Jabra SPORT Bluetooth Stereo Headset - Retail Packaging - Black/Yellow

Other products claim to be usable while working out, but the Jabra Sport is the only Bluetooth headset I've owned that looks, feels, and works like it I'd expect for the rigors stresses of such. several features of this product prove that when Jabra made it, they wanted their customers to be satisfied, and I am always happy and surprised by a company that cares to make a high quality product for a decent price. (most sell for $99, but I was able to purchase it on amazon for $69).Features-Both earpieces are covered in a combination of plastic and silicone, protecting it from sweat, water, and making them very comfortable. Now they do hurt my ears a little, but I've always had trouble with ear pieces, and its not so bad that I can't ignore it.-The buttons are covered by this same silicone, as well as a decently attached cover for the charge port, protecting all of them.-Connection is super easy, the first time you power it on it has a cool tutorial to actually help you establish connection. Connection is also fast afterwards, and I've little to no trouble getting my phone (Virgin Mobil HTC EVO 5 (a sister design of the HTC 4G 3D") to working with it.-It may take a few tries before you get use to how to put the headset on with ease, but it always feel snug, and I've done yard work and running without it moving even slightly.-Music sounds good, not great, but good enough, and I've never had a problem with a phone call. I've even used this headset while driving, the party I was talking to could hear me so clearly, they didn't even know I was in my car!- From what I can tell, the unit seems to stop charging on its own when finished, this is a feature few manufactures bother with because they want your batteries to burn up and you to buy new ones. You can't replace the battery here, and Jabra wants this headset to last! TKS Jabra!Cons- the package claims it has an armband with it, but in my case it did not...fair warning.- on that note I highly suggest getting an armband, I cannot claim that its not my phone, however the 3.0 Bluetooth technology in general seems to be a little disappointing. Its faster than 2.1, but its new use of 802.11 WiFi signals, allows for massive interference from all WiFi routers, and products. Once again I've never had trouble with a phone call, but when listening to music, it skips often in the house, and even outside if you have the phone in your pocket or something. However when an armband is used on my right arm, there are no skips.- The instructions claim that the unit requires 2 hours to charge, maybe, but first charge takes much longer.- Charge cord on the block is ridiculously short.OverallI find this headset to be one of the best designs I've ever seen, and at the price I got them ($69), I would be happy to buy them again. There design, comfort, features, fit, and overall quality says that Jabra wanted everyone to be satisfied with this product, and wanted it to last (with proper care of course). Yes I did write quite a few cons, but lets be honest, no product is perfect, and none of these cons outweigh this products value, or its enjoyment while using it.StarsI gave this unit 4 stars, only because I am disappointed in Bluetooth 3.0 in general, but that's not really the fault of Jabra...screw it I'm changing it to 5 stars.

As the title implies, I own all of these headsets. I wanted something primarily for bluetooth music streaming for various situations like excercising, simple morning walks, streaming while at my kids afterschool activities, etc...I had the moto s9 non hd years ago but didnt get much use, it was flawed in a lot of ways so I moved on to the s10hd a few months back, it was a definite improvement but i wanted more thus began the collection. The Jabra Sport bluetooth is something I really desired, it answered alot of my wishes from the spec sheet, i pursued finiding it in stock asap, what a collasal letdown it was though.I'll go by categories, first being the Fit.I felt the Jabra won fairly easily here. The s10-HD are bulky in the back, not the easiest or quickest to put on right and frankly hurt my ear canals after a bit of use. I experimented with the different ear piece fits and settled on one that gave me the best sound but in turn, it did hurt after a bit. I also wear glasses and out of the three this was the one that I had to fiddle with to put it on over my glasses. I also hated how bending my neck even slightly back would cause my back to hit up against the massise back battery houseing.The Jaybirds ended up fitting pretty good, again it took a bit of trial and error to get the right ear peice fits but I did end up settling on something that was fairly easy to put on but gave a secure fit. I'm not a fan of the over the ear fits so on a 'being partial to something' level, it was my favorite style of fit. it's one major drawback is however once you sweat and turn your head, the back wire grabs on your neck which is annoying in itself but even more, it tugs on the earpieces. Depending on the earpieces you pick, i could see this tugging