Posted by
carazzz on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Low-EMF-Phone-Review-tp1538145p1538146.html
Thanks Beau. I have been considering the LessEMF phone so this is
valuable feedback.
Cara
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[hidden email], "Beau" <netfarer2@y...> wrote:
>
> I recently purchased the Low EMF phone with the Air-Flow hands free
> headset from LessEMF. I'll be passing it on to a non-ES friend or
> family member since I found it untenable for me. (And I don't want
to
> be out the 20% restocking fee with nothing to show for it.)
>
> I found the Air-Flow headset to be very inciting. The headset's EM
> field is confined tightly around the transceiver (the portion which
> houses the microphone and speaker), but it measured up to an
effective
> 60Hz 15 mG strength at its surface at lowest volume with just dial
> tone present. The speaker-to-ear sound transmission tube allows the
> transceiver to be realistically held a little under 10 inches away
> from your body, but this is an unworkably cumbersome configuation.
> Even at that range, the strong field present in the transceiver is
> still inciting since it is so deep within the body's own field.
>
> I decided to try the phone in speaker mode without the headset. The
> microphone is weak so the user has to have her/his head near the
> cradle (18 inches or less away in my testing). This puts the
> approximate center of the main speaker field 24 inches or less away
> from the user. The speaker measured up to an effective 60Hz 20 mG
> strength at its surface at lowest volume with just dial tone
present.
> It was a less inciting configuration, but unusable because of the
> weak microphone and volume had to be placed at a higher setting than
> the tests to adequately hear the other person's voice, thus
increasing
> the speaker field strength.
>
> I appreciate the attempt to bring a low EMF phone configuration to
> market, but the EMF isn't low enough near the center of the main
> sources nor able to be placed at a distance that I found non-
inciting.
> I'd recommend looking for a different offering. My original
> Plantronics configuration that I mentioned earlier is much more
> endurable field-wise for me and provides better performance.
>
> Beau