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LTxda

14th June 2007, 07:11 PM

For those of you that have the Jawbone (www.jawbone.com) you are probably like me and don't like the ear "gel" that comes with it. My personal favorite is the ear gel that comes with the Jabra headsets. Well, take the one that came with the Jawbone off and put the one that came with the Jabra on. It fits great and also allows the sound to channel right to your ear like on the Jabra. I can now say I'm totally happy with my Jawbone. Just needed the right ear gel adapter. Hope this post helps others out there. ;-)

Staroip

23rd June 2007, 02:07 AM

Does Jabra gel fit exact as Jawbone one? I am have same problem as you with Jawbone.

LTxda

23rd June 2007, 02:54 AM

Does Jabra gel fit exact as Jawbone one? I am have same problem as you with Jawbone.

It fits very snug and doesn't "rotate" like the stock one that comes with the jawbone but it fits. I went to Jabra's website and ordered a pack of gels just for my Jawbone. :-)

If you're concerned and you have a buddy with a Jabra. Borrow one of the ear gels that he's not using and give it a try for yourself. I think you'll be happy with the results. I've already gotten replies from others that have tried this and everyone that has tried it is happy with the results. One of my buddies even uses his Jawbone without the wire that goes behind the ear. His stays in his ear without the wire since he's put on the Jabra ear gel.

victoradjei

23rd June 2007, 07:12 AM

Interesting :p And I gave out my jabra :(

LTxda

23rd June 2007, 07:28 AM

Interesting :p And I gave out my jabra :(

You can order a kit of the gels from www.jabra.com, they are cheap. I ordered two sets to have spares.

Staroip

23rd June 2007, 08:02 AM

http://www.jabra.com/Sites/Jabra/NA-US/pages/Search.aspx?k=Gels

Do you have the model number of Gels you ordered?

I searched on Jabra with Gels or miniGels and their site shows nothing.

LTxda

23rd June 2007, 02:57 PM

http://www.jabra.com/Sites/Jabra/NA-US/pages/Search.aspx?k=Gels

Do you have the model number of Gels you ordered?

I searched on Jabra with Gels or miniGels and their site shows nothing.

This is weird. I ordered them directly from the website but now i can't find them. I have to head out for a little while but I'll search again when I get back and try to get you the part numbers. Damn Jabra keeps changing their website. Leave it along JABRA...leave it alone! LOL

L8r

LTxda

24th June 2007, 05:04 PM

I found my order. The item number, description and price are as follow:

13059, Jabra MiniGels, $5.50

Hope this helps. Not sure why I could no longer find it on the site but I purchased it directly from Jabra. I ordered two kits for myself.

Just looked over the invoice. Jabra is using Hellodirect.com for their sales site. I just checked Hellodirect.com and they are there. Just go to the site and do a search for the item number 13059. The page will come up for you.

Staroip

25th June 2007, 05:04 PM

ltxda,

Thanks a lot.
I will check it out today.

victoradjei

27th June 2007, 10:23 AM

This is a link I found in Netherlands as the other one provided by ltxda would not ship outside the US ;)

http://www.headsetwinkel.nl/products/bluetooth-headsets/jabra/jabra-accessoires/jabra-eargel-oordopjes.htm

LTxda

27th June 2007, 03:06 PM

Pantaloonie

9th July 2007, 03:02 PM

Are they the same as these ones on ebay uk?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-X-EAR-GELS-EARGEL-EARGELS-FOR-JABRA-BT250V-BT500V-UK_W0QQitemZ160134781480QQihZ006QQcategoryZ80085QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

LTxda

9th July 2007, 05:38 PM

Pantaloonie

9th July 2007, 06:08 PM

I've ordered them, just in case...
But I find the Jawbone fits comfortably with the oval shaped gel supplied, and stays in my ear without using the earloop.
I'm liking it so far.

robeerski

13th October 2008, 06:09 PM

I just purchased a new Jawbone and I too think the ear gels supplied from Jawbone are horrible. My problem is not comfort, it is that these ear gels do not seal off the ear very well and let in a lot of ambient noise. It works fine in a quite room but add some ambient noise and it becomes very hard to hear. I have a Jabra and I tried the ear gels from it and I could not get the Jabra ear gels to fit at all. I think it is because the Jabra's speaker faces 90 degrees different then the one on the Jawbone. I need an ear gel the faces directly into my ear, not sideways. Maybe the Jabra gel works great for some people but everyone's ears must be different. I tried something else that worked great for me.

I took off the supplied ear gel and bought some heat shrink tubing. I cut off a fairly short piece and fitted it over ear piece where the original gel should go. After heat shrinking the tube using a lighter, I ended up with a fairly small diameter tube coming directly out of the Jawbone speaker. This ended up small enough that I was able to slide the old ear gel right over the top of the shrunk tube. The tube now coming off of the jawbone speaker is a similar size to the one found on many of today's in ear headphones. I ended up taking one of the gels off of a set of headphones made by skull candy and slid it over this new tube. Now I have an ear gel that fits very snug into my ear canal and does a great job of eliminating ambient noise. It does not come off the Jawbone at a right angle like the Jabra gels do. I love the way it fits and I can wear it all day.