Jabra BT800 Review

I just bought your BT800; ‘Made in China.’ It’s so sad that you have a great idea, but chose to have it made by low quality manufacturing. It doesn’t seem that anyone has really QA tested this product. It does not fit on my ear or on any of my friends. I was waiting 1 month for this product, because of the features, bought it, and now I can’t return it. THe buttons and plastic are low quality. Many products coming from China have this same feel and look. Seams don’t fit together properly.

Buttons feel like they will break off in a few months of usage. Sound quality is muffled, for both parties of the call. I can’t hear, and they can’t hear me. I feel this product has never been QA tested. It’s the worst item I have bought in years. I’m very disappointed, and wish I could return it. I paid $120 after shipping, used it for 2 days, but can’t return it. Please QA test your products, and consider quality should be top priority.

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I just got a BT800 for $97, but I would have expected more for so much money, they could have done a much better job with this product. I like that it has an LCD screen, it is cool. I like the controls, they are handy I like the design, the USB charger and it is not heavy for my ears. I like the ring tones too and the carry on pouch BUT!… My disappointment started with having the cover panel broken off. There is only one screw holds the panel that has to take a lot of stress while you are adjustiung the volume on that wheel. Even if you get a new device, I am pretty sure it will break soon by a bit stronger push by your fingers on the jog wheel. A little better case design could have resulted a much better product. Well it did not happen…

The sound quality is also really bad compare to my Logitech headphone that was only $34. It crakles sometimes even when I stay close to the Bluetooth hub. I used it with a 1.2 hub and my laptop and whatever reason it started playing all of its ringtone periodically in every 2 minutes… I have no clue why, there is no option in the menu to change this…

So I am returning it now, it is an expensive piece of crap and not even working properly.

Rating: 2 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

Jabra BT800 is the most advanced bluetooth headset I had, I tried SE, Nokia and Motorola. Jabra BT800 gives you the best quality of connectivity, sound quality and user friendliness. It lets you choose you preferred headset ringtone, caller display on the headset is awesome, vibrate is a value-add.

But it is not as comfortable comparing with other Jabra’s products i.e. BT200 series, and it is so fragile. I broke the talk button after I used it for 3 weeks. You can’t hear anything when you’re in the subway, you will experience the same even in the crowd. If you think you can upgrade the firmware as it stated on the advertisement flyer/manual, it’s not true.

My suggestion if try something else, Jabra BT200 series is a good choice. I also suggest you get a Bluetooth version 1.2 complied product.

Rating: 5 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

It seems to work quite well for me as I wear hearing aids, the ear and mic volume are fine as compared to the Motorola HS850, it takes a little more getting used to the controls. One feature that didn’t work with my Razr V3 was the ringtone feature, I think that was actually the phones problem as connecting to any bluetooth headset defaults to a standard ring, not selectable ringtones. Word of advice, if you use voice-dialing, it seems to work much better when you record through the headset. It is a bit larger thean the HS 850, but if your more concerned with sound quality, this headset wins out.

Overall, I like it so far….

Rating: 8 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

I’ve used many headsets, most have been uncomfortable.
I just dumped a plantronics for the BT800 and the ear fit is much better.

I use this on my JasJar and also my Nokia 8800 and Mac.
It pairs with multiple devices and you choose which to use. Sweets.

It answers the JasJar immediately, voice is routed through very quickly. Voice dial is excellent and appears to work 100% for me.

It’s nice to have configurable ring tones too.
It vibrates as well !
What more could you want in a headset.

Mine came with an A/C adaptor and a USB charge cable, so I’m very happy with that setup.

I highly recommend the unit, audio is some of the best I’ve encountered.

Rating: 7 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

I just received this headset yesterday. Ebay, $90. Came with reset stylus, AC charger and USB charger/transfer cable. This is the second one I bought – I returned the first one (from another seller) because the case was broken; case design is flimsy, no question. Confusing menus? Don’t know, just experimented for about 2 minutes, and seemed to figure everything out. After maybe 5 minutes, navigation felt intuitive. Pairing took about 10 seconds. Upgraded to firmware revision 0.322 less than 2 minutes start to finish – very easy! (user “Birdie” was clearly wrong. Upgrade is both possible and easy. My guess is that she didn’t understand the “attach USB cable” instruction). Ear pain? It hurt me a bit, but I seem to have found a comfortable position as now it’s good. Was a bit slow to answer, but after firmware upgrade it is very responsive. Firmware upgrade also added the “+” so international calls now possible. I started from 10, and decreased by 1.5 for flimsy case, and 1.5 for poor ear fit. Everything else amazing. Note that some have retrofitted the ear bud from older Jabra headset onto this one and it apparently does a really good job. Did not receive a “case” as others have described. Screen is great!!!

Rating: 7 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

Hi,
Just about like everybody else, I too, bought my headset from ebay. Upon upgrading the firmware, the unit froze. I attempted to re-set the headset but it would not respond. I contacted Jabra.com and asked if they would replace unit. Jabra declined and said that any third party selling would void any warranty that Jabra had on the BT800 and others so please beware and read the warranty agreement before purchasing of ebay. Jabra, I am only too disappointed in your lack of warranty coverage regardless of where the headset is purchased…boo to you. Not Reccommended, $80.00 down the drain! Thanks JABRA!!!

Rating: 2 :: 1 out of 1 people found this user review helpful.