Originally Posted by RonRonnster
I was in your exact situation about a year ago. I am on conference calls for 80% of my job each day, and was using the Voyager Legend as a headset. I really liked using it, it had great noise cancellation and people could hear me well. The battery started to degrade on it after a year or so of use, and then finally my kid found it and dropped it in the recliner, and when I found it, it had been sheared in half. I went with the AirPods because I needed a new set of Bluetooth earbuds for listening to music, and though it was worth a try for using as a headset as well. I've been using them ever since for conference calls and use them as a headset the majority of the time. They work great - people tell me they can hear me loud and clear.
I have the 1st Gen AirPods. I hear the 2nd Gen are much faster at pairing with your phone, which is about the only complaint I have. They initially pair quite easily - but if I remove them and pick them back up, it pairs with my phone instantly about half the time. The other half the time there is a delay before the AirPod "chimes" to tell me it's paired.
The nice thing about using them as a headset for phone calls is that you can use one or the other. If I'm on a marathon of conference calls, I swap to the other AirPod while the other one charges. It's worked well for me so far. When I need to replace these I will go with AirPods again.
Thanks for your post, this is very useful feedback! As for the Voyager Legend I have the same issue with the battery degrading faster then what i would like and the charger for it sucks unless you get the charging case.