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May 20
Bluetooth Gadgets & DEALs Bluetooth, bluetooth headset, car street, Extreme, Headset, Jabra, noise, noise cancellation technology 5 Comments
- Ultimate-fit Eargels and optional earhook provide all day comfort
- Multiuse allows you to connect to two devices at the same time
- Adjusts volume automatically
- 5½ hours talk time and up to 10.5 days standby time
- Includes car charger
Product Description
Office, car, street – the best noise cancellation anytime, anywhere. Building upon Jabra’s renowned noise cancellation technology, Jabra EXTREME utilizes Noise Blackout Extreme, which significnatly enhances its dual mic… More >>
Jabra EXTREME Bluetooth Headset
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May 20, 2010 @ 07:00:09
The name of the product is just ridiculous. “Extreme” labels on skateboards, snowboards, and BMX bikes are sensible. On bluetooth earpieces, a whole lot less so.
Still, it’s not a bad bluetooth earpiece. I found it to be quite comfortable, nicely sized, and easy to use. The noise cancellation was pretty good, but sometimes produced “boomy” artifacts while I was driving. (Maybe from trying to cancel some wind noise when the sunroof was open? Not sure.) This is a big step up in earpieces for me, my previous one was a no name brand item that cost a quarter of the amazon price for this one. If I had paid for the unit, I might be a bit more critical, it isn’t cheap, but that’s a very subjective matter.
Rating: 4 / 5
May 20, 2010 @ 09:46:18
Sure there are a million bluetooth headsets in the market today and Jabra makes quite a few of them. However, they have been in the business long enough to know how to make a good headset with noise cancellation. Now I cannot give this 5 stars because the noise cancellation is not as great as the product would lead you to believe….it is however comparable to the others in the market.
I have used this headset with the iPhone 3gS and a Blackberry Bold 9700. It works great on both of my phones and calls while driving with the windows open or from a noisy stadium have all been clear and loud with the other end saying that they could barely hear the noise.
Its a great headset and a great value as compared to other units similar to it. 4/5 for me…
Rating: 4 / 5
May 20, 2010 @ 10:47:15
Jabra Extreme is very low profile and good looking headset with some great qualities, strongest being very good noise cancellation. I tried it with iPod Touch 2G, iMac & Motorola Droid. It’s PROS & CONS are as follows.
PROS
1. Excellent noise suppression: the party at other end could not hear loud blaring music or wind noise.
2. Low profile.
3. Nice finish and construction quality.
4. Good ergonomics with well placed controls.
5. Can pair 8 devices to this headset, and connects to 2 simultaneously.
6. Very clear sound.
7. Easy to pair: I paired with Motorola Droid, iPod Touch 2G and iMac without any hitch.
8. Ubiquitous mini USB charger, and the headset comes with both car and wall charger.
9. Automatic adjustment of volume.
10. Comes with two ear gels (one for each ear) and ear hooks.
11. Long lasting battery charge.
12. Range of about 20 feet.
13. You can receive and reject calls. I have not tried voice dialing.
14. Works flawlessly with Skype on iMac (but not on iPod Touch).
15. Comes with wall and car charger although micro USB cable is very short. But retractable micro USB cables are not very expensive Amzer Micro USB Retractable Data Cable (Black).
CONS
1. Sometimes it does not connect automatically on turning it on, with Droid or iPod Touch and I have to go into Bluetooth settings to establish the connection. This happens about 20-30% of time and for me is the biggest glitch in this headset.
2. Relatively expensive because you can get Bluetooth headsets Motorola H270 Bluetooth Headset and Motorol H500 Bluetooth Headset (Silver) [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging] for about twenty bucks. And you can get stereo New Samsung WEP870 Mono + Stereo BT Headset for thirty five bucks.
3. Cannot fast forward or skip music tracks. This headset is made mainly for the cell phones. Although you can use it with MP3 players like iPod touch, it lacks the music navigation capabilities found in many stereo A2DP headsets/headphones.
4. Takes a minute or two to fit it in the ear, but very comfortable once it is placed. After a while, you forget that you are wearing headset.
5. Comes with big clear plastic storage box, what is needed is really a small pocketable storage bag.
6. There are some other glitches and I am not sure who is at fault there, the headsets or the gadget or app software. For example it works great with Motorola Droid phone part but not the Music app that comes with the phone, an app called Recorder (just the microphone) and sometimes not even with Listen, the Google podcast app. Similarly with iPod Touch: works fabulously with music and podcasts but the Jabra Extreme microphone does not work with Skype & Recorder apps. So far, I have been unsuccessful in fixing these snags by playing around with settings.
Except for these glitches, this is one of the best Bluetooth headsets I have used when it comes to noise cancellation. Although there are other less expensive Blutooth headsets, I am not sure if they have such good noise suppression and clarity of sound that this Jabra EXTREME Bluetooth Headset has.
Rating: 3 / 5
May 20, 2010 @ 11:50:44
If you look closely under a lens the tiny writings on the device reveals that this is Jabra BT 530 Bluetooth Headset in disguise.
The JABRA Extreme has nice industrial look and blends in well in my ear, the sound quality is pretty good and paring was very easy with my Nokia 6085 ATT Cell Phone
Comes in a display plastic box which is attractive looking but beware that it is hard to get the headset out unless you push a plastic tab see the pictures that I have posted on Amazon to give you an idea of what to expect.
The Jabra Extreme has typical features like hands free answering calls of course that is what the headset is supposed to do
, also ending, and rejecting calls, voice dialing support, last number redial, call waiting support, placing a call on hold, It also has a couple of advanced features like multipoint technology, which is the capability to connect the headset with two different devices, and A2DP compatibility, which allows for streaming music.
I have music files on my Nokia 6085 and as soon as the paring is done with the headset the music starts to play automatically. If a call comes in the music is interrupted and I was able to accept calls and once the call is complete the music starts to play back again! – Cool!
The call quality is pretty good but on the louder side, I tried it in a busy street intersection and I was able to hear things clearly, the others reported that my voice is coming thru’ loud and clear. The usage of Jabra in my old noisy car proved good use of the noise cancellation technology, Even though the caller on the other side was able to distinguish that I was taking inside my car they had no problem in hearing my voice – Good!
PROS:
[+] Nice looking tiny Bluetooth headset
[+] Car Charger included which is a bonus!
[+] Very good noise isolation
[+] Mono Music streaming is possible.
[+] Dedicated ON/OFF switch to save battery!
[+] Comparatively cheaper with loaded features
CONS:
[-] Volume is too loud even when turned down to minimum
[-] Music quality is not that great
Rating: 3 / 5
May 20, 2010 @ 13:19:44
I had a BT530 Jabra for a year worked GREAT! Lost it and use this to replace…after two months started getting noisy. Jabra will replace but wonder like cars and everything made in China if quality has gone down.
Rating: 4 / 5