Voyager 5200 UC

I originally bought this headset for business purposes, but I quickly figured out I could connect it to my PC and use it as a communication device for Discord, Team Speak, and etc.This is really nice, because the headset is quite comfortable to wear, even for prolonged periods, and I can still enjoy the great sound from my desktop speakers. Plus, my friends never seem to notice my mechanical keyboard or sounds coming from my speakers, so it seems to do a good job of filtering out everything except voice (for the most part).The functionality of the headset is great. I like the volume buttons if I need to change volume quickly but don't want to tab over to Discord, and I really like that there's a mute button on the headset itself.Depending upon usage conditions this headset will last somewhere around 6 hours before needing to be recharged. One really shouldn't be gaming for 6 hours at a time without getting up and doing something else every once in awhile, anyways, so I feel like this is a pretty decent battery life. However, if you wanted to have a particularly long gaming marathon, this headset will run out of batteries sometime after the 6 hour mark and you will be forced to either wait for it to recharge (not sure how long this takes) and/or switch to another mic.Everyone once in awhile my friends and I will play for a long time and this has been an issue only a handful of times, even when breaks are taken and I place the headset on the charger during them. It just doesn't charge quickly enough in those 10-15 minute increments to really give the headset an appreciable charge. To that end, I have actually considered buying another headset and charging station so that one is always ready to go; that's how much I like this thing!Speaking of the charging station, it's pretty well designed. You can fold up the headset and close it inside of the box, or, you can stand the headset on top of the box by placing it in a little cut-out area where some contacts are. This is my favorite way to charge the headset because you don't have to open up the box, and it's always standing right there, ready to be picked up and used.I recently tried some Apple AirPods as an alternative (for a PC mic), and while they do work, they have their own drawbacks. In fact, they make me appreciate this headset even more. Because, with the AirPods, there is a noticeable "hum" during silence. And sometimes, you can here little beeps and blips, which I assume is bluetooth interference or something like that. With the Plantronics, it's totally dead silent, and you get no such interference.I can easily recommend this headset to virtually anyone. If you are strictly an iPhone user then I would still say to go with AirPods because they are great in their own way. But if you want to use this for gaming, or with your PC, in my opinion it is the superior option.

Best business headset I have used. I am a hardcore bluetooth wearer because I have carpal tunnel in both wrists and my hands go numb if I hold a cell phone for any period of time. I am also on the phone for business many hours a day. I can vouch for the battery life being about 5-6 hours continous run time because I bought two and regular use them both daily.I have used headsets for years and have been a big Plantronics fan have used the Voyager, Voyager Pro and several Edge versions. I have also tried the Jabra options and Sennheiser. However, I have often received complaints about background noise etc. because I am in the car and on travel a lot. That has now changed.I can tell you that I have been in my car, windows rolled down in traffic at 60 miles and hour and multiple people have confirmed they can't hear ANY background noise. Meaning they can't hear anything other than my voice. Now of course I don't intentionally drive like this while on a call but I threw everything at this headset so I would know, just in case what I needed to be concerned with and it came through with flying colors. Now, I will say, if you choose to have your head slightly out the window or sit directly in front of a fan on high, there will be some dropped Voice packets because no matter what, you can intentionally overwhelm the noise canceling capabilites but the amazing part is that the caller on the other line still hears no noise, just your voice cutting out a bit. This all may sound silly, but when you are walking down a street in the city, there can be an enormous amount of noise...cars, buses, people etc. We sometimes need to have a headset that can handle this stuff and the 5200 flat out crushes them all.Of course the over the ear design is a bit bulky but it does do a couple things. First it helps with the battery life. Second, it makes wearing it for long periods of time easier. For whatever reason, if I had an in ear model only, after a while I would have to take it off because my ear would literally get sore from wearing it. With this version, the weight seems to be distributed better and I get no pain even wearing it all day. It isn't Mission Impossible cool looking or anything but I much prefer form over fashion.One last note, Plantronics did a really cool thing with the case this time, allowing you to take a charger with you built in to the case which they have done before, particularly with the Edge, but in this case (pun intended), they took it a step further giving you the option of sitting the headset on the case with it closed to charge. I include a couple of pictures so you can see what I am talking about. This is awesome on several levels. It gives you a backup battery if you only have one headset (and it charges extremely fast, I think I had one on the charger for only like 15 minutes and got like 4 hours of talk time out of it), with two headsets you can swap them out of the case and have enough talk time to cover like 16 hours. I have had to swap between the two headsets multiple times and this battery pack lets you leave the charging cords at home. Really awesome. By the way, kudos to Plantronics for keeping the USB plug on the headset on this one. They had fiddled with non-USB contact chargers with USB adapters before that always drove me crazy. You have a micro USB plug right on the headset if you forget your battery pack and need to borrow someone's charger.Last but not least, this is a UC version which means you can connect it to your PC. A small Bluetooth PC adapter is included but I use a Microsoft Surface Book and it recognized and paired up with the 5200 immediately with no issues.This headset is a home run so far and for business users and road warriors, it looks like Plantronics has finally, truly conquered the noise cancelation issue, at least for me. Hope this Rd view help!!