NETVIP Bluetooth Car Speakerphone Sun Visor Bluetooth 4.2 Handsfree Car Kit Audio Speakerphone TF Music Player Wireless Sun Visor Player Multifunction Stereo Music Speaker Dual Link Connectivity
G**F
Great for "talk" fair for music - surprisingly good for the price
So,Based on the mixed reviews of battery life, I wasn't sure how "great" this purchase was going to be.It's for my 2003 Rover 25, which is my main car.The Rover has an original CD player, but no way to play my podcasts of Radio 4 (My main reason for buying this) and occasionally I play music from my Amazon my music collection or Apple Music collection.I bought the item in August 2019, and I'm writing this review in December 2019, to give myself time to evaluate the purchase.So what's it like ?Sound quality for voice audio (Radio 4 podcasts)= Good enough - no real issues and significantly better than the speaker of my iphone for speech.Unexpected Bonus, if using Google Maps for directions, The podcast is temporarily halted while the directions are spoken. Might work with other mapping software - didn't test it but I suspect it is an iphone function rather than a speaker function. I have tested with an i-phone 7 (August to October) and iphone 8 (November and December)Sound quality for Music:So I'm not super picky sounds wise, but this isn't great, but it is acceptable. It does let me play my music, but if I played it more than occasionally in te car, I would probably want something better.Battery lifeWell - in my case - the battery has held up, and doesn't seem to have significantly deteriorated over it's life.I charge it in the car - and the item lives in the car - including the high and low temperatures that can occur in the car on hot summer days (We did have some I think) and cold overnights of a Scottish Winter. (Well -10°C was the lowest I think - but 0°C is fairly common)It plays for approx 4 hours on a full charge. It takes about 4 hours to charge from a cigarette lighter based USB connection that I also use to charge my i-phone.I don't like cables dangling around the car - so it mostly plays from batteries. (Unless I run out of charge on a drive)In the Rover, the cigarette lighter (Or Auxiliary power socket in modern parlance) is live all the time, so - I can charge it when I leave the car.Magnetic mountFor me - it works well - I clipped it on the passenger sunvisor and the magnets are plenty strong enough to hold it in place - even over the potholes of Britain's roads and motorways.There wouldn't be that many alternate locations with the metal clip as supplied though (At least - I couldn't find any in the Rover). There is a downside of the sunvisor mount - if a passenger wants to put the visor down - it can be in the way. But - the magnetic mount allows easy detachment of the speaker.Car hands freeWorks well - although for this, I find the Apple speaker also works well enough in the car. It automatically pauses the music if one is on a call (Again - pretty sure this is iphone functionality, not the speakers)In SummarySound quality is OK - if you are not too fussy, and do bear in mind the price here. Your getting batteries pseakers, bluetooth and an amplifier.Battery is fair given the low cost of the product - and seems to be holding up. (I think it is Lithium Ion)Speech quality for Radio 4 Podcasts is good enough (Better than Apple built in speaker on iphone 7/8)Speech quality for hands free phone calls is good enough (Similar to Apple built in speaker on iphone 7/8)Mounting - magnetic part is good - metal clip attaches well to sun visor, but I was struggling to find anywhere else to put it.
S**L
Makes a good navigation speaker.
I bought this as I use tomtom go on my s8+. I found when listening to my radio I struggled to hear the instruction from my phone. It is pretty loud when on full volume and as it uses your media volume on the receiving device in my case my phone it can be a shock when you forget to turn it down. If you've been watching youtube whilst out or anything like that.Overall though it does the job I bought it for, it's very easy to use and bluetooth connect nice and fast. I have my sun visor down all of the time and the clip fits nicely on the top part of the visor where it meets the roof. Magnets hold it to the metal clip, no risk of it falling off with normal driving (fast to detach to store in glovebox out of sight from little buggers when your not using it). Once familiar with the buttons you don't need to take your eyes off the road although a little highlights on the all black buttons would of been nice (a thin silver marker would fix this issue tho).With that said and done, this was a solid purchase. Does exactly what it's supposed to do.Not taken any calls with it so I cant speak for phone quality although I don't see it having any issues dealing with it.
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Easy to use, can use it with your eyes closed.
Getting back in a car after many years means I need to start buying all the gadgets which included this Bluetooth car speaker.Having 4 children and being a career to my parents I need to keep my phone with me all the time and as you know you can’t talk while driving so this Bluetooth car speaker is prefect.Really easy to set up - connect your phone and then clip it on the driver sun visor.It takes approx 2 hours to charge up and it states it last around 10 hours of talk time - I have used it on many occasions and it’s so clear to hear people.You can also play your favourite songs via this but the song playing in this car is baby shark.
S**N
Why didn't they paint the button symbols ? They are invisible to see !
I've only had this a day, so maybe this is too soon, but I HAVE to report that the BIGGEST annoyance already with this device is that the buttons aren't PAINTED. Therefore, you cannot see what the buttons are. And each time I look up to the device I cannot see what the functions are of the buttons and so I'm having to pull the device down off its mount to take a look........ They only needed to dab a bit of white paint on the symbols on the buttons.Secondly, I'd say that that the volume might not be loud enough - I did turn everything up to maximum but I've since discovered another volume setting on my phone which is "media", so maybe that'll make the volume intensity acceptable.Finally, I personally find the idea of putting this device on a sun visor to be UNworkable. Firstly, you'll find you'll bang your head on the device perhaps when needing to see past a car when pulling out of a junction (or when there is a large front seated passenger you need to see past). Secondly, you'll 'hide' the device whenever you rotate the sun visor into the down position to obscure sunlight......In my case I have overcome this issue by placing it on the inside of my sunroof's lip. It's far better there than on a sun visor and solves all the positioning issues I mention.I will update my review once I've had it for a little longer.
P**N
Loud Sound and Portable
Very nice speaker that's designed for the car but can be used anywhere, very portable and lightweight and takes up practically no space.The device is rechargeable and has excellent battery life, a recharging wire and hand strap are included.The speaker comes with a clip that goes over the sunshield of your car. The clip has strong magnets that hold the portable speaker in place while driving. It's easy to attach and remove the speaker and it also holds steady in place while driving.The sound quality is excellent and it's easy to connect via Bluetooth, there is also a SD Card slot so you can play music that way. The controls are simple to use for both music and phone functions. A very good speaker that's ideal for the car.
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