Jabra Evolve2 85 MS Stereo USB-A, Black

Me and my Evolve2's have known each other for about 2 years now. Not gonna lie, it hasn't always been easy. You'd think our relationship would be smooth going - I'd put on the headset and it sends sweet sounds into my ears and also makes me sound like a smooth talker with the swing arm mic...while the mic is excellent for calls, everyone hears me clearly, sometimes the switch between laptop and mobile isn't so neatly done. For example, if I'm on a google chat meeting and a call comes in on my mobile device, it'll cut me out of my meeting to prioritize the ringing phone. There's no way to set channel priority. Not cool. As for the sound, I've played around with the EQ settings and the bass is still not that great although it's awesome in the higher ranges. Since this ... MoreMe and my Evolve2's have known each other for about 2 years now. Not gonna lie, it hasn't always been easy. You'd think our relationship would be smooth going - I'd put on the headset and it sends sweet sounds into my ears and also makes me sound like a smooth talker with the swing arm mic...while the mic is excellent for calls, everyone hears me clearly, sometimes the switch between laptop and mobile isn't so neatly done. For example, if I'm on a google chat meeting and a call comes in on my mobile device, it'll cut me out of my meeting to prioritize the ringing phone. There's no way to set channel priority. Not cool. As for the sound, I've played around with the EQ settings and the bass is still not that great although it's awesome in the higher ranges. Since this is an over the ear headset, and has active noise cancelling, I can focus pretty well with them on. Too well actually, others have been able to sneak up on me and scare the daylights out of me so unless I'm peacefully by myself, I tend to half cover my ears so that I can hear who I'm about to counter-attack and also hear myself talking to monitor my speaking volume. Overall, I love this headset but the one thing I wish it would allow me to do is replace the stock ear cushions. The original ear cushions snap off and on and are soft but not cushy so trying to find a 3rd party upgrade hasn't been easy due to fit alone. So after all that I've said, if I can't upgrade it to make them more comfortable, I'm upgrading it altogether. Sorry Evolve2, it was nice to have known ya.

Amazing headset!

All around great headset! Though it is Heavy and I do have issues with Bluetooth connecting sometimes (without the dongle), but that is common with almost any BT Device. Using the dongle in the computer works with ease, and all the functions work as long as you update the dongle and headset with Jabra Direct. Sound quality is great, and ANC/Hear-through features work well if updated. Not sure if it is worth the price, since I didn't pay for it lol.

Comfortable, professional noise-cancelling headset for conference calls and working from home

The two main features that I think a professional would appreciate in this headset are: - Over the ear cups for increased comfort allowing you to wear the headset for a longer period of time. - Noise cancelling microphone blocking out unwanted background noise when on a call. When I was on my Teams and Zoom for work or personal phone calls, the people I was speaking to could not hear my keyboard clicking, or my water running in the sink, or the dishes being done while I was in the kitchen, or my roommates when they were speaking loudly outside of my room. My call partners only heard my voice, and they said my clarity was great! Further, the noise cancelling is good in these headphones, as good as something like AirPod Pros, but probably not as good as the Bose QC 35 ... MoreThe two main features that I think a professional would appreciate in this headset are: - Over the ear cups for increased comfort allowing you to wear the headset for a longer period of time. - Noise cancelling microphone blocking out unwanted background noise when on a call. When I was on my Teams and Zoom for work or personal phone calls, the people I was speaking to could not hear my keyboard clicking, or my water running in the sink, or the dishes being done while I was in the kitchen, or my roommates when they were speaking loudly outside of my room. My call partners only heard my voice, and they said my clarity was great! Further, the noise cancelling is good in these headphones, as good as something like AirPod Pros, but probably not as good as the Bose QC 35 II. So youre going to hear voices fairly easily with these headphones with ANC on, though at a reduced level. Lower level sounds will be cancelled out easily. These headsets are also good for music, though for more instrumental and vocal tracks. These headphones are not great for bass tracks, or tracks that have a very wide range. Its adequate, youll enjoy your music, but theres better out there for that. This headset can be worn for a long period of time once you stretch it out a bit after its first taken out of the box brand new.

Does NOT work well with Windows 11 MS Teams

I purchased this headset because I liked the 75 a lot, that is until I moved to WIndows 11. With WIndows 11, when you move the mic arm up to mute, it also turns off the speaker as well. I saw that the 85 was "certified" to work with MS Teams and paid $576 for it. Sadly, this MS Teams "CERTIFIED" product has the SAME issue!! I hope you like having the mic arm down ALL the time, because it's the same as turning it off while in a MS Teams meeting - you can't hear anything and no one can hear you. My team members said I sounded VERY loud and I switched back to the 75. Perhaps I could have adjusted the output volume in settings, but I didn't bother because of the other issue. It's also feels much heavier than the 75, maybe it's not and it's the very snug fit of it. I ... MoreI purchased this headset because I liked the 75 a lot, that is until I moved to WIndows 11. With WIndows 11, when you move the mic arm up to mute, it also turns off the speaker as well. I saw that the 85 was "certified" to work with MS Teams and paid $576 for it. Sadly, this MS Teams "CERTIFIED" product has the SAME issue!! I hope you like having the mic arm down ALL the time, because it's the same as turning it off while in a MS Teams meeting - you can't hear anything and no one can hear you. My team members said I sounded VERY loud and I switched back to the 75. Perhaps I could have adjusted the output volume in settings, but I didn't bother because of the other issue. It's also feels much heavier than the 75, maybe it's not and it's the very snug fit of it. I have a small head, so not sure how someone with a big head would get along.

