Voyager Legend Wireless Headset (Plantronics) - Single-Ear Bluetooth w/Noise-Canceling Mic - Voice Controls - Mute & Volume Buttons - Ergonomic Design -Connect to Mobile/Tablet via Bluetooth -FFP

Update (2023-07-02): I'm leaving my previous review intact below and adding a few thoughts. Most of it still applies to some extent. But ... this is the best headset I've ever had for my purpose, and I still can't find anything better. I don't talk on the phone any other way. Better? Noise cancellation and sound quality has been good on most of the 11 I've owned (yes, 11). I think some were counterfeits. Everyone can understand me on the other end, and many I've talked to had no clue I was going down the road (even with the windows down). The last one I bought was in December of 2022. I have two that still work fine. I don't know if the most recent failure is one of the more recent purchases, or a very old one. It literally wore out. The last two that failed lost their skins. I bought my first one in April of 2016. I only have one reason for not upgrading to the 5200. I despise micro-USB. I love the magnet connector for these. I can just reach up and pull it off the charge cable and put it on my ear while driving with minimal distraction. I carry two on the truck within reach so that when one battery gets low the other is right there. I can even snap the charger on the headset without having to see it. Try that with micro-USB. So, if you have time and patience to fiddle with micro-USB, by all means get the 5200. It's a better headset in every way, except for that. Poly seems to have migrated this headset over much better than they had at the beginning of 2023. There's a new app, and it works. I haven't tried to update the headset online with a PC since the end of 2022. If Poly would update this headset's internals, and leave the size, shape, and charger intact, I'd pay more for that one than another one of these. If I knew that they had, I'd be buying one from their website. There are numerous SKUs of this headset. There's no way for us mere mortals to know what the differences are, if any. I suspect that one or two of the FFP models were counterfeit, but I'm going to gamble again. The warranty will be out long before any problems become apparent. Then I'll buy another one ... or the Voyager Legend 2024. I am buying another one so I'll have two spares. Only 2 of the 11 are left. I started keeping one at home too. My wife is still using a 5200, but she has a couple of these ... somewhere. Previously (circa January 2023): I think I've purchased my last Legend, even though I haven't tested it yet. It's time to find something better, and that's going to be hard. My ear fits these too well. Be aware that this headset appears to no longer be fully supported online. Plantronics is now Poly. I just downloaded the latest version of Plantronics Hub from Poly's support site, which appears to be the remnants of Plantronics support site. When I run the Plantronics Hub and try to update the headset I get, "Plantronics Hub is unable to connect to the server." I suspect that the update server no longer exists, though I can't be sure. The most recent firmware version is v.109, and may be the last one. That doesn't take away from the quality and usefulness of the headset at all. It's still the best noise-cancelling headset I can comfortably wear. Driving a truck I wear one all the time. Having said all that, I have had issues with some of the ones I've purchased more recently, and my wife has too. Some of them don't cancel noise as well as others, though they all come up as the same product, and the same firmware version. Early on, they were all flawless. Lately, they're not. We've had a couple that failed before we managed to destroy them ourselves. And it's possible that more modern devices don't connect as well to the older version of bluetooth these support. This is a very good legacy product. Last note: My wife has one of the newer 5200s, and didn't like it nearly as well as these.

