Buddy Handsfree Bluetooth Visor Speakerphone Car Kit for Smartphone Devices, Compatible with iPhone, Samsung, Huawei, Google and Other Mobile Smartphones - White

I got myself one of these as we use one in the van at work and its never been a problem. I was amazed at how cheap they are, I'm not the business type that takes phone calls on the road, but at this price its worth it just in case you need it. I have an older HTC phone and the Buddy linked with it easily (the phone at work is even older!) so it would seem that you don't need the latest phones to use one of these. Fits onto the driver's visor by a strong magnet, no tools required. Seems to last a long time on a single charge, I supposed it depends on how much you use it. Apparently you can get it to do voice-dialing, but that's too complicated for an old guy like me! Really, at this price you could get one just to see if you like the experience of hands-free instead of pulling over each time you want to take a call. UPDATE 31/12/14: When I got this device, I put the instructions in a safe place.....never to be seen again(of course!). Now I've got a new phone and want to pair it with the hands-free unit, but cant find the instructions. Contacted vendor, who said they'd email me a copy, but didn't. So for the benefit of others like me, this is a link to the manufacturers site and a copy of the instructions: http://supertooth.net/en/bluetooth-car-kit/6-buddy.html The unit itself is working well and seems to be pretty much bullet proof.

I bought this for my partner so she could 'remind' me to do things whilst she was driving. This handsfree speaker clips onto the sun-visor (magnetically) and is much sturdier than you may think reading 'magnet'. It pairs quickly and easily with her phone, and the sound quality is excellent both from her point of view and from the other (ie the other end of the conversation) perspective. The quality of this is on a par with the built in bluetooth I have in my BMW, for a fraction of the price. At this price you'd be hard pressed to find a better alternative, in build quality, reception and ease of use, it really ticks all the boxes. As a bonus it also has voice-dialing which makes things a little extra safe, although before use it would be worth making sure the people you call regularly don't have entries in your contacts which are too similar (ie John, John 2, John H), just to make your own life easier. This has been used with an Android Samsung s6 and Samsung s7, in a Vauxhall Corsa. Contrary to some other reviews the sound quality from the microphone and speaker is very good, even at speed. The battery life is excellent, it easily lasts 10 days between charges.

I was looking for a blue tooth device for my car and had considered a Parot but they are expensive and the visor kit a little too big for my taste. Having read reviews I went for the Buddy and am pleased I did. It works exceptionally well with clear sound and speech, it is easy to operate and easy to pair with mobile phones. It will allow two phones to be paired within the car, it is very small, and stays charged (depending on use) for many days - in fact for two weeks and it is cheap to buy. The unit automatically picks up the paired mobile when you approach the car so no faffing about having to constantly pair the phone. The only problem is the range - it is too great!! it picks up when I'm in the house so when phone rings, you need to select handset option on the phone otherwise you cannot speak or listen to the call, as it is being relayed to the unit. Generally this is an excellent divice so if you want a straight out of the box solution don't spend loads on snything else and don't spend less on other cheaper manufacturers.

I wanted a mobile Bluetooth connection set up in my car , however the dealers astronomical prices kept putting me off. After some time i came across this little device and having tested for just over a month now, i can safely say it is an excellent product. I was going to buy the belkin blue tooth kit, but happy i very choose this one instead. Its as good as a factory fitted car kit and saved my hundreds of pounds. Furthermore, i can quickly transfer it, into any car, in seconds. Pro’s Fits neatly onto the sun visor – i did not want to run wires or stick anything to my dashboard or windscreen Is loud enough, even at motorway speeds. I can hear people very clearly. It has all the essential buttons on the device(pick up/drop a call, turn up/down volume) Battery life is amazing. I did not want anything that had to be plugged into the cig lighter. I drive fairly regularly; however do not use the car for business purposes. I have it, always on and been using for over a month and still not had to re-charge. The best bit, which I was most sceptical about, itreally does connect/pair up as soon as you get in the car. It gives you a nice simple beep to let you know its connected as soon as in the car. I am using with an iphone5 and have never had any pairing issues. It even can access SIRI. Con’s The only con i have is the there is a tiny blue flashing light on the device( behind the call button), which is irritating when driving at night. Possibly a very small faint LED should have been used on the side of the device. Therefore, this would not be visible when driving, as the light is only really necessary for charging purposes. If your after a Bluetooth kit and want to save yourself 3 points, go for this device. No need to look elsewhere. I also use this with the Kenu Airframe Portable Car Mount, which is also brilliant little device.

