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Mine came a couple of days ago. I hope to be able to see if it does what I hope next week.

Ah, true true.

But on the other side, it’s always more important what wife has to say :stuck_out_tongue: :wink:

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Following up with this. Does not work for intended use case of wife sitting at computer down the hall. Range is only about 30 feet in hallway situation. Basically signal needs to either exit through the doorway and then hang a 90 degree turn, or travel through multiple walls to get to me.
Brief review: Cute is the term that keeps coming to mind. It’s about 2 inches by 1 inch. When used at closer distance, works very well. Seems like it would be very useful for one on one conversations in a noisy restaurant. Also for conversations in a noisy car with somebody in the back seat. Keeping PartnerMic, but will try this as solution to intended use case; https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007NG5UF4/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=123 Hmm. Just discovered Panasonic cordless phones also have an option. Will ponder some more.

Baby monitor could work, but seems more hastle than it’s worth. Likely best solution to a “problem” that really isn’t much of a problem is to use our Panasonic cordless phone’s intercom function. If your phones have the function, all you have to do is to select “INT” on bottom left corner of the screen, select ALL and it rings all other cordless phones in the house. Pick up and have a conversation. Pretty simple actually. This of course presumes that you can hear ok on your landline.

This may have been mentioned elsewhere, but PartnerMic is very similar to Roger Clip on Mic. Instead of Roger system, it uses AirStream technology used in the TV Connect. It really seems to be an excellent one on one device if used as directed (ideally within 8 inches of the speakers mouth)

Right. It is optimized for someone speaking very close to the PartnerMic so that it doesn’t pick up other noise in the room. The Roger Select has a wider pickup range, but is able to focus on people close to it. I really love this one because it automatically activates any of the six mics that are needed and still rejects other sounds in the room. It is especially handy when my large family drop by for a visit with their rambunctious Labrador Retrievers! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Might I get a better with fiberoptic string and carbon fiber cans? :grinning:

Well, I apologize for being gone so long, but life gets busy sometimes. I did order both the remote and the partner mic back in February. My take on both of them is…meh, they’re okay.

The remote came with a wrist lanyard, which seemed kind of useless to me. I found a neck lanyard and attached that. Problem is, the lanyard connection is on the bottom. So hanging around my neck the volume up button is on the bottom and the volume down button is on the top. Also, I find myself leaning up against things while I’m working and accidentally pressing the buttons, but that may just be a case of needing a shorter lanyard. I use it regularly, but can’t say I’m excited about it. The biggest dissappointment is that it does not adjust volume when on a phone call.

The partner mic is a little better. I work in a manufacturing cleanroom. I wear a nylon bag2 over my head (covering my ears) and the person I’m working with is wearing a nylon bag over their head (covering their mouth), and the room is full of noisy equipment. When working with someone else there is a lot of bending down, twisting, crawling on the floor, one person on one side of the machine with the other person on the other side of the machine, etc. Giving my coworker the partner mic does improve this situation a lot. The design of our smocks doesn’t allow the mic to be centered, it’s clipped on the upper left chest area, so sometimes the speaker has to turn their head a little for the mic to pick up their voice. It’s not perfect, but it’s a lot better than working without it.

I can’t say I regret buying them, but if I knew then what I know now, I don’t know if I would have spent the money on them.

I’m wondering if using the PartnerMic with the included lanyard would keep it centered better? (or perhaps that’s not possible in your usecase) I don’t use mine much, but it works fine when I do.

The included neck lanyard for the Partner Mic would work well for something like giving a lecture or presentation, or sitting around a table in a meeting. For crawling around machinery it’s a nuisance and possibly even dangerous.

Used mine with daughter on a hike yesterday and it worked great. Anybody know what happens if one tries using more than one? Would be great if you could use 2 or 3 at the same time.

The gave me one, but it didn’t work for my needs, so I sent it back. It should work well for some though, depending on how it is used. Resound has a little mic that seems to work the same way. It won’t work with your Marvels though. Too much delay. Doesn’t have it when used with Resound aids, only Marvels. I know, I tried it. It pairs, but the delay is just too much. The Partner Mic, being made by Phonak, doesn’t do this.

In reply to @MDB

I messaged Phonak and they answered. Only one PartnerMic can be paired. If one tries to pair a second one, it will override the first microphone. Too bad. It would be really nice to have several paired at the same time.

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