My husband bought this for me after I bought my current phone. I thought it was going to be a big waste of money - "I don't need a wireless headset - a traditional wired one will work just fine" I told him. But he had already bought me this one. It works better than the wired one I used to have. I'm surprised it still works at all. I can't tell you how many times I dropped it. I lost it in my car for a week in Arizona's 110++ August temperatures. I am not exactly gentle with this thing, and it is still going strong - like the little engine that could. I got it for mother's day 2008. I was upset with my husband for not getting the car charger for it. I kept on forgetting to order one. Now I'm just not going to bother. I just plug it in once a week in the house. The one time the battery went dead on me was when I didn't charge it for three weeks out of curiosity - I wanted to see how long the battery would last. I don't talk on it a lot compared to most people - maybe two or three hours a week - but I do have it on whenever I am driving and at the store etc... about 7 or 8 hours a week. I still love the looks I get when people think I am talking to myself - I have long dark hair so you can't see the bluetooth on my ear. I jokingly call it my borg implant.