Mac, Tablet and/or Cell Phone – Noise Canceling,Black

This is a copy of the review for the FFP model
(Copied and pasted here)Update (2023-07-02):I’m leaving my previous review intact below and adding a few thoughts. Most of it still applies to some extent. But … this is the best headset I’ve ever had for my purpose, and I still can’t find anything better. I don’t talk on the phone any other way.Better? Noise cancellation and sound quality has been good on most of the 11 I’ve owned (yes, 11). I think some were counterfeits. Everyone can understand me on the other end, and many I’ve talked to had no clue I was going down the road (even with the windows down). The last one I bought was in December of 2022. I have two that still work fine. I don’t know if the most recent failure is one of the more recent purchases, or a very old one. It literally wore out. The last two that failed lost their skins. I bought my first one in April of 2016.I only have one reason for not upgrading to the 5200. I despise micro-USB. I love the magnet connector for these. I can just reach up and pull it off the charge cable and put it on my ear while driving with minimal distraction. I carry two on the truck within reach so that when one battery gets low the other is right there. I can even snap the charger on the headset without having to see it. Try that with micro-USB. So, if you have time and patience to fiddle with micro-USB, by all means get the 5200. It’s a better headset in every way, except for that.Poly seems to have migrated this headset over much better than they had at the beginning of 2023. There’s a new app, and it works. I haven’t tried to update the headset online with a PC since the end of 2022.If Poly would update this headset’s internals, and leave the size, shape, and charger intact, I’d pay more for that one than another one of these. If I knew that they had, I’d be buying one from their website. There are numerous SKUs of this headset. There’s no way for us mere mortals to know what the differences are, if any. I suspect that one or two of the FFP models were counterfeit, but I’m going to gamble again. The warranty will be out long before any problems become apparent. Then I’ll buy another one … or the Voyager Legend 2024.I am buying another one so I’ll have two spares. Only 2 of the 11 are left. I started keeping one at home too. My wife is still using a 5200, but she has a couple of these … somewhere.Previously (circa January 2023):I think I’ve purchased my last Legend, even though I haven’t tested it yet. It’s time to find something better, and that’s going to be hard. My ear fits these too well.Be aware that this headset appears to no longer be fully supported online. Plantronics is now Poly. I just downloaded the latest version of Plantronics Hub from Poly’s support site, which appears to be the remnants of Plantronics support site. When I run the Plantronics Hub and try to update the headset I get, “Plantronics Hub is unable to connect to the server.” I suspect that the update server no longer exists, though I can’t be sure. The most recent firmware version is v.109, and may be the last one. That doesn’t take away from the quality and usefulness of the headset at all. It’s still the best noise-cancelling headset I can comfortably wear. Driving a truck I wear one all the time.Having said all that, I have had issues with some of the ones I’ve purchased more recently, and my wife has too. Some of them don’t cancel noise as well as others, though they all come up as the same product, and the same firmware version. Early on, they were all flawless. Lately, they’re not. We’ve had a couple that failed before we managed to destroy them ourselves. And it’s possible that more modern devices don’t connect as well to the older version of bluetooth these support. This is a very good legacy product.Last note: My wife has one of the newer 5200s, and didn’t like it nearly as well as these.

Works well. Battery life lasts about 6-7 hours. Clips neatly to the ear.

Easy connection

Estoy encantado con el Voyager Legend.Es súmamente cómodo. Ya puesto, no se siente, y es frecuente olvidar que lo traigo puesto. Después de vincularlo (vía BlueTooth) por primera vez con mi teléfono (un Motorola X-Play, Andriod), se conecta automáticamente cuando prendo el Legend.La calidad de sonido es excelente. Normalmente lo utilizo con el volumen lo más bajo que permite el dispositivo, y se escucha excelente. La cancelación de ruido es excelente para todo aquello que no sean voces (los ladridos de perro, lamentablemente, se clasifican como voces, y no bloquea dicho sonido). Pero otros ruidos, los elimina (al parecer) por completo.Es muy fácil de usar, con una interfaz muy intuitiva. Tiene función de “mute”, lo cual es indispensable para quienes trabajamos mucho con el teléfono.La parte que tiene contacto con la oreja es de una goma suave y con buen agarre. Se puede utilizar en la oreja derecha o izquierda, según tu preferencia. Viene con su cable cargador USB, que se acopla magnéticamente al dispositivo (y lo hace prácticamente solo; basta acercarlo y se acopla muy bien). Carga bastante rápido (se supone que en 2 horas está completamente cargado, aunque yo no he dejado que se le termine la carga aún). Permite hablar durante hasta 7 horas cuando la batería está completamente cargada.La verdad no le puedo poner ningun pero. Funciona excelente, y la calidad es insuperable (por el precio; hay modelos más caros con más características, pero la verdad con lo que ofrece este modelo, no necesito más). Estoy fascinado con mi compra, y lo recomiendo ampliamente. Anticipo que me durará años, cuidándolo bien. =)