ZOWEETEK Voice Amplifier for Teachers, Original Personal Voice Amplifier, Work of 12 hrs, Portable Speaker for Classroom, Meeting, Speech, Tour Guide, Support MP3 Format Audio

I am very happy with my purchase, looks great and is easy to use

I bought this to use with small groups, but when my colleague, a 5th grade teacher, lost her voice due to illness, I lent it to her. It allowed her to project her voice without too much strain, and the students listened more attentively because they could hear her clearly. The sound was fairly natural without too much distortion. Volume isn’t too intense, but effective for a class of 35. (This assumes it is the kind of class that will quiet down eventually after some correction). Students reported that they could hear the teacher well (and I could hear her fine also on either side of the class). For the teacher, the effect is subtle as the voice is projecting away from you, so it helped that she got feedback from the class that the volume was reaching everyone. For a very large and inattentive outdoor PE class I would not recommend it. But for small groups and manageable classes, it works well. I don’t have experience with the battery life yet, except that it did last her a day and a half of teaching without any report of issues. If you are a teacher who often has vocal strain, or has a quiet voice, this can be helpful. Just mind which way your mic is facing relative to the speaker. She almost quit using it after having feedback problems, as she wasn’t familiar with how sound systems work. Once she knew the speaker needed to be in front of the mic, she had no further problems. While working at her desk, she found it comfortable to rest the speaker on the desk, when seated. It also worked well for walking around the classroom clipped to her belt. For mic placement, I gave her the recommendation from another review here- wear the headband behind the neck and angle the mic up toward the mouth. This seemed a comfortable way to use it without head pressure. All in all, assuming this lasts at least one year, it would be well worth it for my purposes. P.S. I got the rose gold so that it would stand out from all the black technology at my school. As a roaming teacher, I need things to be easy to find when I inevitably misplace them when traveling from location to location.

Works really well, lightweight for walking around and sound quality is excellent. You do get feedback when the mic and the speaker are within about 30cm of each other so bending over is very screeching.

Works sooo good. Just I needed to use in a studio to deliver clear instruction.

This is the 2nd one of these I purchased, and I'm still waiting to use it. The first one I purchased, after about a year's use, started to get some static when the cord was even slightly touched. I was careful not to aim the microphone toward the amplifier, but this would still happen. So, as far as build quality/durability, it's decent for the price. It was worth purchasing again, as it saved my voice. It's easy to use and does a great job projecting sound.

For the price a very good voice amplifier. My wife uses it when coaching equestrians as 30 years of coaching has been hard on her vocal cords. It’s used 3 times a week for 8-12 hours a day. She has two as one won’t last all day on one battery charge. For you youngsters get it now and save your vocal cords. Sound quality is excellent. She can be at one end of arena and talking in normal voice and riders can very easily hear her at other end. Our arena is 72’x220’. She has bought cheaper ones in past but these are by far better quality. You get what you pay for I guess.