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Motorola TalkAbout Earbud with Inline Microphone for 200 & 250 Series

Motorola TalkAbout Earbud with Inline Microphone for 200 & 250 Series

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Earbud Confusion
Review: Further to our last confused shopper, can anyone tell me which Vox earbud (single pin, no Ptt button)will work with the 5420 Talkabout? I have tried local shops, and they all appear confused as well. I may also have to phone Motorola.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Confusion !!!
Review: I recently bought a pair of Motorola 6310 radios (not yet received) and am now trying to figure out which of the earbud/mic units can be used with them, without much success.

There are several model numbers shown on the Amazon (and other) web sites, with the differences apparently being: (1) the radio model numbers with which they can be used (probably related to items 2 & 3 which follow); (2) the connectors attached, 2 pin or 1 pin; and (3)their VOX capability. Reference to the Motorola web site for 2 way radios does not clear it up.

The Model numbers I've found for the earbud/mic units are:

#53727 single pin connector and apparently no VOX capability.

#50229 double pin connector and apparently no VOX capability.

#50256 double pin connector with VOX capability.

Anyone who has definitive applicability/use information could be a hero.

By the way, the same confusion would appear to apply to the headset/boom mic units (model numbers #50226 with 2 pin connector and VOX and model #53725 single pin connector and VOX). Same for the speaker/mic units: model #50225 (shown on Amazon site as only for 250 Series radio), and model #53724 apparently for all other radios. It's not clear to me if either of these has VOX capability.

If you understand these mysteries please post a review with the answers. Failing that I suspose I need to use the phone to call Motorola and enter the labyrinth of their automated phone system.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: An essential item to communicate with team mates.
Review: I've been playing paintball for several years now and have been using the Motorola 250 with this earbud/mic. I haven't had any problems with it. The boom mic was to large and cumbersome to fit inside my paintball mask. As for the earlier reviews which complain about the VOX system in wind and background noise, the easy solution is to deactivate the VOX and use the radio as a standard push to seak radio using the earbud and inline microphone to speak and listen.

With the range of the Motorola 250 and this you can easily stay in touch with your teammates and allow the other team to know if anything is going on. Playing in the woods all day causes you to sweat and my earbud cover has not disintegrated. I've even cleaned it from time to time. The inside of paintball masks has a similar foam around the goggles. I clean mask everytime I play and the foam hasn't disintegrated either.There is a slight discomfot when you first use the earbud however it does go away.

Without the earbud I doubt I would hear the radio when someone was trying to get in contact with me. I gave this product 4 stars for its dependabilty and ease of use.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: An essential item to communicate with team mates.
Review: I've been playing paintball for several years now and have been using the Motorola 250 with this earbud/mic. I haven't had any problems with it. The boom mic was to large and cumbersome to fit inside my paintball mask. As for the earlier reviews which complain about the VOX system in wind and background noise, the easy solution is to deactivate the VOX and use the radio as a standard push to seak radio using the earbud and inline microphone to speak and listen.

With the range of the Motorola 250 and this you can easily stay in touch with your teammates and allow the other team to know if anything is going on. Playing in the woods all day causes you to sweat and my earbud cover has not disintegrated. I've even cleaned it from time to time. The inside of paintball masks has a similar foam around the goggles. I clean mask everytime I play and the foam hasn't disintegrated either.There is a slight discomfot when you first use the earbud however it does go away.

Without the earbud I doubt I would hear the radio when someone was trying to get in contact with me. I gave this product 4 stars for its dependabilty and ease of use.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: has its problems
Review: This product has its problems, which are mainly a little pain in the ear. I also takes a second for the VOX to kick in. There is a little click that sounds in the earpiece to let you know when the VOX has started. If you blow into the mic until you hear the click, then it will work just fine. It is a little hard to get the VOX to kick in, however. I just takes a little time to adjust the mic. The pain described in the previous description lasts only a little bit.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Vox verses Ear Pain
Review: Used this item while on a snowmabile trip. Took a while to get the ear piece adjusted so my ear didn't hurt. 10 of us started with the ear pieces but the sound of the engines would kick the vox on. That would render the radios useless. After a short while we all removed the ear piece altogether. I used it quite a lot since the trip and it works very well if you remember to make a little noise before you talk to get the vox to kick in. Product needs much improvement. But for now it is all we have.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Make sure your ear can tolerate this before you buy it
Review: We evaluated the earbud/mic for bicyclists coordinating a tour. Ultimately we abandoned them because: 1. The earbud HURTS after wearing it for hours on end! (Plus having a sound source like that inside one's ear probably isn't great for our hearing.) 2. The open-cell foam rubber pad disintegrated -- probably due to some of the chemicals in sweat and <shudder!> ear wax. 3. The mic could not be clipped in a position that excluded road noise and included our voices -- we ran down our TalkAbout radios' batteries because wind and road noise triggered the VOX switch, also jamming our communications. 4. It wasn't the most sanitary solution going (see 2). ... For cyclists (bicycle and motorcycle), I recommend the headset/boom mic combination. It just worked much better, and the band fits over a bicycle helmet. (Motorcyclists might want to check this last statement out for themselves ... your helmets look a little bigger than ours.)


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