JBL Free X - True Wireless in-Ear Headphone - Black

I've had these a couple years now and here is what I have experienced with these earbuds.1. They're the ONLY earbuds I haven't managed to lose yet. They have great visibility when you drop them and if they're still connected; you can hear the music loud enough to locate them. Why someone hasn't invented a whistle clapper for wireless earbuds is beyond me, but if you do, I'll buy two!2. The little piece of fabric or whatever it is in the inside (idk the technical terms) does come off after awhile. I've had to reglue it. As it's just flimsy material and not like a metal one or anything. It will wear eventually.3. They're durable. My right one has a hella crack in it and is STILL going no problem.4. I'm hearing impaired and they offer excellent bass imo.5. Remember I'm hearing impaired, but these are the only earbuds that when the music stops playing you can't hear much feedback in the silences. I can hear it in other ones, but not these.6. I would recommend getting another set of the little plastic earbud thingies directly from JBL. I've used various universal ones, but they make the earbuds fit awkwardly in the case. So they can be used with other earbud mushy insert thingies, but I wouldn't recommend it. Just use the ones it comes with. Oh! I dropped one in the tub once and once it dried out; it was back to normal. Idk if they're meant to do that, or if I just lucked out- but for the money I was impressed.7. Pretty decent battery life. I've had others that have a longer battery life, but they recharge super quickly and give you a pretty decent warning before they die like half an hour. You can probably get a good 4-6 hours straight out of them before they need a recharge.Overall. They're pretty impressive when you take the price and durability into account. I have four kids and my three littles are really hard on stuff so nothing lasts long around here yet two years later these earbuds are still going strong!Update: Gave another star cuz they fell out of my ear (I'm HARD on earbuds) and it cracked in half. I tried to put it back together to no avail and figured it was the end of their life.... Welp NO! SOMEHOW I just found it and it was put back together and it WORKS!SO yeah. Now I think the things are freaking magic.

I'm an owner of the jbl charge 3, jbl xtreme 2, jbl boombox, and jbl go 3... That being said this is my 1st pair of jbl earbuds/headphones... The sound quality definitely crossed over with these little kickers in these buds they definitely put out the volume, treble, and bass that you expect when purchasing a jbl product... The wireless is just a bonus. Now I do own powerbeats 3s the bass quality is probably better than these well let's be honest they're the best in the game... But that damn ear hook broke on me... So they're useless now 😂... I've worked out with these this evening and had absolutely no problems or setbacks with these... This is the type of quality you expect from a brand like this! 👍🏽 🔥 🔥 🔥

The JBL Free X headphones are a rather good set of truly wireless Bluetooth headsets with a few glaring faults that hold them back from being the best.Strictly from a sound reproduction standpoint, they're superb for their price point and design. Tests from RTings.com demonstrate that they offer a very well-balanced profile, and I can back this up with my own experience. The lab tests suggest a bit of a lack in treble and a slight over-emphasis on bass, but I can't personally claim to notice either, though I'm not exactly a true audiophile. From my layman's perspective they sound great and don't seem overdone or underbaked on anything I've thrown at them (my tastes include metal, industrial, electronic, folk, orchestral, etc. so they've seen a lot). Serious audiophiles will probably find many faults in these, but then again serious audiophiles would also never stoop to using a $150 pair of headphones.Worse than the sound performance is the battery life of the buds, though it's not the worst. The buds allegedly carry a charge for around 4 hours of continuous listening, and while I've never actually run them down to empty I think that's a reasonable estimate. The battery case supposedly holds an additional 20 hours of charge, though I can't say I've ever used it all just from my own use. The maximum of 24 hours of listening time on a single (combined) charge is not bad, and I'm probably not going to use these for 4 consecutive hours required to drain the buds, but if you're looking for buds to use for 8 hours at the office or such these won't be great for your needs.The worst parts of these buds are their latency and their recording quality, but neither should come as a surprise given that they're built on Bluetooth 4.2. Having said that, they're apparently still sub-par even by the standards of truly wireless Bluetooth headphones (again, reference to RTings.com). The microphone on these is genuinely terrible; voices sound incredibly compressed, worse than the mic on my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S9+ since I'm sure someone will wonder), which isn't brilliant. However, if you're planning to just use these for listening, which most people probably will, this isn't a big deal. What is a big deal, however, is the latency. I can't give numbers from my own experience, but the lag is definitely noticeable, causing a major uncanny valley effect when watching videos. It's obviously fine for listening to music, podcasts, radio shows, etc, but for anything with a visual aspect it definitely has a detrimental effect on the experience.Overall, the JBL Free X headphones offer a great listening experience at a very reasonable price point. However, they're restricted in the kind of content they're suitable for due to the latency issues and they're terrible for creating audio for others to listen to. The 4 star rating is because my primary use case (listening to music or spoken background audio periodically when I'm away from my full-sized headphones) is exactly what these are good at. However, they do have noticeable flaws, and while they're good for my purposes others might find these issues dealbreaking.

The sound quality is excellent, especially the bass. They stay in place even during exercise, and the battery lasts a long time. Compact charging case and fast pairing. Great value for the price!