I will say here that (1) the voyager legend is an excellent piece of hardware and (2) I find there might be few improvements in software. -I use this while riding on a bicycle. I begin to have difficulty hearing the other end - whether its a person or just the music on my phone - when I reach 20 mph on days with relatively still wind. I start to hear wind over the music at 15 mph. By the time I can't hear the person on the other end, I am going 30 mph with my face straight forward. -I've been in a steady down-pour for roughly and hour, such to the point that my clothing and hair were soaked. The Voyager Legend did not cease to function, and its performance did not decrease. If you look it up on the vendor's website, they'll say that the legend has a p2 protection system, or a nano-coating of water repellent (http://www.plantronics.com/us/product/voyager-legend#overview). It's under the heading of "moisture protection." Now, into the software: -I have not noticed an effective transfer from the phone to the legend when playing music. If you're expecting it to pause music should you only remove it from your ear, you'll sometimes be disappointed. Their claims as to how it works for an incoming phone call, however, are on point - if you pick up the Legend while your phone is ringing and put it on your ear, it picks up. -The voice command feature is not very good, although that might well be the fault of my particular phone and not the headset's software. My particular complaint is telling the phone to call "such and such" is often misinterpreted as a completely different number. -My headset arrived (I bought it used) arrived and did not have all the voice commands that are in the manual. Also, since I bought it used, I didn't get the features that come with it new. I did not get the charging case or the computer usb for pairing to the headset. I received only the headset and the charging cord. **UPDATE** I purchased this in June 2015; it is now January 2016. It has been 7 months. The headset still functions well. It did glitch in such a way that the other party could not understand me, and sometimes I can't understand them. This happened fewer than 10 times, and most of the time it functions perfectly. Talk time has not degraded noticeably since its purchase; there is no charge port damage due to the magnetic charging clip. At some point I managed to get an air bubble underneath the rubberish skin that has yet to go away, but it doesn't affect anything and the water resistant seal is still operational. Sound quality, for the most part, is excellent, although I have a habit of paying less attention to my enunciation when I'm using the bluetooth. I do not use the headset with great frequency now, although I used to use it a lot to listen to music.

I usually do not write reviews, but these headsets are increasing popular and are safe for everyone to use on the road so I thought I'd give it a shot. I am an automotive technician by trade and I use this headset everyday at work. From the moment I walk out of the house for the day up until the moment I get back home this is on my head. The battery lasts very long and I do not find myself recharging it during the day. This headset works excellent for me, and the noise canceling features must work very well, because when using it in a busy and noisy automotive shop, I have never had a caller unable to hear me. I also like that I am able to pair both my personal phone, and my work phone at the same time. Throughout my day I also steam music and the quality is fair for what it is, a bluetooth headset. I have been very impressed with how durable the headset has been. Sweating in the hot summer sun at work, and dropping it, touching it with greasy and oily hands has not proved to be an issue with this device. It is functioning very well and I can guarantee I am much harder on this headset than most other consumers are. PROS: -Good Battery life -Noise cancellation -durability -sound quality -2 phones paired at one time, voice commands, etc CONS: -Does tend to get a little uncomfortable on your ear after prolonged wear, but after 2 weeks I got used to it -Not stylish- in public you tend to look like a burger king drive thru worker All in all, if this was stolen or lost, I would not hesitate to buy another. I have another headset that is smaller for use when in public and not at work, and it is also a plantronics. I have no reason to search elsewhere and I have been very happy with this and other plantronics headsets. As always, my experience with Amazon.com was also perfect, speedy, and problem free.

AMAZING headset!! Yes, it is a little pricey but well worth the cost. I was a little reluctant to spend $80 on a headset, but I am very happy that I made the plunge. I am a field Communications Technician out in the field, driving my work truck all day. I use my headset 12 to 13 hours a day so I need a good quality, good hands-free operation, and most importantly, a comfortable head set with great battery life, and this head set does it all!! As long as I am not sweating allot (don't want to short out the head set) I am able to keep this head set on for my entire day (13 hours) without any discomfort. I actually forget that I am wearing it. I need to use 2 phones throughout my day, all day (one wok owned I Phone, and my personal Droid) and this headset stays connected to both phones flawlessly. Over the last 10 years I have had at least 12 different headsets, from nearly every manufacturer but I have never had a headset that did not have difficulties when using 2 phones at the same time. The sound quality is perfect for music, radio, and phone. I setup surround sound for my music and I am AMAZED!! It sounds like I have a speaker in each ear. I don't know how they do this, but I was amazed!! The hands free features work flawlessly. For the most part, I don't have to touch my phone at all. I hit the call button on the boom, say, "Call Dispatch", the headset replies "Call Dispatch", I say yes, and the phone calls dispatch. If I get a call while I am driving, the phone rings and I can say "answer" or "ignore". The head set has a separate volume button which may seem unimportant, but it's not. It is very important when driving a company vehicle all day. There is no fumbling around trying to lower or increase volume while driving. I just picked up my headset to check the status... I had the headset on from 7:30 AM till 7:00PM yesterday, I used it all day to keep in touch with my companies dispatch and to pre-call customers. I left the headset on all night and right now, 20 hours from last using it and there is 4 hours of talk-time left!!! Keep in mind, I listen to my favorite radio station through my Droid phone during the day too. When a call comes through, or I make a call, the radio automatically lowers the volume. When I am done with the call my talk radio volume comes back to where I had it set previously. Granted, spending $80 on an item that is easily lost or broken is a difficult decision for the average worker-bee. But, if you use your phone to communicate throughout your work day, especially while driving, this is the headset to purchase. So far, I have not found one little negative feature.

