1)The fabric has held up for the past few months, but once a little tear happens then it’s all over, I’m sure. It IS comfortable on the ears though.

2)The plastic loop connecting the earpieces sometimes gets a little lopsided when carried in a gym bag. I’m not sure if using a solid metal strip is the answer here – it would just add to the weight. It’s a minor annoyance & I’m just careful not to stuff them in a place where they are going to get crushed.

I like these headphones so much that I bought a second pair to keep at work & one for home. I recommend these to anyone.

Pairing with Nokia 5800 Xpress music is the best, the forward/backward controls work, volume control can be done on both phone and headset (a good thing). Also, talking on phone works great, with both speakers working along with the mic, unlike some devices for which you only get one side working.

Pairing with iPhone 3GS also good, but supposedly the controls don’t work. Volume control is exclusively on the headset, a bit awkward.

Pairing with Windows 7 x64 (on a Macbook, ymmv on other devices) is an exercise in frustration. It just wouldn’t work, even though the OS reports finding the device.

Pairing with OS X just works, BUT… you can only use either the headphone profile OR the microphone profile, so you can’t use it to listen to music and voice control. The headphone profile gives the correct sound, but the headset profile gives terrible sound which is probably what the poster above is complaining about. The headset profile will allow you to listen and use the mic at the same time however.

If you just want to listen to some music I bet any Sony Ericsson stereo phone would work, I have a Sony Ericsson HBH-DS980 and my iPod Touch works fine with it.

I posted my opinion and if you don’t like it, you need to relax and get out more. I don’t think I’m in the wrong in insinuating that writing positive reviews about products that you sell could be considered biased. Whether they actually are or not depends on whether you agree with the review after buying the product. The difference between you and I is that I’ve actually purchased and returned this product to Fry’s. I think the ONLY good thing about these are the price point. IMHO, they do not sound that great and are not that comfortable. So, after my PERSONAL experience with the headset, I’d say it’s overrated here.

That being said, I purchased the new Jabra HALO and found it to be an amazing product. Had this review been about that product, and they wrote as positive review, I’d have been less suspicious about them promoting their Store over a fair, unbiased review.

As I pointed out previously, at least 1/3 of the space on this site is an ad or link back to the TiPB store, so I don’t think they are lacking properly promoting it on their site, nor am I begrudging them the right to do so. I simply pointed out an perception that I had formed when it comes to the product reviews.

So, if that bothers YOU enough to come running to their defense, which I believe the author has already adequately done, and take time out of YOUR day to post your issue with my statement, I would suggest that you follow your own advice and “relax and get out more”.

I have run at least 30 miles with them, and have worn them while vigorously working out with weights at least a half dozen times. Yeah, I also agree that the stationary bike is a ‘less than optimal’ workout.

I use them with a 3GS usually while streaming a podcast (sometimes tiPb podcast). Don’t have an armband yet, so hold the iPhone in my hands while running. At the gym, I’ll rest the phone in a central spot of the gym and workout without fear of crushing the phone. In both cases, I’ve been amazed that the iPhone can both stream audio and rebroadcast to my headset without missing a beat.

Volume is strong, and clarity is very good, though not as good as some of the better wired headphones, such as my $175 B&O’s. But for the money, I don’t know of Bluetooth headset that is as comfortable, clear, easy to use as this design is.

The only downside is that they aren’t designed for listening while lying down with your head on a pillow. For that, I use my B&O’s. But I find that I use these about 95% of the time, and I just leave the wired B&O’s by my bed.

@evilhomer and others…

God forbid if TiPb plugs their own store. You guys really need to relax and get out more. It’s a website that has a store and is trying to make a little money. It’s call “free enterprise” for God sakes.

Which Sony Ericsons…the HBH-IS800? Does anyone know if this will be 100% functional when OS 3.1 is introduced to iPhone?

http://reviews.cnet.com/headsets/sony-ericsson-hbh-is800/4505-13831_7-33528991.html

Maybe that fabric has been improved lately but in my experience it ALL dissolves after a depressingly short amount of time.

I just ordered the Sony Ericsons … hopefully those earbuds will fit unlike the Uhura-earpiece shapes Altec Lansing ones!!!

Perhaps you are just very careful not to write about the really bad ones from your sponsors?

Anyway, thanks for the response and I’ll watch the product reviews a little more closely in the future before commenting. My memory just ain’t what it used to be so I may be unfairly judging you.

@Evilhomer – if anything that comes my way sucks – I’m honest about it and I’ll say they do. Trust me. For the cost of these, excellent pick up.

I have the Rocketfish equivalent and have not had a problem with the fabric.

Also, if you actually work out (which means lots of motion as opposed to sitting on a stationary bike for 40 minutes and pretending that’s a workout), you need in-ear buds or you’re going to be spending all your time adjusting them.

These headphones look fine for sitting at a desk or maybe driving, but for exercise they’re utterly useless.

Sorry you feel that way. We run one (1) product highlight, done by a writer who’s free to write anything they want, good, bad, or ugly, and run it on the same day every week — Wednesday — out of 70-140 regular posts. We work very hard to create the best experience we can while still “paying the bills” as you put it.

Rather than “more and more” we’re doing considerably more with less, and will hopefully continue to improve.

Also, anyone hear rumors of Apple bringing out a new BT headphones?

It’s very difficult to take the “reviews” on products here to heart when you are harking them in your store.