Jabra Elite 75t Earbuds – Alexa Enabled, True Wireless Earbuds with Charging Case, Titanium Black – Bluetooth Earbuds with a More Comfortable, Secure Fit, Long Battery Life and Great Sound Quality

I don't write many reviews unless I feel something really deserves it, so here we go!First off I moved from the Jabra Active 65t's and most of the issues/gripes I had with the 65t's look to be resolved with the 75t's. I'll cover the gripes/improvements, then some pros and cons.Gripe Number 1: The charging caseThe charging case on the 65t's was this weird type of case where you had to squeeze the side or the center to open them, not a pain, just different. The 75t's have that fixed, it's an easy open magnetic case, love the fact it's magnetic and a strong one at that.Gripe Number 2: Earbuds in the caseThe 65t's just kind of sat in the case, there was no positive engagement and you had to rely on a light to tell you if they were connected, sometimes if I was in a hurry and I didn't confirm the buds were properly inserted they wouldn't charge, same goes if I needed to open them in a hurry the buds would sometimes pop out and fall on the ground. The 75t's are magnetically connected, this is friggin fantastic! Such an improvement, can't say how much I love this as they stay in there, in fact the magnet is so strong that you have to be intentional to get them out.Gripe Number 3: The on earbud buttonsI found the 65t's button on the earbuds themselves to be a bit stiff/hard to press and having additional pressure on my ear was a tad uncomfortable. The 75t's have much more sensitive buttons, and I love that they are single buttons, yes there are different combinations to remember but I feel having softer buttons is a huge plus.On to the PRO's!The sound:I think the sound on these is definitely a tad better that the 65t's, there is a lot more bass, and I do mean A LOT. In fact I need to turn down the bass a little through the Jabra app, I guess you could say too much bass is a negative, but I enjoy hearing the lower end on all my songs.Battery life:I am getting an average 7.25 hours using middle volume, if I keep the volume high, the run time is a little lower, roughly 6.75 hours. One thing I haven't tested is run time without using the EQ in the app, I'm sure if I left the EQ as default or flat I could squeeze a tad more out? Also the case packs a lot more backup charge than the 65t's, overall a huge jump from the 65t's.Hear through:One of my favorite features is hear through...I can't rave enough about it as I use these primarily in an office setting and not having to take them out to hear co-workers or have conversations is a huge plus for me.The Case:Fantastic improvements on the case, love that it's magnetic, magnetic earbuds and strong ones at that, no more lost earbuds.Charge port:USB-C! Being that the industry is making a change to USB-C it's nice to have one less cable to support.To the CON's!The Bass:One could say the bass is a tad to strong? However I rather enjoy it, I'm a big over the head, can wearing guy so getting a little more bass out of my on the go headphones is a rather nice plus, but some could be turned away.Ear bud magnets:The magnets holding these little guys in are strong, and with the ear buds being tiny they can be difficult to get them out. The other side of this is they won't be easily lost, so again choose your battles.Overall thoughts:I love the fact you get so much better battery life (and case battery too), strong bass, and great sound in such a tiny profile. Not to smash on the Air-pods, but these 75t's stay in my ears, I don't have a fear of them falling out during workouts, and they fit just as snugly (heck if not better) as the 65t's. I'm excited to use these in the warmer months on my longer bike rides. I think just the extra battery life these things pack to last me the work day and not need to do a mid day charge is a huge win and a reason to purchase and or upgrade.

* TLDR *Sleek looking pair of buds with nice compact charging case. App downloaded, immediately paired the buds, ran updates, and they are great! I had to swap out the gels for a different size, but three sizes were included. Sound quality is fantastic, great range, battery life is unmatched from every other wireless bud I've owned. The feature set is more significant than anything I've had, not sure if they are common in their price range. The app is intuitive and has anything you'd need, and the in-app quick start guide was a quick 2 minute read, and enough to get a handle on which bud did what and how within a couple of minutes.After using these, I would have EASILY paid $300 for them. Would I have been prepared to do that before using them? Probably not.* Long-winded *Coming from wireless buds that were in the sub $50 range, I feel like I'm seeing fire for the first time. Outside of the incredible sound quality and range on these things, little convenience tweaks that will make ease of use so simple. If I pull a bud out of an ear, it pauses playback. Or I can press a button and hear what's around me and not the phone audio.Phone App: configuration profiles to quickly adjust bulk settings on the fly with one tap. They are also in the persistent tray notification on downslide (Android 10). You can tell they really put work into the app to make it easy to use for people of all technical levels. I have a few nit-picky things and quick settings that may annoy me over time, but nothing worth noting (except at the end) - I'm sure this is the case with everyone and every app, because, humans. It does have a lot of quick options that reduce taps and repetitive actions, love that. Some sort of battery or usage metrics would be fun to see if only to see/send telemetry on battery usage.Sound quality: phenomenal, about on par with my over-ear $100-200 gaming headsets. Blown away that they were able to pack this amount of punch and battery life into such a small and comfortable in-ear.Noise cancellation: amazing (post gel switch)! I can't hear myself typing this review on a loud keyboard.Range: these have been great so far! I had my phone charging in my office and went down the hall into another room I bounce between at work, and not one bit of drop out, latency, or quality distortion. The same distance for an EarForce 450 would cause dropouts or complete loss if the door in that room were closed, or another person with a wireless headset was in there.Battery Life: A++! The test: 60 min album (Illenium: Ascend), within 1 meter during 95% of playback, EQ at bass boost, volume at 90% (occasionally 100%), HearThrough disabled. Self-reported remaining battery 60 minutes of playback: 100%. THAT IS BONKERS!! Maybe it drops in increments of 10% or something, but a solid hour of basically max playback and not a flinch. Based on my experience, it will last a lot longer than the quoted 7.5 hours on a full charge. With the nature of batteries, this will obvi change over time.++ UPDATE: after 90 minutes of Ascend album looping, I'm at 95% (so it appears 5% increments). During the last 30 minutes, I had HearThrough on. I assume that uses more battery to turn the mics hot.Fit: as mentioned, had to swap gel, no biggie. I haven't gone running with them yet, but walking around and up and down the stairs, etc. - they are solid in-ear and super snug. Wearing for two hours now, no discomfort.Assistant: I haven't had much of a chance to use the assistant tie in, in the real world, but the selection of phone vs. Alexa was easy and upfront. Based on having conversations with people, with earbuds in, and using HearThrough only for that -- I'm sure the assistant will have no problem hearing commands. Saying "Hey Google" was an immediate wake response, didn't have a problem with wake or with command. Double-press right bud worked great, immediately playback resume. Assistance volume was very low, but I'm sure that's an on-phone setting in the Android mixer.Love the idea of HearThrough. Some of my gaming headsets and helps big time with communicating and not having to remove the device, it'll be especially helpful on public transit on new routes or delays on things.Constructive feedback: I was trying to pause music and turn on HearThrough at the same time. Pressing the button on both buds at the same time, it shuts them both off immediately. An option in the app to pause music if HearThrough is activated via bud (instead of mute, or maybe a choice between the two) would be excellent! Ideally, I'd like to with one button push: pause music and allow HearThrough. When disabled again, auto-start playback.I'll be sure to update this review in a month if anything changes.