True Wireless Headphones, ZOLO Liberty [Upgraded] 8-Hour Playtime (100 Hours with Charging Case), Bluetooth 5 Bluetooth Earbuds with Graphene Driver Technology, IPX5 Sweatproof, Handsfree Stereo Calls

I have tried many different Bluetooth headphones both wired and wireless. I've had Beats x, Apple Air Pods, Jabra 65T, Jabra 45e, LG Tone Pro, Samsung Level U, JLab Epic, and probably a few more. While I know these are the newest earbuds I've purchased and technology has improved, these are my new favorites. I got these today and I am 4 hours into listening (at just under 50% volume) to them and their battery is still showing 70%. Nobody does batteries like Anker. This is great!!! I can finally get a whole uninterrupted workday of listening in without worrying about battery. These earbuds sound great, plenty loud. The treble and bass are realistically balanced without being too sharp or droning. They are super comfortable so far, I'm wearing them straight out of the box, and they fit me great. I will probably play around with the jackets and different eartips tomorrow, but they fit and sound great right now, so this might be the best combo already. Over the next few days, I will be wearing these daily, listening to different music, podcasts, and testing the call quality. I will update this review, so stay tuned. So far so good. Anker/Zolo Good job on these! UPDATE: Second day with my Zolo Liberty earbuds. Still love the battery life and how the buds sound and fit. I am returning them due to a glitch I found. While wearing the buds I found that if I raise or lower the volume quickly on my iPhone 8 the buds will glitch out, sometimes losing the sound in the left or right bud, and sometimes the buds will crash and restart. This is the only thing I’ve found wrong with them. Maybe I got a bad set, maybe Anker will somehow fix this in a software update. They make solid products and I am still a big fan. Anker Direct reached out to me, asking about the issues I had and offered to send out another pair of buds, so I could give them another try. The new buds came a few days later. I charged them up, paired them, and put them in. I instantly fell in love again. The sound is amazing. I’d been listening through my Jabra 65t’s the last week and have been missing the fullness in sound I get from the new Zolo Liberty’s. I tried to make the new buds glitch like the last pair and after really trying, I was apple to make the sound in the left bud cut out for a fraction of a second, then the beautiful sound came right back. Much, much better than my last pair. Anker, you did it. You made a pair of long lasting earbuds that sound awesome. Thank you!!! And thanks for caring about the customer and standing behind your product.

UPDATE 4/8/2019: Came back from a trip in which I was constantly using the upgraded ZOLO Liberty. Still extremely satisfied with my purchase. - Battery life: 8-hour battery life is a tremendous benefit. I very rarely bothered to charge the buds during the day, and simply waited until I got back to my place at night. - Connectivity: I have never had either bud lose connection with my phone. Very infrequently (once every few days?) the left bud goes silent for a second then automatically plays again. Not enough to concern me, but I'll update if this continues. - Build quality: I did a 7.2km hike, with the latter half in pouring rain. The buds definitely got wet from rain and sweat, and 2 weeks later I still haven't been able to notice any ill effects. ------------------------------- ORIGINAL REVIEW 3/14/2019: 3 days in and after heavy usage I'm still extremely satisfied with the upgraded ZOLO Liberty. I'll continue to update this review every few months or so, especially after an overseas trip where I plan on doing a lot of walking and hiking, potentially in the rain or similar inclement weather. I use my headset extensively for: 1) A (not so) awesome 4 hour daily commute to and from work 2) Running a few miles 2 or 3 times a week CONCLUSION: Buy this immediately. 10/10 for me so far. PRO 1) Setup: It was a snap. Charging the case took a long time due to the enormous battery size (definitely a plus), but connecting to my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge was seamless. 2) Connectivity: I've never experienced any syncing or lag issues during playback. Connecting to the earbuds is immediate after I take them out of the case or power them on. 3) Sound quality: Both for music, video, and calls, it's excellent. My ears are admittedly not very refined, but the sound seems to have a deep bass and rich flavor to it. 4) Battery life: The buds' 8-hour battery seems to be accurate. I had no need to charge them throughout the day, so I just leave the case at home now. HUGE bonus for me. My 14-hour international flight will also allow me to fully test battery life. 5) Comfort: They sit very comfortably in my ear. Obviously this will differ from person to person, but I've never felt like they're going to fall out, even during my 2-mile runs. CON 1) GripFit jackets: I can't really tell what the extra plastic nub at the top of the extra jackets are for. They don't seem to provide any extra security by preventing the buds from falling out. I just stuck with the original jacket. 2) Volume: The earbuds are pretty loud by default (which is normally a good thing). But even at the lowest volume the music is still louder than I'd prefer. It's not enough to deafen me by any means, but annoying. 3) Volume Controls: To that end, the lack of onboard controls is very noticeable. 4) Outside Noise: The volume issue above combined with the very good suction on the EarTips means I hear very little outside noise. If someone is next to me speaking directly at me, I can only hear them if I mute or remove the earbuds. The Liberty+ comes with Transparency Technology (which allows in outside noise), so if you're not particularly observant when wearing your earbuds, keep this in mind.

