I was concerned about the device falling out of my ear, so I tried it first with the earhook, which turned out to be painful. Its placement doesn’t work with the shape of my ear. Also, the ear hook, although flexible, appears to be a bit fragile at the end that connects to the device, and you can’t reshape it to fit properly on your ear. It’s pretty much a one-shape-fits-all. However, with the correct earbud, it stays put just fine.

When driving, it really cuts out the background noise. I’ve asked the people I’ve spoken with while driving, and they unanimously said the audio was clear, and they couldn’t tell I was in my car.

I charged it fully the day I got it, and I’m still on the initial charge with about 4 hours of talk time remaining. What’s nice is that I can push the button to hear how much time I have left.

I’m still trying to find the right tap-tap interval for answering and hanging up on calls, although I must say it’s much more convenient than grabbing my phone to answer, or trying to locate the button. If you’re used to clicking a button on your earphone to answer, you’ll quickly discover that sends the caller to voicemail, which is actually a nice feature.

I haven’t fully tested the range, but have been able to answer from the next room, with no loss of quality.

BTW: The box in the video is very different from the one my ERA was packaged in.

I was concerned about the device falling out of my ear, so I tried it first with the earhook, which turned out to be painful. Its placement doesn’t work with the shape of my ear. Also, the ear hook, although flexible, appears to be a bit fragile at the end that connects to the device, and you can’t reshape it to fit properly on your ear. It’s pretty much a one-shape-fits-all. However, with the correct earbud, it stays put just fine.

When driving, it really cuts out the background noise. I’ve asked the people I’ve spoken with while driving, and they unanimously said the audio was clear, and they couldn’t tell I was in my car.

I charged it fully the day I got it, and I’m still on the initial charge with about 4 hours of talk time remaining. What’s nice is that I can push the button to hear how much time I have left.

I’m still trying to find the right tap-tap interval for answering and hanging up on calls, although I must say it’s much more convenient than grabbing my phone to answer, or trying to locate the button. If you’re used to clicking a button on your earphone to answer, you’ll quickly discover that sends the caller to voicemail, which is actually a nice feature.

I haven’t fully tested the range, but have been able to answer from the next room, with no loss of quality.

BTW: The box in the video is very different from the one my ERA was packaged in.

You blew it with the unboxing, as Jawbone designed it so that you would stand the box up properly (brown part on bottom), and then pull the top part of the box straight up so that the inner side flaps would drop down simultaneously, ultimately revealing the new Jawbone Era. The box designer must have fallen off his chair if he watched this.

I appreciate your thoroughness, as other said, we can all read the specs. We want to know how it works and looks in actual use. THAT’s a “review”