Elite 5 Titanium Black
My everyday pair
23/09/2022 13:02
I have been wearing these every day for a week during the day whilst I work from home to listen to music and take calls. Also they have been with me to the Gym 3 times in the evening.
Packaging: Came in an easy to open box that appears to be fully recyclable with a nice simple color scheme. I much prefer this approach to packaging in a non retail setting.
Initial impressions: Build quality of the charging box and ear buds looks good, comes with extra ear-gels and a USB-C charging cable. Charging pod is elongated than other brands which means when you have it in your jeans pocket it doesn't stick out as much making it more comfortable to carry in your pocket.
Configuration: Quickly paired with my smartphone with zero issues, install the companion software from the smartphones store. Upon opening the app allow took me through a quick tutorial pointing out all the various features. Was easy to set my desired EQ and also great it came bundled with various soundscapes which I did actually use whilst I was working, especially the thunderstorm mode. Give that person a raise who came up with the soundscapes feature! Enabling the ANC/Hearthrough features was easy enough I could change the button functions around to my liking. The only thing I didnt like was that I couldnt change the software to not stop playing music when I took only one bud out.
General : I gave the earbuds a 12 hour run in test first to ensure they were warmed up and I was pleasantly surprised with their quality especially the neutrality of the sound as I didn't need to make any adjustments in the EQ. Jabra are to be commended on this as some manufactures require some tweaking. I was listening to a range of music from Rap, symphonic metal, experimental folk music, EDM and synthwave and they all sound great.
I used the largest of the three sets of eargels and they fit really nicely. So much so I could actually use them down the gym without them constantly falling out. The design of the earbud itself allowed me to comfortably insert it into my ear and parts of it rested on the upper part of my lobe making it feel very secure.
Charging time and battery life was good. I always had the ANC/hearthrough features turned off as I found with the eargels I didn't need them when at home. I did try the ANC when I was working out at the gym and it kept out some of the droning noises but reduce conversational noise from other gym goers.
All in all I am very happy with the price performance ratio.
Kosch
Sudbury , Spojené království
Age: 41
Gender: Female