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The mic is on a bit of a short cord, making it hard to find a good location. These headsets are alright for the price. Bottom Line: if your budget minded these headset will work fine. The clip on the mic feels cheap and could break any moment. I am sure the Secret Service or FBI won't be buying one anytime soon though. The earpiece has a hard time staying in certain people's ears.
Later when talking to another GXT900 user we were able to talk about 2 miles when we got separated. We decided to try the Midland AVPH3 on a trip in a convertible with the top down which makes it difficult to hear anything. I would recommend this product but also make sure you have a good radio. The headset is very lightweight, the earbud goes completely in the ear and helps block wind noise. We were traveling with a group of 20 other cars and we could hear and talk more clearly than any other person. We had also purchased the Midland GXT900VP4 radios which had plenty of power to get out to the entire group.
The headsets were invaluable. Over the two day period the ear pieces were comfortable and the microphones picked up every word accurately. I purchased two sets of these for a very large event. There is no way we could have communicated with out them. Look forward to the next event to use them again. We were not part of security but part of the music program. Four of us had to seat over 400 people in a choir and orchestra in a venue we had never rented before.
I have used them while being quite active in the woods and they hold in place and do what they are supposed to do. They have clips to clip the talk and push to talk piece on your clothing/gear. There is plenty of slack in the lines for placing the set where you want to on your gear/body. First the negative. I have mine hooked up to the Midland GXT950VP4 and they are a good accessory to have. That is it for the negatives. You must have the talk piece close to your mouth (some more expensive sets you can place away) or you will not hear much of anything. They fit great in the ear, push to talk/voice activated option works great.
The description doesn't tell you that the mic is actually on the same piece as the PTT button, and unless you are holding it in just the right place when you talk all you get on the other end is whisper on open air. I got these to replace the headset that came with the radio, so that we could better communicate while riding our motorcycles. Probably these are ok if you are using them somewhere quiet, and don't want to look so much like a pop star, but otherwise these are worse than no headset. I bought them on the strength of the reviewer who claimed to take them on ATV's but on our motorcycles we use full face helmets, no way could we use these. We tried them out in the house and immediately put them back in the box. They were uncomfortable for me to wear (though my partner didn't seem to mind) and the clarity was terrible.
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