Logitech Freepulse - Wireless Bluetooth Headphones & Transmitter 980461-0120
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(5 out of 5)Freedom from wires
Good product, I'm happy with it.
Battery life reasonable, I got more than 7 hours of play. considering it's wireless
Weight: feels very light
Sound quality: Nice deep base sounds. It comes nowhere close to the quality of Sony MDRNC11 Open Noise Cancelling Headphones because the FreePulse are not noice channeling.
Fit: It has 'rings' that goes over one's ear (you don't even notice it), i'd say it woud be possible to jog with it although I haven't jogged with it myself yet.
Wireless range: I live in a 1-bed flat, reception in whole flat. Reception can be pattchy with lots of walls in between. In a straight line of sight I got more than 18m in range.
Wife nagging: Yes, stops her from nagging. At last you can listen to the music YOU like. Listen in bedroom, bog, sofa. Yes, this was worth every penny.
Bluetooth pairing: No. Does not pair with other bluetooth devices, not that I've found so far. It's not discoverable by other bluetooth devices.
Consists of two main pieces: The headphones and the wireless receiver. This goes into your headphone socket or audio out on computer.
Includes: Jack to connect larger audio output, used in older (10-40 years)audio equipement, battery charger - plug headphones and receiver simultaneously into the same charger via a splitter cable.
Operation: Press the power button on headphones & receiver, wait about 4 seconds for connection, music starts.
Volume adjustment: Press up/down on your right 'ear' to adjust volume.
Connects to: ANY audio player, iPod, Creative Zen, laptop, desktop PC. On desktop PCs, plug it into your speaker's out port.
Sounds compares very well to Motorola HT820.
I use this to listen to internet radio (www.di.fm).
Recommendation: Buy !
I hope my impressions was helpfull to you.
(4 out of 5)Logitech Freepluse - Bluetooth Headphones
I purchased this item around Christmas time(Dec 06) so I wouldn't have to use standard 'bud' earpieces that came with my ipod nano (a pain when I go jogging).
I've had the Freepulse approx four weeks now and have use it most days whilst 'pounding the roads'. Overall I have found it to be an excellent product. Sound quality-wise they are pretty good, mine seem to highlight the lower end rather than the higher frequencies, but the benefit of having no wires outways this minor gripe - and let's face it, how good do you find the standard ipod earpieces?
The transmitter is supplied with a number of plastic 'templates' to allow it to fit different devices. The one labelled 'nano' unfortunately doesn't seem to fit the latest nanos (it certainly doesn't fit mine anyway). This doesn't prevent you from attaching the transmitter to the nano though, but it does mean the transmitter can swivel around its jack where it plugs into the nano. The problem can easily be solved if you so wish by getting a small blade to the template and removing a small piece of the 'surplus' plastic. I've haven't gotten around to doing this as yet, (so you can tell it's not a major problem).
The head phones themselves I have found very comfortable, although they felt a bit strange initially, as I hadn't worn any 'behind the head' type before - you soon get used to this though. There isn't much danger of them falling off either, as they have soft plastic 'cradles' which fit over the top of each ear to prevent such an eventuality.
I had read a few reviews regarding similar products in the Logitech range where the plastic band between the earpieces had snapped (thought to be due to brittle plastic or not enough flexibility). This would appear to be unfounded with the Freepulse as there does appear to be adequate 'play' in this area and I have not detected a similar problem to date.
Overall, despite the minor gripes I would certainly recommend this product to anyone who wants reasonable sound quality whilst freeing themselves from wired headphones, especially the keep fit brigade.
(4 out of 5)Wireless, Being The Future...
Hi folks,
Have been in possesion of these headphones for roughly 4-6 weeks (My memory's going, and I'm only a teen) now. The reason why I bought them, well, wires are a pain!! I cycle for over 20 minutes to and from college, and wires get totally in the way!!
These are the future...
