But since then what? Dodgy one ear "hands free" devices for the high flying rep. Brutal quality, Star Trek looking device, which are sod all use for listening to music, let alone making Phone calls.
Someone owed it to this technology to come along and make a really good job of this, and in the age of the "do it all smartphone" , I want the sound quality to shine, so that when I'm done with my office calls, i can listen and enjoy to my tunes.
Now, I may be fussier than most, but i also like to go to the gym, run, and ski.
Wires are therefore a massive pain in the ass. I want to make use of the Bluetooth.
That someone that I eluded to are Jaybird. An energetic brand, looking at these products from a new angle. They don't want to make products for the next "Gareth Keenan", they want to make products for those of us with a life!
Sportsband 2 is the latest Bluetooth offering from them, and today, I decided before writing this blog, I would see what they would stand up to in the gym.
While not quite the gazelle I was 10 years ago, I synced these badboys up, a simple task, no even requiring a pin code for my iPhone, I set off for the treadmill.
While working off my latest bout of laziness sorry honeymoon, in the Maldives, these are my new friends.
Now the peak speed on the treadmill i hit was 19kmph, for 250m, in my 5km run (2.5km sprint, 2.5km run) and they stayed in place, comfortably. The track skip and volume functions also now work faultlessly, thanks to Apple finally configuring Bluetooth properly on the iPhone.
I worked out for 56 minutes this morning, burning 767 in the process apparently, and despite working up a fair sweat, these preformed fantastically. Crisp, punchy audio drowned out the abeit gym rubbish, and more importantly they stayed in place.
Now one of the issues with using headphones in the gym, is that unless the cone is treated, sound quality will worsen over time. Jaybird, have seen this problem and used a titanium coating to prevent any cone degradation! Nice touch. In fact, so confident are they about this that they also offer a lifetime warranty on the product for sweat and perspiration damage.
Wow, a useful warranty that a manufacturer isn't trying to weasel out of - makes a nice change.
Put it simply - if you want over ear wireless product for your smartphone or Bluetooth device look here first! They are also, £70 cheaper than Sennheisers equivalent product, while sounding better.
Oh, did I mention the inbuilt mic for answering your calls!
And that's before you see the awesome range of colours, and learn that these are being used by 11 of Scotlands Commonwealth games team at the moment, in addition to being developed in conjunction with the US Triathlon Team!
Ladies and gentlemen - we have ourselves a winner!
