Jabra Sport Pulse Wireless Review
While activity trackers are becoming readily available, heart rate monitors remain relatively rare, and seeing a solid monitor built into a $199.99 pair of wireless earphones is impressive. Jabra managed to pull this off with the Sport Pulse Wireless, a pair of Bluetooth earphones that lets you craft your ideal workouts and make sure you reach the heart rate you want for the best results. Unfortunately, the Sport Pulse Wireless forgets the most important part of any earphones: how they sound. They aren't terrible by any means, but they don't sound remotely close to what a $200 set of earphones should. Unless an integrated heart rate monitor is so important that you can overlook mediocre audio performance, you would likely be better off with a less expensive, better-sounding pair like the Plantronics BackBeat Fit ($69.95 at Amazon) or BackBeat Go 2 ($28.99 at Amazon) and a standalone heart rate monitor like the MIO Link.
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Jabra can't make up for mediocre sound performance, even with the unique, handy heart rate monitor built into its gym-friendly Sports Pulse Wireless Bluetooth earphones.
Heart rate monitor is functional; App offers useful features for workouts
Sound profile lacks a sense of warmth or bass presence; Short battery life