Wireless Headset recommendations?

Plus one for ear tech. Just make sure when not using them pop the batteries out. Even if it’s only a couple days till you use again. They seem to drain the batteries sitting and installed. Batteries have always charged up fine.
 
Sena SPH10. We have a pair of Eartech in storage somewhere. Sena are better in every way for us. First, Eartech would fall off my wife’s head. Nothing more disconcerting that to be on the helm in a tight spot with wind and current and your wife’s comms are just a bump and then static. You have to assume she’s in the drink, and now what do you do? Maybe with Eartech you can talk to someone across the marina, but I don’t need that. Sena are light, reliable, and rechargeable. And to top it off, they are cheap and take up less storage space.
 
Sena SPH10. We have a pair of Eartech in storage somewhere. Sena are better in every way for us. First, Eartech would fall off my wife’s head. Nothing more disconcerting that to be on the helm in a tight spot with wind and current and your wife’s comms are just a bump and then static. You have to assume she’s in the drink, and now what do you do? Maybe with Eartech you can talk to someone across the marina, but I don’t need that. Sena are light, reliable, and rechargeable. And to top it off, they are cheap and take up less storage space.
Todd Tugnut said:
If you’re sold on Eartech, I’ve got a pair here in Portland, Or that I would be happy to sell
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We started out on our first ICW trip with Eartech but ended up returning them after the first week. It was just another thing to keep charged and stored when we were not docking. We ended up using our ear bud for our phones which we already had and kept charged. When coming in to dock we put in the ear buds and then called each other. It worked better than the Eartech and you did not worry about the headset falling off. No extra cost and nothing extra to store.
 
I’m sure the Sena will work well. We have the Eartech and one of the things we like is that we could add another headset to the group. We use them when fishing as well so the captain can communicate with the deckhand at the rods. Having another headset so that a guest fishing with us can join in the discussion is really great. We’ve not had any issues with headsets falling off. The Eartech HD stays put really well and is light and comfortable.

@DC3 suggestion on calling works great if you travel within cell phone range, but if you’re going off grid that won’t work at all.
 
We’ve been using the “2Talk Bluetooth Heatsets” by Sena. They fit comfortably, and the design going around the back of the neck doesn’t interfere with any hats, or my wife’s ponytail. They have lots of range – great for stern tying and not yelling from shore to boat. The earpieces aren’t so tight that you can’t hear ambient noise or others talking, which is nice when docking or loading on the trailer. The only negative thing I can say is my glasses interfere a bit with the over the ear part. Price wise they were the least expensive in the quality brand range (that I could find here in Canada). I have been using Sena Bluetooth intercoms for over 10 years on my motorcycle, and the controls are similar, once on and paired (in 5 seconds) just adjust the volume if needed, no fuss. They hold their charge very well, last year I think we charged them only twice even though there wasn’t a low battery notification.

I see Sena has a bunch of different styles now referred to as “Nautitalk” (great name!). If I had to purchase again from what I know about the 2Talk model, I’d probably lean towards the Nautitalk Open model. Although they look to be double the price, they appear to be lighter, smaller and likely more comfortable.
 
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