Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great sounds quality. Sits well in ear. Some time needed to adjust sound quality to your preferences but all the options are there to get a great sound. The surround sense is also very helpful and effective.

My son really likes it! We didn’t expect the ANC to be great. It’s enough for the gym. I have the original. My Bose Sound Sport Free are the most comfortable ear buds. These are not as comfortable but they are not bad. If the Bose are a 10, I give these a solid 7.5

Great sounding true wireless buds. Fit well and stay put during exercise or activity. The noise canceling is minimal. Can tell that it is working but doesn’t block out much more than the vista’s did with just the passive fit.

Hands down best headphones you can buy for working out! Great fit, great quality, best sound. I've tried all the popular earbuds, (galaxy buds, ear pods) these blow them away! Trust me, you won't be disappointed!

For the money these are the best sounding greatest volume and quality subwoofer sounding earbuds that you can buy especially for exercising. The only downside that I’ve seen is that the range between your earbuds and your music source is very limited.

Still in the fence about this version. I had the previous version for 2 years and started having issues with it. I exchanged it under the warranty and got this newer model, but having connectivity issues sometimes.

I was happy with everything about theses earbuds but one thing, and had to return them because of this one thing. There's what I believe is a software glitch. The previous models did not have this problem, but I now know many people are having the same problems as I had. The earbuds don't always respond to the buttons commands and are very inconsistent. Also when you switch between apps on your phone, sounds will sometimes not work. Video and audio players will show playing, but sound will not be coming from the earbuds. If you close out the apps, or disconnect and reconnect the earbuds sound will start back again. I could not live with this. Someone walks up to you, so you push the pause button, then you push play and the player is playing, but no sound. You push the buttons again and sometimes the sound comes back and sometimes it doesn't. Close the app and it starts working again. 5 other headphones work perfectly for me, but not jaybirds. My friends had the same problems. Because others were having the same problems, i returned a d got jabra 7 active and they are great, and I was told by several other people that they could hear me a lot better with the jabra, over the jaybirds. I have lg, and bose as well, and right now jabra are the best over all. My my lg are better for talking on in an office environment or in my shop. My jabra are best for working out, running, and biking, and bose have the best music sound, but are too big for most task that I do. Reason I wanted the jaybirds were for the water and dust resistant, but I believe this comes with a cost of less talking quality. But, the deal killer was jaybirds were so unreliable, and I don't have time for that.