Edit 10/27/2019: Had these for months now, tried other brands and still, these are the BEST you will get for ~$100 and below. Best sound quality and bass, ease of use, volume, battery life, and customer service. Get responses within 24 hours of inquiry, and immediate replacement when the issue is unresolvable. These.are.fantastic! Few points of note: -Had these for several months now, and right out of the box they were great! Took me a bit of fiddling to get them paired up to my computer but from there it was hassle free every time. -I've been trying all sorts of bluetooth headsets over the years, from Jabra gym types, bone conduction headsets, to single ear mics. -I use these for gaming, so the case is always charged at my computer. I sit down and pop them in and they automatically link to my PC. -not an audiophile, but they're good enough for Battle Royale's that require precise directional sound. Also great for discord and music all at once. -I don't use the mic capability because I have a Yeti so I can't speak to that. One day the right earbud linked, but the left would not and I couldn't figure it out. Tried to follow the directions online for resetting/reconnecting and no luck. Instructions that came with them didn't do the trick either. I reached out to Anker for replacement, and they (Kaitlyn) immediately provided a bit more detailed instructions, requesting me to try it before they RMA'd. Headset is now back to working as intended (I think the instructions are a bit vague because they provide them in so many different languages). "Detailed" directions pasted below: - Open your phone's Bluetooth menu and delete "ZOLO Liberty" from the list of devices. - Remove the earbuds from the charging case and press the button on both earbuds for 5 seconds. The LED light will turn red and then turn off. - Press the buttons on both earbuds for 8 seconds. The LED light will turn bright pink, then turn off, at which point you can release the button. - Ensure the charging case has power and place the earbuds back inside to reset. You will see steady white lights on both earbuds. Take both earbuds out of the charging case. The left earbud will automatically connect to the right earbud. The left earbud's LED will flash slowly, while the right earbud's LED will flash quickly. This indicates the reset has been successful. If unsuccessful repeat this step again. - Open your phone's Bluetooth menu, search for "ZOLO Liberty" and connect.

UPDATE 04/15/2019: Anker reached out to me, and their doing that earns them another star flat out. Paying attention to reviews and reacting is a sign of real customer service and shows that even if they don't have a direct answer to the problem that they care. They confirmed for me that I wasn't just missing something and the seamless pairing between multiple devices does NOT exist in this iteration of the headphones, but they're taking the feedback to their product management team. To be crystal clear, you can simultaneously have these headphones paired to multiple devices, but you can't have them ACTIVE with multiple devices at one time. Hopefully, though that makes it's way into the headphones in a future release as that would make them much more user friendly. They also provided some additional reset instructions that overcame the issue I was having with the left bud not realizing the call was answered when the right ear did. The buds now receive calls perfectly with no additional issues I've found. The more I use these headphones the more I like the sound and the fit as well. I've had zero comfort issues with them using the default 'ear gel' and I paired them to my Galaxy Tab A to watch a movie, and the sound was really good. I had to turn the volume down from where it was with my wired headphones and my old LG Bluetooth unit, so plus on that. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Let me first say the lack of stars isn't directly related to the product, but to the Prime designation failing. I pay for 2 day delivery, not 5. I pay for Prime, I expect Prime delivery when the icon is on the product, which it was in this case. I ordered on a Thursday, it showed in stock, I should have had this at the latest on Saturday. I did not. I don't pay for 'Prime with Asterisks'. If you can't do 2 day, don't put the Prime logo on the item, it's really that simple. Don't try to caveat it with 'well, it's 2 days from when we decide to process the order and send the carrier pigeons to our warehouse and have the trained goldfish pull the product form the shelf and give it to the postman'. Prime means, universally, 2 days after I part with my money, I have a nice box on my porch with the item I bought in it. Period. This is increasingly the experience, and I've decided to dock at least 1 star from any product that advertises Prime and does not deliver within the 2 days I'm paying for. Now, to the product itself. I've had a lot of Bluetooth headsets over