Jabra Cruiser Bluetooth Visor Car Kit
Posted by Notcot on May 3, 2010 in In-Car Technology |
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The Jabra Cruiser is the dogs bollox.
I’m one of those folks with a car that’s got its radio hidden away with only a remote and a joystick sticking out for operation, not option to connect any kind of external player (or phone) to it.
I’ve had an FM transmitter before but it would always fail if strong radio stations are around, also it would mean that i’d still be using the phone’s microphones which were quite a bit away from me and everything but noise cancelling.
The Jabra cruiser on its own has very clear sound, the speaker is loud enough to hear the other party at more than 80 miles which is sufficient, when using the FM transmitter, the sound over the car stereo is really good (for calls) and when playing music pretty satisfactory (Bluetooth has limited bandwidth hence the sound being a bit off, but still very good!) – sofar no radio station has been able to get “over” the jabra even if I’m using an actual radio frequency (88.9 of Radio2) it still works superb.
The jabra cruiser also sends an RDS name (“Cruiser”) over FM which is a nice touch, I hated seeing the actual frequency on the radio, looks old-style…
For testing I left a lengthy voicemail for myself to listen and check – at any speed I couldn’t hear any background noise from driving, though if there’s too much noise like when opening a window, the noisecancelling plays tricks with the voice but then again, at that point I wouldn’t have heard anything myself in the car anymore anyways.
I can strongly recommend it to anyone, well worth the money.
Now i just have to find more time to spend in the car driving and listening music
Rating: 5 / 5
Upgraded from the Jabra SP5050, which I have used for years successfully and with pretty good sound quality.
The Jabra Cruiser is OK. They have improved the speaker volume, but this is at a cost to sound quality. The sound is now more harsh but usable. By putting through the stereo so I can improve the quality and hear better.
The real issue is for the caller. Although the cruiser has two mics the caller cannot hear me very well and they all complain that my voice is broken. This is to the point that it become near impossible to have a two way conversation. I’m thinking of switching back to the SP5050.
The ability to listen to my music from the phone through the car stereo is novel and I can see some use, because the stereo can only hold 6CDs and my phone has significantly more. Of course to control the music that is being played you need to do it via the phone.
Jabra really need to sort out the mic on this model to make it useable. Rather disappointing.
Rating: 2 / 5
Some interference with FM radio makes the usage unpleasant. I am not much satisfied with this product.
Rating: 2 / 5
Very easy to set up and use,sound quality is very good and sounds quite well when tuned into yor car stereo, looks more expensive than it actually was and good build quality.
Rating: 4 / 5
My husband is happy with the Jabra Cruiser, it was easy to set up and works efficiently. It does the job better than others we have tried and it is possible to have a conversation over the noise of the van.
It would have had 5 stars if it also had a display showing who was calling, other than that it is excellent and simple to use.
Rating: 4 / 5