Jabra BT530

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Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 19 reviews Back to product review
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3.0 stars

"OK headset for the price. Good if Battery improved."

on December 21, 2009

Pros: Easy to pair with Mobile Phone and NB PC. Works with Skype for Mobile using A2DP. Readily reconnect to PC after phone call. Mute function is easy to use

Cons: Battery can go dead when it show green light (80%+ charged) seconds ago. Volume too low in noisy environment, practically useless. Sound quality can be improve. Power on/off switch is difficult to use. Ear piece cause pain after a long call.
Summary: I havfe the unit for 1 month now. The initial setup is great. Easy to connect with my Mobile phone (Samsung) and PC. I have a few other BT headset before, this is the first one that readily reconnect to the mobile and use with skype mobile without reset. The on/off switch is not smooth. I'm afraid I'll broke it if I use it regularly.
I like the feature that it connect 2 devices. It's very easy to setup and use on both devices. It'll pickup the phone and reconnect after the call automatically.
Noise reduction works fine in normal environment. However when I'm driving, the first question far end ask is "Are you in a Car?" because of the sound quality and some strange noise. In noisy restauraut, it's practically useless. Far end cannot hear clearly and the volume is too low to hear the far end.
I use it regularly for long calls, although it's light, ear gel design make it very painful after long use.
The most painful part is the battery quality. The status indicator is great, simple push any button it will give you green, yellow or red indicating battery level. Unfortunately, I have 2 incidents when it give me a green light seconds ago and the unit went dead. It's a new unit, in both incidents, I know I have not use it for 5 hours as listed on the spec. May be 2~3 hours. So charge it regularly ...

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