the years. I am on my phone for work a lot, and after an experiment of going back to a hardwired headset and remembering why I hate that when I'm going through airports with luggage and food and people who don't know how to walk through crowded areas, I decided to deal with looking like a techno dweeb and go back to Bluetooth. I had seen this headset's previous iteration and since there was a great daily deal on it, I decided to experiment with a fully wireless headset. While not a complete failure, there are issues with the experiment thus far, but nothing that has made me immediately return the product (though that may change). I have smaller ear canals, so I was worried about the fit, as it is routinely a challenge with headsets for me. This has worked out well with the default ear sock on the tip and the unit fits comfortably in my ear; they are snug but not uncomfortable, and despite the fact the units both felt heavy when I removed them from the case, they are balanced really well, and I haven't noticed any ear fatigue as of yet. I can see people with larger ears having difficulties with the default ear piece, but there are several options included with the unit for different wearing styles, more than I've seen with a headset in a long time. I was pleasantly surprised by how well they balance in my ears. The buds are bulky, and while maybe not Lt. Uhura obnoxious with how they stick out, I was concerned that bulk might create a strange balance. So far, so good. The audio quality is fine. I'm no audiophile, so I don't know what I might be missing, but there is adequate bass for my listening pleasure, and even with one bud in things are crisp and sound good. While these aren't sound isolation headphones, the fit of the ear bud is tight enough that ambient noise was dramatically lessened. At max volume, they are quite loud to my ears but don't distort much, though I did notice a little on upper ranges. The one major failure that I missed in pre-purchase evaluation is a complete lack of A2DP, so you cannot pair and operate this with multiple phones at one time. It may cause me to return the headset, but I'm going to see if I can live with it in this state given the performance I've had so far and the price. If you're expecting A2DP, since a majority of headsets now support it, you will be sorely disappointed in this unit. The Liberty+ also seems to be missing A2DP even though it supports BT 5.0 (where Liberty supports 4.2). You can pair the headset to multiple phones, but you have to manually flip between them. So what that means is if you're on your personal phone, you have to go turn off BT, put the headset back in the case, make sure BT is enabled on your work phone, remove the buds from the case, and they should find the work phone automatically. Now, besides being overly complex and unnecessarily motion driven in the age of A2DP, that additionally stinks because I also wear a Samsung Galaxy Frontier watch, paired to my personal phone, which means if I forget to turn BT back on I'm not going to get my notifications on my wrist. That's why A2DP is so awesome and a major miss for this headset. I think I expected more out of Anker given my experiences with some of their other products, and that's why I missed it in my initial research. One bit of weirdness I experienced with calls is sometimes the left ear wouldn't realize the call was answered from the right ear, so after I answered, my left ear was still ringing. Not sure if this is a common problem with two-node fully wireless headsets, but it was kind of disconcerting. Pairing was simple. No buttons, waiting for lights to turn red to blue or anything like that. Charge it in the case after you get it, turn on BT on your phone, make sure it is looking for devices and Zolo Liberty just shows up after you take it out of the case. The case is sturdy, the magnetic clasp seems to be strong and built to stand up against being thrown into a bag for toting around. Like all things, time will tell on its durability, obviously. Charging was quite fast. It came with what the case showed to be a single dot of charge which the manual claims is about 30%, and in about 40 minutes was a full 3 dots. I've not used the headset enough to put battery life to a complete test, but if I see dramatically less than the claimed 3.5 hours of audio listening I'll update the review. I regularly have calls that could chew through that kind of battery life so I'm hoping it holds up to the claim. The manual is relatively sparse given the simplicity of the product. I wish they had maybe focused on readability at the cost of every language spoken on the earth. The visual instructions are kind of small and use a yellow that is not high contrast enough against the high gloss paper it is printed on, and the printed verbiage is a rather small font that is difficult to read, so I went to the website to look at the PDF and understand the button press sequences.

