Sony Ericsson MW-600 Bluetooth Stereo Headphones

I was sceptical about these sorts of things, however after having the 5th set of £30 headphones being destroyed by my dogs jumping on me and snapping the cable, I figured I needed to change something.After reading reviews on many of these bluetooth devices, including stand alone devises like this or headphone only versions [such as the Sony HBH-IS800 and many others]I decided on this set based on its reviews on battery life, quality and range.Verdict: It doesn't dissapoint.---- Range:Incredible, I put my phone down and started walking. After laughing at the idiotic range I had a smile on my face. Outside I got around 15-20m before drop out. Inside I got around 10m before the drop out started HOWEVER I could still hear it up to 15m, but it just droped out every now and then if I moved around too much.Deffinately please with this range, as I would unlikely go this far from my phone anyway, but its to know I can.Unlike the IS800 which many said, the quality depended on which pocket the phone was in. You will have no trouble with this.---- Battery:Did the 8 hours charge starting charge ( well 16 as I left it overnight ), this was over a week ago, and has only now given me a warning. The battery is better than my phones battery life!Unline the IS800 which many said, the battery would die a little too frequnetly. However i'm sure this is mainly down to the MW800 having a MUCH larger battery inside it.---- Sound:The sound really is good. I was very surprised with the quality, I have not heard any "hiss" between songs and more over the quality does not drop over distances. If you have a signal, you have the same quality as if you were right beside the unit.The headphones supplied are pretty good, turned up full the bass can become distorted on some songs, however I actually really like the sound quality from these. But it is well balanced and in NO way sounds teeny sounding.---- Size and build:Unit is tiny, extremely light and the clasp on it is very tough. extremely strong, and i'm sure i'll have no bother attaching it to clothing.The only reason that I liked the Sony IS800, was that the entire unit was inside the headphones themselves. But the trade off in quality just wasn't worth it for me.---- Functionality:Just brilliant. You can pause, start, skip and change the volume ( at least on my nokia N8 ). The volume is seperate from the phone, and you can't turn the volume completely to mute. But its low enough that its hardly needed.When your done listening to music, simply press "PAUSE" and leave the unit relatively close to the handset, when you are ready to listen again press "PLAY" and it will take off where you last left it. Between these times, the unit is in "stand by " mode, and uses very little battery.Can connect upto 3 seperate devices simultaneously. ( although why you would I don't know )---- Connectivity:Barely worth noticing, it took literally seconds. Press the power botton for 5 seconds to start the pairing, search on your phone/unit. Connected. took 10 seconds.Now, whenever I turn on the bluetooth on my phone, it connect automatically.To connect up more than 1 device, simply press the power botton for 5 seconds, and connect up the other 2. When you would like to connect to another device, simply press and hold the "PLAY" botton, and it will come up with a menu of 3 devices ( which nicely show the symbol of the type of device, A 'mobile' icon for a mobile and a 'computer' icon for a computer/ps3 ) using the volume scroller to move between each one, press "PLAY" on the one you would like to connect to and it will automatically connect to that selected device. EASY.---- Price:At £30, it isn't the cheapest version of bluetooth headphones. But its no where near the most expensive. I choose this based on its reviews (and cost obviously) and i'm sure it performs just as good as those £150 pair of headphones----Conclusion----Buy it, you won't regret it.

For £35, I've got to be happy with the MW600. The audio quality is every bit as good as others have reported (once the stock headphones were ditched for something better, that is). Integration with my Sony Ericsson phone (a W595) is seamless - the MW600 displays track names and caller names taken directly from the phone's phonebook, and controls the media player with play / pause, next / previous tracks, and fast forward / backward functions.The headset works well with my Windows 7 laptop too, though it took a bit of faffing about to set up initially. (That was more a problem with the laptop's Bluetooth software though.) It's excellent for making and receiving Skype calls, and I was pleasantly surprised to find Windows Media Player recognises its controls (though fast forward / backward isn't supported). The MW600 can be configured to work in various combinations - for example, I can watch a DVD (with no noticeable lag I might add) or listen to MP3s on the laptop while being able to receive or make calls on the mobile, or I can listen to streamed audio from the phone while using the MW600 as a Skype headset. One combination that isn't possible, however, is to listen to media from the laptop at the same time as having the MW600 set as a Skype (or gaming) headset. That's no big deal for me, though.Battery life seems practical so far, but the fact that you can't use the unit while charging is an opportunity lost, I feel.A neck lanyard would have worked better for me than a clip, as at least one other reviewer has mentioned also. I've already found that what I'm wearing just doesn't suit a clip more often than not, and in warmer times (or in bed) I won't necessarily be wearing anything at all to clip to! The clip itself adds bulk and weight which could so easily have been avoided.I don't tend to listen to FM radio, but I do listen to BBC Radio 5 on AM a lot for football commentary, and the lack of support for AM on the MW600 is frustrating, to put it mildly. (But I guess my gripe should really be with the BBC for not putting Radio 5 on FM!)As it stands, the MW600 is well worth the money in my view - but it could have been truly outstanding with better stock headphones, a lanyard and support for AM radio (or even DAB if they could do it!). I'd happily have paid more for those specific features. As I mentioned, I've already ditched the headphones that came with the headset, but one drawback is that their replacements, while providing superior sound quality, don't have the short(er) cabling that the MW600 really needs.