I bought this for my wife but she's not thrilled with it. It's a little heavy - perhaps twice the weight or more of the Voyager 520s she has used for years. It doesn't have the in-the-ear fitting, it's more up-to-the-ear. I think that will just take some getting used to. My wife isn't really excited about it but I think that it announces callers by contact name rather than by number is pretty cool - especially when you can't immediately reach or find your phone. Voice answer is good, too, but takes a little practice to satisfy the voice recognition in the headset. So, why 3 stars instead of 4 or 5? The proprietary charging system is why. After having spent years buying expensive proprietary charging devices, especially expensive when buying car chargers, for Plantronics headsets I had hoped that Plantronics had joined the rest of the industry in using micro-USB for charging like my Motorola HX550 does. Instead, I find myself having to buy a bunch more proprietary chargers. The charger cable connects magnetically and is easily dislodged, leaving you with an uncharged headset. Even worse - terrible, even, is that the charging cable is only about 1 foot long! That means that you have to plug the thing in and reach to the floor just about to get to the headset. I don't know about you, but I don't have tables 12 inches off the ground right next to my outlets. Hanging a magnet connection by the heavy headset pretty much means the headset is on the floor. This charging system is just about the stupidest thing I have seen in cellular phone accessories. So.. that's why 3 stars. Update 7/12/14. After having this a few months I have to update. No longer is it worthy of even 3 stars but it's not quite bad enough to get one star since I haven't yet thrown it away. My wife eventually refused to use the headset and I got stuck with it when I lost my Voyager 520 - we had used those for years. What I found with the voyager legend is that, for all it's high-tech features, it really fails as a functional tool. Voice recognition on the phone is broken. On the 520, redialing always redialed the last dialed number - what you expect from redial. With the Legend, redial is not redial; it's dial. It dials the last call, inbound or outbound. So an incoming wrong number or telemarketing call breaks your redial to call back your office or wife. Redial on the legend almost never gets me to who it is that I want to talk. Even worse, with the Legend if your headset disconnects for any reason, just walking to the next room, redial will complain that there's no number to dial. When I installed the Legend I had to approve it to access my call history on my phone but it doesn't do anything useful with it. Even though it has access, the legend won't figure out who the last call was once you've walked out of the room and back, disconnecting and reconnecting the headset. Also, my phone had voice dial that worked with the 520. With the Legend it interrupts the voice commands to try to handle it in the Legend rather than the phone making voice dial on the phone impossible. We ended up getting my wife a Plantronics M55 for about 1/4 the price of the legend and she likes it fine even though it is more cheaply made and, therefore less comfortable than the Voyager 520. I'm more practical and won't throw away the Legend; I'll use it while it lasts but I won't buy another nor will I recommend that anyone buy one. Update 8/26/2014. Ok, I'm going with the one star now. Because I use my mobile phone for work,, I need reliability and quality in a headset. The Legend has a sensor that detects when you put the headset on and take it off. Apparently it is not very reliable. As I wear the Legend in important phone calls, it would switch back and forth between headset and handset to the point that I had important customers complaining. The Legend is in the trash replaced with the 29 dollar M55. That's about 150 dollars in headset and charging accessories/cables down the drain. What a waste.

Product works well, but it starts to come apart at the tip of the mouth piece, it’s started separating after about a month, had to put a drop of super glue on the tip. So far so good. Bought February,2 2026 Started coming apart April,4 2026 Would be five stars if it wasn’t for the defective part.

