Jaybird Vista 2 True Wireless Sport Bluetooth Headphones With Charging Case - ANC, Sport Fit, 24 Hour Battery, Waterproof Earbuds with Military-grade Durability, Quality Calls - Blue

Thoroughly recommend these for running!Great quality sound, with a decent bass. These headphones stay in my ear very well whilst running, only occasionally slipping if it is raining and I am on a complex trail. I also found them very comfortable, which is a bonus for use outside of sports!The battery life is very decent, and the buds will last long enough for a long session of listening before you have to place them in the case to charge again. I found I rarely had to charge them and that the case provides a reliable protection!I appreciate the integration with the app, allowing you to keep location tag on the buds and control specific sound elements and noise cancellation. Noise cancellation is a downfall though, as I often found they weren’t wind proofed enough!In all very high quality, and the white edition looks fantastic and doesn’t mark as easily as I expected!

I never got on with Apple headphones or beats x etc. They never fit properly so were always falling out or had loads of background noise so I had to use them louder than I was comfortable with. Jaybird Vista fit great, never fall out running or cycling. I use them every day, commute on bike and gym. On my second set which is fair enough given how long I had the first and how much abuse they got. I even tried going back to beats etc recently but had to return them. This review is for vista 1, the reviews for vista 2 seem to have issues and I don’t care about noise cancelling on bike/gym/running if they fit.

I will buy it again, but not giving 5 stars as some of the aspects need to polished. Value for money is tremendous.

I bought these as I was after earbuds for running and cycling, which would allow me to listen to what I wanted whilst remaining aware of my surroundings. After doing a bunch of research I decided on these. The earbuds themselves functioned in the way they are advertised, but after trying them out on a run I'm now returning them as even with surroundsense switched on I didn't feel like I was safely aware of my environment, and the wind noise is an issue. More detailed review below.The Good:Build - The build quality is great, both the case and buds are constructed with nice materials which feel premiumFit - Good and secure fit, different fin sizes will make sure you get a good fit. I had no issues with them falling out or even feeling at all loose. I'm not the smoothest of runners and that they didn't even budge is pretty impressive.Sound - Really good sound, deep bass, responsive mids, and highs aren't piercing. The ability to personalise the EQ in the supporting app is useful and makes a noticeable difference. If you don't know how to effectively apply EQ, you can choose from any number of presets from both Jaybird themselves or other users who have uploaded their settings, which is a nice touch.ANC - When activated, the ANC is effective, and being able to switch between ANC, surroundsense, and off using a tap control is really useful and not something offered by many other brands.The Bad:Button/Tap controls - The tap controls for switching between ANC settings don't always respond properly so it takes some practice to get consistent results. The buttons (there are both tap and button controls for both buds) are somewhat stiffer than I would like, meaning that each time you want to play/pause, skip, change volume, you're having to push quite firmly on the button, which pushes the earbud further into your ear-canal which for me wasn't particularly comfortable. Furthermore, the only tap control setting is a double tap, whereas the buttons respond to a single press, double press, and a press and hold. Why the tap functionality isn't more effectively used, I don't know. It would make more sense to allow better customisation of multiple tap responses and limit the requirements of button presses as the tap functions are far more comfortable and don't require any sort of inward force.Internal noise - The one is due to personal preference in that it turns out I hate having in-ear buds which completely obstruct the ear-canal. When running this means I can hear the thud of my footfall with each stride as well as background internal sounds like breathing, blood rushing in my ear, heartbeat etc. If you're used to in-ear buds and don't mind this then it won't be a problem for you, but it was a deal breaker for me.Wind noise - Even when playing around with the ANC, surroundsense, and low, medium, high wind filters, I could never get the settings right and the wind was always an issue. This isn't by any means a problem specific to Jaybird, but I wonder if the fabric material used on the main body of the buds (which incidentally gives them a really premium look and feel) is picking up more wind noise than some of the other earbuds on the market.All in all, the earbuds function mostly as advertised, and the majority of my issues with the buds are down to personal preference. However there are some issues/inconsistencies with the buds functionality and material choices which affect user experience.I'm now looking at open ear, bone conduction headphones as in-ear buds aren't for me when it comes to sport.

If you're looking for a set of earbuds for sport, the first thing you should know about these earbuds are the comparability issues with Garmin watches, unfortunately this wasn't obvious to me when buying these and I've since has to return then, which is a real shame as if you read on you'll see these are a fantastic sounding set of earbuds. I'm not sure who is at fault for this issues, Jaybird or Garmin and I did consider keeping these, but in the end connection drop outs ever 3-5 mins to the watch was unbearable.So, parking those issues for a moment, if you want these to connect to a phone and play music then they are great.Upon arrival and unboxing these had about 50% charge so I could crack on and set them up. Pairing on my phone was easy, although a little different (you pair them using the case rather than the buds), but once set up off you go. I downloaded the app and sync the buds to it, again pretty easy to do and then that's where the magic starts! The app was really good, a little overwhelming to begin with as there is a lot going on, settings and profiles for sounds, ability to change when the button presses do and turning on/off ANC etcThe best bit about the app is the sound profile/equaliser settings, you can literally tweak the full range, bass, treble, mid etc, I've never seen this level of customisation on a set of buds before and it works beautifully. I spent a good hour sat listening to music and playing around with the equaliser to find a profile that suited me. You can then save custom settings (or choose a pre made profile) and switch between them with a simple tap. That means you can switch back to the default flat profile and the difference is day and night. Having owned a few other earbuds (Cambridge audio, Anker, Bose) these sound the best. The only issue with the sound and it's a small one, is the level of bass, but it's no worse than the majority of earbuds out there, you don't really get that bassy thump with earbuds. The only ones I found that have a decent bass are the Bose soundsport.I had no issues with the fit, using the default medium size silicon tips, the wings are small and neatly tucked into my ears. Felt comfortable and stable.I didn't have these long enough to fully test the ANC out, but when music was paused or stopped the outside sound passthrough was fantastic, almost felt like I didn't have anything in my ears, I could hear everything without having to take them out, what's a real bonus for me, you don't need to keep taking them in and out if you want to stop to talk to someone.Once they are in your ears, you have two ways to control them (that you can customise in the app) a soft 'tap' on the bud, or a hard press. I found the soft tap worked well, although you can get caught out inadvertently triggering it when adjusting the buds in your ears. The hard press I liked less, I found the force needed to press the button in meant you were pushing them into yours ears a bit too much, which was uncomfortable.For running, apart for aforementioned issues with connection, these worked great, they felt stable and comfortable, eventually not noticing them in your ears and just listening to great sounding music.I loved these and was heartbroken returning them, but just couldn't get over the Garmin connection issues. If this can be fixed I'd consider these again in the future.