Customer Reviews

Body Glove Earglove Hands-Free Headset for Nokia 51/61/7100 Series Phones

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This is without a doubt the best handsfree cell phone device I've tried. I've bought: 1) the Nokia earbud ( yech, it's stuck in my ear!), 2) the ABSOLUTE JUNK GE/Sanyo headset with the "D" shaped thing to go around the ear (dadgumit, it fell off every time I tilted my head slightly!), 3) and the Jabra earpiece (not any better than the Nokia earbud, I don't care how many shapes the earpiece comes in, you have to stick this thing in your ear and hope it won't fall out).

The Bodyglove product works, and works well. There are 2 small holes on the microphone stalk towards the end, make sure you don't cover them up with the decorative foam piece, it ruins your outgoing voice quality.

I like this earpiece. Better than the Nokia and the Andrews version.

Body glove fits snugly around my ear, you can bend the ear bracket to fit eactly, and the earpiece is very good quality. At first, I started shouting, cause I was afraid with the tiny mice up by my cheek it wouldn't be loud enough, but everyone I talked to said "why are you shouting". I think it works even better than the Nokia phone. I can set the phone to auto-answer my calls, and I don't have to worry about getting brain cancer cause I'm not holding the phone up to my ear all day. Now I'll just get hip cancer, from carrying the phone on my belt. :-) Plus you feel like a CIA agent, with this earpeice tucked around your ear, people look at you like you're undercover. It's really funny when you answer a call and start talking, and people think you're talking to yourself. I don't have much use for the different color mic wraps, but if I'm ever in LA, I'll make sure they match my leg warmers (ha ha) :-)

Okay, I'll be nice, the thing does look good and the sound is exceptional (transmission and reception), but the comfort level, which was what I thought would be great coming from Body Glove, was horrible. I twisted and bent the arm that goes behind your ear to perfection and I still never felt like it was going to stay in place. The thing is VERY light, which should be a good thing but I felt it moving every time I did. Finally the darn thing just fell apart. One minute I am talking...I get home, tell my friend I will call him back, I disconect it from my phone and go to take it off my ear to find that the receiver bit is still in my ear!!! To the trash it went. Buy the. Yes it looks wierd but it fits, sounds great and the rubbery ear thing rarely comes off. It does come off but not enough to bug. Either way avoid this product.

If you plan to use this in a car forget about it. The microphone is short and sits along your cheek. This means whoever you are talking to will mostly hear car noise rather than whatever you are trying to say. Add to this an ear piece that falls out if you blink, and I amlooking to buy yet another hands free set for my car.

(+2) plug to phone securely, not loose like cheap models.

(+2) ear-bud hears clearly, and mic speaks clearly.

(-1) mic is a little too sensitive and pick up noise.

(-1) comfortable w/o glasses, but hard to wear with glasses.

I get it....use it three times, and then the earpiece falls right out of the socket.....the sound quality was decent.....but three uses ?? I am returning it and going to try the Nokia Brand.....what was I thinking ? Body Glove makes wetsuits!!

I was very disappointed with the earglove. It looked so cool with the interchangeable foam covers and all, but I just couldn't get it to work for me. The build quality left a lot to be desired, and after several attempts to fit it comfortably, it sort of came apart, although I managed to get it together again. Then I just couldn't get the earbud thing to fit in my ear; if I stuck it right in it was very painful, as it's not padded, and if I positioned it hovering outside my earhole, I could hardly hear a thing, especially when the car was moving. I had much better luck with a competitor earpiece which looped right around my ear, and had a broader speaker cover which sat outside my earhole and gave plenty of volume. Another irritating thing about the earglove was the mute button, which if your phone is not compatible cuts off the call instead.

I don't want to be too harsh since I think with these ear-thingies its just a case of finding one which fits the shape and size of your ear best. Maybe the earglove would work well for you. Its just a shame you have to buy one to find out. Maybe a friend has one you could try for size first, because if it doesn't fit it will be useless.

I've been using this headset while driving and it works great. The microphone picks up my voice easily and people hear me clearly. The ear piece works well. I can hear the person on the other end of the line without any distortion. It is unobstrusive and comfortable. A great buy!

"The best I've found" doesn't necessarily mean this product is perfect. However, it has a piece that fits behind your ear, so it doesn't just fall out, like plain ear buds do (I must have funny shaped ears, because I just can't get those to stay). I will admit, the first one I owned did fall apart (the rubber ring came off the earbud and wouldn't stay when I put it back together), but I chalked it up to my fooling around with it and trying to add other parts to the ear bud to make it more comfy. So I bought another, left it as-is, and I've loved it. I have owned other behind-the-ear headsets, but none is as comfortable.

As to sound quality, I've never had problems hearing the other person and I've never had complaints that they can't hear me when I'm wearing this headset.

In all, once you find the trick to keeping it on and then leaving it alone, it'll stay on for HOURS. Believe me, I've had to wear mine for hours at a time.

I expected a working quality product that lived up to its advertising. The sound quality was poor both to the wearer and to the person I called. The phone plug is too thick and prevents the cover from being pull down. I would say that it is not compatible with the Nokia 7000 series phones. I am returning it for a refund.