Today Fitbit announced their latests smartwatch, the Fitbit Versa. The Funny thing is the Fitbit Versa Looks very similar to the pebble 2 smart watch which Fitbit acquired last year. The Fitbit Ionic isn't the hot seller Fitbit hoped it would be but the radically new design and much lower asking price of the Fitbit Versa makes it a very promising smart watch. I personally think the Fitbit versa Is going to out perform the Fitbit Ionic in sales.
There are A LOT of truly wireless sports ear buds to choose from. There are some good ones and there are some not so great ones. Arguably the Bose Soundsport Free and Jaybird Run are among the most popular, but the Soul X-Shock are the under dog that I didn't expect to like so much. At the end of the day there still aren't a pair of truly wireless ear buds that come close to the air pods. But for working out the Soul X-Shock are my go to ear buds cause of their jaw dropping battery life and they still sound pretty good.
At first I thought paying $250 for the Bose Soundsport Free Wireless Earbuds was way too much, Bose has recently decided to lower the price of their Bose Soundsport Free ear buds. Although they sound good and they have great build quality, I feel there is plenty of room for improvement for the Bose Soundsport Free series 2 that will no doubt come out one day.
I really like the Jaybird X3, they are very reasonably priced and they preform very well. But Sadly the Jaybird RUN failed to deliver due to their rampant connectivity issues. The Sports Wireless Ear Buds is highly saturated and Jaybird really needs to improve on their Jaybird Run if they want to stand a chance. Until further Notice, I recommend getting the Jaybird X3 over the Jaybird Run.
Wireless ear buds are here to stay, and there are hundreds of wireless earbuds on the market. But none of them have a battery life as impressive as the SOUL X-Shock Wireless ear buds. Sure they sound good and wireless connection is fine, but what makes these earbuds standout is their staggering battery life. SOUL claims the X-SHOCK are good for 54 hours of use on a single charge. The X-SHOCK's chagrin case is double the size of the AirPods carrying case, but you can also use the X-Shock's carrying case as a portable charger for your own phone!
The Sony 1000XM2, and Bose QC35 Series are two great headphones that cost $350. But if you go up market a bit into the premium headphones segment you might be looking at the Bowers And Wilkins PX, Bang And Olufsen H9i, and the Sennheiser HD1. All three of these headphones feature improved sound quality, better materials, and active noise cancellation technology. But when you're dropping $400 or $500 on a pair of headphones you REALLY want to make sure you get the right ones. This, is the premium headphone showdown featuring the Bang And Olufsen H9i, Bowers And Wilkins PX, And Sennheiser HD1!
The Bang And Olufsen H9i are a great pair of over ear headphones, but they also have a little brother, the Bang And Olufsen H8i On Ear Headphones. For the most part they sound as good as the H9i's but since the BEO Play H8i are on ear headphones, they aren't as comfortable, they don't create as good of a seal, and their noise cancelation performance isn't as good. For $400 the Bang and Olufsen H8i are a very hard sell. They're good, but they're hard to justify given that there are better options out there at a lower price.
The Sony 1000XM2 has been the gold standard when it comes to noise cancellation for the last couple of months. The Sony 1000XM2 song great, have amazing battery life, and some great other features. But the 1000XM2 a4rent the best looking headphones and they don't have the best build quality. And thats where the Bang And Olufsen H9i come in. The H9i are premium headphones that have very elegant design, quality materials, and they also have a few stand out features. The BEO H9i aren't perfect, but they preform so well they might be better than the Sony 1000XM2 in certain situations.
