Nextlink Spider Bluetooth Headset

[Matt -- HB Cali]

Although this is a great headset it has some serious battery issues. My first set would not charge at all. I had it plugged in for 15 minutes and the red charge light never would come on so I had to return it.

My 2nd set seemed to charge fine but both times after charging (~90 minutes) I only got about 2 or 3 songs out of them before I started hearing the low battery indicator beep. I charged it overnight last night and brought them in to work with me this morning to see if I would get better results with a longer charge but that did not work. I got the same 2-3 songs before the low battery indicator beep started to come on. I will be returning this set to radio shack today as well. Only because they are so comfortable and the music quality will I be giving them one last shot. If my 3rd pair is defective I'm just going to get a refund and wait for a more reliable set.

Overall 0 out of 5 stars since I am 0-2 with these things. If they would just hold a charge I would give them 5 out of 5.

I am using these with my M1 btw which works beautifully.

[Matt -- HB Cali]

UPDATE:

I guess the 3rd time's a charm for these things. My 3rd set charged fine and so far seems to have maintained the charge as I was able to play about 5 or 6 full songs and no low battery indicator.

TIP:

If you get these and the red light blinks after charging it for 90 minutes it's likely not holding the charge and is defective. That's what my 2nd pair did. With the 3rd (working) pair the red charging indicator light turns off completely after 90 minutes. With the first pair the red charging light NEVER came on, at least not after 10-15 minutes, and I couldn't turn the headset on either so it was basically DOA.

If you can get your hands on a working pair of these you'll love them. They have very good sound quality for a wireless (much better than the more expensive Plantronics Pulsar) and superior range being a class 1 device (up to ~300'). Most all other bluetooth headsets out right now are class 2 devices with a range of about 30'.

[Matt -- HB Cali]

False alarm :eyeroll: After playing 5-6 songs I had the set turned off for the remainder of the day. The next day I tried to turn them on while I was at the gym but they wouldn't turn on, they were completely discharged. So I charged them up again that night and got about 9 or 10 songs total before they were done. This is the longest lasting headset I've gotten out of the 3 sets but they're supposed to be good for 10 HOURS, not 10 SONGS :mad:

I took that pair back and tried one more time (this time from a different Radio Shack since the original store didn't have any more in stock) and got the same results. The red charge light would start to blink after about 80 or 90 minutes and the headset would give me about 4 or 5 songs total.

Final conclusion: These things are total crap. 0 working products out of 4 tries. Don't waste your time or $$ on them, ESPECIALLY if you're ordering online.