Great headset just as the Headset Advisor reviews had said!

I had recently taken a position with a company that uses the MS TEAMS platform for a great deal of their in-house training and meeting sessions as well as lots of conference calls. I could tell very early on that a good headset was going to be very helpful during those office activities. Since I had already owned a set of Jabra earbuds, I was leaning toward the Jabra Evolve2 85 headsets, but given their price tag, I wasn’t comfortable “trying them out” and potentially not finding them adequate for my needs. I did a lot of research on them and in that process I found headset advisor. I watched the review videos and the various comparison videos on the channel and those were what helped me finally to decide to go ahead with my purchase. After receiving them, I used ... MoreI had recently taken a position with a company that uses the MS TEAMS platform for a great deal of their in-house training and meeting sessions as well as lots of conference calls. I could tell very early on that a good headset was going to be very helpful during those office activities. Since I had already owned a set of Jabra earbuds, I was leaning toward the Jabra Evolve2 85 headsets, but given their price tag, I wasn’t comfortable “trying them out” and potentially not finding them adequate for my needs. I did a lot of research on them and in that process I found headset advisor. I watched the review videos and the various comparison videos on the channel and those were what helped me finally to decide to go ahead with my purchase. After receiving them, I used them for the various functions and features they have been designed for and there is no doubt they are likely the best headset around for not only TEAMS activities, but just generally speaking as well! No regrets and I will always recommend them to friends and colleagues.

Jabra Evolve2 85 MS Stereo Headset + Charging Stand, **USB-C**, Black

Excellent headset. Very comfortable with the nicely padded over-the-ear earphones. Excellent ambient noise reduction. Excellent sound quality. Nice unobtrusive fold-up microphone. Great wireless range - I can walk around the office and still communicate by phone or via MS Teams.Much better charging stand than the Jabra Evolve 65, which was fiddly to ensure the headset was connected to the charger.I would definitely buy it again and would definitely recommend these headsets.

Jabra Evolve2 85 MS Stereo Headset + Charging Stand, USB-A, Black

A great product, the MS version seems to have all the functionality of the UC version *plus* MS Teams integration.Two gripes - when answering an MS Teams call on my computer softphone, any media running on the computer continues to play. When answering any other device, it'll automatically pause the media on the computer.Secondly, there's always a 1-2 second fade-in into any sound on the computer, which means that you miss notification sounds (you just get 2 seconds taken out of whatever you were doing on your other device) and the first 2 seconds of your media is lost. Jabra doesn't seem to recognise this issue anywhere, and provides no way to avoid the issue (that I have found, anyway).Don't let it stop you though - everything else is great!

Not bad but has annoying flaws and feels like it was abandoned by Jabra

Things I like:- Busy light indicates when I'm in a call or a meeting so my wife knows not to disturb me.- ANC is good, I had Bose QC35 before and I honestly did not notice a difference.- Retractable mic boom arm. It allows the speech to be a lot clearer than mics in the headphones themselves, plus it allows me to use these headphones outside. I even used them on a plane once and it was a great experience overall.- Hear-through mode is useful, used it a lot during traveling and while working when I need to hear my surroundings.- Sound quality is good.Now the things I don't like:- Mode switching button always cycles ANC / Off / Hear-through. So in order to go from ANC to Hear-through (the most often use case) two button presses are required. I would much ... MoreThings I like:- Busy light indicates when I'm in a call or a meeting so my wife knows not to disturb me.- ANC is good, I had Bose QC35 before and I honestly did not notice a difference.- Retractable mic boom arm. It allows the speech to be a lot clearer than mics in the headphones themselves, plus it allows me to use these headphones outside. I even used them on a plane once and it was a great experience overall.- Hear-through mode is useful, used it a lot during traveling and while working when I need to hear my surroundings.- Sound quality is good.Now the things I don't like:- Mode switching button always cycles ANC / Off / Hear-through. So in order to go from ANC to Hear-through (the most often use case) two button presses are required. I would much rather prefer this to be configurable to remove Off from this list as I never had a use for this mode.- During a call the mode switches to Off automatically so to get ANC back I have to press the mode switch button. Also, during calls the list of modes change to Off / ANC with no Hear-though option. Weird.- iOS app is unreliable. Most of the time it can't detect the headset while it is paired and connected to the phone. All it shows is "Welcome back. Turn on and connect your device."- There is a weird bug when using the headphones with the charging stand. I usually turn the headset off at the end of the day and put them on the stand. When I take them from the stand the next day and turn them on, there is a 50/50 chance they would become unresponsive and won't connect to anything (phone, dongle) unless I power cycle them. It sounds like they go into a weird semi-on state when they will announce "Battery high" immediately after I put them on my head without me even touching the on/off switch. And then when I flick the switch to On I hear "No device connected". I tried several Evolve2 85 headsets on the latest firmware (1.3.8) and all of them exhibit the same issue. It is not consistent so sometimes it only happens once a week - and sometimes it happens every day. Very confusing.- Jabra Link 380 dongle has a very aggressive power-saving feature that switches off audio streaming if it detects silence for more than 1-1.5 seconds, and it takes half a second to wake up after it detects audio again. As a result, any tutorial/video that has silent parts in between sentences becomes very painful to listen to, with constant fade-ins and lost words.- The latest firmware update was in December 17, 2020. It looks like this product was abandoned.

