I don’t get why this product appears to have been discontinued. It has far exceeded my expectations so far. I’ve had them for 10 days now. I lost count of how many hours I got on my first full charge, but it was easily 20hrs. This was using the volume at about 80% and using ANC the entire time.
I bought them because I was having trouble finding regular bluetooth ANC buds that the mic could still be heard inside my full-face motorcycle helmet.
With these Jlabs, I can just tuck the mic into the front of my helmet. I was able to initiate voice assistant via the neck back and give verbal commands and highway speed… with my helmet shield up too! I was also able to make phone calls. The person on the other end said they could hear the wind, but it was tolerable for short conversations.
The ANC works better than I expected. It knocks out most of my helmet wind noise so that I can hear podcasts. These are fairly loud too. In the helmet on the highway, I have the volume at 100%, but walking around I back it back down to about 70%.
I tried 3 other brands that were all returned. The others were great for music, but fell short either on battery life and/or the mic made you sound like you were in a tin can on phone calls.
I wish they were USB-C charged, but for what I paid… I’m 100% satisfied. I’m tempted to buy a second pair since they’re discontinued and the manufacturer doesn’t have any others like them.
The Jlab app that’s mentioned in the manual doesn’t support these. I’m guessing that’s because they’ve been discontinued. I thought that was unfortunate that I can’t adjust the EQ, but honestly… the EQ is pretty much spot-on for me right out of the box. The other buds I tried needed a different EQ for different kinds of music, and a different EQ for podcasts. But, these Jlabs sound good for all types of music I’ve tried AND podcasts. No need for adjustment IMO.
These are PERFECT for those wanting buds to use inside a helmet… and pretty much everyone else too.
