long story short , accord to Amazon , I order this same headset in 2007 and its last I 5 good year . unfortunately , it suddenly die yesterday but in that time it be a excellent headset at a great price -lrb- then $ 15 -rrb- . could always hear and be hear clearly . all that say , I plan on buy another one to replace the one that die . I be only give it 4 star because I feel it should have last longer , but I be pretty sure I get my $ 15 worth