Tribit Wireless Earbuds, 110H Playtime Bluetooth 5.3 IPX8 Waterproof Touch Control True Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds with Mic Earphones in-Ear Deep Bass Built-in Mic Bluetooth Headphones, FlyBuds 3

This is the second one I have bought. I love these as far as the quality and the build. And they are durable, the charge last forever, and so far they stay in well when I run, and the sweat doesn’t seem to bother them too much. Don’t expect huge $200 sound from them, you get what you pay for. But for the price, I have no complaints. I am not a sound connoisseur or picky, but that being said, I also don’t like the really cheap thin “tinny” sound earbuds that are really cheap. These are not those. The sound is good. It’s loud enough for me. Some of the earbuds now have the limiter effect and you can’t really get it high enough to be satisfying, but these seem to have a good all over round sound, a full sound, and a high enough volume that they actually sound good. I think they deliver pretty good base and trouble and a balanced way. Like I said, if you’re looking for $200 sound, these are probably not the way to go. But I think for the price, they deliver really good adequate, and quite frankly very good high-quality sound. The only problem I’ve had with this brand is that sooner or later as you’re charging them, one of the earbuds will end up losing connection and not charging properly. After a while, you end up having one that charges and one that doesn’t so one earbud will eventually go bad. I’ve had to replace these when that happens. I’m on my third one now. But again, for the price I am not complaining. I end up getting a couple years out of each pair at least and for 30 bucks, for me it’s worth it. I’d still have to buy six or seven pairs before I have these $200 pairs and those don’t last 12 years, so you do the math.

I didn't know what to expect from a low-cost earbud. But after some setup glitches (more below) it has functioned just fine. Stays in my smallish ears in the gym, recharges reliably, and after creating a custom frequency profile (out-of-the-box music profiles have way too much bass) provides a decent listening experience. I'll use my fancy earphones for concentrated listening, but these earbuds are a great accompaniment to my doing tasks. And if I lose an earbud I won't lose my mind over the expense. Setup: Upon first startup of earbuds, the Tribit app recommended a firmware update. Did so. After which the earbuds would not connect to my phone. After a lot of failed trial-and-error, I reset the earbuds to factory standards, then reconnected. The firmware update had evidently been accomplished because no more update requests. There's a little pamphlet that comes in the box with hardware instructions but no mention of the Tribit app. I learned that it existed through reviews.

Update 1: Well I have used these for a bit and I really am trying to NOT LET my prior experience (all positive) with Tribit effect my judgement. I still have the "the wingtips hurt sometimes in the high humidity/hot temps after about an hour or so walk" issue but like i said at that point that they start to hurt I am almost done and A) "taking the wingtip off for the rest of the walk" or B) just taking the bud out for a few ... say 30 seconds or so and rubbing my ear" and putting the bud with the wingtip still on back in .. solves that "issue" in both cases. A few times in more "comfortable conditions" (not a tripe digit heat index) ... i went out almost a little longer and i never had that "wingtip hurts after long usage" problem. One last thing on this ... i'd say "it feels a little sore" ... not like a bad pain or anything to go overboard. Sound is another issue .... I cant recall the setting but on my first pair (forshadowing) I had "Tribit signature sound" or something like that set apparently ... i couldn't tell (I go into details below of what happened and what i tried) if the Lows (bass) were too high or the mids and highs (righter most side of an EQ) were "too low" ... it almost to a point sounded more "muffled" then expected. TL/DR here i lowered a few of the bass sliders and raised a few of the high-mids/high sliders and BOY does it sound better. I hate to sound like i dont like some of the other buds I have like the TOZO NC2's which sound great too ...l but along with my Lavabean earbuds (I dont think they are sold anymore) ... these Flybud 3's maybe my favorites ... they dont sound as wide as the Lavabeans but that is not a bad thing. Everything is right where i like it and ... these have become one of my favorites. One thing I will say is I had the case slip out of my hands one day and it bounced a time or two down my driveway/sidewalk ... it now has some dings on it but after using these for a bit since then .... nothing fell apart and everything still works. As far as that forshadowing ... I admit the regular price of these are pretty good but I have gotten "used -very good" type condition Flybud3s from Tribit's parent company here on Amazon... sometimes at say 60% of