I received Maximo Products’ iMetal iP-HS1 and iP-HS2 headsets designed specifically for the iPhone early last week. The iP-HS1 and iP-HS2 feature a lightweight alloy metal body and a “high definition” microphone sensor. Both feature neodymium drivers and similar Sensitivity and Frequency Response numbers. I decided to try each of the products out for a few days each. In this review I’ll break down a few pros and cons I observed over the course of the past week for both items .Maxmio HeadsetsMaxmio Headsets Maximo offers the iP-HS1 headset for those individuals who do not want to block out their surroundings whilst wearing headsets and the iP-HS2 headset for those who prefer to block out everything else. I tend to be of the latter set of individuals — specially when I am at the office and want to focus on my task without being distracted by inter-office chatter and the occasional loud phone conversations people have.One of the things I enjoy about my iPhone is that I can listen to audio on my iPod and switch to making/answering calls, and Maximo’s headsets make that transition really easy with the click of the soft-touch button which can be used to answer incoming calls as well as pause/start song playback.The quality of sound is great on both headsets during the song playback, but the iP-HS2 seemed to have a richer richer output compared to the iP-HS1. During the phone calls I made on the iP-HS1, though, I heard quite a bit of background noise and static, this was not the case on the iP-HS2. The callers could hear me clearly on the iP-HS2 and there were many points while using the iP-HS1 that callers complained that my voice volume was fluctuating. The microphone on both headsets are not noise-cancelling, so any background noise is easily heard by the callers.

In terms of comfort, I prefer the iP-HS2 by a long shot. The earbuds on the iP-HS1 were large and started to get uncomfortable to wear after about an hour of use. The iP-HS2 earbuds (as you can see in the image above) are small and I wore them for a straight 4 hours in one coding session without any discomfort. Kudos to Maxmo for that!

Bottom Line:
At a cost of $69.99 each they may be a bit pricey, but are worth the cost if you’re looking for quality replacements to the stock headphones that come stock with the iPhone.

I give the iMetal iP-HS1 a 3/5 and the iMetal iP-HS2 a 4/5.  On HWG, I gave these headsets the must-have award.

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