The only bluetooth set I have tried for comparison is the Jawbone Icon HD, just to give you some context because I appreciate this set more as a result. The Icon HD has better styling and does not make you look like a telemarketer but this one is better. Once you get used to it, it is very easy to pop on or off, and secure in place. The behind the ear piece took a bit to get used to but it does not bother me anymore. The unit is not comfortable for my girlfriend because she has smaller ears so that's something to keep in mind. Overall the unit is a bit large compared to some of the other headsets and maybe not as sexy but the sound and integration is much better. The sound quality is great and I have no trouble hearing people even in loud environments, like my car. Compared to the Icon HD, I am able to turn the volume up without it hurting my ear (the Icon HD is too high pitched when you crank it up and it is uncomfortable. People also say they can hear me great and can't tell that I am using a bluetooth. The integration with my Galaxy S3 can't get any better. If I want to answer a call by using the bluetooth, I just pop it in my ear and it automatically answers. I am not sure how the sensor works, but it has never misfired and answered a call by just having my hand brush up against it or something. If however, I want to just pick up my handset, I answer it like a regular call and the call goes straight to my handset, ignoring it. This is really great because I never have to press any additional buttons or think about things. For comparison, if I have my Icon HD paired and I pick up the call by picking up the handset, the call still gets routed to my bluetooth and the person can't hear me and I can't hear them until i realize that I have to press an extra button on my phone to rerout the call from the bluetooth to the handset. It takes a second but is annoying to me. Lastly, some people have complained about the proprietary magnetic charger. At first I thought it would suck because it would force me to buy their products if I wanted an extra charger. However, it works so great that I think it is totally worth it. The charger pops on and off easily with one hand and you can do it in the dark in the car without fumbling. The two parts just sort of find each other if you get them close. I started appreciating this feature when I used my icon HD which has a very sturdy usb connection but is tough to attach/ detach with one hand. It is easy to switch from left to right ear which is nice when I use it a lot. The battery life is great. The one downside is that it is a weird shape and I don't have a good place to put it when I am not at home or in the car. It's not something that you want to just through in your pocket - it's sort of flexible and feels like it may break. That's why I bought the Icon HD but I don't like it nearly as much and I barely us it.

I've used a lot of headsets over the years, and I've constantly dealt with complaints about background noise, the inability to hear me speaking, or my own inability to hear others on a call. I've always felt that Plantronics headsets were among the best on the market for desktop telephony, and hoped that quality would carry forward to the Bluetooth marketplace. I'm happy to report that I was right. First, this headset it somewhat larger than most I've seen on the market of late. Something smaller would be nice, but my biggest concern is quality and durability. It has a 7-hour talk time, and when I'm in client meetings, I can easily use it for 4 hours a day. I've never had a problem with it having to be charged mid-day. I use this headset with an iPhone 4S, and to-date no one has known that I was using a headset. The background noise elimination WORKS, at least in my experience so far. Like I said previously, the unit is larger and the earpiece doesn't exactly fit in my ear, but rests on it. However, the volume is loud and clear enough that I have no problems hearing. I wear this headset from about 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Friday, and I can say that I often forget I have it on. It's comfortable and lightweight for its size. Featurewise, I probably use less of its functionality than most. However, I love the fact that I hear either the name or telephone number of a caller when a call comes in, and I can answer or decline the call by simply saying "Answer" or "Decline." I can also use this headset with Siri and any other audio application on my phone. It supports voice dialing and other features initiated at the headset, but I've not had the need to use these to date. Some reviewers have complained about the charging cord for the unit. It's about 7 inches long, and magnetically snaps onto the lower back side of the headset. I've never had a problem with it. I have a central charging station for my phone and other devices, so the short cord really isn't a problem for me. I've also charged it using a USB port on my notebook. I also find it interesting that I can upgrade the firmware in the headset with the latest features from Plantronics, plus I can configure how the headset functions using a web interface. The ability to customize the configuration was a welcome surprise. Based upon my experiences, I definitely recommend this headset to serious headset users that demand quality sound and background noise cancellation.