Would love to say thanks to Christina from BlueAnt for sending me the Z9i to review.

The BlueAnt Z9i is said to be one of the best hands-free devices out today - my thoughts? Correct, one of the best ones out there. It may even replace my current favorite - the Jawbone 2, but I'll leave that fight to another post.

The BlueAnt Z9i reminded me of the Jawbone 2 in many aspects: the size and feel are almost identical, and both models have great noise cancelling qualities, which successfully filter out background noise such as wind, running water, car radio - basically any background white noise.

As other BlueAnt devices, I love the amount of love the company puts into the package. I truely feel like a young boy on Christmas morning greedily opening up his gift.

How does this go?
Everything up to here was perfect, the charging was fast, the connection was painless, but wearing the hands-free earpiece was hard. I wasn't sure how exactly it's supposed to be worn, and took me a good few minutes to get it "on". It still feels a bit loose, but attached nonetheless.

Sound Quality
I was happily surprised with the sound quality on the BlueAnt Z9i. The incoming voice was loud and clear, as if someone was whispering into my ear - perfecto. Outgoing quality was great as well.

Noise Cancellation
The noise cancelling features here were not as I'm used to. The "cancelling" mode must be turned on when speaking in high-noise areas, and later turned off when back in quite areas. I don't understand why it can't always have the cancellation turned on.

Pairing Up
This model is famous for it's ability to connect with five [yes, 5!] devices simultaneously. Meaning you could connect to your cellphone & laptop, talking on Skype online, and when a call comes in, the Z9i would automaticlly switch to the cellphone, something like that. I'm a basic Bluetooth user and have no need for this, but always good to have anyways.

Accessories
The extra accessories that arrive with the Z9i are suffecient, but not perfect. It comes with an A/C adapter, USB cable, but no car charger. I've noticed that no hands-free devices comes with all three chargers [A/C, USB & Car], sighs. But unlike most devices, the BlueAnt Z9i comes with different ear-hooks and ear-buds for a perfect fit. Yay!

Conclusion:
Great sound quality, takes a while to get a comfortable fit, but it has different ear-pieces that I didn't try. Very small & light, average battery life. Almost as good as the mighty Jawbone, at half the cost.

I'm convinced, where can I buy?
I'm glad you asked. You can get the BlueAnt Z9i at Amazon and JR.com at around $65-$70, very affordable price indeed.

There you have it, the BlueAnt Z9i