Jabra BT2047 Wireless Bluetooth Headset - Grey

Like most modern Bluetooth headsets, it can be connected to two phones at once. I keep it connected to both my work Blackberry Q10 and my personal Samsung Galaxy Note 3.The call quality is very good and I have had no trouble pairing the Stealth to my phones. Other reviewers complained about sound quality and connection issues, but that's not my experience - I wonder if they received faulty devices.I have tried loads of bluetooth headsets; to be honest, I found most modern top-of-the-range bluetooth headsets deliver comparable sound quality and noise cancellation. I have tested the Jabra Stealth, Jabra Motion, Jawbone Era (both the old and the new one) and Sennheiser Presence leaving a message on my voicemail while walking down a road with some traffic, and then listening back to the messages. This is more appropriate than just recording some audio, because most phone lines tend to record audio at a lower quality, but those are the real conditions in which the headset will be used.The call quality of all these headsets was good but comparable, i.e. none particularly stood out. Good noise cancellation means that, on average, background noise is reduced much more than, say, when speaking on an older phone (most modern phones have some kind of noise cancellation system even when you don't use any headset, the older ones don't). I noticed that traffic and background noise can be reduced quite substantially, whereas strong winds are trickier, with all headsets.Where I think the Stealth stands out is pricing (cheaper than most others), battery life (about 6 hours of talk time, more than the new Era which declares 4 hours but typically achieves much much less), comfort (smaller than the Motion, easier to fit than the Presence) and connection quality: i.e. it stays connected to both phone and media audio of my Note 3. The old Era was a huge pain because it showed up as connected to both, but it often lost connection to media audio. While I don't listen to music with bluetooth headsets, I do use them to listen to voicemails with HulloMail (a visual voicemail app); I often couldn't do this with the old Era, and Jawbone's only suggestion was to try the usual IT approach of resetting the headset (but I would have had to reset it every other day).As for comfort, I like the Stealth, but it is important to stress that everyone's ears can be very, very different (google 'Plantronics wall of ears' to get an idea), so what I find comfortable can be very uncomfortable for someone else, and viceversa. In this respect, it's quite disappointing that Jabra only provides two kinds of eargels: one with a small hook that goes inside the ear (not around: two gels of the same size, for the left and right ear) and one without. Most other headsets provide a choice of 2-3 eargels of different sizes. Actually, some pictures from Jabra's website show 3 additional black eargels which were not in the package I received. I contacted Jabra's helpdesk for clarifications.The Eras (both the old and the new one) are more discreet and stylish; the new Era has a better fit (at least for me), but overall the Stealth provides the best balance of all the aspects which are important to me.The eargel may occasionally fall off if you keep the Stealth in a small pocket, but this is something I noticed happens with any bluetooth headset; it might be a good idea to buy spare eargels on Amazon or on Jabra's website.Finally, I'd recommend buying bluetooth headsets from a retailer like Amazon with a good return policy, so that you can return it if it doesn't fit your ear comfortably.

I've given this two stars, because the item was nicely packaged and the build quality pretty good, however the good points end there.My previous Bluetooth headset was a Plantronics ML18 (now discontinued), which was great, but the ear hook broke on it, and so I decided to go for the Jabra as it has a detachable ear-hook, which could be replaced or used without, whereas the ML18 was pretty useless without the ear hook.The main problem I had with the Jabra was that it seemed to randomly disconnect itself from my phone (Huawei P9 Lite). I then had to go into the settings of the phone and tell it to re-connect to the headset, not good when trying to answer a call. Another time the Jabra had switched itself off, presumably from not having been used for a while, but it was hard to figure out that it had switched itself off, and therein lies another problem......The thing is with these devices that have only one button for everyting and an LED, is that, for me at least, it's tricky to know the status of the device. Is it on? Is it connected? How much battery is left? All these things can be found out, but it's through a series of beeps, or flashes from the LED etc. and it can be pretty cryptic trying to remember and decipher the meaning of such codes. Compare that to my old ML18 which had a dedicated on/off button (you can't beat a dedicated on/off button!), so you knew when it was on or off, it also had a a voice telling you how much battery was left when you turned it on, and it also had an LED to tell you the battery level and an icon also showed up on my phone showing me it was connected and how much battery it had.I downloaded the Jabra Direct software to see if there might be an update to the firmware, but it didn't recognise the device. Yes, didn't recognice it's own device! I contacted Jabra support - didn't get a reply. So in the end I returned this item and will pay a bit more for a new Plantronics device (PS. I'm not a fake reviewer working for Plantronics, just telling it how it is).I don't know maybe this device isn't optimised for Android, possibly judging by it's lack of proper interaction with an Android device, or maybe it's just not though out well enough. Maybe it would work better on IOS. It is a shame because it was cheap and seemed well made.Anyway, lesson learned, dedicated on/off buttons from now on!

I have gone through many headsets since they first started to appear on the market. I was using a Plantronics Voyager Legend up until purchasing this Jabra which I picked up for a bargain when Amazon was selling it for round about £20. My biggest problem with all my previous headsets has been the mechanism to place the headset comfortably and securely onto my ear. Some were fairly comfortable and some were real stinkers like the first Jawbone that came onto the market. I think the Stealth has finally nailed it in this area. The shape of my ear does not allow for the use of the 'press into the ear' method without the external hook. It tends to fall out. I settled for the hook method using the larger of the two supplied hooks. I'm not even aware that I'm wearing the headset even after a long day. It really is comfortable. I'm hoping it stays this way.Quality wise, the headset performs fantastically. The calls are clear. The Siri button works great. I can ask her to call anyone in my contact list and she's spot on. I also am happy that Jabra has included a micro USB port for charging. My previous Plantronics has a proprietary charging connector which was a pain as it connected to the headset magnetically and was very fiddly and would pop off if you bumped the headset during charging, especially in a car. This Stealth is really small. It's actually smaller than I thought it would be. I'm amazed at how they squeeze all that high tech into such a small device and make it work so well. I certainly would recommend this if you are in the market for a headset. It works much better than more expensive headsets I've used in the past.