the price (like i see a sale on these new at $32 ... "used like new" is $24) .... I now have three pair of Flybud 3s ... two of which I took a chance on and got used for (both pair each ... ) for the rough total of say $17.50 for either pair.... a STEAL at that price. Sometimes at sub $20 you "get what you pay for" OR get a good product (say some earfun or TOZO lower end offering) but you sacrifice on say battery life or other features. I still HAVEN'T tested the charging on these though ... say "charging up my phone in a pinch just to make a phone call" in an emergency type thing I get why these are a "recommended" product ... I really do now ------------------------------------------------------------------ TLDR, I totally recommend these, even if they are not “perfect” … and there are not many “cons” .. some just more “here is where I’d like to see a change or improvement” rather than a so-called “negative”. I have far more bluetooth devices, than I ever thought I’d have and it’s gotten to the point if I listed them in reviews, like I used to it’d just take up too much room and too much time for people to read, but know while I have a few brands I trust … Tribit, TOZO and Earfun are my top three. I have not always had issues with Tribit products, but the off chance I do, they have always gone above and beyond to take care of things. -------------------------------- My initial thoughts (note: things have changed … for the better) I liked them (and I ADMIT I got these used-very good, if I recall) but with what I think was a “default” (not a typical V-shaped EQ, looking at the app) … well I couldn’t put my finger on it but it was either A) The .. I want to say midbass (the boomy bass you “can feel” in some devices) was either too high or B) the high mids and highs were too low… they didn’t sound terrible but they sort of sounded like a worse (what I just said sound profile wise) version of the Tribit XSound Gos I have … they sound good just like these Flybud 3s but .. .a tad on the “boomy” side. I could live with that but, like I said .. things have changed. (typing this a few weeks after my initial thoughts) I THINK I was wishing is that the case was a little more sturdy in the hinge but really this hasn’t been an issue, and I have had far worse (even if they don’t break, a pair of Tagry earbud’s case and my only SoundPeats case seems like they‘d break even if it was a light fall onto say carpet) ----------------------------------------- Change in the sound: I did some testing in my Sansa MP3 player using Rockbox (note: with ALL earbuds I review, I generally have a “V-shaped EQ” on top of whatever the earbuds sound like .. just to be clear/fair) and pulling the bass back a tad and upping the high mids and highs, they sounded better .. STILL the same profile of a little too boomy but ALOT better than what it was. I then tweaked the EQ on the player back to where I had it before, and then went into Tribit’s app and on the Flybuds themselves sort of did the same thing with pulling a few of the bass sliders down from that “default” (I think) EQ and bumping UP the high end. These sound SO MUCH better now. With that default sound I heard there seemed to be a lack of clarity in the mids and highs with that extra bass … now it sound a lot more in the range I like and the more I use these sound “profile” wise, the more I like them. Everyone likes different things, sound wise but I will say if these don’t sound exactly like you want, go into the GREAT APP (one of the best in my view really) and play with the EQ with more bands than I expected really and dial them into where you like the sound to be. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pro: - The Sound: without going over the same things I already said the sound is a plus .. sure some audiophiles may not like the sound of earbuds in this price range but when dialed in .. these can sound balanced, and still have boomy bass and decent mids and highs. I have heard speakers, headphones or earbuds that sometime can sound “lopsided” EQ wise but these are pretty darn good and “EQ’able” - The wingtips: Other than a VERY specific use case and only during some times and ironically in certain conditions with my right ear ONLY after … an hour or more of use (that is a heck of a sentence, eh?) .. .The wingtips are a pro and unlike other earbuds like my Tagry’s that just feel so much better without wingtips on either bud, The Flybuds 3 wingtips and just how they feel with the buds themselves IS a pro to me. I don’t run .. I don’t .. but I could totally see people running or doing exercises with these and unlike some earbuds if doing intense stuff.. these just feel like they WOULDN’T fall out in those cases .. .very snug and comfortable unless maybe wearing for a LONG period of time. IF wearing for a few hours, I have to admit I may get ear fatigue with ANY earbud. - Build Quality – While I thought (and maybe I still do I am not 100% sure) the hinge on the case COULD BE “a little beefier” … “a little more sturdy” … even with initial impressions, as