The jaybird freedoms are a very good pair of earphones. They fit comfortably in the ear and they are light weight. They are sweatproof and last 8 hours. I do like the ear fins as they do make a better fit. The control dongle is a bit on the heavy side but with the ear fins and shirt clip it prevents it from falling to one side. The carry pouch is very convenient. The only negative thing I would have to say about them is the way you charge them. It comes with a little battery pack that you put on the back of the earphones and plug into a micro USB cable into the wall plug. You have to be careful as not to lose them. For you can't charge them without it. Overall a good set of earphones to use on the daily basis. Also you can change the way your music sounds with the jaybird app. It has different presets or you can customize it yourself.

I was a bit unsure about these at first because I've never had any real luck with earbuds staying in my ears while working out. My ears are small and even the smallest tips never work for me. I was pleasantly surprised with the Jaybirds. Not only do they sound great, but they stayed in during my whole workout. I use the foam tips and the wings. They fit great and are very comfortable, and the foam tip really helps to block the outside noise. They do not advertise as noise canceling but they do a pretty good job of it. My only complaint is the battery. It advertises at 8 hours which is not really true. It's really a four hour battery with an adapter than can get you another 4 hours. It weird wearing them with the adapter attached because one side becomes a bit heavier. It wasn't a deal breaker for me, but I think they should rethink that in the next model.

The older versions of these work so much better. Jaybird tried to hard to reinvent the wheel with these newer ones. There's a charging pack that attaches to the earbud loop; which means if you lose that you're screwed. Also it means you have less of a charge available on the earbuds themselves. I really don't want to write an entire negative article, but when I dropped $150 on these and the BB protection plan, I felt like I should be reliving the same experience or better than the last pair of Jaybirds I bought. Since then, I've purchased a $10 pair of Poms. The sound quality on the Poms is less than that of the Jaybirds, but the fit, ruggedness, and utility are far superior. I can live w/o surround sound in the gym.

Reading reviews, I thought the sound quality would be much better. Bass sounds lifeless. Far from a “rich sound” I saw in another review. The little charger thing you have to clip to the unit to charge is a bad idea. I can see people easily misplacing it. Wish you could just plug directly into it, but that would mean the size of the power on and volume unit would need to be thicker. Still, the space saving to me is a design flaw. Doesn’t come with a wall plug; just a short usb cable. On the Pro side: The storage pouch is nice. As long as you keep the charger plug thingy in it? You should be ok. The headphones are light and you can’t feel them on... until they start to hurt your ears. I fixed the discomfort by changing the ear things from what the come with to the smaller size. Decent unit for the $49.99 sale price.

The headphones are light and comfortable with great sound but the battery does not last as long after the first few charges and if the extra battery/charging port is lost or breaks u will no longer be able to use them and very hard to find a replacement charging battery!