Bluetooth Stereo Headphones

[The Mailman]

Originally Posted by johnston411

That would be the ones i have minus one cushiony type thing.

No mine have both - not necessarily all the time or in any order but have managed to keep track of them up until now (touch wood)

[Bassey]

Hmm, these do look good. Will have to check the battery life though. I'm looking for something in excess of ten hours. Seems to be beyond most headphones at the moment.

[cyclist]

Originally Posted by Bassey

Hmm, these do look good. Will have to check the battery life though. I'm looking for something in excess of ten hours. Seems to be beyond most headphones at the moment.

So get a battery extender for your headphones instead. I've got a recharger from GPS for less with interchangeable ends, so it can charge both my device and my headphones - but not at the same time.

[Bassey]

Actually, turns out the claimed battery life was 10-12 hours - we'll see though as I bought a pair! I also got a battery extender - the Maplins one WaveyDavey posted the other day for £10.

I need the headphones to last the 10 hours as, with GPS and bluetooth on constantly, my Polaris is going to be using all the juice from the battery extender. Besides, I won't have time to stop and faff about swapping cables over.

Anyway, when these two arrive I should be all set up!

I was quite excited to see a pair of headphones on the Gadget show last night with a built-in SDHC card reader. That would give a reasonably priced 16GB of storage (0r 32GB if your bank balance is a little more elastic!) in a lightweight, cable free setup. Then they mentioned the battery life was 5-6 hours. I was very disappointed. The presenters seemed to think that was great but with no moving parts and no radio I don't see why they shouldn't have lasted 20 hours plus! They were big enough for a decent battery, being over the ear "DJ" style cans.

[EnglishLion]

I have the motorola 820, does anyone else find that the battery drains quickly even whilst off.

I can charge mine one day and then take them off charge, then a few days later after they've not been on at all they'll be dead!

[johnston411]

Originally Posted by EnglishLion

I have the motorola 820, does anyone else find that the battery drains quickly even whilst off.

I can charge mine one day and then take them off charge, then a few days later after they've not been on at all they'll be dead!

When i was using mine they would last around a week with 1-2 hours use a day.

They shouldn't be draining like that when switched off.

[Bassey]

My Jabra BT620s turned up last night. Postage was very slow from Jersey - but was included in the price so musn't grumble. Left them charging over night and used them this morning having got into work early. The sound quality is really excellent. Volume is not as good as my (very sensitive) Senheisers (PX100) but is perfectly okay. The controls are quite good. The positioning of them does mean you tend to hit either the colume or track-skip buttons when putting them on, but I'm sure I'll get used to them.

Styling wise they are, well, un-subtle. Both ears flash with a huge ring of blue lights when they are connected. When charging they flash red and gradually change through orange to green as they charge up.

Wearing them for the first time this morning they did pinch a little on the ears. They spring inwards to keep them secure so I'll have to see how that works out over the longer term.

As mentioned earlier, they come with an adaptor for an iPod that bluetooth enables it and, as it connects through the dock-port, allows remote control of your iPod. There is also a mains charger, USB cable, spare ear-foam-pad-thingies and manuals in about 16 languages.

Anyway, for £21 incl P&P they are amazing value and I'm chuffed to bits so far, so thanks to fowljr for the headsup!

[fowljr]

No problem, glad the information has panned out succesfully...

[boz]

Originally Posted by Bassey

Both ears flash with a huge ring of blue lights when they are connected. When charging they flash red and gradually change through orange to green as they charge up.

Hehe, I bet that is a sight to behold in the dark!

[fowljr]

Robbie the Robot!