Jaybird - Vista 2 True Wireless Noise Cancelling In-Ear Headphones - Black

I absolutely loved the Jaybird Vista first gen. The sound is great and the app works well to equalize the profile the way you want. I've never once had these fall out during any of my runs or workouts. My 2 star deduction is because the battery life is atrocious. The buds die even when not in use. I find myself charging them every 3-4 days with only ~5 hours of use. I've tried everything to increase battery life, but to no avail. It is probably something that can be fixed with an update, but this has not happened yet.

IEasy return on these. ISsue updating software. Issue with left earbud dropping connection, high wind noise & bad call quality, delay in connection when switching from youtube app to music app. Nice fit, buds stay put, sound is nice with nice bass and clear high & lows, light weight, good battery life. Soundcor or Jabra over these in this price range. Not recommended.

I have owned most Jaybirds headphones and only returned the original Runs and these. I do like the Vista 2’s but I couldn’t get them to charge wirelessly. I charge my iPhone and gaming headphones with no issues. I got them to charge via cable which worked but I wanted to charge them wirelessly. App DL’d and update done. Sound was great, not the new Sony’s level but plenty for working out. Button functionality was top notch. Also once I figured out how to turn off the noise canceling, all was well in the universe (and I don’t mean activating the passive noise, I mean turning off all mic assist). Lastly, these headphones disconnected while running almost every run. Not a hard fix but it takes me out of the run for but while I get the headphones working again (I workout 12-15 hours a week). I really think I got a bad egg and I’m willing to give them another shot but maybe in 6 months and a few updates. I’m testing the new Sony’s true wireless xm4’s for now and have been great.

I've used Jaybirds for many years and the Vista 2 are the best so far, particularly for me as a trail runner. They don't move, no matter what you are doing on the trails or the amount of sweat/rain. Sound quality is also excellent. I personally don't care about noise cancelling but it's there.

I haven't decided yet if I'll keep them. The only reason I would is the fit and how well they stay put. Cons: The Jaybird app doesn't let you change button settings for phone calls separate from music. Manual clearly states you can customize button for phone use but app only shows 1 set of options. Jabra definitely allows you to create phone settings as well as music and I attached screenshots. The phone call quality is lacking for a $200 pair of ear buds. I'm not talking about carrier quality. The calls always sound dull/lifeless if that makes sense. Maybe if they allowed separate EQ settings for phone calls, this would help. My iphone will show 3 separate bluetooth connections for the 1 pair of earbuds. I'm told this is because each earbud and caae have independent signals... but you don't accept 3 different bluetooth connections so why do 3 have to show up? Just confusing and I've never had a bluetooth product show multiple connections for 1 product. I'm losing ability to hear through 1 ear bud if I text someone. Not sure why. Charge light stops flashing when wireless charging on Apple Magsafe charger, which is compatible with Qi charging. It should either flash for charging or solid light for charged based on manual.

Love Kay it’s and this is still a great product. Saying that, the noise cancellation and surround sense is not on par with most other bids. They come about the same price as vista original. Actually I think the original have better noise cancellation in relation to. At the moment they both are the same price. I enjoy the open ability that they hold to try surround sense. Vistas are still top of my choice and very little opposition in lieu of sweat proof.

These are some really nice earbuds. I am a small woman and have small ears. I always have an issue with earbuds really hurting my ears, not fitting or falling out and generally being too big for my ears. These fit nicely and seem to stay in my ears well. I haven't used them at the gym yet so I'm not sure if they'll hold up to that. There are 3 sizes of earbuds adapters to allow you to choose the right fit. You want the fit to be snug to give you the best sound and fit but not so tight as they hurt your ears. Out of the box, I liked how small the charging case was compared to the pair I use currently. They have a matte finish and the outside where you press for the controls feels like speaker fabric. You can customize what the controls do for each earbuds, which is a super nice feature. As I opened the case, they immediately started the process to connect with my phone, which was right next to me. The process was easy, which is great because some things I've tried to Bluetooth to can be trying. The app is very intuitive. One thing that always drives me nuts with earbuds is that when I run, walk, chew, etc, the sound really amplifies into my ear. I don't want to hear myself, I want to hear my music. These earbuds have a setting called Surround Sense. It lets the ambient noise in. When I used this setting, I didn't hear myself but I could tell what was going on around me without it overpowering the audio. This is great for times when you are out in public. There is also a setting called Active Noise Canceling or ANC. This setting gives you the noise canceling that is so great when you just want to lose yourself in the audio. These earbuds have 8 preset sound settings. With these, the equalizer levels are preset to various preferred settings. You can adjust the different levels in those presets to fine tune them to what you like or you can create your own presets. This is a great feature because none of the presets were quite right for me but they were easily tweaked. These earbuds are rated IP68 waterproof rating but they aren't to use for swimming or bathing. I would recommend these earbuds. I'm not sure that they are worth the selling price but that is the going price for higher end earbuds.

My current set of earbuds is the jabra 75t. So my review will be a short comparison of the 2 because they also, are very close in price and features. Fit. The Vista 2 fit my ears better. I think the fins help this. When I'm at the gym, I will have to adjust my jabra's a few times, never had to do this with the Vista. Always stayed in place. Both where light and comfortable as well. The case on both are a good size, but the Vista 2's case was a tad smaller and the exterior felt better. The Jabra's case was thicker and smoother so you didn't always feel like you had a good grip on it. The Vista's case was easier and more comfortable in my jean pocket and my fanny pack. It had a better grip as well. Looks. They both come in different colors, but I don't care about those things. The jabra's are bit smaller and because of the shape looks better and less noticeable imo. The Vista 2 protrudes out more. Function. Both have pus button controls but the Vista 2 has a light double tap features which switches the anc and the hear through feature which was great. The Vista 2 buttons also was easier to push and felt a lot nicer. Both had similar controls except, with the vista 2, you have only an option of volume up/down as one of the controls or pulling up Google assistance. You can't do both. That was a real bummer. On the jabra you can have volume and google assistance. ANC. Both did a good job. Not Bose level, but enough, where I didn't have to turn the volume to max at the gym. Call sounds. The call sounds on both where good, but the jabra did a better job of canceling background noise. This was from the person on the other line. I had no issues speaking or hearing them on either set of earbuds. App. The Vista 2's app wins this easily. The app was easy to navigate and had many more features than the jabra's. The most important being the eq feature. The many presets available to the customization makes it just kills the jabra. Sound. Here is where the Vista loses me. The sounds on the vista is at best average. Nothing exciting. It just sounds average. The Jabra, with it's perfect, imo, bass levels and highs, was just so much better. When I'm working out, I listen to every genre of music, and certain songs has a point. A point that makes you feel alive. Be it when the bass hits on electronic dance or hip hop. Or the symbols on a classical song, a high note by an opera singer. It just makes you feel good. The Vista 2 never gave me this on any song. It never made my head bob up and down. LOL. So for me, I will continue to use my Jabra 75t. Although the Vista 2's did many things better, the sound quality was just not there. Especially at this level.