Panasonic Hand Free Headset (KXTCA430S)

I've had this one for about 6 years now, and it finally decided to pass away without any apparent reason - it wasn't ever dropped or pulled upon. I have a stationary wired phone I use for work, and it has the 2.5mm plug to which this fit. Four stars for features is because I'd wish the cord was longer, it's about half meter long., and that the mute button on the cord was fully functional - you have to keep pressing to keep mute, in other words it's not a "turn mute on and off" switch. Value wise - considering the cost and the number of years it served me - I think it's more than decent. All in all a good product, will be repurchasing, unless I can find a wired headset I can use with phone line plug.

Bought this as a replacement for a headset our dog chewed. As I work from home I am on conference calls hours at a time. The headset is lightweight so not an issue when wearing for extended periods. The headset plug fits into my house phone handset without an adapter and it has a volume control/mute button built into the cord. The unit also folds up nicely when not in use. The mute button needs to be held down to work, which is counter intuitive to most mute buttons. First time users may be caught unaware by this so make sure you test the feature out before using. I use the volume/mute controls on my phone as holding down the button for extended periods can be a pain. Overall a pretty good headset for the price.

Best sound quality of the few headsets that I tried. I hardly notice it when wearing it. The position of the microphone doesn't interfere with drinking or munching on food during long teleconferences. The mute button must be held depressed to mute the sound which I am ok with because anything more than a few seconds I would want to use the phone's mute button for that (so I would know the mute is in effect). The volume control for the headset does not work with my Ooma phone as it appears full functionality of the headset is only available for a specific list of Panasonic phones. That restriction is not at all evident from the packaging. However, I am quite happy with the sound quality as compared to other headsets.

I have used this model of headphone for years. I use them with my Pansonic wireless phones that have a headphone/microphone jack on the side of the phone. I love going hands-free. This is especially helpful when on hold for a long period. My last headphone had worn out and needed replacement after a couple of years. They work well, are quite comfortable and sound good. I have found it is a good idea to reinforce the movable areas on the headband with a good tape to make them last longer.

This unit is about the only thing on the market for a regular land line phone anymore that isn't over-the-moon expensive. We were just looking for something simple and inexpensive to free up our hands while on the phone. Seems you can get this product or get a wireless unit for lots of money. So we took this one, and it works very well. We are getting the promised sound quality, too. All in all, it's a very good headset for the price.