I bought this because I had temporarily lost the older Motorola I got with my phone. I keep the unit off to save the charge and like the idea of a sort of 'instant on' by flipping the boom. And sure even that works great. Don't have to hold in a button for 3-4 seconds to turn on the thing. Just open it up and by the time I have it placed on my ear it is either connecting or connected.That being said, the quality of the audio is just awful. I don't expect high fidelity out of one of these things, but it is often garbled so much that understanding the other person takes real work. Also the distance away from the phone is very limited. Maybe I can get 10 feet and have it usable. My older Motorola and a Jabra that my daughter gave me both let me wander around the house. Only if the phone is at one end and I'm at the other do either of those begin to break up. This one, as I said, gives me a range of about 10 feet.2011-03-13 UpdateA piece fell off yesterday. Pushed it back on and it seems to be holding. I found out my sister has this unit but in blue. she loves it. Hey, but it is my sister we're talking about.