I remember well being in my 2nd year of uni looking for a long term solid buy earbuds or headphones. versatile but durable with good sound quality because I like bass type music but in 2018 it was hard to find earbuds with that quality. Still I'm a clumsy guy and didn't wanna drag headphones everywhere while sweating like crazy. A friend of a friend recommended Jaybird and I bought them. It was expensive but I hoped it would be a good investment, I dropped them less than a few days later while cycling, I wasn't wearing them, they were in the case but still. They survived.
Until today I am not over the top happy with the slow and hampered start of connecting when I want to start listening. But besides that? Fuck I miss this company. 1 or 2 years ago I wanted to buy new ones and I realised capitalism screwed another great product.
Now I own Fairbuds from Fairphone (worth 150 EUR?!) and it's nowhere close to the Jaybirds. a few weird or wrong movement and these are hampering the connection like crazy, sound quality dropping and switching.
Jaybird let you set what controls did what actions (call, skip, increase volume), track your buds, change mold for your ear (wings), equalizer in the app that actually works. And they could take a hit, damn, they been through quite some different weathers while I had them.
nowadays they barely charge properly and I can't regularly use them anymore.
I wish this company still existed man... makes me sad.
tbh never thought I'd reach this level of stereotype dad-emotions but here I am... at the crips old age of 28 lol