Jabra's HALO now ready to make stereo Bluetooth look a little less ridiculous

By its very nature, stereo Bluetooth gear is never going to look quite as cool as its wired equivalent -- but if we look back on the early days, we're making progress. Jabra's new over-the-ear HALO should appeal to some with its relatively convenient folding design, and as an added bonus, it kinda looks like you're wearing a futuristic hair beret when you slip it on. How can you argue with that? Following an announcement earlier this year, the HALO's now available at Best Buy locations for $130 promising 8 hours of music playback, 13 days of standby, seamless transition between calls and tunes, and an innovative corded mode with a 3.5mm jack. It's tough to say whether you'll get odd stares wearing these day in and day out -- but if you're not willing to find out the answer to that the hard way, we certainly are. Selfless, we know.

[Ohse Posted Aug 26th 2009 10:44AM]

In my opinion, they don't look bad at all.
A tad expensive, but it looks well worth it....

[jonnyl Posted Aug 26th 2009 11:04AM]

Wait ... a beret? Like, a hat?

[wimaxwax Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:17PM]

barrette is what it should be...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 26th 2009 1:03PM]

Bought it yesterday at BestBuy. Returned it in less than 20 minutes and went back to my Altec Lansing BackBeat. The Halo's volume is soooooooo low it makes it useless. The fit is also very poor as, regardless of you adjusting it, it will fall from your head if you, for example, try to pick something up from the floor. The BackBeat hurts a little bit behind my ears after prolonged use, but at least it stays put and it's loud so I can listen to my music.

[wimaxwax Posted Aug 26th 2009 1:28PM]

Wouldn't it be better if you gave it a couple hours of charge, to be fair? I do the same thing, though... so I understand

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 26th 2009 5:18PM]

you're either a midget and have a tiny head, or maybe you just a very small brain. These headphones are amazing! They are sleek on the head, stay on just fine, and have better than average Bluetooth sound. 9 out of 10.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 26th 2009 1:49PM]

Gadget addiction is like crack, man! You can't buy it and not use it immediately, man! :-)

Seriously, that's a fair comment and it did cross my mind. I don't think charging it for two hours would have made the volume higher, though. But even if it did, there was still the fit issue.
On top of that, I also thought the folding mechanism looked like it was going to break fairly quickly.

[vicdezen Posted Aug 26th 2009 3:18PM]

I don't think it looks bad at all. I could wear something like that. I could see it having problems staying on your head though if you bend over or are active in anyway.

[The Prince Posted Aug 27th 2009 1:49AM]

You got it right, it will look like a hair band when you wear it, I think I will pass on it mainly for that reason.