Review: BlueTrek Mini Bluetooth Headset

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Bluetrek carries a reputation for stylish, innovative, and fashionable Bluetooth headsets. The BlueTrek Mini may help perpetuate that reputation. Like to the Samsung WEP-400, the BlueTrek Mini Bluetooth Headset ($59.95) is a lightweight, miniature headset that is very fashionable only how does information technology rate equally far equally performance goes?

Out of the Box

The Bluetrek Mini is packaged with an assortment of optional ear hooks and ear gels, a carry lanyard, wall charger, USB charger and adapter to allow for charging in the auto. Out of the box, you are drawn to the feather weight of this device. Coming in at a paltry .35 ounces the Bluetrek Mini is simply 1.half-dozen inches long.

The Bluetrek Mini feels solidly built and has 2 controls, a multi-function push button sits in the upper center of the unit and a volume control push button sits on the side of the unit. The multi-function button is surrounded by a lighted ring that alerts/confirms functions.

The Bluetrek Mini fits comfortably and secure in your ear with or without the hook. An assortment of ear gels is included to amend customize the fit. For those who don't like walking around wearing the headset in your ear, the Bluetrek Mini comes with a lanyard that hooks onto the earpiece stem. It allows yous to conveniently article of clothing the Mini effectually your cervix until you need information technology.

The Bluetrek comes with a QuickStart Guide that has plenty detail to get you started but for ameliorate, more detailed didactics on the performance of the headset, you have to download a full manual from Bluetrek'due south website. I would accept preferred to run across a more detailed owner'south manual included with the headset only the thirteen page transmission is piece of cake to download.

Functioning

Pairing the Bluetrek Mini was a little challenging. With the unit off, you press and hold the multi-function push until the LED light flashes blood-red and bluish. If you let up on the button ever and then slightly, you'll turn the unit on then off, skipping the pairing mode.

I was a little disappointed with the connection to my Samsung BlackJack Two. There was a considerable amount of static in the headset. The interference was desultory and while I could hear the caller, the static was very distracting. The microphone performance was completely dissimilar. My voice came through loud and articulate using a normal tone and volume. Groundwork noise was filtered out a good bit likewise.

The Bluetrek Mini is equipped with the typical features, some of which are device dependant, including vocalism dialing, redialing, telephone call muting, and rejecting calls. All are controlled through the multi-function button, the book push or a combination of the two. The volume fundamental is a little odd in that information technology is a singular button, not conspicuously divided between "+" and "-".

Battery life for the Mini is rated at up to 7 hours of talk fourth dimension and up to 10 days of stand-by time. Bluetrek gives the Mini a wide range of charging options that combined with the battery's stamina, power should non exist an event.

Overall Impression

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I actually wanted to like the Bluetrek Mini. It fit comfortably in the ear, the lanyard offered an alternative, convenient manner to conduct the unit of measurement, the call volume was good and the microphone picked up my voice really well. The unit was equipped with the basic functions and battery life was not an effect.

The only drawback that I couldn't get past was the weak connection with the phone. While I could hear callers, the static was annoying. Much like a gnat is when it continually buzzes your ear. At starting time, it doesn't carp y'all that much only afterward a while you brand information technology your life's goal to squash that little bug.

I tried re-pairing the Mini and carried the phone on the same side of my torso the earpiece was used. It minimized the static but didn't make it go abroad. Clear the static issue and you'll have a very good Bluetooth headset.

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