4 Tips You Should Know When Choosing Suitable Earpiece

Although the two-way radio is popularly used in various industries in daily life, some users may don't know how to choose a suitable earpiece for it, there are so many customers who bought the wrong earpiece for their two-way radios, for example, the earpiece can't work with the radio, the earpiece is uncomfortable or doesn't fit their ears and applications, which wasted time and money.

Here are the top 4 tips you should know when choosing a suitable earpiece.

1. Compatibility

Different brands or models of two-way radios, their audio jack may be different, so the inserted Pin specification of the earpiece may be different, the most common connector plugs in the market are Kenwood 2Pin, Motorola 2Pin, ICOM 2Pin, Midland 2Pin, Motorola 1Pin, GP328 and so on.  The 2-Pin space of them are different, for example, the Kenwood 2 pins' space is 11mm, Motorola 2 pins' space is 8mm, Midland 2 pins' space is 10mm, so you must figure out what type of connector is compatible with your two-way radio firstly, or they can't work with each other. Please reference our radio connector chart when choosing an earpiece or consult us.

2. Application

Which style earpiece you need to choose depends on your applications, working environment, and conditions, there are several important factors you must consider, such as, noise reduction function, VOX function, volume control design, covert design, IP rate, and more. A suitable earpiece will improve your working efficiency and experience.

3. Comfortability

It is annoying to wear an uncomfortable earpiece during working, for example, too tight or too loose ear hook, the earbud is always falling off, uncomfortable earmuffs, hard PTT buttons, and so on. Different people, their ear sizes, and habits may be different, so you need to consider these situations when choosing a suitable earpiece, especially when you have to wear it for a long time in the workplace.

4. Budget

RetevisAccessories is committed to supplying high-quality two-way radio accessories with customer's budgets in mind, we supply a broad range of earpieces for various applications, they not only have excellent performance in practice but also are affordable in the aftermarket. We also offer wholesale prices, greatly saving the budget for bulk purchases.

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