Jawbone
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RLENT
Veteran Expediter
I got one about a week or two ago.
I had been somewhat aware of them for some time prior to that - but really only became fully aware of the noise-cancelling technology about a month ago when a friend pointed me to their website and I saw the video (http://www.jawbone.com/meet.html), which is pretty impressive.
I previously had a Jabra BT250 which didn't fit my ear all that well - I'd have to hold the bud in to really be able to hear well while going down the road in a noisy cargo van - which sorta defeats the purpose of having a Bluetooth headset.
After switching to the large ear loop (it comes with 4 total - 2 regular-sized, left and right, and 2 large, left and right) I find that the Jawbone fits in my ear really well. I still have yet to try the various shaped rubber covers for the ear bud itself to see if I can get an even better fit.
I find the fit to be relatively comfortable - but experience some minor discomfort on the top of my ear after having it on for a long time (4 or more hours) - so I just take it off when I'm not talking on the phone. It is pretty easy to put on once you figure it out - the ear loop rotates and you have to hold it a cerain way when you got to slip it on. No biggie.
As far as the noise-cancelling technology goes I have never been on the recieving end (someone calling me that had a Jawbone) so I don't have any firsthand knowledge - but if the comments I've gotten from family and friends when I switched from the handset (Sony T616) to the Jawbone headet during a call are any indication I'd have to guess that it is pretty impressive.
I called my oldest son while I was sitting at a stop light - with the windows down - on an off-ramp where there was a large John Deere trackhoe tearing up concrete pavement under an overpass and then backing up the concrete pavement to dump each bucket into a waiting dump truck. The trackhoe was about 40' away from me and had steel tracks ..... and on the concrete it was making a horrible din every time the guy moved. I was using the handset and switched the call over to the Jawbone and my son's comments were:
"Ohmigawd ! ... Unbelievable ! ....... that's the headset ? How much did it cost ? Where did you get it ?"
(I ordered it from www.shopcell.com and it was $98 with shipping - which was about $20 or $30 less than what I had paid for my Jabra)
A couple of other nice things about it:
1. when the headset is on, it will connect to the phone handset and continue to maintain the Bluetooth connection (the Jabra didn't - it had to set up and make the Bluetooth connection everytime you made or got a call),
2. the charging lead has a socket that connects to the Jawbone on one end and a standard USB connector on the other - so you can connect it to a computer to charge it. It also comes with a AC wallwart adapter that you can plug the USB end into to charge it off 120v AC.
Overall, I'm very happy with it - I can now hear callers without having to hold the headset into my ear - and I find I no longer have to repeat myself ..... because they can now hear me - and not the noise in whatever enviroment I'm currently in.
I had been somewhat aware of them for some time prior to that - but really only became fully aware of the noise-cancelling technology about a month ago when a friend pointed me to their website and I saw the video (http://www.jawbone.com/meet.html), which is pretty impressive.
I previously had a Jabra BT250 which didn't fit my ear all that well - I'd have to hold the bud in to really be able to hear well while going down the road in a noisy cargo van - which sorta defeats the purpose of having a Bluetooth headset.
After switching to the large ear loop (it comes with 4 total - 2 regular-sized, left and right, and 2 large, left and right) I find that the Jawbone fits in my ear really well. I still have yet to try the various shaped rubber covers for the ear bud itself to see if I can get an even better fit.
I find the fit to be relatively comfortable - but experience some minor discomfort on the top of my ear after having it on for a long time (4 or more hours) - so I just take it off when I'm not talking on the phone. It is pretty easy to put on once you figure it out - the ear loop rotates and you have to hold it a cerain way when you got to slip it on. No biggie.
As far as the noise-cancelling technology goes I have never been on the recieving end (someone calling me that had a Jawbone) so I don't have any firsthand knowledge - but if the comments I've gotten from family and friends when I switched from the handset (Sony T616) to the Jawbone headet during a call are any indication I'd have to guess that it is pretty impressive.
I called my oldest son while I was sitting at a stop light - with the windows down - on an off-ramp where there was a large John Deere trackhoe tearing up concrete pavement under an overpass and then backing up the concrete pavement to dump each bucket into a waiting dump truck. The trackhoe was about 40' away from me and had steel tracks ..... and on the concrete it was making a horrible din every time the guy moved. I was using the handset and switched the call over to the Jawbone and my son's comments were:
"Ohmigawd ! ... Unbelievable ! ....... that's the headset ? How much did it cost ? Where did you get it ?"
(I ordered it from www.shopcell.com and it was $98 with shipping - which was about $20 or $30 less than what I had paid for my Jabra)
A couple of other nice things about it:
1. when the headset is on, it will connect to the phone handset and continue to maintain the Bluetooth connection (the Jabra didn't - it had to set up and make the Bluetooth connection everytime you made or got a call),
2. the charging lead has a socket that connects to the Jawbone on one end and a standard USB connector on the other - so you can connect it to a computer to charge it. It also comes with a AC wallwart adapter that you can plug the USB end into to charge it off 120v AC.
Overall, I'm very happy with it - I can now hear callers without having to hold the headset into my ear - and I find I no longer have to repeat myself ..... because they can now hear me - and not the noise in whatever enviroment I'm currently in.
maybe_driving
Seasoned Expediter
thanks for the info.
been looking at them
been looking at them
The Blue Parrot is also very good. People are surprised to find out I'm on a headset.
We bought two Blue Parrot head sets earlier this year and had trouble with the batteries. The time they would stay charged went down rapidly to where one set will not even hold a charge and then was after using it about 8 months. I called into Blue Parrot and was given a case number to return both head sets. We returned the Blue Parrots to a Interstate Connection with no problem. They have fixed the battery problem and we are back to being very happy with the head sets.