Comments on: Review: Jabra Sport Pulse Wireless Bluetooth Headphones With Heart Rate Monitoring

By: Hilary Macrae

Hilary Macrae — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 23:35:44 +0000

I’ve just got a pair of these and so finding the hrm wildly inaccurate, which is a shame as that’s what I got them for. I am going to try with larger ear wings and see if that helps. If my heartrate was as high as it’s telling me, I would be dead. I am surprised so many peopl give good reviews. Maybe they aren’t bothered about the hrm, as the rest of it is fine. I wish I’d read your review first.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 07:59:49 +0000

That’d be great if you could give use some more information about how did Jabra Sport Pulse sound. Anyway, nice review. :)

By: L.R.

L.R. — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:11:29 +0000

I’m on my 3rd pair of these in a year. My problem with them was a sudden inability to charge them. To Jabra’s credit they have exchanged them without issue under warranty, even sending out the replacements before they’d received the defictive pair. I’ve been using my current pair without problem for about 3 months, but it does appear they had some quality control issues in mid 2015.

I think the HRM is fairly accurate for me, but as others have noted they fit very snugly for me and don’t bounce around much. Looking back at my graphs there are no dropouts. I’m using them with a Droid Turbo so can’t speak to iphone issues.

By: Publio Madruga

Publio Madruga — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 00:49:06 +0000

I was very excited about those earphones, but they are terrible. They keep disconnecting, the Bluetooth never pairs with my iPhone and discharges very, very fast. And the worst part, it supposed to help me do my exercises, but it is compromising my exercise routine as I can ever count on having music to listen. Besides that it is not charging anymore, I bought those phones in early October, and we are only in December, and they are already useless.
It impressed me how many people have given this product a 5-star rating even with so many complaints about its functionality. 5-stars are for perfect products. This one should be taken out of the market for improvements, lots of them.

By: Ghiath

Ghiath — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 13:09:31 +0000

Your review is excellent & very accurate, I’m very disappointed with the earphones, I’ve been trying so many wireless sport earphones and I gave away my Powerbeats2 cause they were cutting off and did not fit my ears well. I have to say that these headphones fit me perfectly but the heart rate is useless it is so far off, I get maximum HR through out my run.

By: GEERT A. ZONNEKEYN

GEERT A. ZONNEKEYN — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 09:52:56 +0000

I have used for a few weeks now. When comparing the heart rate function with my Garmin 610 (and a new belt), the results are desastrous. Much too high. I am constantly running above my max heart rate. There is a difference of around 40 heart beats. Way too much. I cannot trust it ….

By: Adri

Adri — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:24:28 +0000

In reply to Peter Larson. I have changed the ear pieces to the biggest set. They don't move now and I don't see any more spikes in the heart reading. For me this has solved my issues with them

By: Peter Larson

Peter Larson — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 15:47:28 +0000

In reply to the5krunner. Could be that they just aren't a good fit in my ear.

By: the5krunner

the5krunner — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 23:50:20 +0000

interesting. I’m just finishing off my review. I get likely >99% accuracy compared to Garmin HRM-RUN. then again whenever I fiddled with the Jabra earbuds the reading either dropped out or went too low. on the whole the Jabra was on average 1bpm higher. maybe they’ve changed the firmware?

By: Adri

Adri — Sat, 09 May 2015 15:48:42 +0000

In reply to erik. I'm sure the measurement is correct at resting and easy workouts, but in my experience the unit is quite erratic as well. Pity because I quite like the concept and other functions of this package

By: KIm

KIm — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 04:05:40 +0000

This was a very good review. I love the headphones for audio. But the measurements are way off. I kept getting readings in excess of VO2 max (162) and my maximum heart rate. I stopped in my tracks. Part of the reason that I use the heart monitor is that I am an older runner and want to make sure that I don’t get overly aggressive. I tested simultaneously with the iPhone measurements for pulse and the pulse wasn’t even close. I am going to test it with a smart watch as well, but my strong suspicion is that the Pulse is wildly off on the heart rate measurements.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:24:08 +0000

I’ve had the Jabra for a few months now, and I have to say its HR sensor works very well, with very few drop outs if any. On average, it the values it gives may be sligtly above those from my former micoach chest strap, but results are consistent one run from the other, and within one given run.
The jabra seems to lack some reactivity – for instance during interval training, it takes a little longer than the micoach to account for the HR decrease. I’m being a bit picky here.
To me the best thing about the jabra is the comfort and secured fit they provide. I’ve tried many other earbuds (those are the first wireless though) and none of the previous gets even close. while they are “locked” in your ear, you really need to pull the cord to make them budge.
To get this comfort, you really need to ensure you have the best combination between the yellow buds and the black “fins”.
I’ve just run a full marathon with them and almost forgot I had them one, except for the playlist I had prepared.
In a nutshell: pricey, but they deliver.