Arctic Sound P311 Bluetooth Headset Review

Final Thoughts
Our experience with the Arctic Sound P311 bluetooth headset has been a bit of a mixed bag. The design of the headset is good despite the slightly suspect build quality in some areas and the sound quality, when configured properly, is good.

We can see this headset being a very handy as a hands-free kit, once you learn all the button functions off by heart, as it has all the features of a very expensive hands-free unit with the added benefit of audio playback.

At the time of testing, we didn’t have a Bluetooth enabled PC available for testing so we’re not able to comment on the ease of use but we suspect it will depend, to an extent, on the Bluetooth software used. We thought it unfortunate that you have to use the ‘headset’ audio playback mode to enable the inbuilt microphone as audio quality really does suffer as a result.

Despite the minor gripes we have with the Arctic P311, considering the sub-£20 price point we are definitely willing to forgive. In fact we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the P311 to anyone looking for a decent Bluetooth headset on a budget.

Pros:

• Compact and Lightweight design
• Hands-free function
• Outstanding Price

Cons:

• Sub-par build quality
• Too many functions on one button

Ratings:

• Design: 7
• Features:9
• Performance: 6
• Value: 10