Skullcandy Jib+ Wireless In-Ear Bluetooth Water Resistant Earbuds - Black

First of all. These are very cheap headphones. Like, they're made of fine plastic, they aren't especially nice looking, and they aren't the "popular" kind of headphones people use these days- those being "true wireless earbuds", aka airpods and clones. That much is obvious, of course, yet I've given them a five star review. This begs the question, what niche DO these headphones fulfill? Firstly, the sound quality to dollar ratio is phenomenal on these at the price I paid for them. They are incredibly inexpensive and sound fantastic. Like most Skullcandy you should expect slight a slightly more sculpted sound profile, with your bass being somewhat more powerful then your mids and highs, but on these, it's actually surprisingly not as intense of a sculpt, making them excellent for general, non-music use. And that is precisely how I intend to use these. They come with several bits. 3 sizes of nubs for the ears- small, medium, large. And, visible in the marketing materials above, you can see it also has this sort of ear spacer loops to supposedly assist with keeping them in your ears. These are removable, and depending on the size of your ears, could be quite uncomfortable. Personally I find these unnecessary, but not uncomfortable, so I removed them. Lastly it comes with a tiny clip to join the two wires to prevent them hanging down your back if you want. I don't bother with this but it works fine for the purpose. I'd also like to praise them for using non-environmentally destructive materials for the packaging. It's basically 99% paper. But, moving along- as I said before, I primarily use these for a non-music use. I used to use pairs of Skullcandy Smokin'Buds 2 Wireless as my primary "sleeping headphones". IE- I wear them to reduce outside noise and listen to ASMR tracks when I go to sleep. But, despite my purchasing 3 pairs as backups, they all have begun to deteriorate or broke outright, and my final pair are now on their last legs with the wire beginning to fray quite severely. So, I had to locate a suitable (and hopefully inexpensive) replacement. I decided to give these Jib+ a try. The qualia for sleeping headphones is: - be comfortable in the ear by default when fitted with the correct size nubs - be low profile to allow you to lay on them directly without them getting pushed inward - not have excess cable or physical design that gets caught on bedding or pillows - last at least 4 hours or so - not be gratingly loud when they turn off at low battery - be relatively noise isolating - have faithful enough sound reproduction to handle the sort of sounds one hears in ASMR tracks well Now, comfort and how low profile they need to be to comfortably lay on will vary some from person to person- but for me, I am happy to report that, with the loops removed, this pair is very comfortable to sleep with. So much so I have now ordered two more pairs as backups, much as I once did with the old Smokin'Buds 2s. Other than that, my only other critique is that they are tragically use the old USB micro B connector instead of the more modern Type C connector we've all grown to love. So with all that, I'd say- overall, if you need a cheap pair of bluetooth headphones and don't need "true wireless" ones, look no further. These will the best option in terms of price to sound quality easily.

I don't like to dig for ear buds or having left or right randomly connect/disconnect, so I prefer this style. They sound good, have survived long term in a fairly physical work environment, & survived doing 90mph on a harley.

Pretty good earphones for a pretty good price, with a few annoying details. The best thing you will get out of these is sound quality, i dont know if its extra bass or such but these sound very clear, doesnt drown out song details and generally doesnt give out poor sound quality. Material wise, they dont feel cheap, not compared to other earphones ive had at least, and theyre small and easy to carry. They are fairly reliable, never had issues with connecting it to my phone and always worked as intended. Heres where my criticism starts, first of all these do not enjoy being around your neck. Having had other earbuds of this same design style they are very good at staying to your neck to the point where you can forget they are there, these do not, its not like they fall off or such but more like they will slowly slide to one side or the other and will need readjusting before usage sometimes. Next is the battery, good duration and quick charge, but incredibly, and i do mean INCREDIBLY annoying when it is low on battery, believe me it will damn well let you know when its low on battery. It will basically keep cutting any audio youre listening to playing noises and saying lowe battery, it made me insanely angry at times but its forgettable more often than not. Aside from these i have nothing more, maybe some quality of life improvements? Examples are: magnets for the earbuds, ive had a few in the past where they have magnets and lock together below your neck, makes them easier to handle(cant think of another way to describe it). USBC Connector: I was insanely shocked when i saw Micro USB being used on these earbuds, although it isnt exactly a gigantic issue it certainly was hard to get other ways to charge it apart from the wimpy little cable it came with(seriously why has it become industry standard to sell such useless little cables). Although my criticism may seem much longer than my praises i dont want you to get me wrong, i do really like these earbuds, i bought them on the premise that they would sound better than the ones i had, and they very much delivered on this front. They are very much worth it for the price and if it got improvements in the future i would only approve of it even more! Thank you for reading.

I don't have air pods because I KNOW I would lose one or both. These are a perfect solution for me. Wireless so I can walk around without my phone hooked to them, but I'm not scared if one pops out, it just dangles around my neck. Good quality too!

