Rating  - Great Value on a Great Headset
Not only is the price on this headset unbeatable, but the Cardo Scala 500 is a fantastic, lightweight headset with some great features. It is compact, stylish, and has a great microphone and also has a nice side addition which is the microphone's ability to filter out "ambient" noise, like wind, or the general noise caused by a car on the highway. People are completely unable to distinguish when I am holding my phone or when I'm on my headset in fact. I would recommend this unit to anyone in the market for a Bluetooth Headset.
Rating - Excellent Purchase, Great volume and durability
I've had a chance to purchase and try 5 different blue-tooth headsets for my Motorolla V710. This list includes the Motorola HS805, Plantonics Explorer 120. Tandystar G2, SOYO BTWLHS01; so far the Scala 500 has beat them all and is inexpensive too.
Realistically 4.5 stars
My number one complaint of most headsets is amplified volume, the Scala is extremely loud and adjustable which is a great benefit. Most other headsets you have to strain over background noise to hear which annoys me to no end. You won't have that problem with the Scala 500
Durability, the Scala is light and durable which is a great benefit to me. I'm hard on equipment and so far after two months of service, it's as good as new yet dropped many a time. But the nice feature of being inexpensive is, it can be replaced for little cost. Even with plactic pieces it's flexible yet durable and still light weight. The control buttons flex, recoil and work without sticking, breaking or falling apart. Kudos to Scala
Charging Time, darn fast with no fear of overcharging. After the initial charge, subsequent charges take less than an hour and I have talked for upwards of 2.5 hours non-stop without issue. Have gone a week before recharging
Extras; Hey this things got a clip with lanyard as well as an eyeglass retainer which is better than what you get with most budgie bluetooth sets. More Kudos for Scala
A couple of small annoyances, the ear retainer is somewhat inflexible and prevents the mic end from aligning with your mouth to gain the advantages of noise cancellation as well as eliminate the bathroom echo effect. It'd be nice to have a more scuptable retainer...used a bit of coat hanger for mine because I've got oddly set ears but it may be ok for you.
The unit goes into standby mode relatively quickly to conserve energy, personally I'd love the option to disable it. It takes 2 seconds to reconnect to the phone but so far no missed calls on its' account.
Overall this is a great product for the price and if your considering any of the other mentioned products, buy this one because the others are crap in comparison.
Rating - Blue Tooth
This is the best bluetooth I have used. Wind noice no problem, user friendly coustomer support for Cardo is great . I have 5 co worker who has order the headset. Just a great product. Great price
Rating  - Easy Interface, Bad Product
I recently purchased this bluetooth Scala-500 and used it all about maybe 5 times. Why such a short amount of time? Because the sound quality heard on the other end is so poor that I am told it sounds like I am in a windy tunnel when in fact I am in the car with the windows up and radio off. It's a bit too hot to drive with air condition off and windows up just so the person on the other end can hear me. Now I keep this piece of junk in my console and will only use it if my Logitech bluetooth is out of power. If you buy this make sure you plan to use it in a place like a library where there are no sounds at all to interfere. The only good thing about this headset is that it was easy to setup and connects well with my cell phone. Think twice about buying this product or check it out at your local retailer first. Even with the rebate I only paid $[...], but still not a bargain. The one star was for the ease of setting up with my cell phone.
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