always with Tribit products, they seem well made and not on the “cheap” (quality) side no matter the fact that some are on the cheapER (price) side compared to some more expensive earbuds. This is just one overall reason Tribit has won me over, and the quality like I said is no different in these Flybud 3s versus other Tribit products. Well done, Tribit. - Battery life – Oh boy … I do admit I have only had to charge these once with constant use and I HAVE NOT tried the “power bank” feature, but unlike the “100+ hour” Tagrys and ones I LOVE ..I forgot the exact model (not sold anymore to my knowledge) .. my “100+ hour” Lavabeans, these seem to actually last that long or at least more in that range. The Tagry’s I have go from 50% on the case to zero in no time (almost instantly) ONCE the case charge number hits about 50% … it’s normal UNTIL that level but it’s far from what it was advertised at … I got those for $20 so I can forgive that issue and to be fair to Tagry … they last a long time from 100% to 50% on the case. My Lavabeans have a similar issue desptie being one of my favorite brand/models that I own. These do the same thing when the case charge number hits ABOUT 30% or so. Not Idea, but with the way the Lavabeans sound … I am FAR more forgiven than even the Tagry’s This is a hard thing to judge for now, since like I said I only had to charge these once since I got them, and at times I thought the case charge at “3 out of 4” dots was a bug since it seemed “stuck” there (it was just the battery ACTUALLY lasting that long and being totally fine) … but wow I am impressed with the battery life. The App: - I have to say there MAYBE equal apps in terms of quality and what it gives you control over and how it functions… I DO recall it asking me for my location (what others have complained about) but without giving it access and opening and closing the app a time or two I think it opened and functioned normal, anyway, and I do have a firewall on my phone blocking anything I don’t totally allow. I am not a fan of this but …to be fair I do not remember of say Oontz’s, Soundcore’s, or .. Earfun (they have an app?)’ s apps ask for the same permissions … I really can’t Overall I feel this is a well done app and better then some others I have seen. I don’t want to go into all the details but after wishing Tribit had an app for awhile, I have to say well done, to the programmers of this app. My only “issue” is that I wish my Tribit Xfree Go’s from years back had app support so I could dial in the sound (same general INITIAL impressions of the Flybuds .. just a pinch too on the boomy side) ------------------------------------------------------ Cons/Things that are no big deal or very specific to a certain use-case: - The wingtips: This is a pro and a con and really … I have to just explain my specific use-case when the “issue” happens. It’s somehow USUALLY only in my right ear but I have had it happen in my left ear too. Before I go on, I want to say that for some reason I don’t like Tagry’s (another brand with a model that has wingtips) wingtips on those earbuds.. I don’t want to say they “hurt” but they just feel a lot better without them. The wingtips on these give me ear fatigue (I don’t want to say they “hurt” really but just … say a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10, and just taking that one out for a moment or so and rubbing my ear, solves that issue and I can wear them again. The thing is it’s been VERY humid and hot since early May (it’s late June now) and only on humid days and specific MAINLY to my right ear AFTER AN HOUR of wearing them for a walk in the hot sun, does the issue happen and really when it starts … I am mostly done with the walk anyway so it’s a sort of “issue/non-issue” anymore. There has been 2 or 3 day of hot temps but lower humidity and even during the same distance walks … the issue even in my right ear doesn’t happen … maybe TMI there but its a very specific use case and again a “2” on a scale of 1 to 10 and really a few moments of taking them out, solves the issue. The OTHER OBVIOUS question is “well … do you take the wingtip off even if just on the right earbuds when this happens?” … no I do not since I am almost done anyway… TAKING THE WINGTIP OFF would be the other obvious solution, for the ear fatigue. TO BE CLEAR, The issue is not in the eartip in my ear canal, but right where the wingtip is sitting … it sort of “gets a little sore” when the issue happens. The eartips that were “default” when I opened the package feel great and are a-ok even when the wingtip in my right ear starts “causing the issue”. ------------------------------------------------ I am not say these are perfect, though unlike some products in various categories that have me questions “why do these have so many really high reviews?.. this is ‘ok’ at best” or “why is this an Amazon best-seller?”… after using these for a bit and despite the bassier sound I sort of like them in the first place, but liked them even more after more use… I can say I get why these are rated so high.

