Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have bought so many Bluetooth headsets that I probably couldn't list them all, I've bought from Plantronics, BlueAnt, Jabra, Motorola, JawBone, and at least several models from each, for several different reasons, lost, broken, or simply returned because they sucked and or were overpriced and sucked....lol. But this Explorer 50 that replaces the M50 is a nice surprise over the two M50‘s that I purchased awhile back and I'll list the pro con list below. Pro's- (1)-Very light at 10 grams vs. 11 grams for the M50, so comfortable that you don't know it's there, and easily wearable all day. (2)-The microphone doesn't kill background noise but unlike the M50 it doesn't ("AMPLIFY") the background noise, so it's balanced & way better than the M50. (3)-Speaker sound, (not volume) is cleaner and better balanced than the M50. (4)-Distance and Range are about the same at roughly 30 feet away from your phone, and for me it's still crystal clear 1 or 2 more feet before it starts breaking up and cutting off the sound. (5)- A MUTE function which the M50 doesn't have and there's countless reasons to use a mute function, which I personally think ALL Bluetooth headsets should have by default. (6)-This for me is PRICE and Quality for that price and at 29.99 it's definitely here. Cons- (1)- It weighs less than the M50 by 1 gram, because the front face of the E50 is a lighter weight cheaper feeling plastic, but the back of the headset is of the same quality. (2)- The Volume loudness is noticeably lower than the M50 at FIRST, but after using it for about almost a week, it improved DRAMATICALLY over putting it on the first time & having cycled through those low volume levels, so I would put it close to (after speaker break in), but not quite the same volume as the M50, but it does have slightly better clarity for conversations, except the ringer volume as well as voice prompts are noticeably weaker than the M50, but not enough of a big deal. (3)- Style, as far as style the M50 wins hands down for me over the E50, I just like the contrasting blue and black as well as the more modern & sturdy front faceplate compared to the cheaper plain black hexagonal lined front faceplate of the newer E50. As you probably can tell from my review, other than style, I think the E50 is a more improved model where it counts, (way less) background noise, mute function, (slightly) clearer sound, only slightly, but still clearer just the same, and as far as volume goes, it does improve drastically over the first time you initially used it, I emphasize this because it was almost a deal breaker for me, so my recommendation is to give it a week of use for the speaker to break in and cycle that volume button, it will really improve & change and get ALOT better.