Hands-free in the car, two products that are quite convenient♪
What I have been looking for relatively continuously is a product for hands-free calling for smartphones that can be used in the car. There are two products that I recently used and felt that "this is quite convenient♪". Both are Sanwa Supply products, “Bluetooth Headset 400-BTMH004BK” (official page) and “Bluetooth Hands-free Car Kit MM-BTCAR1N” (official page).
Sanwa Supply's "Bluetooth Headset 400-BTMH004BK". With a single-ear earphone type Bluetooth headset, you can make calls and listen to music. It charges with a cigarette lighter charger, but it can also be used as a USB car charger. Sanwa direct price was 3980 yen including tax. Sanwa Supply's "Bluetooth hands-free car kit MM-BTCAR1N". A Bluetooth hands-free kit that can be attached to a sun visor, etc., and is USB rechargeable, so no wiring is required. Equipped with a motion sensor, it works only when there are people nearby. The Sanwa Direct price was 7580 yen including tax, but it seems that it is sold at around 5000 yen on Amazon etc.
As a headset that can be used hands-free, for example, I use Plantronics' "Voyager 5200" (back number of this series). However, this is for when you make frequent calls. The two products introduced this time were selected from the perspective that they are suitable for use as "just in case" so that you can receive incoming calls while driving a car. It's a light-use hands-free product that you don't want to wear a headset all the time, but you want to receive incoming calls while driving.
To give a rough impression of using it, first of all, the earphone type "Bluetooth Headset 400-BTMH004BK" is very convenient and has a high cost performance. I feel like a lot of people would be satisfied.
The "Bluetooth Hands-free Car Kit MM-BTCAR1N", which can be attached to a sun visor, is equipped with a motion sensor that saves power and can be used for a long time. However, there is also a slightly inconvenient aspect because there is a human sensor. Personally, I can use it comfortably, but I think that it may behave inconveniently depending on the user.
Anyway, after that, I would like to report on the functions and usability of these two products. The smartphone used by pairing is iPhone 7 Plus.