Package Contents:
- Headset
- Charger
- User
- Strap
The market is not so much secure phones, one of the last - Sony Ericsson C702 (interesting veshchichki). That it can not hear anything about reincarnation Nokia 5500 that I would have bought the first, but soon will be a budget unit in rubber armor from Samsung (in my representation of it thrown on the floor, with his own break not given). What I mean here? This trend was originally a rather strange, because it is not clear who is the buyer. The same Nokia 5500 was popular not only and not so much because of his body - one of the cheapest smartphones based on Symbian S60 3rd, with the player, radio, well-bundled, not the fact that its consumers (and I think this is mostly young people) do much thinking about how to use it in the rain or in the desert. Today's product - one of the first set with a protected, yet another new player in an inexpensive line of Explorer. Similar to that of C702 SE - Clear Protection class and lost the entire chip, the device will be commonplace.
Design, construction
Speaking of that 370-I am one of the first of these headsets on the market, you need to explain why it is not the first. Well, firstly, there is such a thing as the BH500 from Nokia, it provides a similar test with a headset protection. Secondly, I have seen many unnamed sets, more rubberized. Third, I saw something which has not yet poshedshie in a series of products of other companies, such as a headset in the form sort of a ring that is worn on the ear (do not know how differently explain). Therefore, 370-I does not shine with originality, except that size is clearly bigger than most such devices, similar in size Jawbone. The design used hard rubber, taken from her body frame, plastic inserts in dark gray. As you can see, the holes are closed tricky hairy a grid, which is passed to the microphone sound, but do not give a place to get water droplets, dust and other useless things. Connector for charging plug is covered with plump. Design seemed to me very successful, he man, the size is unlikely to suit women, it's not some nifty little thing there. Incidentally, despite the size, it weighs a little bit more than ten grams.
Easy wear
The company decided not to experiment with the shape of the bow, all too common. It is not removable, to change its position to rotate, hinge to us already familiar with other headsets company.Here we have used the same hard rubber, as framed by the corps, and the same inconvenient attachment to the speaker, like the 360th model, I just do not get it to insert into the ear as it should. In this connection, I can not say that to pull 370-st convenient, it is not so. Then, in the news, some have noted is magic, as a complete strap. It's pretty cool, but where it cling? A groove on the body is absent, secured to the arc inconvenient ... By the way, wear the headset with the glasses is quite possible, bow is not too thick.
Management
There are only three buttons, spaced "bumps" the volume and multifunction key, she is responsible for inclusion, interface, activate voice dialing, and so on. All of them are quite tight, especially for the volume keys, it is necessary to hold the device with your thumb. But the multi-element I liked myagenko, but with a little effort, with a clear fixation, all right. If you tell me who to kiss for the indicator light, then I will not be shy and easily do so - a narrow slit on the front panel, which is not nervous, but only informs, it is very cool. The indicator can burn blue, red or green depending on what you are doing with the device.
Food
The headset is equipped with non-removable battery, the manufacturer says about the work of talk for seven hours, while the waiting time can be up to eight days. In practice, the figures, like almost always, the other - about five and a half hours of talk time, if we talk for an hour a day on and off the headset at night (as I did), it is enough for three or four days. Connector micro-USB, while charging order and a half hours, no special surprises here.
Communication with the phone, sound quality
Testing was carried out with phones Nokia N81 8Gb, Sony Ericsson W910i, in advance to say that the melody to the phone from the SE is not passed, Nokia with this procedure. Range is about five to six meters. For pairing, press and hold the multifunction key until the indicator flashes in different colors. By the way, do not flame burns bright, it is necessary to look closely. Communication with the phone almost immediately thanks to the profile bluetooth 2.0, the manufacturer claims about the improved voice quality in noisy environments, which tells us about using the DSP.Although it seemed a strange one detail on a rubber attachment on the speaker is cut, closed the same way as in the front part, a grid. Really did not apply here if the manufacturer dvuhmikrofonnuyu scheme? Interesting, but voice quality is very different from other headsets mark peculiar velvety and realism, all as the best swatch phone conversation. You can hear perfectly, no other person could not understand what was happening, all celebrated a very good voice quality. I, frankly, was pleasantly surprised, all the same engineers "Plantroniks" knowingly eat their bread with caviar. The entire functional headset works for "YAT", a last number redial, voice dialing (works well), switching between the lines.
Immunity
As soon as the announcement was held device, the news appeared the most delusional bunch of information - de, most secure headset on the market, mentioned all sorts of military quality standards, total isolation from moisture and so on. Technique of speculation is very simple, I will not at length on this topic, simply tell what's what. So, Plantronics Explorer really conforms IP54, it does not military terminology, and the most that neither is universal, this code can be found on a pile of all sorts of devices. Decoding is quite simple, IP means international protection, well, and each of the figures - the degree of protection against dust (first digit) and water (second digit). Accordingly, 54 in this case means the protection against dust (the fifth graph in a special table of the standard) and spray on all sides (fourth graph). If the figure was 68, it would mean complete protection against dust (dust-tight) and protection against ingress of water during prolonged immersion. I have this information in a minute found the net, or rather, knew of such a table, her heart still can not remember. Own experiments to test the stated characteristics, of course, I have made. For example, I sprinkled Thing water (not holy). Also, I do it even slightly pomakal in the bag from the vacuum cleaner, pre-cleaned, finally, in the pantry. On paper, these experiments are not affected, but I must say, I strongly take it easy, because the sample is almost the only country, that's when there will be in the hands of the commercial version, I will try to destroy it. At the same time look at what she had inside.Yes, it is not forgotten. Also in the news is mentioned and that the "Headset Explorer 370 is certified by the Office of Testing Workings of the U.S. Army for compliance with MIL-STD 810. The phrase pretty crazy, I recommend you see here is the link, if we talk about this standard, it was necessary to bring and what it practices it was certified (not going to get into the jungle, the link will explain everything to you).
The funny thing in all this - I take the headset Sony Ericsson GV435a and do everything the same as with the 370th, after which she continues to work. Moreover, with her once I got under very heavy rain and shoot it was too late, I wanted to experiment (the rain was very, very tight, and the terrible, wet to the skin). So, thanks to the form it is not very wet (drops flew mostly at the top) and the work is not interrupted. I think the same load and withstand 370-I, it is possible that it also can be safely drop into a pool without much harm. But in general, poorly represent who need it.
Conclusions
As a result, we have a headset with the only drawback - an awkward attachment for the speaker. But there is a very raduyuschee soul voice quality, a satisfactory time, his own piece, about the protection of speech, of course. That is, when buying a course you will consider this factor, say to yourself - yes, that's how great climb into the mountains with a headset and it does not get wet. But the reality is the very small ratio, the Plantronics made the decision for men who are often involved in sports, or just love the brutal quality stuff.Unit price of about $ 80, the appearance on sale just around the corner, I think, in the summer, many will want to update my gadget collection of small protected stuff (you never know, on vacation in the mountains go or something like that).Honestly, I liked the Plantronics Explorer 370 is not so much that I went and bought it. On the other hand, it occurs to me that talking to her very nicely, and wear in general, that, too, all the same thing especially for men. I recommend to buy.