Comments on: Jabra BT5020 (Review)

By: me

me — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:14:35 +0000

press Vol + and Vol - for 3 seconds to turn Vibra on/off

By: dr_rjj

dr_rjj — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:46:54 +0000

I cannot enable vibrate mode on my BT5020. How do I do that? I tried turning it on while holding down the two volume buttons but that did not work.

By: Sahas Katta

Sahas Katta — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:31:21 +0000

where can i buy more earbuds? i keep losing them.

by Chowser - 5/7/2008 1:11 pm

I suggest contacting the Jabra support line. Here is the link:
http://www.jabra.com/Sites/Jabra/NA-US/pages/Support.aspx

Sometimes they are nice and will send you the buds for free since it costs pretty much nothing. And I also believe your warranty might cover something of that sort. But either way I doubt they would charge more than a few bucks for a couple of those ear pieces. Just try giving them a call.

Also if you don’t mind let us know how it turned out with another comment after you figure it all out!

By: Chowser

Chowser — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:11:39 +0000

where can i buy more earbuds? i keep losing them.

By: roger penney

roger penney — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:02:04 +0000

I am thinking of buying the 5020 having used a 500v for a couple of years, if you have wind noise problems with this type of headset, either buy or make yourself a small foam cover to go over the end of the mike, this works perfectyl in the windyest of conditions.
Think i am going to go out and buy a 5020 though.

roger.

By: Bert Hertz

Bert Hertz — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:34:13 +0000

I just bought the BT5020 for 29.99 at Fry’s and it DOES come with 2 ear buds.They’re in a small zip lock bag.

By: Phil Koenig

Phil Koenig — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:51:37 +0000

I also own (2) BT5020s (1 bought for a backup - haven’t opened it yet) and I did not see the ear buds pictured in my package either - maybe they’re hidden somewhere? I’m very interested in this because the fit in the ear is one of my complaints with this unit.

The other major issue is sound quality. I’ve used many BT headsets (Plantronics, several Jabras, Motorola, Logitech, Cardo) and one of the consistent problems I have with Jabras is the lack of outgoing noise cancellation when background noise is high. Even the fancy-pants BT800 I own has this problem: incoming sound quality is great (better than the BT5020), outgoing sound quality is very mediocre. (That one is huge, fits poorly, and the Caller-ID feature is much better in theory than practice)

What I like about the BT5020 is: 1) looks/size/weight, 2) battery life, 3) compatibility with my Treo (hard to find BT devices that work reliably with a Treo - Jabras in general are excellent in this respect), 4) vibrate mode, 5) control layout and 6) no constant blinky “geek lights”. (only when you need to know something - ie a short time after turning the unit on or pairing it, the lights go off)

I don’t know what “wind noise reduction” this unit has, but it’s just as bad as all the other ones I’ve tried in the wind. It’s rare for me to find a headset that is not substantially worse than just holding the phone to my ear in that regard.

I may actually consider the uber-pricey Invisio Q7, but the initial hands-on reviews I’ve seen of that weren’t that glowing either.

Some day someone will make a BT headset with a retractable boom that can actually position the microphone in front of your mouth when you’re on a call. Until then, I think we’re going to be waiting forever for the Holy Grail..

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:57:10 +0000

Hi, I just bought my BT5020, and it doesn’t come with the little ear buds you talked about?

By: ducker

ducker — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:41:06 +0000

does this handsfree set work with playstation 3

By: Sahas Katta

Sahas Katta — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:03:54 +0000

Does the BT5020 come with those nice little ear buds as pictured on the website? - Ben

Yes! In fact, it comes with two buds in case you loose one of them! (see the 3rd picture)

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:51:35 +0000

Does the BT5020 come with those nice little ear buds as pictured on the website? I’m worried about the earpeice not fitting to my ear properly.

By: Sahas Katta

Sahas Katta — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:47:49 +0000

@David
The 5020 does NOT offer noise canceling capabilities, but it does offer Wind Noise Reduction. This means, if wind is blowing by your headset, it will help reduce those artifacts for the person that is listening to you. If you do want noise cancellation tech, it will be a lot more pricey than this one.

P.S. Skatter Tech should work perfectly on the latest versions of Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari. And on XP, Vista, OS X, and Linux. If you are experiencing a problem please let me know.

By: David

David — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:29:29 +0000

Thanks for the review of the 5020; I’m not clear on it’s noise cancelling capabilities though. the last couple of sentences make me think the 5020 does not block out background noise.

Nick: its your browser (probably FireFox)

By: Krish

Krish — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:36:19 +0000

@Nick.. Pal you came here to read review of BT5020 or to review the website??? For me nothing wrong with the site.. May be you need to look into your machine a bit…

By: Sahas Katta

Sahas Katta — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:00:17 +0000

The browser you are using might be outdated or the server failed to load some of the images properly. Please try pressing the refresh button and it should become a whole lot better.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:06:00 +0000

are actual human beings supposed to be able to read this site? with the corduroy textured background the text is entirely obscured. please, take a design class.

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