Jabra C250 EarWave Boom Headset for 2.5mm Plugs

by Jabra

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 1 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009W8DKI
• Item model number: C250
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (172 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #874 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
  • #1 in Musical Instruments > Recording Equipment > Microphones > Wireless Microphones > Headset Microphones
  • #17 in Cell Phones & Accessories > Accessories > Headsets > Wired Headsets
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The Jabra EarWave Boom is a stylish, ultra-lightweight, behind-the-ear headset with a built-in miniature microphone boom for optimal voice pick-up

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars awesome sound quality, August 26, 2004

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Shelley Gammon "Geek" (Kaufman, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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It's amazing the sound quality considering that when you have this thing over your ear, the "mouth" piece is a lot closer to your ear than it is to your mouth. I made a call right after I bought it and the person on the other end could not tell I was using a hands free device.

Like all Jabra hands-free ear gizmos, this one comes with a variety of gel-like ear inserts for different shaped ears and for those who want to use the gizmo on their left ears instead of the right.

My less than perfect rating is the less-than flexible adjustment for the piece that goes around the ear. It's a snug fit, to be sure, but a little too snug. After a recent lengthy phone call, my ear was so fatigued from being squeezed for so long, it gave me a headache. There is no way to take the snug tension down a notch. I have normal size ears, not circus ears, so I'm not just complaining for the sake of it.

The gel-like insert feels great - but it's the over-the-ear gizmo that is doing the pinching. It's almost like wearing 4lb clasp earrings or something. It really takes two hands to put this thing on, too.

The quality in hearing conversations is also excellent. There is the most subtle of echoes in both receiving and sending, but it is barely detectable. My phone has an excellent hands-free speaker built-in, but a hands-free device is essential when you want privacy and don't want to hold your phone up to your ear for an hour.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fair performance, comfortable, but not quite "it", January 17, 2005

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Christopher R. Gibson "Definite Gadget Geek" (Round Rock, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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My Jabra ProBoom died a terrible death in my briefcase when the ear clip was snapped off. The ProBoom was out of stock, so I ordered this EarWave Boom. I actually plugged this EarWave Boom into one ear, the ProBoom into the other ear, and did some head-to-head testing.

First, on this EarWave Boom, I can say that it's a very comfortable headset. The part that fits in your ear uses a new "mini gel" form factor that is less, well, convoluted than the ear gels that the other Jabra headsets have used. Definitely more comfortable as it makes less contact with the ear, but the flip side is you lose a bit of the noise-proofing that comes with the traditional ear gels. Also, I think that this new design is easier to get on and off than the ProBoom, but it's also a different motion.

The sound quality of the speaker was on a par with the ProBoom, but the volume was lower. I had to crank the volume nearly all the way up in a quiet environment, and had to turn it all the way up in a car just to get to "acceptable" volume. The old ProBoom, on the other hand, has volume to spare - and I'm not even using its active amplification feature. I'm using a Treo 600, so your mileage may vary with your phone.

The sound quality on the microphone on this EarWave Boom was just a *bit* less clear than the ProBoom. Of course, that may be expected given that the ProBoom puts a microphone just a centimeter or so from your mouth. The noise cancelling seemed to work as advertised in a car, although I got a couple people commenting that I was a little "muffled" sounding.

In the end, it's a very comfortable headset, but its speaker sound volume and microphone clarity are just a tad behind the ProBoom. In spite of having to wait for it, I'm going to go ahead and order another ProBoom, but I'll keep this EarWave Boom in my briefcase as a spare in case of another accident.

..Chris..

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works with some phones better than others., January 1, 2006

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Spidey "apu" (Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jabra C250 EarWave Boom Headset for 2.5mm Plugs (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I received two of these as gifts. They both work the same, so I don't think either is defective. What I've found, though, is that when I use it with my Uniden TRU 4485 cordless phone at home, the person on the other end of the line can barely hear me. Whereas, when I use one of these headsets with my Motorola V180 cellular phone, the other party can hear me just fine. In both cases, I can hear the other party at a decent volume. The clarity of sound I hear on my end is good in both cases, as well. I've also found the headset to be lightweight, comfortable, and relatively easy to put on and take off. It also stays in my ear fairly reliably.