them out. Jaybird has since released a new type of fitting set along with now, over the ear add on clips that were available on their website. I ended up with a newer version of the set and box that included all these new fittings in it. Mine never tugged out on the treadmill, but it did get increasingly more of a nuisance. the back wire is longer then the one on the jabra and comes with a shortening clip, adjusting it to various lengths never brought any relief with this issue.Even though not a fan over the over the ear fit on the jabra and s10, the jabra's fit like a dream i must admit. They are the easiest to put on, the ear piece offerings are on the paltry side but i did find a good fit amongst them. This also has the tugging/sweating issue of the jaybirds but with the over the ear fit, it felt much more stable and the tugging wasn't as noticeable to the level of the jaybirds.SoundI felt the jaybirds won this one easily, they are more of a in-ear fit where as the others aren't quite there. the s10's i guess can be somewhat in-ear but they are so massive so you don't get that seal you get with the jaybirds while the jabra's have no in ear fit option. The in ear fit and sealing makes all the difference, they also get louder then the other two, again probably due to the in ear factor. between the s10 and jabra it could be a virtual tossup i guess, I would probably put the s10's marginally ahead of the jabras mainly because it's ear pieces can create a partial seal. the jaybirds had a fuller, richer sound. I have read somewhere that early revisions on these sets may have had lesser quality sound, never confirmed that. Mine were new and great.optionsThe jabras have multipoint and fm radio allthough the fm radio experience was garbage for me. I live in scottsdale, arizona and from in my house, i could tune two hispanic radio stations. Not hispanic, don't understand it so pointless for me. Outdoors, it got slightly better, I got one additional station, a english one but beyond that, i missed out on most of the fm offerings here. I have never really needed multipoint so its a non issue for me. The jaybirds come with quite a few fitting options so they win there allthough their use of a propietary usb charging cable is a dumb choice, you'll be carrying this wire around with you. the jabra did not come with a carrying case as was reported on some sites, it has a ac charger but no detachable micro usb wire. the moto s10 also doesn't come with a case, i used the one i had from the s9. the jaybirds come with a very sleek looking case allthough its not easily closable when putting the usb cable inside with the earphones.call qualityall of these stink here, but for me it wasn't a killer negative. these devices are designed to be worn for stereo music when you are working out. In a pinch, they can perform a call or more likely, recieve one. these are not everyday, make all your calls thru it sets so for me it's hard to negatively rate how bad they are at calls.Does it work?here comes the hammer, you would figure this section is not needed but wow was the jabra a letdown here. My jaw was on the ground at how bad it is. All headsets have that pic in the manual that shows use a armband for optimal use but in the case of the jabra, its essentially the only way it will work. I went for a quick walk this morning and put the iphone4 in the pocket and it was dropout city. I have had every jawbone ever made, multiple bt sets before that, the jaybird, the moto, nothing ever gave me a dropout with the phone in the pocket. after some experimenting, the issue is basically it needs a clear, front facing line of sight to the iphone or whatever is transmitting the signal. while walking, i had to hold the phone in front of me at belly level, anything below the waist would cut out. i couldnt even hold it in my hand out of pocket, arm down to the side. anything on the left side of me cut out. if i put the phone behind me, it would cut out. but if i laid it below the waist on the ground but still kept a front facing line of sight with it, it would work. in a hypothetical situation on a treadmill, if i set it on the treadmill in front of me, it will work. but once it goes beneath the waist, left side or behind me it would cutout and eventually disconnect. even if it was on the right side of me, right of the headset, it would still cutout. putting the phone stationary and turning my head to the side so my right was facing it, it would cut out. it has to be in front. even on a armband and a swing my arm a certain way or position the phone to the back of the arm, it will cutout so even the armband has to be positioned a certain way and obviously the armband cant be on the left side. I have never seen anything this pathetic. essentially the only way to assure it doesn't cutout is to go to Joby's website, by the biggest gorillapod, wrap it around your belly and mount your phone. Jabra shoulda bsolutely be humiliated, ashamed of themselves for letting this thru qt inspection.Jaybirds win handsdown, not as good of a fit and no fm but better sound and the fact that it works trump it easily.