Jam Tune In Neckband Style Bluetooth Headphones, 9mm Drivers, 12 Hour Playtime, 10 Metre Range, Hands Free Calling, IPX4 Sweat and Rain Resistant Wireless Workout Earbuds - Grey

Tried two pairs and both failed, after a good amount of use, due to bad connectivity on the wiring - if you wiggle the wires the sound comes and goes.

For convenience, it's hard to fault the features that are included on these Jam Bluetooth headphones. It lives up to the 12 hour playing time meaning you can wear these all day and they will never need a charge, the bluetooth range is excellent and I never had any drop-out in sound while moving around within the range. They are comfortable to wear, the design and build is superb and best of all they are wireless, so there's no tangle. The only let down - and it's a big one - is the sound which is at best average.The Bluetooth connection is easily made, the controls are kept simple to an X and an O symbol, easily accessible on the right hand side of the wrap-around neck rest. Short presses raise or lower the sound, longer presses skip tracks forward or back. There's a | in the centre that pauses as well as being the button for setting up Bluetooth connection. Depending on your device/phone, it might take more than one go, but once it's paired it's there. I found the shape of earbuds a little tricky to fit without the right-hand side popping out now and again, and kept changing the size of the buds until I was happy. If you can wedge it to fit within the curve of your ear, not the ear canal, it can sit firmly and comfortably enough.The sound is adequate. It's a little bit boomy, but if you have equaliser functions on your device like the Dolby Digital app, you can improve the dynamic to an almost acceptable level if your listening to rock or popular music. If you are listening to anything with fine detail or reliant on atmosphere, it's not going to sound good at all. There is never a clean, pure natural sound and there are occasional crackles when the drivers can't handle the dynamic range. It's particularly noticeable deep booming electronic sounds, but pops can crop up even in quieter passages for some reason.As long as you are not fussy about audiophile sound.these can still be useful. For convenience, comfort, reliability and battery life, these are great, and tangle-free wireless is definitely the way to go. if you're on the move on a bus or train and want to block out noise, they block outside noise quite well, providing a reasonable sound for music that in most cases is going to be compressed and compromised anyway. That's still not great and it's a pity because these are exceptionally good in all areas except the one that really counts.

The ‘Jam Tune In’ Neckband-style Bluetooth Earphones are a set of wireless earphones specifically designed with people who are out-and-about in mind (such as commuters, joggers, walkers etc)Set up of the earphones is an absolute doddle. Just hold down the Bluetooth button on the earphones’ neckband and then pair it up on your device (on an iPhone go to ‘settings’ then ‘bluetooth’).The flexible neckband slips around your neck, resting in place whilst the earphones extend from the front sides of the neckband, comfortably reaching up to your ear canals.The sound reproduction is pretty good, especially considering the very reasonable pricetag on the earphones. They’re not exactly audiophile quality, in fact far from it, but they do offer an all-round reasonable sound, with some good depth to bass (although not amazing) and not any tininess to be heard.Listening to some good old fashioned Death Metal, the earphones can handle the thundering bassdrum and ponding bass guitar along with the squealing guitars at the same time – although where tracks plummet to far deeper notes (say with some Doom Metal) then you’ll hear a slightly flatter, less bodied bass. There’s not really all that much of a natural warmth to the sound if you’re listening to acoustic tracks or some more slightly atmospheric music. But generally it’s not too bad for when you’re out-and-about and don’t care too much about the quality of the sound.Comfort-wise the earphones feel light and very, comfortable and very easy to wear. The silicone earbuds fit snuggly into your ear canal. When in, the earphones feel secure and unlikely to fall out easily.All in all I’m pretty happy with the earphones and will be wearing them for my daily commute to work when headphones are impracticable.

Good to see a bit of innovation in these earbuds. They are easy to fit because they are based around a loose neckband. The earbuds themselves are on short wires on each side of the neckband, and I found them an immediate secure and neat fit. Of course everyone is different and there are two alternative ear gels supplied (one smaller, one bigger than the standard fit).The controls are basically three buttons on the right side of the neckband. These are volume up, pause, and volume down. Or you can hold down the volume controls for skip forward/back. The pause control is the most complex and also does call control and on/off (if you hold it down).The sound quality is great, clean and precise. Bass is on the light side but quite acceptable.One thing though that lets the headset down is the microphone, which makes you sound quite distant and a bit fuzzy. It works, the people I call can hear me, but I don’t recommend these earbuds if you plan to make lots of calls.The loose neckband thing is a matter of taste. I quite like it, but it is more visible than most earbuds, and if you tuck it inside your collar you won’t be able to reach the controls, so bear that in mind.The neckband does allow for a bigger than average battery. So you get up to 12 hours playtime on one charge.It’s meant to be a good design for workouts and they do seem nice and secure, though maybe headstands and somersaults would be awkward! Fine for running and most training though.No charger is supplied but most people already have plenty of USB chargers.There is a diagram-based leaflet for getting started, or you can download a booklet with words as well. Probably worth it if only for the full table of button functions.Jam Audio is part of FKA Brands, who also do Homedics, Salter Housewares, House of Marley, Jam Audio and Sol Republic.