I am posting (2) reviews... a Flybud 3 review and a Flybud NC review. FLYBUD 3 - I own a bunch of under $50 TWBs and these are by far the best I have. I own the Sony WF1000's and they are sorta the bench mark so I will try and have a balanced approach when review the Flybud 3. Sound 4 - Great mid range sound. As much bass as I would every want and overall really good. I have others that I prefer for audio books (but hat is because they are "Bright" and easy to hear voices) but like these for all general use listening. My Sony's have a lot more detail and a broader sound stage, but without a side by side you would be hard pressed to tell the different when moving around. I really only notice the Sony's awesomeness while sitting and concentrating on the music. Moving around and living life in motion... I find myself grabbing the Flybuds when I am going to go work out for otherswise. Fit - These stick in you ear like an great set of earplugs. The noise ISSOLATION is the best I have by far. So good that in some case are quieter than my NC version of headphones where NC can actually amplifiy noise more so than cancel it... for example wind noise. The ear wings and the ear tips are great and the most secure TWB I own by far. Battery - I have yet to every run our of battery in the case and cant recall every running out of batter in the TWBs... so batter life is great. The ability to charge and external devise has saved me a few times. The case is a little heavy but slick (good/bad) and slides into pockets easily. I find it a little heavy for when I am wear light shorts or dress clothes, but would be the pair I took if I was to go on a road trip. Gripes - None really... except for the limited MultiFunction aspects of the MFB. I would have liked to see volume added and skip back/forth be implemented in the MFB... but I have learn to live without it. FLYBUD NC First... I would give them a (3) start when using the stock ear-tips. The noise isolation (vs the noise cancellation) with the stock ear-tips was terrible so I put a different set of ear-tips and that made a HUGE difference... HUGE. Fortunately Tribit acknowledges such a possibility and as a result just sent me a notice to get (3) new designed ear-tips sent my way. I am anxious to try them to see how they do. In the end this is not an uncommon issue and I find that keeping old ear-tips around so as to swap them to those that work best is a good practice and something I have done with pretty much all the TWB's I own. Packaging 5: nice as with all the Tribit products I have bought... Its nice and clean and simple Case (4) : Nice and small, but doesn't let you use some of the bigger ear-tips from other TWB's as the charging pins to make contact. The case has 4 little lights on the front as the battery indicator and they seems to drop fast. I often find it at 50% and I am thinking "didn't i just charge that case?"... only to reflect back with the understanding that I had been using them constantly for the past couple of days... so I suspect the hours claimed are correct.... I just got use to the Flybud 3' monster 2600mah battery case and seeing those battery lights rarely fall below 75%. lol. Earbud Battery (5) - They say 8 to 10 hrs for the earbud... that is awesome and I have no reason not to believe it. I have yet to wear them out, but the longest I wore them was likely 3hrs to 4hrs... so your experience my vary, but for the record I have gotten "low battery" warnings on all my other earbuds BUT the Flybud NC's. kudo on the battery life. Earbud Sound (4) - Great for the price. They are not as detailed as my Sony 1000's (they are very nice and detailed, but cost $200), but are nice in the mids with bass where you need it. I listen to the a lot of podcast and I find the sound of the FB-NC's to be well balanced and I don't get fatigued listening over an extended period of time. If I didn't have the Sony's to compare them I would give them a 5. Great sound for the price. Earbud Noise Cancellation (4) - as noted WITH the different ear-tips installed the NC is really good for white noise and general background noise. I would say it cuts down that "sort of noise" by 60 to 70% and works great. Again the Sony's do it better, but without a side by side comparison you would likely not be able to tell the difference between the Tribits and the Sonys. NC works great in office/inside environments... Very nice for car rides and plane rides and such, but not so good for outside when there is wind blowing (an issue with the Sony's as well). The wind disrupts the "NC" aspects of the earbuds and can cause more noise... the good thing is you can turn it off and use them like normal TWB. The pass-thru aspect is very nice to have and I find I use it more than I expected. Nice feature. Some grips: - They stay in good with different ear-tips, but not