If I’m comparing these ear buds to everything on the market, it gets 3 stars. Compared to the older version of the same ear buds, it would only get a 1. I misplaced my old set and bought these as a replacement, expecting them to be as awesome as my original set were. They seemed okay ish at first, but then my old set turned up. First, the sound quality of the new set is a solid 1/5 compared to the old set, which is a 5/5. Flat, uninspiring, and bland. Second, battery life is terrible in comparison. I will wear earbuds for up to 6 hours straight - I’ll sleep in them sometimes too. New set: battery is depleted from 100% to 10% in 5-6 hours. I wore the old set last night for 6.5 hours and the battery went from 100% down to 70%. I realize this isn’t a flagship product, but the difference between the set I bought two years ago to the set I bought this year are night and day. Good thing I found my old set, I guess. The new set can be stashed away for emergency use or given to one of the kids when they destroy theirs. Such a bummer. This is the first set of skull Candy ear buds that have left me disappointed.

I thoroughly enjoy them and very reasonably priced. They last usually around 6-7 hours if using continuously.

I love the comfort and fit of the skullcandy earbuds, but the issues with this pair and the previous pair has me looking for a new earbud company. I bought these as a replacement for a pair of skullcandy inked that my husband bought me a year ago. Had a lot of issues with pieces on the inked one falling off and due to issues trying to get a hole of skullcandy about a warranty swap out I just sucked it up until the left earbud (by the controls) died. Fast forward to this jib. Comfortable for in the ears & cute color. I personally didn’t like the fact that it’s just a cord. I miss the more firm/heavier piece that goes around the neck. I felt like these kept shifting and sliding. The sound quality was good but the volume wasn’t as strong as I need it to be in the gym. All these issues are ones I could overlook. Then it started happening. The left earbud (again the one with the controls) started cutting in and out. Would randomly stop working and start working again. Then it died completely. Please note….I have had these for under 30 days and only wore them 2-3 times a week while on the recumbent bicycle at the gym. So…it’s life was a very short term cushy one. Before this happened…I ordered two more jibs in different colors for my boys Easter baskets, but with the issue that I have had on now two different skullcandy headsets…I returned them as well. They are nice and comfortable and inexpensive but…not enough for me to risk the same issue happening again.

Great earbuds that stay in even when working in the yard or moving about. I added a "clip" to attach them to my clothing for extra "drop" security since I use them during exercise, chores and yardwork. No earbuds I have tried (6 sets) will stay in my ears when I move around but these provide great retention in the ear and if one side comes out (RARELY) it stays attached as designed.

The battery life is amazing, the sound quality is great. These are my first pair of wireless earbuds. And I am super happy with them

This could cost double and I'd still buy it again. Most earbuds don't fit in my ears, and most that do hurt after a while - but not these! They are comfortable, incredible sound quality for the price, easy to pair. The only downside is that the battery life isn't the longest, but that's okay I just charge it daily. Update: they broke after 8 months of SUPER heavy use (I'm talking about 6- 8 hours a day, in a dusty workshop environment, 5 days a week). It started glitching when I turned off/on and one day it stopped recharging and turning on. But I still bought it again, and I still think they are worth it.

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Sound quality is great and lost lasting battery. super.

Debo aclarar que buscaba un reemplazo para mis Freelaces de Huawei que murieron y eran mis favoritos. Buscaba algo de un rango en precios similar a los de Huawei ni muy por encima ni muy baratos esperando que me duren varios años que es lo que me duraron los Huawei. Parece ser que este tipo de audífonos con cordón ya no son tan comunes y las opciones de marcas reconocidas son casi inexistentes, lo cual me dejaba a elegir entre marcas desconocidas con pocas calificaciones como para guiarme en si realmente valían la pena o no. Después de buscar por mucho tiempo y no estar convencido realmente por unos, me llegó una alerta de descuento de éstos audífonos y al probarlos realmente me sorprendieron!!! De entrada tienen volúmen alto, cosa que ya los nuevos controlan demasiado y no puede ino subir al volumen alto que a algunos nos gusta. Por otro lado, los bajos son bastantes decentes aunque a volumen máximo si llega a distorsionar un poco, señal de que si son lo suficientemente poderosos. Son comodísimos! una vez que te los pones no sientes (al menos yo) ninguna incomodidad en los oidos, esa pequeña curvatura u "orejita" que tienen, nunca la había probado realmente y es imperceptible realmente y te ayuda totalmente a mantener los audífonos en su lugar aún con movimiento. Lo que no me encantó tanto es que en apariencia, las partes de plástico de cada lado se ven grandes, mas de lo que me gustaría pero por el audio que tienen se lo perdono. Todavía me falta comprobar la duración de la batería y finalmente la duración de los audífonos... Pero para el precio en el que los encontré, no me dolería tanto que no me duren los 5 años que me duraron los Huawei aunque para ser unos audífonos "baratos" me impresionaron realmente.