It seems that the manufacturers of Bluetooth headsets have woken up to the needs of today's drivers and started to improve talk and standby times on their products, in fact its rare for us to test a new headset that feature under 4 hours talk time.

This is in comparison to the early headsets like the Nokia HD-W2 which will last just 2 hours on a full charge. This week Lordpercy got to try the Bluetrek G2 headset , this Bluetooth 1.1 headset boasts an 8 hour talk time and 400 hrs standby from a 1.5 hour charge.

Opening the jewel like packaging reveals the rather svelte Bluetrek G2 unit which tips the scales at a meagre 12 grams, the first charge takes 8 hours and subsequent charges take 1.5 hours, the charger has an easier connection than the Sony Ericsson headsets as it has more of a traditional jack adaptor rather than adopting a phone manufacturers standard.
 

The Bluetrek has just 3 buttons one for earpiece volume up and one for down and then the multifunction button which answers calls and also powers the unit up, pairing the G2 is simple by holding the multifunction button for 7 seconds the led flashes blue / red and the device is visible to your phone for you to enter a PIN number which is set as 0000.

Then you are up and running and can wear the very lightweight unit on either ear, perhaps the unit is a little too lightweight and there is the possibility that it may depart your ear for the floor as the ear loop is a loose fit. However audio quality is good as is the overall volume and its certainly easy to use with that big single button offering a big target to aim for when you are driving.

The Bluetrek G2 headset is great value for money too at just £40, you get a lot of Bluetooth headset per pound  and it seems well built and there are no know reliability issues either, of course Bluetrek isn't a household name in mobile technology but their mobile peripherals seem to offer a good combination of style and function.

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