Avantree CK11 - Bluetooth 5.0 Hands-Free Car Speakerphone, Titanium

Have an older car that isn’t equipped with all of the new fancy technology. I ordered this Avantree CK11 and it is working for my needs perfectly. Once I charged it and paired it to my phone, I had immediate connectivity. The volume is nice and loud easy to hear and the calls have great quality to understand. It pairs well with my iPhone and Siri. I can even have Siri read my text that I can hear over the speaker and reply if necessary to my text without touching the phone. When necessary I charge it overnight and it’s ready the next morning. I charged it in January. It’s now April and it is still fully charged.It connects to my phone as soon as I open the door and get into my driver seat. It’s a handy little device for hands-free cell phone while driving. Connecting and disconnecting with calls is one button function. I’m very satisfied with my purchase. I wish I had done this sooner.

We bought two of these units for our older cars whose bluetooth software was too old to pair to our newer phones. Setup was easy on the first product, and the sound quality is very good for this price product. In fact, the sound quality is better than my (supposedly preimium) car speakers as far as spoken word is concered. We had issues with the second unit, and I emailed customer support on July 3rd. I didn't expect to hear back from them because of the upcoming holiday but got a response within a couple of hours. I had some dialogue with them which continued on the 4th, and the customer service rep Sara offered to set up a phone conference. In the meantime, I did get the unit to work properly. I switch back and forth from listening to books on my phone and making and receiving calls, and everything works very well. One really nice thing about this unit is you can set it to power on when it detects motion, and it will automatically power off after 70 minutes with no activity. It takes a little getting used to in order to properly interact between phone (I have an iphone) and unit, but it is sweet in the end!

UPDATED 7/31- My original review skewered this device (see below). However, Avantree has been good to work with and willingly replaced what appears to have been a defective device. The replacement no longer suffers from the audio dropouts, and the good qualities (loud, multipoint connections, and volume knob) are still good. I do still occasionally experience a disconnect or two when connected to devices that were rock solid on my now-failing Moto Roadster, and hence I'm upping to 4 stars rather than 5. Ultimately, it's a fair bargain for the price, and it impacts me far less since I've gotten a newer car in the interim (and scaled the older one and this speakerphone) down to my son. He uses it and has reported no issues. ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOW (n/a on replacement device so far) I've held off because I really hate writing negative reviews, but I can hold it in no longer. It's entirely possible that I just have a bad individual unit, but I have seldom been so frustrated at a gadget as I have with this one. I bought it to replace an aging Moto Roadster 2 whose battery is starting to become a problem. My intended use case is for the odd en-route conference call but more often for on the road podcast listening in my older car. The Moto has served admirably in that role for years. First the good... The speaker is plenty loud & great for podcast & audiobook listening. It pairs with two devices simultaneously. I like the volume adjustment mechanism. The battery life has been great. Now the problem... None of the above matters if the device doesn't work consistently. No matter what device(s) I have connected, it will randomly disconnect/connect while in use. More frustrating is that while streaming audio, it will simply go silent. It doesn't disconnect and stop then but rather keeps "playing" on the source device. This means that I miss chunks of audio. Sometimes stopping audio on the source and starting again fixes it temporarily. Sometimes I have to dis-/reconnect. Sometimes power cycling works. The one consistent behavior is that it ALWAYS does this on every trip now independent of the source (have tried Galaxy S10 and s10+, iPhone 8, Galaxy Note 9, and LG V35). I lose calls, can't stream audio consistently, and end out endangering lives messing with it. I've resorted to just using the phone's speaker at max volume. I've reset the device entirely and repaired the devices. Nothing fixes it. I considered chucking it out the window, but I need to see if warranty service is possible. The results of that effort will determine whether or not I revise this review. For now, but at your own risk.

This item was quite a bit smaller than I expected, however, the dimensions were probably noted in the description, I just didnt pay attention. It was very easy to link to my phone, and works just as expected. The only thing I dont like about it, is the volume level for MUSIC. When you get a phone call, or make a call..the volume is just fine, but when I tried to play music using bluetooth, the volume was VERY low it seemed. I tried turning up the volume on my phone and the device was already full volume, yet the music volume seemed very low. I thought the music volume would be the same as the volume for the calls, but it wasnt. Anyway, overall...it is a good product and does do what it claims.

