Totally Wireless Earbuds for Workout - Recommendations

Looking to get my wife a pair of totally wireless earbuds for working out in the gym and running. Looking at the Beats Powerbeats Pro with Apple Care, JBL UA True Wireless, Jaybird Vista, Jaybird Run XT, etc. I’m more of an “audiophile” than she is but they do need to sound good. They also need to last, and they need to be easy to use. I would think the more waterproof the better. She’s not the most gentle on stuff sometimes....and she tends to loose crap, which makes me like the last seen location feature of the Jaybirds. Anyone have these? She’s got ears on the smaller side, apple earbuds fit bit don’t stay in super well.

 

I have the Jaybird Vistas and like them quite a bit. Beats sound like shit to me.

 

I have 2 pairs of the Wireless Beats - 3 series and I love them! Great battery, great range and great sound!

 

Bose SoundSport wireless. I've used them for the last year to work out. Great sound and long lasting battery. Bose has done sound for years. Stay away from beats. Over priced trendy garbage.

 

Ok so disclaimer I can’t speak to the totally wireless models you have listed. However, I have been using Beats off and on since about 2010. In my opinion once Dre sold them they turned into garbage. I use an iPhone, had a MacBook Pro for a long time and now have an iMac so I’m not an Apple hater. I have had extremely bad luck with the power beats. I once went through 3 sets in less then a month and at the same time my wife has had the same pair for years. I switched to the Solo 2’s since I had a pair of the first gen Solos for years and those lasted less then a week. Bestbuy almost didn’t take them back. The Apple care with those are garbage. They want you to send them back to get fixed instead of replacing. Luckily they failed so fast it was covered under Best Buy’s return policy so I got lucky. Switched to Jay Birds and those worked awesome! I really love the original Beats. I’m assuming anybody getting longevity out of them isn’t using them while sweating a lot. I’m sure that is what killed them. Now I have a home gym so I just turn up my tv and the neighbors listen to what I’m listening to haha.

like everything on this forum you will get a wide variety of opinions. This is just my .02.

Edit- Jay Birds come with like 3 sets of tips. Not sure on the others.

 

Have you looked into the Aftershokz wireless headphones. My wife was wanting ear buds too and this is the direction I wanted to go, depending on the brand buds hurt my ears. Everyone we talked with that has them love them.

 

Wife has had good luck with the mebuyz on Amazon. Knockoff airpods i think.

 

Jabra Elite Active works pretty dang good IMO

 

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