Smallest Bluetooth Headsets Currently On The Market

Remember when the hands free cell phone headsets first started coming out? Those big fat earpieces that you had to plug into your cell phone, with the dangling microphone bouncing around your face. It’s kind of funny, when those first hit, we all thought we were watching crazy people walking up and down the street talking to themselves. Now, everybody has a Bluetooth headset.

…And like cell phones, they just keep getting smaller and smaller. If you’re looking for a headset that won’t feel like a weight strapped to your ear, or if you’re just curious to see how tiny they’re making them these days, read on…

BlueTrek Metal

The BlueTrek Metal is so tiny you can barely see it. It’s just 4mm thin. To put that in perspective, it’s about as thick as eight pieces of typing paper stacked on top of each other. The BlueTrek Metal weights just 5.5g. If you hold a US quarter in your hand, it will outweigh the BlueTrek Metal. The crazy thing, though, is that it actually works! It actually gives you about five hours of talk time, and seven hours on standby.

Invisio G5

About a year ago, the Invisio G5 boasted of its status as the smallest headset in the world. It’s since been eclipsed by the BlueTrek Metal, of course, and before long, somebody is sure to release a headset so light that it just hovers in place, weighing about the same as the air around it. At 0.63 inches thick, it’s practically colossal in comparison to the BlueTrek Metal. It also offers slightly less talk time, at just four hours. It also costs a little more, at $130, in comparison to the average $50 price of the BlueTrek Metal. If there’s one advantage the Invisio G5 has, it’s that it is slightly less likely to be carried away by a gentle breeze when you take it outdoors.

Gennum nX6000

If you just want a good headset that doesn’t belong on the Guinness Book of World Records, the Gennum nX6000 is a nice, tiny little headset featuring an ear clip (the above listed headsets plug right into your ear), and an array that isolates voice thanks to FrontWave Extreme acoustic processing. This means that you can speak clearly and freely even in the middle of a headbanging rock concert. Not as tiny as the to listed above, but probably as small as you’re going to get if you want great performance.