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Poly Voyager Surround 80 UC. It is really comfortable, using it both at home and in the Office. The microphone is incredible compared to the Jabra over-ear.
Plantronics Voyager Surround 80 UC, I hate boom mics and this series has been amazing, I had the 8200 before this one and loved it, but I broke the dongle. 🙁
I have the Voyager Surround 80 with noise cancelling. Dual ear version, over ear, super comfortable, and yeah the battery lasts forever
My office issues us Poly Voyager Surround 80. These are pretty comfortable, come with a hard case, and they don't have that mic boom and are quiet good at cancelling out the office background chatter noise. It also has a dedicated mute/unmute button which works well with Teams.
Jabra Evolve 75 SE was really nice. Till it quit. Poly (formerly Plantronics) Voyager Focus and Voyager Surround 80 are both good in open plan offices. We were assigned the Focus after the Jabra quit, and had an option to order the 80 series. Which, of course, I did. For straight up noise cancelling, I relied on my Sony WF-1000Mx3 earbuds. Which have surprisingly good microphones. You can score the newer MX5 now from Amazon Refurbihsed for $179. Never tried anything more expensive than those before I went full remote.
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