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The wife is currently using a Buddy visor clip on battery powered thing. Sound quality is not the best, so we've decided to go for something wired in and a bit more substantial.

I have the Bury 9068 that work had fitted to my car which does the job but it's a few years old.

Any advice as to what's worth considering now?


 
Posted : 23/04/2018 7:58 pm
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Parrot kits were always the go to equipment. Might be easier to fit a new stereo with bluetooth installed.


 
Posted : 23/04/2018 9:18 pm
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I’ve been using a Jabra BT earpiece for the last two years without any significant issues, other than it occasionally failing to re-link with the phone after paying for fuel, because I leave the phone in the car when it’s used as my satnav. It only cost me around £19. Not sure what benefits a kit in the car offers over a headset, other than two people can use it, but the headset can be paired with two phones, so it could be just left in the car, maybe on charge from an aux charger, or maybe get a BT headunit that offers phone hands free.


 
Posted : 23/04/2018 11:23 pm
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Not sure what benefits a kit in the car offers over a headset,

Depends if if you want to look like a taxi driver...


 
Posted : 23/04/2018 11:33 pm
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I bought a Bluetooth adapter that was meant for headphones, called a streambot mini for £9, and plugged it into the aux in. I use it for music and an earpiece for phone, but the streambot has a mic too for calls. You'd have to stick it on a visor or something.

Could be a cheap option if you can fit it somewhere, and it works really well for music.


 
Posted : 24/04/2018 8:26 am
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Parrot as above. Depending on your needs and what you have in the existing car stereo at the moment you can have just a phone kit or phone kit with full steaming and I think some have DAB too.


 
Posted : 24/04/2018 10:40 am
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Cheers folks. The bury unit in my work car has a rather substantial mic. Rightly, or wrongly, I assume that's a bit part of why the call quality is so good.


 
Posted : 24/04/2018 10:41 am