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Headphones · Jabra Elite

Jabra Elite 85t

9owners with an opinion
50%of verdicts positive
0/0positive/negative since 2024
0happy after 3+ years

Praised for design and sound; criticized for reliability and comfort.

What people wrote

Neutral
I do something similar and log into most meetings from multiple devices for meeting flexibility (and stability). 1) Laptop undocked / docked to monitors. For watching, screen share and often webcam. Sometimes take screenshots and notes if needed. 2) I tried an iPad Mini 5 after a recommendation and don't know how I lived without one for calls. - It has become my primary meeting communication device. - It provides most stable Zoom/Teams experience I've ever had - and the load doesn't impact my work machine. - This device is all about maximising weight and size/volume. Small enough to carry, throw it in a sling for a walk and be able to pull it out if needed. great to carry a meeting or a call with me and be more useful than a phone.. Going for a walk, stretching out your legs, visiting the kitchen, and yes, sometimes even transferring the call to your car for audio while driving is smooth and generally seamless. - I more easily see things on the meeting, interact, run a whiteboard, and contribute at a moment's notice if needed. Don't have to explain that I'm dialling by phone in or why. Being able to kick over to a whiteboard to doodle is handy compared to a powerpoint to get ideas across anyways. - In Person - I almost always take the mini to meetings. The mini is not as distracting as a laptop keyboard or typing on a phone. Easy to bring up something to share and hand it over too. - Great battery life, everything stays fast and doesn't need rebooting. - I have muted nearly…
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That's such shit. Companies that pull nonsense like this shouldn't be allowed to market their products. If you're in the US, try contacting the FTC. I have the Elite 85t and it works fine with my Android phone and both my Dell Win 10 machines, so it may be a Mac issue. No excuse for their shitty behavior, but I'd research Mac-specific BT fixes. Or it could be an issue with the button functionality. Try disabling button actions for calls in Sound+.
Neutral
I've the same headphones, and the two problems I've had with them were: 1. Mic auto-muting during meetings. The fix here was to disable automatic mic gain or whatever 2. Headphones not always properly playing music from my phone when also being connected (but not used) to my laptop. Fix was to turn off Bluetooth on my laptop. In both cases, it seems to be purely an issue with macOS and Apple software, as I've never had a single issue when using windows or my Android phone. For the second issue when I researched it, the conclusion was that apple just regularly does poorly with BT devices connected to multiple sources as why would you use something other than your apple product?
Neutral
I bought a pair of AirPods Pro and I loved how they sounded but hated how they made me look, because my skin is very dark and the little white things stood out like sore thumbs on Zoom calls. I returned them for the Jabra Elite 85t which are less comfortable in my ears but which match my skin color much better. Apple lost more than $249 of revenue because they don't make them in black. There's something to be said for considering the diversity of your market.
Doesn’t like itDoesn’t say they own it
Yeah, this is sketchy behavior for a premium brand. They really seem to need you to run their mobile app. It's hard to tell from their advertising that it covers more than iPhones... although it does say it works with Google Assistant. The only info I found about supporting other laptops (it mentions phones, tablets, and mobile devices?) was in their help faqs: https://www.jabra.com/supportpages/jabra-elite-85t/100-99190... Which basically says it won't fully function... but it might work with MS teams? I wonder what data they're collecting with the mobile app, whether it's being monetized to support development, or simply that they don't care about a fairly common use case.
Doesn’t like itDoesn’t say they own it
Well, Jabra and Bose are both shipping some arguably “broken” products (though frankly I find “broken” to be a tad flippant of a description.) That does leave some alternatives. How are people buying bluetooth earbuds supposed to know that buying flagship products from some of the most reputable companies in the field would lead them here? Honest question. I don’t think it’s reasonable to ask everyone in the world to try to blast past the reams of SEO and fake reviews to try to find the random users in Reddit and support forums suffering from serious, poorly-documented limitations and awful bugs. In my mind, something must be systemically wrong here.