Re: model versions

Since Jabra makes things so hard for vendors and OfficeMax/Depot don't even notice their MANY different skus for these headsets to even bother with a real description. Here's the best I can tell from internet research. According to Jabra directly (see their 'Techsheet' on their website for the Evolve2 85) AND using a cite called PCNation this is what I *THINK* is the correlation. You have 4 parameters to choose from for these headsets 1) MS or UC Certified 2) with Stand or without 3) USB-A dongle or USB-C 4) Black or Beige (beige all sold out at the time of this writing) Below MS is Microsoft Teams certified; UC is UC Certified.OfficeMax 'Manufacturer #' (aka PCN#) - OfficeMax 'item #' - Jabra SKU - Model:1) 7LK721 - 5530054 - 28599-989-899 - Evolve2 85, ... MoreSince Jabra makes things so hard for vendors and OfficeMax/Depot don't even notice their MANY different skus for these headsets to even bother with a real description. Here's the best I can tell from internet research. According to Jabra directly (see their 'Techsheet' on their website for the Evolve2 85) AND using a cite called PCNation this is what I *THINK* is the correlation. You have 4 parameters to choose from for these headsets 1) MS or UC Certified 2) with Stand or without 3) USB-A dongle or USB-C 4) Black or Beige (beige all sold out at the time of this writing) Below MS is Microsoft Teams certified; UC is UC Certified.OfficeMax 'Manufacturer #' (aka PCN#) - OfficeMax 'item #' - Jabra SKU - Model:1) 7LK721 - 5530054 - 28599-989-899 - Evolve2 85, Link380c (USB C) UC Stereo Black;2) 7LK725 - 9768857 - 28599-989-999 - Evolve2 85, Link380a (USB A) UC Stereo Black;3) 7LK723 - 8265639 - 28599-989-989 - Evolve2 85, Link380a (USB A) UC Stereo Desk Stand Black;4) 7LK719 - 4611302 - 28599-989-889 - Evolve2 85, Link380c (USB C) UC Stereo Desk Stand Black;5) 7LK733 - 5532539 - 28599-999-999 - Evolve2 85, Link380a (USB A) MS Stereo Black6) 7LK729 - 8924593 - 28599-999-899 - Evolve2 85, Link380c (USB C) MS Stereo Black7) 7LK727 - 7254357 - 28599-999-889 - Evolve2 85, Link380c (USB C) MS Stereo Desk Stand Black

very mediocre

Expensive headset and figured I would treat myself because so much of my work in on Teams. I used a Jabra evolve 75 until it died and it worked great. This, however, not so much. The fit is poor with the mic running into my face unless I tilt the headset to weird angles. The sound quality of my mic over the dongle is terrible, sounds like I am wearing the mic 6 feet from my head. I am using bluetooth which is working well, but I cannot do that with all the computers I need to use for work. I asked to return and was advised to adjust then hard plastic and nearly immobile mic and to update the firmware on the dongle. The latter is impossible, I am using it on a secure work computer at home and in the office, the bluetooth is disabled on my desktop. All in all, it did ... MoreExpensive headset and figured I would treat myself because so much of my work in on Teams. I used a Jabra evolve 75 until it died and it worked great. This, however, not so much. The fit is poor with the mic running into my face unless I tilt the headset to weird angles. The sound quality of my mic over the dongle is terrible, sounds like I am wearing the mic 6 feet from my head. I am using bluetooth which is working well, but I cannot do that with all the computers I need to use for work. I asked to return and was advised to adjust then hard plastic and nearly immobile mic and to update the firmware on the dongle. The latter is impossible, I am using it on a secure work computer at home and in the office, the bluetooth is disabled on my desktop. All in all, it did not meet my expectations and I am looking to return it and buy a different model.