Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsPretty Good Earbuds So far
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2022
I originally gave these earbuds 0 stars for being unable to use them on arrival(because the app they require Jabra Sound+ was taken off Google Play). Since they re-added the app and I can now use them I'll redo the rating.
I've only used them for a day or so now but after the app could be downloaded they were pretty easy to get setup and pretty comfortable to wear. Nothing amazing in regards to setup/charging/comfort but not bad either.
Sound quality is very good. There's a few options in the app to make enhancements and you can alter them a bit in other sound options as well. Though I wasn't really looking for super high quality sound, they're definitely better than any other $20-30 pair I've used before and about the same as my gaming headset quality.
I saw in some reviews that others were unable to pair them with their PC and I was also unable to do this when the Sound+ App was unavailable at first. However, after the app came up and I paired them with my phone and set them up there, I was then able to pair them with my PC just as easily and they worked better than my previous $40 earbuds. So they DO work with a PC using bluetooth. There is like a 0.05 latency, but it's barely noticeable compared to other bluetooth earbuds I've tried using with PC audio so most people will find they are a decent choice for PC use watching movies, not sure if they would be perfect for 0 latency gaming though, they could still work for casual gaming.
Unfortunately, these earbuds still lose 2 stars from me in a few places. The first one I mentioned above but the base requirement of having to use an APP just to set them up. I loathe many devices these days that require an APP for the basic usage. It's a bad idea in general since I have plenty of older devices that can't use the most up to date apps or apps at all and that basically cuts off their ability to use stuff like this normally. These aren't hard to setup once the APP actually works for a modern android or iphone but if you don't like using stuff like that and don't like using APPs in general stay away from these.
The other star lost from me is on the bluetooth multipoint connect. When I was looking these up one of the things I was hoping for the most was the ability to have them paired to my PC, VR headset, and phone all at once without needing to constantly repair. I could have sworn it said these supported multipoint connect when I first checked the comparison chart but then other places said these (Elite 3) don't and only more expensive ones do. I considered returning them just based on that but pairing with other devices (after the APP actually worked) was still fairly easy and I'm satisfied with the PC latency so I decided to stick with these for the time being either way.
Overall a pretty good pair of bluetooth earbuds for $60, absolutely better than trash $15-30 pairs you can buy at Walmart, etc... but still falls a bit behind on the "fancy" functions of more expensive pairs.
Post: My previous favored pair for comparison were Occiams waterproof workout earbuds. They lasted me 2 years heavy use before the right ear started to die recently. Sound quality, battery life, and comfort were all good with those for $40 earbuds and I liked that they didn't require an APP to pair but they had really bad latency which made it impossible to use them with PC.
