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I will update this review once I get it to work (or not) The second one I got (the first was missing parts) came apart when I tried to unplug it from the charging cable. I find myself repeatedly twisting the thing back into place. If they don't work I will try a hack I saw with a Jabra eargels product - that involves cutting up the supplied earbuds and gluing the eargels to the locking piece. This headset works pretty well with good noise canceling, but it won't stay attached to my ear so the part that rests on my face loses contact. At most it will stay on my head for 10 minutes. Jawbone does not seem to offer any other buds (not even spares) so I just ordered some Acoustibuds in the hope that I can actually use it.
I switched out the ear buds with Jabra ear gels. The noise cancellation still didn't work. The sound went from being very low to excruciatingly high. People on the other end of the phone could hear my car radio, wind noise, etc. I never write reviews online, but the product was so bad that I was forced to. Additionally, the sound quality was poor when using the ear buds that came in the package.
The Jawbone's minimal range in volume control made it impossible to find a comfortable setting.Overall, buying the Jawbone was a big mistake. Unfortunately, the military-grade sound cancellation feature didn't work as advertised. I even tried to press the bluetooth next to my face to get a good fit. This worked well, but maybe too well.
As soon as I plugged it into the charger, the plastic charge-receptor started to pull off and expose the internal wiring. Additionally, the unit is heavy and unwieldy when attached to your ear - I returned this headset and am looking for a replacement. The product arrived with its silver coating worn on the edges - the unit is not metal as it appears, but a flimsy plastic cover. Perhaps this was a returned unit, but for $70.00 I expected much better quality control.
All I can say is: I like it, but I wouldn't pay full price for it, but then again I don't buy anything at full price. The battery life is more than enough for my purposes. The noise shield seems to work well, maybe not as well as they would have you believe, but people seem to have no trouble hearing me while I'm in my Jeep with the top down. I use it in my left ear and there doesn't seem to be a perfect fit combination, which is a complaint I read when researching it. This is the first Bluetooth headset I've tried so I have nothing to compare it to. I will say, however, that I am very satisfied with it's performance. The ear fit is a little tricky.
I love my jawbone, but they'll need to do some work before I buy another. How's that again. I don't get the why behind the propriety recharging hookup, mini-usb would have worked fine. How could they have screwed up so badly. It's so good, I overlook the obvious pain it takes to use it. Getting the bluetooth to synch is never an easy task with my RAZR.
I won't get started on the documentation which instructs you to turn the device off before trying to synch it. Love the technology. Clear even with the windows down on the freeway. instead we got. It's the clearest wireless earpiece I've ever used. They had a world class usability expert help design it.
Yes. And, TWO buttons.
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