Product of the week: Plantronics BackBeat Fit Wireless Headset
For those of us trying -- and often failing -- to stay in shape, getting our tunes into our head can be a painful process. Increasingly, we are leaving the iPods behind and using our phones, because it is a pain to carry more than one device and we do need to stay connected.
It's also important to make sure sound can get in around a headset; otherwise, we are likely to get far too up close and personal with a car.
Finally, we want something that is easy to use and attractive. Much of the point of exercising is to look attractive, and products that make you look dorky are kind of counterproductive.
The Plantronics BackBeat Fit headset seems to hit the ground running, as it is attractive (it comes in different colors), easy to use (intuitive on device controls for music and phone), and sounds amazing.
It even has an eight-device memory, so you can connect it with more things -- or more likely loan it out to your significant other). It ships with a water-resistant armband case for your phone, though it clearly didn't like my six-inch phablet and appears designed for five-inch and smaller phones.
In the end, the Plantronics BackBeat Fit is a very nice offering and my product of the week. It just needs a bigger case, because in phones size does matter.