very well with the stock ear-tips. - They don't have volume control and some of the other aspects of other TWB's multi-touch button, but I have learned to live with it. I find that: - I carry these FB-NC's now when I leave the house. - I carry the Flybud 3 now whenever I am going to go do anything active, especially outside where Noise Cancellation is less effective and Noise Isolation is most important... something (noise isolation) the Flybud 3's do better than any other TWB i have tried - I use my sony's when I really want to get lost in the music and isolate myself. They are very impressive and create a detailed sound stage that none of the other TWB's I have tried can do... but again they cost 5 times as much. Hope this helps.

I have been researching earbuds with a built in power bank for years and I'm so glad I came across the flybuds 3!! I was searching for the updated model of a different brand earbuds, where the charging case is also a power bank, but have had no luck until now and these didn't disappoint!!! My fiance is a big music lover and I bought him these for his birthday and they are just so good, I bought myself a pair! Sound quality is great, especially while riding the bus or train. Fit is super comfortable as well. These are far beyond my expectations and I will be buying as gifts and repurchase for myself when and if needed!!! Update: after using for almost 1 year now the sound quality is still great, but these are horrible for talking on the phone. No one can hear me so I have to take a call without the Bluetooth. Everything is so muffled and just not the best. I still love them for everything else and the fact that the case is a power bank! Dropping from 5 stars to 3 due to the sound issues with calls

I was a little surprised. Shortly before buying these I had spent 3x as much on some Raycons, but before the Raycons I had Tribit Movebuds that were unexpectedly the best earphones I had ever used. Bought the Movebuds on prime day for about $70. At the time reviews were terrific, 4+ stars. I accidentally broke one so I bought another pair maybe 2 years later, Amazon warned me of a high return rate and reviews were terrible. The second pair of Movebuds broke my heart, sincerely. I even emailed them about how much I loved the first pair and my second pair lasted a couple months but now they won't even work at all. Their reply was, "Thanks, did you try updating?" I didn't bother responding since I literally mentioned that they won't even pair with anything and they need to be paired with a phone to be updated. I mean the whole time I COULD use the second set of Movebuds I would spend 5 minutes turning them off and on until both were working, but they were honestly that good when working that I put up with that. So then I get the Raycons, those are fine but they just remind me of the Movebuds having similar features but just being subpar in every comparable aspect. Not as loud, not as good sounding let alone not nearly as customizable in their sound, the ANC mode is like the Movebuds with transparency mode off when barely, the awareness mode is hard to describe as if it's constantly turning changing between a low and high setting constantly while the Movebuds had two transparency modes and the max was almost like a hearing aid for me sometimes. Anyway, the Movebuds are discontinued. I saw these fly buds and when I saw the case works as a portable charger which I was coincidentally also looking for, I said sure I'll try these for under $40. Though I actually still haven't tried that feature yet. Wow the battery is absolutely insane! When I opened the box the case was mostly but not fully charged and I didn't charge it until over a week later while using the earphones daily to nearly complete depletion. The earphones battery is great too. I want to say they get between 5 to 8 hours depending on listening volume and they charge extremely fast, 20 minutes is almost a full charge. They sound so much better than the Raycons but not as good as the Movebuds. There is a tribit app and unfortunately the fly buds have about 3 EQ presets where the Movebuds had like 10 AND you could save custom EQ profiles. The Fly bud case build quality it's leaps and bounds better than the Movebuds which felt like the lid hung by a thread but the Fly bud case has a decent firm clasp. My final note. While exiting a vehicle I dropped the case but it was perfectly fine. Shortly after when I opened the case the earbuds must have flown out and the case re-shut itself. Though I haven't tried it as a charger yet, at least I'm not left with a useless plastic shell. I'm still left with phone charger. I will update when I finally use that feature, but I mean under $40 is pretty dang good. I'm actually considering buying another pair, but maybe if I wait they'll come out with more Movebuds.

