Poly Blackwire 8225 Stereo Microsoft Teams Certified USB-C USB-A Wired Headset

Review with Small Suggested Improvements (2024-07-24) - Very nice headset, and very comfortable to wear (light; snug, but not overly so, against your ears). It does a nice job noise-cancelling on my end - with two settings to choose from - and people on the other end of meetings/calls say I sound good with no background noise even though I work in an open office with a lot of coworkers around. I like the fact that it is a USB-C headset but with a USB-A adapter permanently attached for when you want to use the headset with an older computer or device without USB-C. I also like that there are volume up/down and mute buttons on the cord. I don't use the "Teams" button to answer calls as I tend to just use my mouse to click on Teams calls since my mouse tends to be closer to my fingers than the headset cord buttons. I do have two suggestions for improvement:

1) offer an "over the ear" version in addition to this "on the ear" design as this would help even more to reduce distracting sounds in your own background.

2) allow the user to adjust the amount of sidetone (hearing your own voice in your headset), preferably via the buttons on the cord (as opposed to some sort of app the user needs to install) Thanks.

Good Points: Comfortable for long use.

Excelent mic pick up

Really good audio qualiy and depth

Improvement Points: The boom mic feels a little flimsy