I have purchased or received as gifts at least 20 pairs of earbuds in the past 3 years. Wired, Bluetooth, and Truly Wireless models, a good mix of each. I like earbuds, and I’m always looking for my next go-to model. I have owned other Jaybird earbuds, but none have ever risen to being a favorite. Either I disliked the controls, or the ear fit and sound quality weren’t to my liking. These are important issues for me, and ultimately play a big role in how I rate them. Battery: These buds have 24 hours of battery time. This isn’t class-leading by any means, but it is perfectly fine for me. I rarely use buds for more than a couple of hours at a time, so it’s not a fail-test for me. The 24 hours consists of 8 hrs for the earbuds and 16 hours for the case. Quick-Charge: You can get 1 hour of play time with a 5-minute charge. A full charge can take up to 2 hours. Charging: You can charge using a wall charger and the included USB-C charging cable. It also supports QI Wireless Charging. I successfully charged the Jaybird using my Samsung S20 Ultra, by the way, so that does work. I have a Otterbox case on my phone, so the trick is to find the sweet spot on the back of the phone for the QI charging to begin. Ear tips: The earbuds come with medium ear-tips w/wings installed. A pair of larger ear-tips w/wings are included, as well as another set of medium ear-tips wo/wings. Charging Case: The case comes with an attached Lanyard, which is nice. You could loop the lanyard around a keyring for safe keeping, or hang the case and buds in your close, or perhaps slip your belt through the loop. Color me uneducated on this point. The top of the charging case is kept closed by powerful magnets. I had to give the top a good tug to get it opened. Once it was, both earbuds were solidly secure by strong magnets just like the case. There is a pairing/status button right between the two buds for easy access. By status, press the button one time and it’ll illuminate three LEDs showing the battery status of both earbuds and the case. Pairing: This is a simple task. Open the case (leaving the buds in place), then press down on the button and hold until the outside LED begins flashing. Then, using the device you want to pair to, open Bluetooth on the device to select Jaybird Vista 2. IP68 Rated: These buds are IP68 waterproof with military-grade construction, and an IP54 weatherproof rating for the charging case. ANC: Jaybird has 3 ANC modes. Mode 1 is ANC, which is their full ANC implementation. Mode 2 is what they call SurroundSense. Per their documentation, this mode amplifies ambient sound for safety. Mode 3 is Off, which turns off any implementation of ANC and SurroundSense. Thus, you will not readily hear any ambient sounds either. Phone calls: There are 4 mics with WindDefense fabric for high quality calls. Jaybird App: This is a comprehensive app that lets you control numerous aspects of your experience. Here are some notable features: • ANC: As noted above, the app lets you decide if you want ANC full-on, full-off, or if you want to have SurroundSense turned on so you can hear ambient noises. If you’re jogging, for example, for safety’s sake you might want to have the SurroundSense turned on so you can more easily hear what is going on around you – like car or foot traffic. The app has a slide bar adjustment to allow you to specify how much ambient noise you want to seep in. I found that I preferred this at a lesser volume because it sounded more natural to me. As I increased the ambient noise, outside noises seemed to have a shrill to them that I found uncomfortable. The app has checkboxes for ANC/SurroundSense that are turned on by default. These cannot be changed. A third checkboxes allows you to turn off ANC entirely. This shows as “OFF”. To change how ANC is working on your buds, Dbl-tap twice to toggle from ANC to SurroundSense, to OFF (if you have Off enabled). There are also options to customize how you want the buds to deal with wind filtering. • PRESETS (Equalizer): The app offers a good number of presets for your enjoying pleasure. Select one and you are set to go. Not enough highs or bass, then look for another present that addresses this. Or create your own preset and customize it exactly to fit your needs. There is a Discover option that has gobs of presets based on other people’s preferences. Or select presets based on Genres: R&B, Jazz, Rock, Pop, and more. • BUTTON CONTROL: The app allows you to customize how the earbuds will react when tapped or pressed (see below). Here is how they are set up out of the box: Left & Right Earbuds: - Single Press: 1) Play/Pause, 2) Next Song, 3) Previous Song (#1 on both left and right buds) - Double Press: 1) Play/Pause, 2) Next Song, 3) Previous Song, 4) Sound Mgmt Switch (#2 on the right bud and #3 on the left bud. - Double Tap: 1) Play/Pause, 2) Next Song, 3) Previous Song, 4) Sound Mgmt Switch, 5) Disabled. (#4 on both left and right buds) - Press and Hold: 1) Google Assistant, 2) Volume Control, 3) Power Off/On, 4) Disabled (#2 volume down on left bud and #2 volume up on the right bud) Let me explain my tapped vs pressed comment. “Pressing” an earbud means that you are physically pressing the outside of an earbud until you hear a click. A single-press means that you will only press one time. A double-press means you will press the outside of an earbud twice, thus hearing two clicks. When you “Tap” an earbud, you superficially touch the outside of a bud without pressing it. Both buds are configured so that dbl-tapping either bud will activate the Sound Mgmt Switch, and as such will toggle you through ANC, SurroundSense, and Off modes. My Conclusions: So, how do I like these buds? I marginally like them. The buds are solid feeling. And the Jaybird app has a ton of built-in features. However, after using the Active 2 for a while, I don’t think they’ll ever rise to being one of my go-to favorites. Here are some of my biggest gripes: 1. Ear-tips: I don’t care which ear-tips I used, they all hurt my ears. The only way to stop that from happening was to pull the buds slightly out from my ear canals which, obviously, defeats the whole purpose of ANC. At best, I never found a happy medium. 2. Their implementation of ANC is marginal at best. Full-on ANC (with the buds properly seated) still lets noise in. I tested this extensively both outside on a walk/run and on my treadmill. I found it quite distracting. When dbl-tapping through the ANC modes, I regularly had to go to the Jaybird App to see what mode it was in. I shouldn’t have to do that; it should be intuitively obvious. 3. Pressing versus Tapping. Tapping is not an issue at all. However, with the earbuds already feeling tight inside my ears, Pressing the buds just jams them deeper into the ear canal. So, if I’m increasing or decreasing volume – which requires you to Press and Hold – I had to follow each volume change by pulling the buds away from the affected ear and reseating it. On the plus side, I like the following: 1. The case and earbuds are solidly secured by magnets. If you dropped the case, I doubt you would ever find the buds falling out. 2. Pairing was easily accomplished 3. The app offers many preconfigured equalizer presets, which means that you won’t have to create your own preset if you don’t want to. 4. The music quality was okay, although not exceptional. 5. The buds stayed in my ears even when jogging In the end, sound quality, ANC, and fit all played a big role in my final rating. The uncomfortable fit could not be overcome. Ear pressure was such that I didn’t want them in my ears after just 30 minutes. The equalizer is a nice feature, although even with it – not all earbuds let you tweak the sound – music lacked the quality I prefer. And lastly, I thought the ANC was subpar on many levels. If you are a Jaybird fan, these might be exactly what you’re looking for. But for a bit more money, you could get some industry-leading, high-quality earbuds. As such, I wanted to give them a 3.5-star rating, but will make it a 4-star rating because of all the features they built it.

