9.0
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Criteria Comments Rating
  • Voice / mic quality No comments
  • Noise reduction No comments
  • Sound quality No comments
  • Battery life No comments
  • Comfort No comments
  • Durability No comments
  • Design and form factor No comments
Detailed review
I received the Nokia BH-905's as a Christmas present. I had put them on my list as a sort of joke, but my parents found a good deal with a rebate at Amazon and got them for me, bless their hearts. I opened this sucker up, set it to charge, and, after a wonderful meal, started playing with it.

The noise cancelling works great. I do not have much experience with noise cancelling, but these work as well as any I have ever tried. I sit under a noisy vent at work, and while it is bearable, sometimes it is nice to block it out. This headset does that wonderfully.

The BH-905 is comfortable to wear, although i cannot say I've ever forgotten that they were on my head. They are best when sitting or lounging, but I have walked a mile in them and did not have any problem with that.

The headset comes with a great case, a cable for connecting to a standard 3.5" microphone jack, an extension cable for when the sound source is far away, and a ton of adapters for other plugs, including airplanes.

But we don't want to have a cable, do we? I mostly use these connected via bluetooth to my N97 with its 48GB of music and video. So far, these have the most powerful bluetooth transceiver I have used, as I have not run into any of the skipping or connectivity issues I sometimes get when I use other bluetooth headsets and put the phone in my jeans pocket. The connection between device and headset has been rock solid everytime I use it.

The battery life is phenomenal. I have gone multiple days with lots of noise cancelling and some bluetooth usage. They are much smaller than I thought they would be, but still a full on-ear headset that is comfortable to wear but far bulkier than in-ear or clip-on style headsets. This headset has quickly become a part of my daily commute on the train and long hours at my desk.