Customer Ratings & Reviews

These earbuds do not sync to my phone! Do not buy them!

Easy to use but on off control could have been designed better

Setup: Pairing was relatively easy. Don’t be confused by the first voice message telling you that the system is on. Keep pressing until you get the second voice message telling you that the unit is ready to pair. Pairing mode can only be enabled when the earphones are off. If you turn them on without getting to the pairing mode, turn them off (by holding the center button down for 3 seconds) and try again (holding the center button continuously until the indicator light flashes red & blue). There was no case or zippered pouch among the accessories in the package. You may need one to protect the earphones when not in use. A VERY short USB cable is included. The “paddles” can be cumbersome to install, but can help keep the phones in, especially while exercising. A good seal is essential to getting the best possible sound quality. Be sure to find a tip that works for you. There are two rings on the barrel of each earpiece that allow the tips to be positioned at the barrel end or near the body of the earpiece. You may want to try both positions to get the most comfortable and effective seal. The unit comes with a shirt clip. I found it neither useful nor necessary. In-line microphone & remote control: From what friends and colleagues tell me, the microphone works well. Since you are not tethered to your phone or computer with a cable, they are great for teleconferences. The in-line remote control works with iOS and Android apps. The center button is play/pause (short press). The up/down buttons work for volume (short press) and forward/back track selection (long press). The remote also work with phone calls (a short press on the center button will answer an incoming call). Sound Quality: These are not audiophile quality in-ear-monitors (IEMs). The bass is forward, the trebles are OK, and the middle frequencies suffer a bit. Equalization helps considerably. Microphonics are minimized by the soft cable. These will not replace my $400 IEMs, but for the price they are a solid on-the-go, Bluetooth performer with all genres tested (rock, jazz, classical, & pop). J Labs offers a “burn-in” app if you believe in such stuff. The JBuds sound OK out of the box. Battery: The downfall of any small Bluetooth device, battery life. The battery came “fully charged”. Voice messages at startup let you know the battery status, “Fully Charged”, “Medium”, and “Low”. It took about 2 hours of use before getting to medium and another 4 hours between medium and shutdown. Charging from fully drained (using USB3 port on my computer) took 1.5 hours. The following albums were sampled during my review: Adam Harasiewicz: Chopin Nocturnes & Preludes Adrian Legg: Waiting for a Dancer Antonio Pleeth: 6 Geminiani cello sonatas Beatles: 1 Billy Mclaughlin: Fingerdance Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested Calum Graham: Phoenix Rising Creed: My Own Prison Dirks und Wirtz: Kinski Spencer Gismonti Don Ross: PS15 Earl Klugh: Whispers and Promises Francois Sciortino: French Guitar Giovanni Palombo: La melodia segreta, A Secret Melody Goran Sollscher: Eleven-String Baroque Hoff Ensemble: Quiet Winter Night Jeff Beck: Who Else! Jian Wang: The Baroque Album Joe Satriani, Surfing with the Alien, Crystal Planet, Flying ;;in a Blue Dream, Unstoppable Momentum John Doan: A Celtic Pilgrimage John Williams: The Guitarist Julian Webber: Elgar Cello Concerto - Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No.1 Krzysztof Meisinger: Villa-Lobos Melodia Sentimental Laurence Juber: Guitar Noir Lawson Rollins: Elevation Los Angeles Spin Luca Stricagnoli: Luca Stricagnoli Markus Segschneider: Snapshots Michel Haumont: Michel Haumont & Co Mike Dawes: What Just Happened Mstislav Rostropovich: Beethoven The Cello Sonatas- Vol1&2, Chopin Cello Sotatas, Schubert Schuman Debusy Cello Sonatas, The Brahms Sonatas, Vivaldi - Tartini - Boccherini Cello Concertos Nora Jones: Come Away with Me Oslo String Quartet: The Shubert Connection Peppino D'Agostino: Acoustic Guitar Ryan LeBlanc: Speechless Sarah Mclachlan: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Surfacing Sergio & Odair Assad: Sérgio & Odair Assad Play Piazzolla Steve Vai: The Ultra Zone, Fire Garden Tomasz Gaworek: Born To Be Together Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes TRONDHEIMSOLISTENE: In Folk Style, Souvenir I & II, Vladimir Horowitz: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #3 Yo-Yo Ma: Bach Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6, Rachmaninov Prokofiev Cello Sonatas, Mendelssohn Piano Trios, Op. 49 & Op. 6

these worked for a week..................................

Couldn't get the earbuds to sync and returned them

Won’t hold Charge long. Poor hard to get to pair at first

Doesn't work...need to return to store...disappointed

Doesn't work...need to return to store...disappointed

if turn your head and it loses contact with source.

poor audio quality. Once I charged it and gave it a try, I found it to have poor audio quality.

At first it was ok, but a few days later it started to go bad. The volume would go all the way down for a few seconds by its self and then go back up. It would do it like every 10 sec or so.

These cheap headphones are probably the best I've owned. Better than any of the Beats wireless. Loud, good bass, good range, great battery life, and comfy. For 16 bucks, id buy again.

The price point is low, so I didn't expect much, but the sound quality is absolutely terrible. The earbuds that came with my Discman in 1994 sound better than these.

Tough to judge the sound when the right phone kept dropping out of my ear, no matter which combination of earpieces and fins used. Never again will I buy an earbud for exercise. Must have a hook or a fin that really works.

These earbuds worked for about a week. After that they wouldn’t connect to my phone. It’s a shame, because the fit was better than any Beats that I’ve owned. Sound was fair.

The sound was ok but sometimes when I was walking in the street I can hardly hear the other person. I ended up returning it because its buttons (+ , on/off , -) were flimsy, I lost the “on/off” button just after 10 days.

Inexpensive but not worth it. Bought these 3 different times, last time 5 months ago and surprise, dead again. Save your money, spend just a little more and get something that lasts.

These are for younger kids 13 and under, would be fine for them not the quality I was looking for after having a pair of beatsX. I would buy for a office bday or Christmas gift.

A friend recommended JLab earbuds to me as I'm pretty rough on earbuds. I seem to go through them pretty quickly. I've had these for a while and I'm impressed with the quality as they still seem brand new. I particularly like the adjustable fit as I can adjust the depth of how far into my ear the earbud sits. The sound quality is very good and comparable with other earbuds in this price range. The battery power seems good as I haven't run out of juice yet despite some very long bike rides. I'd recommend this product to anyone looking to find a longer-lasting earbud.

First off it would not pair/connect to my Lg phone, and the sound quality is terrible. Able to use them with my tablet, so their use is limited. Not worth the price.