Blue Ant Supertooth II Bluetooth Headset Review

I have the unfortunate (or fortunate depending on your point of view), circumstance of having to carry two Bluetooth enabled Smartphone's, only one of which I can connect to my Motorola Bluetooth headset.  So I had to choose which one to connect; I chose my new BlackBerry 8300 series phone, which left my Palm Treo 700W out in the cold without a wireless headset to call its own.  Most of my calls are made and received in the car where I spend far too much of my time, so I wanted a new Bluetooth-enabled device, one with a speakerphone.  My search led me to the Blue Ant Supertooth II Hands-Free Wireless Speaker Headset.

The Blue Ant Supertooth II is a Bluetooth microphone/speakerphone that offers up to an astounding 800 hours of standby time and up to 20 hours talk time, from a rechargeable lithium ion battery. The best thing about Blue Ant Supertooth II is the zero installation cost; the unit attaches to the cars sun visor with magnetic clips located on the underside of the body.  This makes the Blue Ant Supertooth II portable (it ships with two sun visor clips). 

Use

After charging the battery for 24 hours (recommended), I mated the Blue Ant Supertooth II to Palm Treo 700W without a problem; the excellent mini manual helped.  Thereafter I was able to make and receive calls via the rather large unit.  The Blue Ant Supertooth II is turned on by a small control arm which also houses the microphone; a small blue blinking LED lets you know that the unit is on.  A separate LED blinks red and yellow when charging, but then changes to yellow when charging in complete. 

The Blue Ant Supertooth II is fitted with a large speaker in the back of the unit which is very easy to hear even over road noise.  A small volume control knob is fitted near the speaker, while a small AC adapter receptor port is fitted in the front of the unit and a headphone jack is placed of the left side of the unit.                 

Once turned on the Blue Ant Supertooth II will act just like a conventional Bluetooth headset; e.g. it will pick up incoming calls and activate once a call is placed.  Reception is exceptionally good; calls can be heard loud and clear.  On the other end reception is good as well, though on occasion I have had to speak loudly in order to be heard, and on one call my brother told me it sounded like I was in a tunnel.  I don't know what to blame for the effect; iffy cell reception, or the connection between the phone and the Blue Ant Supertooth II.      

All and all I am quite pleased with my new Blue Ant Supertooth II I like the transportability of the unit, quality of the reception-at least on my end-and the zero installation functionality; the magnetic clip is quite ingenious.  And the up to 800 hours of standby time and 20 hours talk time just cannot be beat.