I love these Tribit earbuds! I had a pair and lost one earbud and then lost the other earbud. I HAD to have another pair because they sound SO good! They fit in my ear perfectly and nobody even knows I'm wearing it until I take it out. I was just listening to Manheim Steamroller Christmas and bells and the drums sounds like it's traveling right through my head from one earbud to the other. Pretty awesome! They are the best earbuds I've ever had and the price it great!

I primarily used a pair of Beats Flex earbuds, as well as a pair of AirPods Pro and Beats Studio Buds. My boyfriend recently confiscated my Beats Flex for work, because he’s allowed to use headphones, and he liked the flex option because it hangs around your neck. He already had a pair, but they died, and he wanted once he could alternate when they did die. That’s also why I have so many. I’m blind, so I use my headphones a lot for things like my screen reader, primarily being either voiceover or JAWS, and I also listen to a lot of music and audio books. That being said, I’ve gone through a lot of earbuds. I really didn’t want to spend hundreds of dollars again, especially around Christmas time and having two young boys to buy for. I’ve purchased from this brand before, I owned several of their speakers, and I owned one pair of their earbuds. The only complaint I had about their earbuds previously was the volume level not being loud enough for my personal taste. However, they were comfortable, reliable, and worked well when I had them. So I figured it was worth a try if it saved me some money. I’m not necessarily an audio file but I love the way that audio sounds. to me, sound is a big thing. These can honestly kind of compete with my AirPods. They get as loud and the base is awesome, however, there are some features that AirPods have obviously that the Tribits do not. The AirPods definitely have a more balanced sound, as well. Keep in mind there’s a literal $200 price difference. Compared to my beats studios, these do a little better. The beats studios kind of have like a tiny sound comparatively to these. The volume is comparable as well. Again, though, the beats seem to do better about using the mics in conjunction with my iPhone. But again, they have a literal apple chip in them. I like that they have an app that you can customize your sound and it’s also pretty accessible because it tells you the battery life of your earbuds in the app. I like that the case is big and also doubles as a power bank although I haven’t used this feature yet. These headphones are awesome for the money. It definitely beats spending over $200, however I will say that I seem to not get clear results when using things like dictation or Siri with my Tribits. I’d say my AirPods still beat them in noise cancellation. These really don’t have any noise canceling power at all, unless you have the volume all the way up. These things do get pretty loud and they are pretty powerful, so with them all the way up, you really can’t hear much, but sometimes I’ll listen to music or watch a show on my phone while my boyfriend is sleeping so that I can try to fall asleep. I fall asleep with AirPods, and because he snores extremely loud. I don’t want to have my Music or show up extremely loud to the point where it’s hard for me to sleep so these don’t necessarily work for that task. The beats, as well, have a noise canceling feature. It is not as good as the AirPods, however. Again, keep in mind that with these beats as well, there is like $100 price difference. I will have to update on how they do using the mics with my windows computer as I have not tried this yet. Overall, these have done pretty well so far. I only took a star off because a few times when shaking my head or quickly moving, I seem to have lost connection in one ear, although this is temporary. Just a weird quirk that hopefully they fix with a firmware update, which you can also do from the app.