This is the first anker product I'm genuinely disappointed in. I like the charging case, the earbuds fit fine in my ear, sound fine and provide physical sound isolation, but there a major flaw with them that, in my my opinion, makes them a waste of money. I work a few days a month in downtown Chicago and walk from Union Station to a building in the loop, about a half mile walk. When in urban environments, and sometimes just in metra trains, the earbuds constantly cut out. Sometimes it's the left one, sometimes it's both. Whatever implementation of bluetooth these things are using cannot handle RF reflections that come from close together buildings in an urban environment. I can have my phone in my purse, or I can have it in my hand 3 feet away from my head and the cut outs still occur. It definitely is caused by the buildings because I've found there are certain places that always give me trouble and then others where they work ok, like the river walk. It appears this is a common problem. In other environments, like sitting at my desk at work, or working out at a gym, they work fine, but one of the main use cases I got them for doesn't work.

I will update this review as I continue to test out the headset. Purchase experience: First, the product arrived DOA out of box. Spent over an hour trying to complete a reset process to get the left earbud to connect. The reset process gives you no notice if it is done correctly, and both headphones would show a different connected state on every attempt. Edit: (I received this response on how to fix the issue with the bad left earbud connection, however all the light statuses discussed appeared for both earbuds, but still failed to connect. Maybe it will work for someone else: "We can know the status of the earbuds according to the light on it. When the left side flashed slowly and the right side quickly, it shows the earbuds are connected to each other and are finding your device. To reset the earbuds, please put them into the charging case and take them out again, double press both buttons at the same time. When the left flashed slowly and the right quickly, it shows the reset is successful.") So I now know the reset process worked and did not fix the earbud issue I was experiencing. I decided to buy a pair from Walmart after finding here in the comments that they were available at brick and mortar. I bought the only pair in stock of my home within a 20 mile radius. Brought them home and opened them up to find the headphones and case were missing from the box. You see, the packaging for this product is closed by magnet, with only a single piece of tape holding a plastic cover over both the headphones and case. Not the best packaging for a retail environment. I spent an hour at Walmart the next day being treated like a thief to receive my money back. Luckily I received my refund. I then exchanged the first pair I received from Amazon and received a replacement pair. That 3rd pair is the pair I am currently testing. Sound: Sound profile is great. The sound leans mid to low heavy but is still bright enough to bring out instruments and small pieces to music you otherwise may miss or not hear. Lows sound great on rock music especially, but also hit great on electronic an rap music. Sound is well balanced in each ear. Volume when working correctly (see Bluetooth section) is plenty loud enough for me to use the earbuds while active if they fit me (below). Fit: I am a 200 lb 6ft male. All 3 tip sizes and all three earbud locks are too large for my ears. I understand that not every earbud will fit every person but I am a pretty typical use case scenario and after 25 years of being a musician and music enthusiast I have never had this problem before in any other headphone. The smallest tips seem to be the best fit for me to be able to hear the sound profile correctly, otherwise I lose all low end. I have to spend a good 10 minutes usually to get the earbuds to seat correctly for me, and any physical activity can have a negative impact on the listening experience. I will have to try some different tips I own to see if any help the fit without losing the sound. I purchased a pair of Jabra Active 65T for comparison and could comfortably fit the medium tips with no issues of loss of sound or moving while active. I will have to try moving the tips over to the Zolo's and see if that helps. (Edit: a different pair of ear tips solved my fit problem. Because the ear tips were not designed specifically for the Zolo earbuds and the depth the speaker goes in the ear, there was a slight loss in some of the low tones of the product, however not to the point where any volume loss is seen.) Bluetooth: With my phone, indoors I have had no problems with Bluetooth range or connection. However, when connected to my laptop, if there is another Bluetooth connected set of headphones in the room with you, can have possible interference from other headsets that leads to clipping and skipping. Makes the product pretty difficult to use in a work environment. The fix to this issue once the device starts clipping is to re-pair the device all over again. Also, when the headset is paired to my television, I continuously lose connection to the left earbud almost immediately. Nothing I have done so far has been able to fix this issue for me. I purchased a pair of Jabra Active 65T earbuds and did not have this issue. Outdoors