JLab - Gravity Bluetooth Sport Neckband Adapter with Earbuds - Black

JLab Audio Gravity Bluetooth Neckband Adaptor & Earbuds (Black) Model #EBGRAVITYRBLK62 MSRP: $39.99 Summary: This lightweight, comfortable, IPX4 water-resistant neckband (<2oz) is made of soft, flexible, medical-grade silicon rubber. It rests easily above your shoulders/around your neck & connects wirelessly to your headphones/earbuds. Great for use while exercising. Neckband includes digital mic for hands-free conversations & simple, easy-to-use, universal controls, incl.: call answer/hang up as well as volume up/down, play/pause, & click-&-hold track-forward/back buttons for listening to music. Control buttons are large enough to give a sure, no-look, tactile feel. Pairing: The Bluetooth 4.1 wouldn’t auto-pair w/any device, but thanks to JLab's sticky note on the Quick Start Guide, which showed the manual Bluetooth pairing option, I was still able to pair quickly. Once paired, the connection was solid up to the advertised 30ft. Compatibility: With the neckband's 3.5mm-to-Bluetooth adapter, you can convert your favorite wired headphones, regardless of style/brand into Bluetooth headphones. Sound Quality: JLab's Signature C3 technology provides crisp, clear sound via the titanium drivers in the JBuds Pro, but there's absolutely no bass, no equalizer options, & no real noise canceling features (save for the ‘noise isolating design’). So these headphones are good for phone calls & listening to podcasts, but not as good for listening to music. Since the neckband has a 3.5mm headphone jack, as a comparison, I connected 1 of my better-quality headphone sets to the neckband & experienced noticeable bass & midrange improvement. Still, the included earbud headphones compared favorably to the headphone sets purchased w/my last 3 smartphones. The microphone quality is also very good. As a test, I engaged in several smartphone telecons w/my spouse, & we found that the voice clarity/sound quality was about the same, both w/the incl. headphones & w/o any headphones, for both the initiator & receiver of calls. Ear Buds: Comes w/3 pairs of quality gel cushion ear tips (small, medium, large) which are very smooth, provide a great fit/seal in the ear, & are easy to clean. Cush Fin Technology: Comes w/2 Cush Fins (medium/large), allowing each wearer a customized/secure fit. The Cush Fin fits into the outer ear to provide support/stabilization for the earbud: https://youtu.be/_J5CqamD-NQ. Cord Management System: Cord mgmt. options are in the instructions, & JLab's website offers a few helpful tutorials on the subject at www.jlabaudio.com. But the cord keeper needs some work, as the 3¼ ft. cord won’t stay taut/secure, no matter how carefully/tightly it’s wrapped around the hidden neckband loop that’s supposed to keep it in place. Would prefer a retractable cord. Rechargeable Battery: Charging: Takes 1½ hrs. to charge dead battery to 100% w/incl. micro-USB charging cable. Life: Claims 10hr of music playtime & 12hr of talk time. I used the neckband/headphones for 8½ hrs. over the weekend w/o any battery issues, & they still had some juice left. Packaging: Nice & minimalist. Warranty: 1yr limited w/30-day satisfaction guarantee. Rating: Except for the poorly designed cord "mgmt." system, I like the neckband adaptor more than the headphones. Great concept but lacks quality execution.

To start short and sweet: Basically, this is a glorified bluetooth adapter to convert a wired headset into a bluetooth one. The included JLAB headset is just a nice bonus. Overall, the packaging is really well done. Very minimum. Inside the top-open box is the headset and the neck band adapter. Underneath the blue plastic molding is a bag containing the charging cable. Instructions are also very minimal and is printed on the cardboard underneath, referring you to the manufacturer's website for the "full" manual and instructions. Sound quality is pretty great and much better than I was expecting for the included earbuds. The earbuds fit great and secure, no issues there. The neckband bluetooth adapter is great, but with the silicone-type material it is made of, it tends to slip around at times. I almost lost it once because it is so light-weight, you can't even tell you have it on. It slipped down my back and the only way I knew it was because I still had the earbuds in and I felt a tug. Sound quality of the included headset is also pretty good. Nice and loud when needed and I also noticed when talking to my friend, he said that he could hear way less background noise than he's used to hearing when talking to me. So, that's a nice plus! Overall, my only complaint besides it slipping around easily is that the earbuds don't retract. Of course, with this being a 3.5mm to bluetooth converter, basically, that I can use ANY earbud/headphone with, I don't see how that would be possible anyway. It's nice to have the option to replace the earbuds only and to be able to use any brand, any quality headset I want. There is a padded area at the middle of the neckband where you put the excess cord of the earbuds to hide it. I'd definitely recommend these, but ONLY if the neckband style earbuds are your thing.

Great Concept, good value but the actual headphones are only okay. The sound quality is okay, the good news is if your music player has an equalizer, use it, it will help with the quality! One of the best parts about this device is the bluetooth connection. There is a note on the outside of the box, "Instantly Wireless, plug-in any earbud, any brand or use those included." So basically you are paying to use the included headphones or use your own favorite wired headphones and this will make you wireless. Big plus for the new iPhone 7 Plus users that don't want to use the headphone adapter. The absolute hands down best part of this device is the connectivity. You don't have to have your connecting device near you to use. I walked all over the house and the bluetooth still WORKED!!!!!!!!!!! So all in all, bluetooth that actually works, if your not happy with the existing audio-you can change it and the call quality is good! I would actually buy these headphones again and buy for the family! Great job JLab!

