Setting Up The Headset
 You can wear Motorola's H700 Bluetooth Headset on either ear by flipping the ear hook end-over-end, but the process is neither easy nor intuitive. The device comes ready to wear on the right ear. I was confused at first glance, and thought I didn't have another option, which would have been a problem since I prefer wearing headsets on my left ear. I had to take a quick look at the user manual to discover it was even possible to adjust the H700.
To flip the ear hook for use on the left ear, open the microphone boom and rotate the ear hook so it is perpendicular to its storage position. Gently lift and pull the top of the ear hook up and off the upper hinge pin, then pull the ear hook off the headset. Flip the headset over. Fasten the bottom of the ear hook onto the lower hinge pin, then pull the top of the ear hook over and onto the upper hinge pin.
While almost every other aspect of the headset is intuitive and easy to use, setting up the headset is neither. Unfortunately, the headset is also not very comfortable to wear, and H700 users might want to switch ears during prolonged use. This makes the difficulty of quickly adjusting the headset for use on one ear or the other more of an issue.
Battery Life and Charging
When we opened the package containing Motorola's H700 Bluetooth Headset and went through the ceremonial first-charge process, we learned that there was something different about the device. It takes a long, two hours to charge the headset on first use, and the H700's indicator lights up red during the process. But when the headset is fully charged, the multi-color indicator lights up green, which I thought was kind of neat.
 The H700's indicator lights up yellow when it's 80 percent charged, flashes blue quickly during standby and flashes blue slowly when connected on a call. It turns red again when the phone needs to be recharged.
On that note, I only had to recharge the Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset after almost a full week of use. Because of Motorola's award-winning PowerFlip design, the H700 does not actually use any power when the microphone boom is closed. It's hard to say how much standby time I actually used, but Motorola advertises 130 hours, or nearly five-and-a-half days. I first charged the headset on a Saturday and now it's Friday. I used about four or five hours of talk time during this period, and Motorola says the headset gets six total. Yet, the headset flashed blue through the day on Friday and only turned red around dinner time.
Motorola includes its standard charger with the H700, which has a connection design that appears likely to last long term. This is a major benefit compared with many other headsets that have flimsy single-prong connections to their chargers.
Unfortunately, like many other headsets, the H700's Lithium-Ion battery is built-in and not replaceable, which means the headset's excellent battery life will not last. In time, the device will require more frequent recharging and it will eventually wear out permanently.
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