Jabra Evolve 65 Wireless Stereo On-Ear Headset – Unified Communications Optimised Headphones With Long-Lasting Battery – USB Bluetooth Adapter – Black

I held back writing a review on these initially as there were a number of reviews that criticised the quality of them.After now owning and using them for a few months I can give an honest opinion on how good they are.First of all these are a great lightweight set of headphones. They are used for 90% of teams meetings and 10% listening to music.One of the best features of these headphones is that you can simultaneously have the headphones connected to your phone and laptop at the same time, so very easy to switch from listening to music on Spotify to connecting straight into a Teams meeting. This seems to work flawlessly.I have had various headphones previously and just swapped from a pair of Sony in ear buds, but these always seem to loose battery after 3 hours and I ended up having to default to cheap plug in headphones halfway through the day, so not ideal!Quality of the headphones is great rather than premium feeling. Totally acceptable though and as they are so light weight I don't feel wearing them is ever a chore they have never caused any aches on my ears after prolonged use (unlike my Sennheiser music headphones)The pads on the earphones pivot to align to your ear shape and the head band extends to the size of your head. The headband seems to stay in place well, this is mainly due to the rubber type pad underneath the top band. It would have been nice to have this made out of some nice alcantara or something but this is a small criticism.The headphone mic can be swivelled up our the way when you have no need to talk, and there is a small magnet that snaps the back of the mic into a small recess on top of the band so it doesn't fall out of place, quite a neat solution.Connectivity can be by Bluetooth directly to the headset or by using the dongle. If using the dongle in your laptop, the headset connects straight away without any Bluetooth setup. Using the dongle also gives you an LED indicator of the connectivity status, green if it's connected, red if you are in a call etc. This is useful indicator of you can't quite work out of the headphones are or not connected. I had this dongle plugged into a USB extension originally so didn't spot the LED, but now I have it plugged into the side of my laptop I always know that they are connected.On the right hand side of the headset there is a red illuminating halo that displays if you are busy in a teams call, great to give people around you an indication if you are busy to stop un planned interruptions etc.I have also only just realised that there are a number of shortcut buttons on the side of the headset that allow you to raise the volume up and down, mute and unmute. If I remember correctly you can use ame buttons to skip tracks when listening to music.Sound quality is good, again clear and prioritised for voice clarity, exactly what I wanted. Good sound for music, but obviously music oriented headphones would have a richer bass stage.The headphones don't have noise cancelling which is a real shame, so people on the other side of the call can hear your background noise. It would make these headphones even better if they had noise cancelling.Battery life on the headset is fantastic, I easily get two days heavy use without any charging. I tend to charge at this point though so although I would likely get longer battery performance they get charged to stop them going flat. There is however a USB cable that allows them to be powered whilst also charging if flat, so you never have to worry about searching for a spare set of headphones.The headphone don't have BoiseI purchased these from Amazon warehouse for £93 and they were basically new in the original box.Really pleased with these headphones and would highly recommend.

I have the MS (Lync) Stereo version of this headset, and I'm very pleased with it.THE GOODThe sound quality is excellent. In particular, when I'm talking I don't hear my own voice played back through the headset - and that alone is a vast improvement on the wired Microsoft headset I've been using up until now.The battery lasts very well. I use the headset a few hours a day and charge it every few days and haven't had it run low.It's really comfortable. The ear pads are smaller than they seem from the images but they sit very comfortably on the ears. The bridge between them isn't padded, but it's kind of rubberised and I don't think that padding would make any real difference.The range is good. I have tried my laptop's internal Bluetooth and the supplied dedicated dongle and I get better range from the dongle. With the dongle I can just about break the connection by going to the very far end of a large house, and internal Bluetooth stands up to a couple of interior walls but the quality falls off quickly. I strongly recommend using the dongle.It handles connection to multiple devices well. It was easy to connect to both my phone and PC simultaneously.THE BADIt's a headset, not a pair of headphones. The sound is very good, but it's not intended for audiophiles listening to music. If you're buying this for voice calls and a bit of music/film then you'll be really pleased, but it just isn't tuned for music.The microphone boom flips up and is held against the head band with a magnet, which would be nice if it worked. The magnet is weak and the ear pads are designed to swivel relative to the band, which means that the mic and the band will only be properly aligned if you have a strange shaped head. That being said, the boom stays up perfectly well without the magnet - it just pokes out a little bit.It's not cheap. I use Lync on average about an hour a day so over a couple of years the cost of this is nothing to me compared to the convenience of good call quality and being able to walk away from my computer during a call. But the fact remains this is an expensive headset and if I expected to use it only occasionally then I would have bought something cheaper.The headset saves power by switching fully on only when there is sound to output. That means that when you start playing sound then there is a short lag (about 1-2 seconds) before the headset wakes up and starts playing audio. That's annoying when e.g. starting to watch a short YouTube clip - you begin to play the video and all is silent, then a couple of seconds in the audio switches on and you end up rewinding to hear what you missed at the start. It's not a big deal and not really what the headset was intended for, but it bugs me a little.

If not for the price, I would have given this headset 5 stars.Connection was a breeze - simply plug in the Bluetooth dongle into your PC, turn on the switch on the headset and you're away. I'm using this at work with Skype and I've had no problems with it at all. It is so much better than the wired one I had been using before as it offers up a lot more freedom and you don't have to keep moving the cable away from going over the keyboard while talking and typing at the same time.I've not yet managed to pair it up with my phone as well (yet to try that properly) as turning on Bluetooth on my phone didn't show up the Jabra. The description says that this can be done, but there is nothing detailed in the start up manual.Very happy with it. I especially like that you can store the microphone out of the way onto the head strap. It clicks into place via a magnet in the strap.The only issue I have is that with both ears covered, it is hard to gauge how loudly I'm speaking, but I'll probably get used to that.The sound is clear and precise and I've not had any complaint with people unable to hear me.Would recommend