I've been wanting a wireless headset for a long time, so I was looking forward to getting these. Bluetooth connectivity was easy to set up. One of the first thing that the manufacturer tells you to do is to "burn" in the audio using their app. I downloaded the app and registered my product. Then, I set up the unit to be "burned in". You are supposed to let this app run for 40 hours to properly break in your headset for "maximum" usage. Every ten minutes the app starts over with the most annoying set of sounds. I had it on my desk next to me and, even at the "medium" volume (as recommended), it was obnoxious. Then, for some reason, it would lose connectivity with the headset and then start blasting through my phone. If you do this with your headset, I'd put it in a closet, or an unused room, or under a pillow to run. I stopped it after about a day and a half. Then I had to recharge the headphone so I could test it out. When I finally got to use it, I found it to be similar in sound to any other ear buds that I've tried. I wasn't impressed by the sound of my music coming through the buds. I do really like the fact that you can hook up any set of ear buds of your choice into this unit. If you had a favorite set, you can use them instead of what comes in the box. I would still recommend them as they are comfortable and functional, but it's just not terribly special.

As I started to put together these headphones I thought "cool, full sized headphones converted into bluetooth wireless headphones"! This excitement vaporized quickly. First let me explain the construction of the headphones. You take full sized earbud headphones and plug them into the neckband. Then you wrap the cord around the back of the neck piece leaving the left and right earbuds the appropriate length free to stick into your ears. This leaves the cables very sloppy and does not give the headphones a nice tight feel. There is loose cable all over the place. They include 2 small cable braces to "train" the cable around the neckband but it still does not prevent loose cables all around this entire contraption. So I came up with a brilliant idea! Use my own headphones that have a nylon covering around the cable. This would allow for an easier managing of the loose cables. Wrong. The headphones sounded terrible and the volume was very low. It seems as if the included headphones are the only ones that will work with it. I could be wrong as I did not test with several of my own headphones but the one set I did failed to work. The actual earbuds themselves are very nice. They fit perfectly in the ear canal and are actually some of the best fitting earbuds I own. I wish they were built into the neckband and were much cleaner as far as the cables go. Overall these headphones are nice, and easy to pair. I just hate cable clutter which is why I like wireless headphones to begin with.

I really like the quality of the sound of the included earbuds, however since this Bluetooth headset is designed to be more of an adapter for any earbuds you may have, the cable management isn't as good as a full blow independent Bluetooth one. Even trying to tidy up the cables, some of them are left dangling or coming of the little compartment on the back to store excess cabling. The best pro of this set, is, you can use your favorite earbuds with them and make them Bluetooth. The included ones are more than fine though, with good bass and clarity. The battery life is great, they take me for a full work day (8 hours) with extra spare (I haven't run them until dead, because once I'm out of work, I don't use earbuds for music).

I live and die by my LG Tone Pro neck band, so I really love the neckband design. I liked this product because it allowed me to use my own headphones or earbuds and wire them in to my phone directly if I needed to (we've all ran our BT battery dry, haven't we?) Particularly, I liked the idea of plugging in my Bose headphones and being able to listen to them without being tethered. This worked great with this neckband, so I was really pleased with that. In terms of the BT and sound features of this neckband, I was really pleased. Pairing was easy and reliable with all of the devices I tried--an iPhone 6, Pixel XL, and Echo Dot. Sound quality is good for both calls and music and connection remained solid at a reasonable distance. In terms of the physical design, I like the materials and the cable management at the back of the neckband. They managed to make things pretty unobtrusive and comfortable to wear. However, my big complaint with this product is that there is no rigidity in the neckband itself. It is not rigidly shaped in any way to really stay put on your neck... it relies on the weight of battery/connection units at the end tips to basically hold the unit in place, but the whole thing is actually very light--which is good... but also not good. Because this thing has fallen off so many times when barely being jostled, it just makes me want to go back to my LG's, which have a light wire in the neckband to keep it more stably in place. I would not wear these for work-outs. Overall--great idea for turning your favorite wired headphones into wireless headphones... other devices do exist for this purpose, but I haven't seen any others in the neckband design, and it really is a convenient and comfortable approach. Any future iterations of this product really need to look at greater stability in staying in place!

JLab - Gravity Bluetooth Neckband Adapter with Earbuds provides a feature that most other neckband headphones do not... it can accept any headphone with a small input and turn them into a bluetooth setup. I thought this would make my experience better, but it was unfortunately the best part of my experience. I was very frustrated with the overall feel and design of this product. It feels flimsy and the cover for the headphone wires is basically useless as the wires just fall back out after use. The sound quality is very good with the included earbuds and bluetooth settings however, which helped my leave my rating neutral in the end. PROS - Good sound - Bluetooth quality and reliable - Easy to use once synced - Allows for any headphones to connect to a bluetooth setup CONS - Design is lacking - Questionable overall quality - Only completes with other neckbands in price per unit, but not quality or design - Disappointing cover for wires, useless