The Bluetooth Blues

I was really excited to get my Motorokr S9 because running and workout with a bunch of wires dangling from your head can be annoying at best and almost downright dangerous to your health. For the first two weeks I had them, they lived up to their claims of being a good “partner” during workouts. They are supposed to be sweat and moisture free but I quickly found out that’s not the case.

Yesterday during my run, my sister called me but I couldn’t pick up the phone from the headset. Fast forward 24 hours and I wasn’t able to advance the tracks on my Moto Q remotely. All of the buttons on the headset are no longer working. I guess I should have believed all of the reviews from people who said they’d had problems with sweat. Believe me when I workout I sweat. Apparently, two weeks of my sweat doesn’t interact well with the electronics inside the S9.

Today, I spent about 15 minutes on the line with a Motorola representative. I’m being nice here and will say she doesn’t reside in the United States. We didn’t have much of a communications problem though.

At any rate, I’m shipping my Motorokr S9 back to Motorola for a replacement. This guy is already on his fourth. By the way, my sounds still works but I can’t be without the ability to advance the track. The unit is supposed to work and right now it doesn’t. Motorola is also paying for me to ship back the unit. I’m glad I didn’t get rid of my Plantronics wired bluetooth headsets. I’ll have to use them for the 10-15 business days it’s going to take to get my new S9.