Cheapest/Best Headset for use with 1899/Skype VOIP

allthatmularky · 15 March 2005 at 2:08PM

What's the best and cheapest headset to use with VOIP - have been using 1899 VOIP and so far well impressed. As I use it more - it seems worthwhile investing in a decent headset for it.

Edinburghlass_2 · 15 March 2005 at 2:20PM

I wondered about this too, haven't used it yet but would like to know if its better investing in a phone or using a headset?

grumbler · 15 March 2005 at 2:55PM

allthatmularky wrote:

... the best and cheapest headset to ...

The best and cheapest?! Impossible.
One of the cheapest is a ‘free’ one (£3 p&p) from savepoint . Very poor quality, especially microphone. Very short cable.
Plantronics from Argos (£18) are very good, but are far from cheapest.
I think LabTec from Argos (£10-£13) or elsewhere (cheaper?) have decent quality.

allthatmularky · 15 March 2005 at 3:47PM

grumbler wrote:

The best and cheapest?! Impossible.

Perhaps not the best use of the English lang. by me - just after a decent headset or VOIP phone that doesn't cost the earth. The best is probably in the hundreds while the cheapest is under a fiver - just want a combination of the two. Thought it might be useful - since lots of folks are interested in the 1899 VOIP.

miken · 16 March 2005 at 9:17AM

Looking for a reasonable headset myself as the FREE BT ones never arrived!

FF99 · 16 March 2005 at 10:06AM

miken wrote:

Looking for a reasonable headset myself as the FREE BT ones never arrived!

Mine neither. Received an email saying being despatched and then a week later an email saying it had been a special offer when signing up for BT broadband in January and that I was not eligible.

faisal_uk · 18 March 2005 at 11:26PM

i have just bought a logitech headset from ebay

thought it would be better than the unbranded ones, but we will see.

i bought it from these people:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11682&item=5176629831&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

seemed ok for £4.99 delivered,
think they are something like £10-12 usually?

surfnlurk · 22 March 2005 at 1:01PM

ebuyer do a "voip phone" which has a button to switch from landline to voip etc. Plugs direct into your ADSL router so that you don't need you pc. Easier for rest of household to make calls if pc is in use. Currently approx £78, but was £30 some weeks ago. May be worth waiting to see if it comes down again.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=6220386565&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=60561

gorilla · 5 May 2005 at 10:32AM

I have just bought a bluetooth headset (Plantronics M2500), paired it to my laptop with a bluetooth dongle and hey presto I can have wireless voip calls. If you don't already have a dongle these can be picked up from about a tenner and a BT headset can be picked up from about £17.99 for budget ones. I use voip quite a lot now so if you are still thinking about a headset, go for either a dedicated voip handest or go bluetooth.
Incidently I use both skype and 1899.

celticfc · 6 May 2005 at 7:45AM

take a look at this, better than a headset.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11682&item=5194102463&rd=1

sallen2 · 6 May 2005 at 9:41AM

Agree - I have a similar one, the one thats on the FireFly site - and I use that software with it on 1899, so the phone shows the numbers in the phone list.

Cheapest/Best Headset for use with 1899/Skype VOIP

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