Jaybird SB1 Sportsband Bluetooth stereo headphones

If you are going to splash out on a set of Bluetooth headphones it makes sense to buy a pair that can fulfill a multitude of roles from comfortable home listening to hands-free telephony to outdoor activity in weather both fair and foul. Indeed, Jaybird's SB1 Sportsband headphones endeavour to satisfy all these roles. Jaybird …

[Anonymous Coward]

How about sony DR BT 21 G, and what happens when connection lost?

I am using sony dr bt 21g for about a year now. I like the fact that the band holding the headphones together is behind the head and not on top - having it on top instantly makes it non-sport-compatible - because it's not fixed on the head.

There is only one thing that really bothers me - if you're walking below or in an area with a lot of electric cables (i.e. in the city) the connection to the mobile will break now and then. Afterwards, when the connection is there again, the music is accelerated for a couple of seconds, pretty annoyingly.

Did you test jaybird and jabra for this situation?

[Wish You Were Here]

Erm

"so don't loose the cable."

How can you use them as wireless if you don't loose it?

Paris 'cos she's a bit loose apparently

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice Look..

.. But bad design. The square ear pieces will dig into your ear's cartilage and start to hurt after an half hour or so. I had a similar looking pair and they hurt like hell:

http://www.popgadget.net/2007/09/24/

Your sincerely

Big ears

[Mike Brown]

there truely hideous

and £90! ive got a apir of itech blueband. cost £20 off ebay. over the back of the head style. and they are quite amazing. and not £90, and dont look stupid.

[safe cycling?]

Cycling

So you tried them under a helmet before recommending them taking to the cycling track?

I'm guessing not.

[Al Taylor]

Questions

@ Ioan - my regular run takes me under several sets of power lines and I never noticed any interference.

@ AC re. Nice Look. I watched all of Pope Joan with them on and that's over two hours long. Didn't notice any discomfort at the end of it.

[Robert Carnegie]

What about security?

As Bluetooth < 2.1 devices with a relatively limited pairing process, aren't these headphones - Jaybird and Jabra both - liable to be tapped? Jabra in particular apparently can "talk to" two devices at once - I suppose they mean phone and MP3 player for instance.

So your phone conversation, or even anything you say while in the room with the headset, convceivably can be overheard.

Admittedly, someone probably would have to be almost close enough to you to overhear you without technological means...

...or their radio receiver or phone would.

And I suppose if somebody wants to bug your conversations, they can do it with their own gear and not bother you at all, but you still may not want to make it... fun.

[Nigel 13]

@Al Taylor

I'm guessing it must have been my big ears then.