Image Description: Warehouse and Distribution employee wears a CURL 1-WIRE earpiece kit manufactured by Klein Electronics (Available on Allcan.com)

Overview

Over the course of this quick, easy-to-read guide, we’ll take a closer look at earpieces used in push-to-talk (PTT) applications, and how they help increase efficiency for their users.

What Are Earpieces?

Earpieces are small tools that connect to your two-way radio or push-to-talk over cellular device. They provide a wide array of benefits and help increase privacy, operational efficiency, and safety on job sites. Depending on your industry or function, you may opt for a 2 wire earpiece that operates in “transmit and receive” (so you can communicate openly) – or a 1 wire earpiece that operates in “listen only” (so you can simply follow instruction or hear notifications). Let’s break down the benefits of earpieces.

What are the Benefits of Earpieces?

There are many benefits to using earpieces in the field. Whether your clients work in security, air traffic control, construction, or mining – earpieces can help keep them connected.

1: Hands free / Ease of Access – Many earpieces for your device allows you to communicate “hands-free” – so you can focus on the job without struggling to hit the PTT button on your two-way radio. Other earpieces provide a PTT button on the wire of the earpiece, allowing for easier access and quicker communication than on a standard radio or cellular device. These options are crucial for first responders, manufacturing, construction, and more.

2: Operational Awareness – When using earpieces, workers are able to stay in touch with each other, and their supervisors, without distracting them from their work.

3: Discretion – Some industries require discrete surveillance and communication. Using an earpiece on your two-way radio or push-to-talk device allows you to have private conversations without the surrounding public listening in. Discrete communication is important in a variety of sectors such as security, healthcare, or hospitality – where privacy is crucial.

These three benefits work together to help increase safety and efficiency for earpiece users.

What Industries use Earpieces?

High quality earpieces are a critical piece of communications equipment in a variety of industries. They’re commonly used in industries such as:

  • Construction
  • Education
  • Fire & EMS
  • Government
  • Healthcare
  • Hospitality
  • Law Enforcement
  • Manufacturing
  • Oil & Gas
  • Retail
  • Security
  • Transportation
  • Warehouse & Logistics
  • Utilities
  • And more

What are Allcan’s most popular earpieces?

At Allcan, we have partnered with the best brands in the Canadian Market to provide our dealers with durable, reputable, best-in-class products. We’re proud to carry earpieces from industry leading brands such as Sonim, AINA, AdvanceTec, Stone Mountain Ltd, Klein, Blue Parrott, RCA, and more.

Here were three of Allcan’s most popular earpieces in 2021:

1) The Signal Pro 2-Wire Earpiece: The SIGNAL PRO wired PTT earpiece includes a replaceable audio tube and earpiece for comfortable, all day use. The 2-wire design allows for the headset cords to be clipped over or under a uniform while on the job. 

Features of the Signal Pro 2-Wire Earpiece for XP3 :

  • Push-to-Talk and full-duplex wired headset
  • Professional 2-Wire surveillance earpiece with audio tube for comfortable, all day use
  • Noise reduction microphone
  • Thumb PTT & microphone in single housing
  • Clear quick-disconnect audio acoustic coil tube
  • Built-in clip to easily attach headset cable to uniform
  • Omni-directional Microphone
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2) The Intrepid 1 Wire Earpiece : The Intepid 1-wire earpiece is manufactured by Klein Electronics for use with the Sonim XP3 phone. This popular earpiece provides tangle-free braided cables, a rugged in-line PTT & microphone, and Kevlar reinforced cables.

Features of the Intrepid 1 Wire Earpiece:

  • Unique 1-wire earpiece with in-line PTT and microphone.
  • Right ear only.
  • 3 sizes of silicone ear tips included.
  • Coil is NOT a tube! This allows for better audio clarity and volume.
  • Braided cable.
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3) The Curl 1 Wire Earpiece : Klein custom designed the CURL headset to reliably connect to Sonim’s SecureAudio 3.5mm Connector on the XP3 handset. This allows the CURL headset connector to twist into place into the handset. The CURL headset has a large, easy to access PTT button, compatible with heavy work gloves.

Features of the CURL 1 Wire Earpiece:

  • Push-to-Talk and full-duplex wired headset
  • Flexible C-ring earloop may be worn on right or left ear
  • Speaker rests on ear for comfortable, all day use
  • In-line noise reduction microphone
  • Easy to access and tactile PTT button
  • Built-in swivel clothing clip to easily attach headset cable to uniform
  • Omni-directional Microphone
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Feel free to browse our full catalog of Earpieces here (VIEW EARPIECES) – or reach out to your Allcan account representative to learn more.