Quality of the headphones are good, not excellent may I add. The sound is rather load, which is great. You can change the volume really easy with the touch-like buttons on the side of the right speaker. Headphones attach to your ear by a rubber ring on either speaker which simply hooks onto the back of your ears. Attaching the two speakers is a very spring-like carbon metal rod wrapped with a soft flexible rubber with fine wires running inside. This is all very nice, but is very annoying when it hooks on collars and coats making it very difficult to look up or turn your head when I'm on my bike in the mornings. Generally though, the speakers look awesome in blue and black!!
The phones are quite uncomfortable, and need to be positioned out of the factory settings to have any chance of it not causing bad pain in the muscle of the ear. The padding on the speakers is not thick or badded enough to prevent pain.
When headphones are positioned, they look really stupid and don't sit flat on the ear. The emmitter is a little bulky, and can be compressed slighly. Build quality on the emmitter isn't as good as hoped, but the headphones are of good quality. However, I did get the feel that these headphones were somewhat in BETA testing as they really didn't feel well built enough structually.
Many folks state that it is impossible to pair other devices to the headphones via Bluetooth, well they're wrong!! You can do this by pushing the power button on the right speaker for a consistant 15 seconds until the light flashes blue and red in quick succession. Now the lights are flashing, search for your headphones on your Bluetooth 2.0 enabled device and locate the headphones and type in the passcode '0000'. Some devices may not work.
In the box, which is of good standard, contains all iPod adapters excluding the new iPod touch and iPhone. It also contains another adapter for the Microsoft Zune MP3 player, and a small 3.5mm headphone extension lead to allow you to attach any audio emmitting device with a 3.5mm socket.
As mentioned below, parts are hard to come by via Logietch. The manual in the box is 100% USELESS... It fails to mention many things such as being able to customise the position of the rubber ear rings, Bluetooth pairing, and various other fucntions. Through my time with these, the only wear and tear my phones have received is an emmitter which is slightly burnished, and the power switch on the headphones which is a little intermittent.
To use these headphones firstly you need to plug the emmitter into the device and switch the device on. Next you need to push the power button for 5 seconds until the red light flashes, and then you need to do the same with your headphones. When paired, a blue LED light will appear on both the headphones and the emmitter. Lastly, play music on the device and you should hear it through the phones. Many people moan that they need to use their nails to push the power button on the emmitter, they are wrong, its fine.
I marked these headphones as 4 star in the failiure of being unable to give it a 4 1/2 star. I really like these headphones, and they look so cool round your neck wen not in use. Not many people have these, and makes you feel unique!!
Hope this covers everything... :D
(5 out of 5)Above the rest
Bought an iPod over a year and a half ago, and they have finally decided to give up on me.
After browsing Amazon for a while, came upon these....
The sound is CRYSTAL, and i mean it, the bass is superb, and i think these are well worth the money!!
One problem, the neckband is NOT adjustable! I found out though, that if you adjust the rubber hoops that go over the ears, then they sit at the back of your head brilliantly, so that they do not catch your collar.
Overall, these are ALMOST perfect, definately recommended(and better than original iPod headphones)!!
(3 out of 5)poor product design
There are a number of good things about this product.
For example, the range between the headphones and the transmiter, and yes they are light weight, and the sound qulaity is pretty good. The volume control on the right headphone is also a great feature.
But they are very uncomfortable on the ears for more than an hour (although the rubber support that goes behind the ear is no obtrusive and very comfortable), and as everyone says; the band that goes around the back of your neck is too long and non adjustable, and catches on just about any type of clothing, especially collars. The transmiter comes with adapters to go with all types of mp3 players, but it never feels like it stays on the player very securely.
I bought these for jogging/running and going to the gym, and for that reason, they kind of work, because they don't catch on my running top, and it's a great relief not having to get tangled up in cables all the time.
But over all I think there's a combination of brilliant and god awful product design. Logitech need to develop these headphones for me to even consider them in the future. I would probably to get the sony ones in future, even though they cost more.