JBLTune Flex - True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds (Black), Small

HardThese buds are light weight and the range is pretty decent being that I walk away from the phone in the living room to go to the mailbox, or the bedroom. The battery for the case lasts about 3 days compared to the battery in the buds lasting only about 8 hours. The sound is pretty decent. It's what I expect from JBL. The set is fairly sturdy, considering it's been dropped about 3 or 4 times since I bought them. That was before I got a case protector to hold them. They were on sale at a great price. It's hard to get the buds out the case if you don't have fingernails. The magnet the holds them in place sometimes doesn't want to let them go. The set up was easy and effortless and there's a JBL app that helps with equalizer and noise canceling and other features of these buds in your app store.

Update after 5 months of use:A quick update of the ear buds. The charging of the ear buds is fast. Going from "low battery" to full takes a short amount of time. I think a minute or two. Never timed it.A couple of issues:* Taking calls on it is hit or miss. Often the headphones will get out of sync and it will do a weird binaural thing where it will alternate between each ear getting cut out for a split second back and forth for about two seconds. This can happen multiple times in a minute.* Over a bit of time of playback, the earphones will cut out for about 2-3 seconds. I'm not sure why. Maybe some sort of sync issue? More annoying when listening to an audio book than music.Original Review:This review is for: JBL Tune Flex - True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds (White), SmallOverall, I like them. Video mode has no audio lag. They sound good with boosted base and sealed tips.I really wish there was a way to turn on the headphones without the case.Highs:* When using to go to sleep, the pillow won't accidently activate the touch controls (very nice).* Touch controls are responsive and are easy to activate. I haven't had them accidently double activate so far.* Video mode has no audio/video lag. Must be enabled in the app. By default it is set to Music mode.* Good sound. They sound very good when using the bass EQ, music mode, and the sealed tips.* Fit is good. Three sizes for sealed tips.* Can setup each touch control to a different command set.* Important! : If you want volume control, it must be setup in the app.* Has a "find earphones" function (only when still turned on). Emits a tone and is easy to hear.* Has an optional auto standby which also optionally deactivates ANC. For example: With some other earphones, ANC will stay on even with auto standby enabled. If using them to sleep to, ANC being on all the time will cause the battery to be low by morning.* Good Bluetooth range.Lows:* Hard to get out of the case. This seems to be common with all case based small headphones. There isn't a good way to grip them and they won't shake out.* When getting out of the case, it's easy to activate the touch controls over and over. (Skip, play, pause, volume up.)* No way to turn on the earphones without the case. Not even with the app. Cannot force standby either.* This means that if you forget the case, you can't put them in your pocket because the touch controls fire randomly. The app can turn off the earphones.* Couldn't tell a difference between ANC on or off. With or without the sealed tips. But I was not really surprised for small in ear headphones.Other:To put on or take off the tips, use a credit card or spudger to separate the white tips from the body. The sealed tips are easy to add and remove.

The build and sound quality is excellent! The battery life is pretty good too, I listen to music on and off at work every day and I have never had the earbuds die on me like my old set. I do recharge every night though out of habit. The only reason I gave 4 out of 5 stars is because despite the different fittings it comes with, none will fit my ear and stay in. I have to adjust it ever 20 minutes or so. But if this isn't an issue for you, some of the best quality earbuds out there for this price.

These work very well. I like them better than my Apple ones. They’re comfortable. And I hear clearly. They are great value for the money. And there’s virtually zero delay the minute you put one in your ear it connects to your phone.

My previous ear buds were the Tune230NC TWS. In ear more conventional ones. After 1 year the left earbud stopped holding a charge. I bought a different brand and they were crap. Got THESE JBL Tune Flex buds.. and am terribly displeased. The audio is excellent.. Music sounds great audio books sound great. There are TWO HUGE failures with these earbuds.1.. The shape of the earbuds is TERRIBLE. They fit into the ear.. but dont.. seal at all. The design is a slip in.. not really seal type of bud. that is loose and doesnt like to stay. So they have some "in ear" rubbers... and moving all the way to the largest.. KINDA seals them.. but they are poor at best. Always loosening and always letting in ambient noise. TERRIBLE design.2.. "Noise cancelling" is a complete joke. They are either amplifying ambient noise.. by picking it up via the built in mic, or it isnt decreasing it at all. The previous ones.. in a noisy classroom would kill all other ambient noise and voices. In a machine shop, they would quiet it down to a faint background at best. These are atrocious. Even adjusting the sound parameters with the software you are unable to get the noise cancelling to work worth a damn.Would NOT buy again.. if it was within return timeframe I would send em back. They are terrible. I would get the Tune230NS TWS if it was a current product still.The ONLY reason I gave 3 stars.. is because sound quality is EXCELLENT.. music quality Excellent. Clarity of phone calls Excellent (other than a echo of ambient noise)