I bought this a good while ago and waited to write a review so I could check for degrading and recharge life. This has been one of the best hands free kit I have ever bought. Depending on your phone configuration you can use voice to answer calls and dial contacts, you can also call out the individual numbers for calls where you don't have the number stored. The rechargeable battery life has been excellent with no noticeable drop in maximum charge levels. Even if your phone is not setup to use the hands free voice calls and answer, the features are only one button press away. The buttons are responsive and well placed so even in the dark they are easy to find. Pairing up is easy and fast and the mounting bracket fits snuggly onto a sunvisor or coat hook and so on.the unit itself has a rear magnet to lock on the the bracket or other metal surface. The calls are very clear and can be increased to a very loud setting, it filters out background noise so the callers can hear you and is a great little unit. There in is a problem, it's a very reasonable price and fairly low yet delivers a quality only found in a unit from six times more. Because it's low priced there's not much money for thieves wanting to sell a stolen unit, but because it's so good they will happily break into your car causing large amounts of damage for something they will probably only get a ten pound note for as I found out by personal experience. It was the police that informed me of the high theft numbers for these. It reinforces the warning never to leave anything on display, not even the mounting bracket as in my case. That's the down side while the unit just pulls of and slips into your pocket, the sunvisor must be folded back out of view or some scumbag will think it's worth breaking into your vehicle. That's the only negative with these units they are attractive to thieves, they are loud and clear enough to be used in trucks not just cars and vans which many hands free kits are not. Hopefully that's enough info for anyone wondering about buying this. You won't regret it.

It is difficult to give an accurate rating for this because of problems I had, however I could certainly see its potential. For those reasons I have given a middle of the road rating. This was a replacement for a one ordered at the end of January. I eventually gave up on that one as I thought it was defective after emailing the manufacturer and trying their suggestions. Very unfortunately I have had the same problems with the replacement so I am returning that for a refund. It is a great shame as did like the build quality, the design and ease of use. Also when it did work the call quality was excellent for both myself in the car and for the caller. Very clear and definitely loud enough. If you have a compatible phone it is excellent value for money. As I said above I had been in touch with the manufacturer and tried all their suggestions. My phone is a Moto G with the latest software, KitKat. I have had a number of problems. Both units, the original and the replacement, followed the same pattern. First two or three uses they stayed on for the duration of a journey, typically about thirty minutes. Then once I received a call and the call ended after a few minutes the unit and phone disconnected giving two beeps. The call quality was excellent but it did mean that if i wanted to be able to receive any more calls I need to pull over and make sure the bluetooth reconnected. The easiest way to to do this was to switch the unit off and wait a minute then switch it back on. Not very handsfree! After a few more days the pattern changed and now the bluetooth disconnects and then swiftly reconnects every 90 seconds (roughly). This results in four very loud beeps, two for disconnect and two for the reconnect. Extremely annoying. I really did hope that the replacement would work and that the original was a dud. I am going to try other handsfree kits probably but might just return to using my Jabra earpiece which works very well but would prefer a visor type speaker system. In summary excellent value for money, good call quality and easy to use but beware of potential compatibility issues.

great value. works as expected. had to get the instructions out to pair up with iPhone, but once you've done it i hear it beep saying its connected while I'm still outside the car! only made one call, was clear both ends (40-ish mph). I have a proper fitted one in my main car, and so i was surprised it sounded so good. i couldn't locate the volume easily while driving, but that I'm sure is just getting used to it. a single touch of the call button also activates the voice function on the iPhone 4s, and i can voice dial, which worked well most times, but not all - and this might be that i was running the tom-tom ap at the same time so probably hogging resources. overall for the money its great and isn't very obtrusive. i went black - white or grey would have been better match for my car, but it's still quite neat looking and is so small it doesn't matter. i leave it on, and apparently standby is 40 days, so we'll see. it also comes with a lighter socket USB adapter which was a nice touch - it does stick out slightly beyond the socket though so I used the other one I bought (not knowing that came with one). [ ok, so now I've used this for some months, the one thing I would say is when drying at night, the bluetooth light flashes on every few seconds. Despite it being quite dim, I still find it really distracting, and it seems pretty pointless having it. I just turn it off for long night drives - so if you drive at night a lot, and this sort of thing bothers you - its probably not ideal. Other than that still working fine, and I've realised that pressing the call button in it while paired with the iPhone automatically opens siri which is quite useful for hands free calling. ]

Use this with my Google Nexus 4 Smart Phone. The good points: easy to use, easy to pair with device, one charge lasts for weeks, easy to move from one car to another, good build quality, sound quality great both for you and person on other phone, connects automatically when you get near the device. Not so good points: Don't think you can change the ring melody, it works so well that the bluetooth often stays connected to my phone once I've got into my house or office at work, the range is amazing, not so great when someone phones you and you can't speak because its connected but you are not in your car. Overall a really good piece of kit at a pretty good price, would recommend.