on my first use case scenario, I could not have my phone in my left pocket while walking and keep a Bluetooth connection (I am left handed). Keeping my phone in my right pocket, I had a drop in signal every 10-15 seconds. With my phone in my hand while outdoors, I had no connection. Second use case, the Bluetooth issues disappeared altogether. For the moment, I am keeping my phone in my right pocket upside-down and have not seen any more outdoor Bluetooth drops in 3 hours of use on all my uses in this scenario since. (Edit: Problem seems to have disappeared after use. I am no longer experiencing connection issues outdoors.) The last Bluetooth issues are related to pairing. First pairing issue I am seeing is a large loss of volume on my phone after pairing the headphones to another device. The fix for this issue has been to remove pairing from the phone, turn the media volume all the way down on the phone, and re-pair the earbuds. The volume step may not be needed to fix this issue. Lastly, auto pairing seems to be hit or miss, but I don't believe this to be an issue with the earbuds, but an issue with Android Bluetooth, as my car stereo will also not auto pair in certain scenarios, mostly after turning the Bluetooth function off and back on in the phone settings. The other reason I bought this model specifically, is the battery life. So far, the battery life seems to be holding up to the advertised claims. I will need to test the battery out more thoroughly to see if that statement holds true, but compared to any other wireless Bluetooth headset I have owned, I am already impressed. After continued testing, I have begun to appreciate the earbuds more. The fit issue can be solved with different ear tips, but you need to find the right type to not experience loss in sound performance/fit. The Bluetooth issues have gotten better, but so far I do not have a solution to the issue I am having with the loss of the left earbud when paired to my television. For me, that is a necessity for gaming in some situations. As I know I don't have the same issue with the Jabra earbuds,the issue is with the Zolo's and not the television. However, if Anker can find fixes for the issues mentioned, I would consider these some of the best earbuds on the market. This product can easily be 5 stars with some product and packaging tweaks.

Two week review Pros: comfortable, not super heavy. Lighter than I expected. Battery life is stellar. Better than advertised, it seems Good sound quality, better than my old anker products and all of the wired earbuds I've had before. I had one small problem where the left earbud stopped communicating with the right (main) earbud. I followed the reset instruction in the manual and was back in business in about 5 minutes. For me, electronics that can be easily reset and work the first time is a big PRO. Things will fail from time to time; that's life. How long it takes to get back up and running is the real test. Cons: Max volume could be louder. It might have something to do with the things I've been listening to, though. Without the gripjacket they fall out of my ears if I'm doing certain things. almost had a toilet tragedy on my second day of ownership when I was half asleep and didn't notice it slipping. But if I'm out of the house and I want to charge them, I have to remove the grip jacket and store it...where? I know myself and I'm gonna lose them before much time. My last comment isn't a con really, more of a design suggestion: we need some way to find them if we put them down and forget where. I remember in the 90's there used to be keychains that would beep when you whistled so that you can find your keys. 20-something years later with bluetooth, wifi, and a slew of other new technology there HAS to be a million ways that we could build a locator function into these things. Because at this price point losing them is kind of a big deal. Not like losing a set of 5 dollar 7-11 earbuds, ya dig? Overall, I'm extremely satisfied with my purchase. I took a chance because I usually don't spend this much on electronic accessories, but my job makes it so that long battery life and a truly wireless solution is REALLY useful.

Ok, so originally I wanted the bose SoundSport wireless as I own a lot of bose products and I am never disappointed with their performance. After reading their reviews on amazon which 50% were terrible I knew I had to come up with an alternative so I started looking. These Zolo's were good priced and had pretty good reviews on them so for $100.00 bucks I'd take a chance. I am so glad I did, first thing is their packaging is first class! they fit in my ears pretty good except the left one isn't as comfortable but I won't blame that on the product. Music quality is very good, not great, but it's better than most wired ear buds for under $100.00 call quality is good. At first I didn't think the volume was loud enough but because of the seal on the ear buds the quality of the music and calls is very good. I only experienced left side drop out once then I reset and haven't had any trouble at all. I use these on my Harley and even at 70 mph and 3/4 volume I still get great sounds from the music! bottom line if you are looking for affordable ear buds and your not a music snob like I am you will appreciate these buds. There is plenty of bass and highs to go around, buy these and be pleasantly surprised.