The device is also "stowable": The microphone boom can be rotated back towards the "tail" making the whole device much smaller.

The Oasis provides voice prompts for both battery and connection status as well as announcing which phone is ringing if you've paired it with more than one handset (it can also handle calls on two handsets at the same time).

The Oasis has a great battery life -- 6 hours talk time and seven days on standby -- but suffers from only moderately good noise cancellation and sound quality. Even so, priced around $73, the Oasis gets a rating of 4 out of 5.

Of these two headsets I would reach for the Oasis for, say, a long drive. But of all the headsets I've looked at over the years I still prefer the Aliph Jawbone Icon that in February because it has the best noise cancellation I've found so far. If there's a Bluetooth headset you think is better, let me know …

Gibbs is unwired in Ventura, Calif. Connect to gearhead@gibbs.com.