JBL Vibe 200TWS True Wireless Earbuds – Black

I’m no audiophile. I purchased these on a whim because I thought I lost my Tozo buds. These work well. I have smaller ears and they fit comfortably without fear of falling out. I use these primarily for talking on the phone for work and for listening to audiobooks. They are pleasantly more bass-y than the Tozo ones, but for phone-talking purposes, I would still prefer the Tozo. For some reason, even the max volume on these for phone conversations feels pretty low. I’m always automatically checking to see if I can adjust it louder (no these buds don’t have their own volume control). That said, these would be great for listening to music. No regrets in purchasing these though – certainly not for the price!
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Update 12/1/2022:

The volume issue has been resolved! I changed nothing with ear placement, so I’m not sure what happened – software update on my phone or what, but I can now hear people well while talking to them on the phone using these buds.

I’m still keeping it at 4 stars because I have noticed that with prolonged use, they don’t sit as comfortably in my ear. My ears start hurting after an hour, and some days, even before that.

Still, a fantastic value for non-audiophiles who still appreciate a decent, full sound.

I use these for my Smart TV. They sync up really quick. The battery life is great and I use them a lot. Probably me just getting older but they do make it easier to follow along with dialogue. Don’t get me wrong my tv has great sound but it seems like every bit of content has different sound control. It was annoying but now these inexpensive earbuds really work great. I have Powerbeats pros and those were $200 when I got them years ago and they have pretty much been a pain. They’re always having issues in the charging case. I almost always have a dead one when I go to use them. I watched all 3 of the expendable movies and Transformers 4 with the JBL’s in last week because I was bored and I’m really impressed now more than ever.

I have struggled to use any kind of in-ear headphone my whole life. I have been under the mistaken impression that my ear canals were quite small because I would try and put things into them and it would always feel like they just didn’t fit. I purchased this pair of earbuds because reviews said that they tended to run small and I thought my problem was that I had small canals. But that was exactly wrong. In truth I have large ear canals so much so that I have been trying to put connectors into my ears and nothing is held and then I’ve ended up trying to actually jam the whole bud into the canal. So instead of using the smallest tips that came with these, I found that using the largest tip actually gave me for the first time a snug seal. Unfortunately my left ear is apparently a little bit bigger than my right and the left keeps trying to fall out though the right stays snug. I’m going to attempt to find a third party alternate tip that is even bigger than the one it comes with. So if your problem is with fit apparently this model does run a little small but it does come with three different tips that you can try. I found the use and the Bluetooth connection to be very solid. There have been no issues with battery life or playback stability. In order for the best sound to be obtained you need the snug fit of the tip so I will typically find that the sound is great when I first put them in but as soon as I’ve been a little bit active the seal tends to break on my left ear and then I can tell I’m not getting quite as good as sound. I can only have the lefty in about for 5 minutes at a time so these are not perfect but they’re good for what they are.