The Avantree CK11 is an excellent way to enable hands-free interaction with your cell phone in an older car that doesn't have Bluetooth built-in. Just press one button to pair the phone with the CK11 and you're done. The unit turns off a few minutes after you leave the car. It turns back on and instantly reconnects to the phone when you get back in. I've been using it a couple of weeks and I haven't had to recharge it yet. While driving, just press the button and Google Assistant pops up on the phone waiting for voice commands to call contacts, send texts, open applications like Google Maps or Waze, etc. You never have to take your eyes off the road. Best of all, the unit clips to the car's visor and there is a large volume knob that can crank up the speaker sufficiently to hear calls regardless of the amount of road noise. People say they can hear me clearly when I call, and I can hear them. Bottom line: the Avantree CK11 does everything I need it to do with a minimum of effort.

Love it! Easy to set up, understand and use. No cords to deal with, no long reach to hit the speaker button, clearer communication with some who'd had much trouble understanding my cell-to-cell conversation. Until now, my most usable answer to calling while I drove was using the speaker on the cell with the cell on a holder on the dashboard. But, because the dashboard slopes down toward the front seats, the phone was a reach to press speaker button or turn the phone off, etc. With this unit I only have to reach my hand up to hit the button to prompt a call or end it: no more nervous stretching. And my OK Google works just great to ask questions or give instruction. Love having no cords! Only problem: the visor clip is only an inch wide and the unit pivots easily: needs a much wider clip or one on RHS & 1 on LHS.

Update 3 weeks in: went from 5 star to 1 star. The button which answers and ends calls quickly turns on Voice Control on the iPhone. The handsfree picks up background noise from the radio and either dials someone- anyone- saved in my phone or starts talking to me in Japanese even if I say or yell CANCEL, it still calls someone. Since I CANNOT shut off Voice Control on an iPhone (check Apple support) , this handsfree is useless with an iPhone. If the answer / end button was separate from Voice Control, this unit would be a five star. The way it is currently configured, it is junk. Original review: I replaced a different brand handsfree, the Avantree has good range and seems to sense motion better, which makes it accurate when it turns off and on. Since I work out of my truck, if it is too sensitive, it will turn on and I can’t use my phone’s speaker when I’m around but not in the cab. This Avantree is much better about knowing when I’m driving and not driving. Also it doesn’t shut off when I’m at a 3 minute red light. Don’t know how Avantree did it but I like it! The speaker distorts when turned up, it could be better quality, but medium levels are very clear. The volume knob is perfect- easy to see to grab and adjust while driving. Battery life is excellent. All in all, this is an A- Almost perfect.

The Hands Free Car Kit works great and has helped me to put off a much more expensive upgrade of my entire system! I didn't care much for it being mounted to the visor on the clip so put it in my overhead sunglasses bin on my F150 and it works great even when closed! One thing that I have learned is that it will sometimes stay connected when I leave the vehicle and am still within Bluetooth range so I try to make it a habit of shutting it off when I get out and turning it on when I get in. Not a big deal but has helped. The turn by turn through Google assist is also handy when I don't want to put the address in by hand into my phone. Hands free calling through the same is a learning process but that is an issue between Google and me and not the fault of this product. Regarding the battery life, I don't use it a lot but have only charged it twice since I've owned it in almost a month and am not sure if it needed it even then. I love it!!

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This works really well and was straight forward and easy to connect to phone. Bearing in mind that it's not a Bang & Olufsen system, the sound is good during a conversation even when driving on a noisy road surface, and the person you're talking to can hear you clearly. Maybe you could spend more money on something ' fancier' but I honestly can't see why you'd need to.

I consider myself an expert on Bluetooth visor speakers. I’ve owned 4 over the years. I decided not to cheap out thus time and went for one over 50 bucks. Let me begin by saying that you get what you pay for. Pros: - Excellent battery life. I last charged this unit over two weeks ago and it’s still showing 90% - Great sound for 2 watts. No complaints. - easy to operate. I send voice texts with this unit and have no problems. Very easy and seamless pairing. Bluetooth pairing with 2 phones is also seamless and I have not experienced my phones dropping out of Bluetooth like I have with others. Peace of mind. Fast pairing as well. No waiting and voice prompt notifies you when phones are paired. All in all an excellent speaker. Cons: The clip could fit tighter on the visor. The placement of clip on one side of the speaker allows the other side of the unit to dip down on bumpy roads. I think the placement of clip is to allow you to replace lithium battery after they’ve run their life out. Would have been better to affix the clip to the battery door. - Pairing light is very dim. Can’t see it during the day too well. That being said... I am a night driver and it’s nice that the light is not flashing brightly which can be distracting. M nit picking. That’s it!! I would definitely suggest this speaker unit to friends and family.