Product Description

Enjoy affordable, easy-to-use wireless freedom for Bluetooth® phones with the Plantronics Explorer 340 headset. It's comfortable enough to wear all day, with a sleek, lightweight design that fits your style. Explorer 340 is simple to use with one-touch button controls, and weighs only 2/3 of an ounce! It has the longest talk time on the market without recharging, so keeping in touch with friends and family is comfortable and convenient.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1157 in Cell Phone Accessories
• Color: SILVER
• Brand: Plantronics
• Model: UNHFPE3403
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 6.00" w x 8.00" l, .50 pounds

Features

• Compatible with most Bluetooth v1.1 and v1.2 capable devices.
• Talk Longer: Up to 8 hours of continuous talk time.
• One Touch: Access all controls with a single button.
• Easy to Use: Convenient, one touch controls.
• Freedom to roam up to 33 feet from your Bluetooth device

Amazon.com Product Description
Compatible with nearly all Bluetooth capable devices, the Plantronics Explorer 340 is a sleek, lightweight headset that fuses Bluetooth wireless technology with effortless call control for a true hands-free experience. The Explorer 340 headset is easy to use and incorporates all call features--volume, answer/end call, last-number redial, and voice-activated dialing--into one single button. Delivering up to eight hours of talk time and up to 240 hours of digital standby time, the Explorer 340 provides the convenience you want and the mobility you need to suit your busy, active lifestyle.

For the ultimate in wireless freedom, look no further than the Explorer 340 Bluetooth Headset, which represents a generational leap in Bluetooth headset technology. Extremely easy to use and set up, and weighing less than one ounce, the Explorer 340 is comfortable and light enough for all day wear, offers unprecedented clarity and sound quality, and was designed to fit either ear perfectly.

The one-touch call control button is placed for easy access, and you can easily redial the last number dialed and initiate voice-activated calls directly from the headset. Lastly, not only does the Explorer 340 allow you to remain hands-free, you can also roam up to 33 feet away from your phone and still maintain crystal clear reception via the Explorer 340's robust Bluetooth abilities. Lastly, the Explorer 340 offers more aggressive styling than lesser models, and sports a convenient blue light that indicates when Bluetooth connectivity is established.

Customer Reviews

Good bluetooth headset at at good price
Got this a week ago from my local cell store, and i have to say, i am thoroughly impressed. It was very easy to pair with my Nextel i580. I love the fact that, unlike most bluetooth headsets, i can still hear my custom ringtones. All features (ie: call, answer/end, re-dial, etc) are activated with the use of one, multifunction button. The headset rests very comfortably around and in the ear. i am an EMT in the Harrisburg Area, and am very active with my job, and it has not fallen off of my ear once. Battery life is pretty good - one charge will last me my full 16 hour shift. The only downsides to this headset is the range - more than 10 feet away from your phone, and it drops your call. Other than that, this is an ideal headset at a very good price - highly recommended!!!

Great BT headset, nice feature set!
Purchased the Plantronics Explorer 350, which is the same headset, but comes with different accessories. The 350 does not include a home charger. It instead includes a USB charger, for home charging, and a sleek car carrying case and car charger, which plugs into the carrying case. The case has a clip which attaches easily to your air conditioning vent, and the charger cord slips into the carrying case, allowing you to charge it in the case, while in your vehicle.

The headset is, for me, very comfortable to wear. Not the smallest bt headset, but not the largest either (I returned the Plantronics Voyager 510, which made me feel quite like a cyborg... no WAY I could leave the house with that attached to the side of my face. I returned it within two hours of taking it home!). I've worn it for several hours, and forget that I have it on.

This is the middle level Plantronics Bluetooth headset, but that being said, sound quality is about the best I've heard, and I've had three previous headsets (including the 510). Excellent sound quality, both for the owner and his/her callers.

Button has a very nice, tactile feel. I had recently purchased the Scala 700 headset. While the sound quality was very good, the buttons and entire device had a very cheap feel to it... it felt like if you pressed the volume rocker too hard, it'd break. It also didn't give very good tactile feedback when you tried to increase/decrease the sound! On the Plantronics 340/350, the one button you use to accept calls, terminate calls, increase/decrease volume has a great feel to it and is easy to use, even with the headset on.

Overall, if you don't mind the (slightly) larger size, I would highly recommend this device. Decide for yourself if you would prefer the home AC outlet charger (340 model) or the USB/Car charger and case combo (350 model)

Great Sound, but listeners complain
Some positives - some important negatives:

I purchased this because I wanted to be able to hear callers clearly and loudly. This headset is both crystal clear and the volume is excellent. On past cell phones, I max out the volume and it is still not enough. With this headset I have never maxed out the volume. I drive a loud two seat car, and even in that environment, I hear callers fine - with room the increase the volume is required (which I have not required).

The unit fits comfortably in and on my ear.

Negatives:
EVERY caller complains about background noise - and I do not mean car/road noise. I can be sitting still at my desk and if I move around paper - people wonder what I am doing as the background noise it picks up is very annoying to them. As far as actually using in the car - any car - I can not. While I hear people well, they all get frustrated and say it is too hard to talk with me while driving due to background noise.

The unit fits comfy - but it is a pain to put on. Definitely requires two hands - and if you twist the piece that goes over your ear the wrong way - you have to look at it to correct it which is not great for a hands free item (or fiddle with it a few times, which causes your call to go to voice mail or your caller to wait.... wait...).

Don't bother using the button to connect/disconnect - the time required to press it is long. And if you hold it too long - you disconnect the bluetooth connection.

I would give this unit 5 stars for listening, 1 star for speaking capability, 2.5 stars for ease of use. I would look for a different unit.