JBuds Hi-Fi Noise-Reducing Ear Buds (White)
by JLAB
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Customer Review: Can't beat it for the price + AWESOME customer service
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a set of these last year and was quite happy with them. I am not that big on gadgets and music, so spending more than $10 on earphones was just not going to happen. The earphones fit well, with three pairs of adjustable pads to choose from to insert in your ears. Sound is good, and noise is considerably reduced, even on planes, which was my main reason for buying them. They do not reduce noise as much as higher cost earphones (I tested them against a pair from Sennheiser) nor do they reproduce sound as faithfully, but for my purposes, the difference was not worth the extra expense. Those who are more demanding on sound quality or noise cancellation may want to try one of the higher end JLab models.
About two weeks ago the left channel gave out. When I emailed JLab Audio about it, they had me check the earphones on a couple of different pieces of equipment and run a track test on them (which is only fair). When this confirmed there was something wrong with the earphones, they immediately mailed out a replacement, which arrived within a week of my first email to them. If that were not enough, the replacement also carries a one year warranty! All for ten bucks.
Although I was content with the earphones before, now I am a fan for good. It is just not that easy to find such outstanding customer service. Even if I were to upgrade, I would pick another JLab product and have the confidence that the company will stand behind it.
Customer Review: listening with them for 2 years now -every day
Summary: 5 Stars
I use them with my sangean portable radio every day for the past two years and those jlabs in-ear speakers never failed me: not one minute, not one hour ,not one day. I would say that for the occasional, everyday walking those are more than perfect, good sound quality, good noise reduction, no noise interference, not to speak the awesome price. Some say they break easily well, I would say maybe your player connection is not proper. I can say that I do abuse them, carrying them in my bag everyday, pulling on them sometimes. Got them back in 2006 , it is now October 2008 and they are still working. I am ordering a second pair just to be sure I have a spare pair .. because everything good in life don't last forever.
Update: more than three years now, one pair died, the wire connection at one of the buds broke, and now ordered two more pairs. I have compared them with another set of earbuds, more expensive, by another company and I have to tell: The jlabs buds have no compairson: the price and the sound quality blows all others away. What do they have done better? the wires are not blowing my movements noises in my ears while walking, jogging, exercising like other buds do. BIG DIFFERENCE. Small price worth every penny and beyond.
They do break after a while but I will keep buying them over and over. Ten bucks every two-three years is the best deal. Thank you, JLabs!
Customer Review: Great quality and comfort for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased these for my son as a fun holiday stocking stuffer but did not really appreciate them until I borrowed them when my own set broke. Until buying the JBuds, I had been using the Apple set that came with my iPod Shuffle and now do not know how I used those for so long. These are so comfy that I don't even feel them. Other ear buds make my ears hurt from the pressure. I listen to audio books for hours while doing other things and sometimes fall asleep while listening. These stay soft and comfortable the whole time. The sound quality is great as well, at least from what I can tell. Music lovers may notice a difference I cannot when listening to books, but the quality beats Apple's any day. I can't believe how inexpensive they are. I would buy these again and would happily pay more for these.
The customer service from JLabs is incredible, too. I had purchased a more expensive set of JLabs ear buds for myself, but they were damaged (not the product's fault, just an accident). JLab sent me a new pair immediately, without any questions. They sent me an even better pair, too, one with a shorter cable since I had mentioned my preference. I can't remember the last time I received that kind of customer service in any industry. I love the ear buds for their comfort and quality, but I will be a lifelong customer of JLab for their customer service.
Customer Review: comfortable, work well!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always been told my ears are small in size: but I discovered with regular earphones that my ears are also small INSIDE, making music-listening quite a painful experience for any extensive amount of time (I know it sounds stupid). I basically couldn't use any other earphones without just having to go with full-out HEADphones that wouldn't hurt my ear-canal.
I like these because they came with 3 sizes of buds for different sized ears (YEAH!). I had to go with the smallest, obviously, but it's definitely proved to work well: haven't had a single ear-ache yet and the sound quality is really good as well. I'm no electronics genius, but I can tell you I know when my ears hurt (or when they don't), when something is comfortable (or very much NOT), and that when I have these in I don't have to BLAST the music (bad for ear drums) to be able to hear it well: less volume is sufficient with less background noise. I put these in and it's like a movie: watching the scenes pass by with MUSIC, but no strange voices or outside noise squeezing it's way in.
For me, that makes it a good buy and good quality. These are the only ones I use and I've had them for 4 months now. GOOD BUY, esp for the price!
GO FOR IT
Customer Review: Much more comfortable to use than the ipod headphones.
Summary: 5 Stars
I was prompted to look for new earbuds when I couldn't find mine- and frankly the ones that came with my ipod are downright uncomfortable, even painful after wearing them a while. So far the jbods have been MUCH more comfortable than the ipod earbuds.
By default the jbuds are equipped with the medium sized buds, so I simply switched them for the smaller ones (included with them, as well as larger).
Another nice feature is the noise reduction. (It doesn't cancel it out entirely, but at this price point what can you expect?) It's a bit like when you stick your fingers in your ears- everything outside is dulled a bit. The audio going in however, is quite clear.
One odd thing- on the jlabs page it says these don't work with an ipod or an itouch. But I tried mine with an itouch and they work great!
I also bought the earbud case when I got these. I have to say it... it's cute. :-) It is fairly sturdy but slightly resilient, and includes a small screen-like pocket on the inside to hold your alternate sizes of ear tips.
I'd be very comfortable recommending this product.