David Chiu

This is my 4th bluetooth headset. Three of my old headsets were used as chew toys by my dog. The last one I had I lost somewhere in the office. I decided to get the Aliph Jawbone because of the military-grade DSP processing which helps to filter out background noise.

The idea is that you could be in a moderately noisy environment and the DSP would filter most of the noise so that your voice is loud and clear to the listener and background noise is kept to a minimum. In reality it seems to work pretty well, but it’s weakness is wind. The headset itself is designed pretty slick but it’s big. I guess they needed space to put in that military grade DSP circuitry. But even though it is big, it’s comfortable to wear using the earloop and it doesn’t feel heavy at all. The trick is to realize that the earloop wire bends. I didn’t figure this out right away and always felt like the headset was going to fall off my ear if I moved around too much. But now that I’ve adjusted the earloop wire, it fits perfectly.

The other caveat with the design is that it’s not easy to carry. It’s not the kind of bluetooth headset that you can just stick in your pant pocket without having a weird bulge. I have resorted to storing it in my sunglasses case.

So is it worth the money? Yes, if you can live with it’s size.