We have a lot of headphones in our house, including over-the-ear sets from Sony and Bose and earbuds from Bose, Jabra, Sony, AUSounds, LG, JVC, and JLAB. For highly portable music or hanging around the house, these are now my go-to set. Ruggedly built and with IP68 certification, these buds are waterproof up to 1.5 meters as well as dust and dirt proof. They are also MIL-STD 810G compliant for shock, freeze, or drop resistance. Even the magnetic close case is IPX5 resistant to low-pressure water spray. You have to try pretty hard to damage these earbuds. The earbuds are reasonably if not fashionably slim, and they avoid the icicle shape that looks like something dripping from your ear. With eight hours of charge in the buds and another 16 hours from the case, they’ll run for a long time without issue. A fast charge of five minutes gives an hour of listening time in a pinch. And about that case – it’s easily the smallest bud case I own and well designed to fit into a pocket or attach to a bag with the incorporated lanyard. With three included silicone cases, fit should be easy. I have somewhat small ear canals, but the medium size fit perfectly. The attached fins on the medium and large earpieces help them stay in place even while exercising. I found them quite comfortable for extended wear, and they never budged no matter how much I moved. Incidental to this, earbuds with automatic pause are frequently too sensitive, pausing the music if you reach down for something or move your head suddenly. These are just about perfect, sensing that you have removed the buds very accurately. For me, the most important part of any headset is the sound, and the Jaybirds are remarkable. Clear and balanced, with great dynamic range, the sound is up there with my Bose and Jabra true wireless sets. There are no dead spots or dropouts. Highs are crisp, mids are balanced, and the bass is appropriately solid without any artificial thump. The Jaybirds provide beautiful audio from Joe Williams to Glenn Gould to King Crimson. The app is very well-designed and useful, allowing you to customize the equalization not just vertically (volume) but horizontally (frequency and range controlled). There is also a Jaybird community for the Vistas which allows you to download presets that others, from everyday listeners by genre to professionals, have created. This saved me a lot of time finding a starting point for the adjustments that worked for my ears and environment. If you want digital help, an assistant in the app will analyze your hearing and make recommendations. The ANC works, as in there is a distinct difference between when it is on versus off, and it even has that slightly disconnected feeling you get from better ANC sets. It is a couple of notches below the Sony and Bose noise cancellations, and for this reason I’ll stick with a larger headset when I fly. Calls are clear, with a couple of quirks. The Bluetooth range for the microphone is surprisingly finicky. Callers could hear me clearly so long as the phone was in my front pocket or hand, but in my hip pocket my voice became garbled. Call audio was clear for me, except it sometimes did a phase-shift sound and switched between buds, and once went from stereo to left bud only and would not switch back. If you decide to ditch the buds and speak into the phone directly be prepared to either put them back in the case or leave them on the ground, as they are very aggressive about taking over control of your audio. While these work for me in a pinch, I’ll stick with my Jabra or Bose sets if I’m only planning on making calls. There are a number of outstanding true wireless earbuds in this price range, and the ones you end up with will be to some extent a matter of how you use them. If you value the ability to be very active, are looking for outstanding sound, and need a comfortable fit, then these should be at the top of your list.

Really good wireless headphones!! Noise canceling works well they give you different sizes to fit in your ear. They stay pretty well in the ear while riding ,out doing yard work etc..

Love these headphones, I have been using them for over a year and I love that I can put the case in my front pocket throw in the headphones and just walk about the town or lesion to music in my office. With the app I was able to create a custom EQ so that I have the best sound quality I have found in a headphone. The noise cancelling is pretty awesome as well I have stood in high noise areas like a subway and with the noise cancelling on, I was able to lessen the podcast at a low volume even though I only had one in.

Use these headphone primarily for running. They are comfortable, connect quickly to my iPhone; have good sound and great battery life.

This is the 4th pair of Jaybird ear buds I’ve owned. Still using my X4s. Decided to try the Vista 2 model since the price has dropped so dramatically since they were released. I did see that some people were complaining about the Vista 2s losing Bluetooth connection. I have had this happen once in the almost month I’ve owned them. I’m hoping this is not a regular occurrence. One reason I continue to support Jaybird is their app and how it allows you to change the sound of their earbuds. Barring anymore issues of connectivity, I recommend the Vista 2s.

Had powerbeats pro, these are 100x better in every way. These have no connection issues, better battery, smaller profile, charge faster, and sound so much better. I use with a pixel 5.

The Vista 2 was made for outdoors. With IP68 dust and water/sweat protection along with a MIL-STD 810G freeze, shock, and impact resistance rating, Jaybird made sure they’re ready for your next workout or adventure. Even the charging case has some toughness to it. Not only did Jaybird make them tough, they also made sure to give it a long endurance battery that is rated up to 8hrs of playback (having ANC on will have a bigger impact on battery life). If you’re in need of a quick boost a 5-minute charge will give you an hour of playback. The charging case provides an additional 16hrs of playback, for a total of 24hrs. Charging can be done via USB C or wireless. Setting them up at first was a hassle (Galaxy Note 20 Ultra). As soon as you open them, they go into pairing mode. My phone was able to see them right away and asked if I wanted to connect them and download the Jaybird app. One annoying part is that everyone got the same message on their phones and kept popping up on them until I was able to pair them to my phone. I was having issues getting them to pair even after I reset them a couple of times. Even the app itself was not able to successfully pair to them. Only after I uninstalled the app was I able to successfully pair them. My recommendation is to pair them first to your phone and then download the app. The app does offer plenty of extra features like user-created equalizer settings, the ability to find your earbuds, battery life status for the earbuds and case, and firmware updates. I was able to log in to my Jaybird app to find some of my previous equalizer settings from my Tarah Pro earbuds. One feature I love about Jaybird is the infinite number of equalizers available to you via the Jaybird app. I like how you’re able to share your equalizer settings and download from other users. It’s definitely worthwhile to create an account to store your custom settings and it’s free to do. With the wing setup not only are the Vista 2 comfortable enough to wear for an extended period of time, but they do an excellent job of staying in place without discomfort. Jaybird does provide additional sizes to accommodate most ears. The audio quality was excellent. It has a nice crisp sound to it, accompanied by a punchy bass. Vocals are sharp and do a good job with the mids without having the bass taking over the sound. Mic performed well with my test call. No complaints from the other end. Even on a day with a small breeze, the caller was able to hear me loud and clear. The ANC performance was good. It did a good job of cutting down background noise for the most part. It’s not 100% silent but in the end, I was satisfied with the results. If you’re hoping for a complete silence you might end up being disappointed. The surround sense feature allows you to hear your surroundings while still being able to hear your music. A must-have feature for your morning jogs or hiking trails. Overall, the Jaybird Vista 2 offers plenty of features and audio that is good to compete with earbuds around this price range. If you’re the type of person who puts their headphones through their paces the Jaybird Vista 2 are ready for that challenge. “Reviewers in this invitation-only program are provided products for the purpose of writing honest, unbiased reviews.

They sound good but they fit great and that is most important to me they don't feel like they are falling out. I think the samsung pro sound better but the fitment sucks.

My husband loves them. He sweats a lot when he runs and he thought that would be a problem with sound or staying in place but no, they are great.

The best for good quality sound and noise cancellation. I use these daily when working as a contractor. They help protect my ears and deliver great sound for music and podcast!

OUTSTANDING sound, love the case that recharges my buds, and love how I can easily switch between devices. I ran a half marathon in them and they stayed put.

I am happy with these earbuds. They have noise canceling which is very useful. Also a very good battery life and a short charge will add listening time quickly