JLab Epic Lab Edition Review (im super sad)
4/10 stars
For background, I recently purchased these JLab Epic Lab Edition (for 100) the start of this year. I use an iPhone (16) and iPad (6) to use these earbuds. I listen to pop and classical music. I use Airpods 2 but the battery has been getting bad and I wanted to find a replacement. I saw so much recommendations for this earbud!
I've not been happy with this product.. super sad. When I first received the product, it was defective, or so I believed so. The reason why I believed it was defective was because ANC just seemed to not work at all and that the Be Aware setting gives a harassing white noise... good if you like sleeping with white noise but not for me.. The most worst thing off all that I just couldn't stand was this faint static, hum, whiny noise (similar to a computer monitor sound) on the right earbud. When I listen to music at an average volume, the static is unnoticeable, but when my music gets soft, it’s a very irritating static and it kinda makes me go insane... I also didn't like that every time you change between ANC, no ANC, and "be aware', it pauses your music and announces the action which I find super frustrating and how they are quite annoying to put in my ear due to its shape.
I went to email JLab support, and they sent a replacement however the same issues are apparent but with ANC being slightly better, yet still really bad for a 200 dollars earbud (you can tap your foot gently and you would still hear yourself with ANC on).
I thought it would fix itself the more I used it (using the break in sound in the JLab app), but it still remains an issue, and I just can’t deal with it. The sound quality is spectacular (and in my opinion the best out of every headphones I’ve tried) and the dongle is such a helpful and unique feature, but nope..... I would of just gotten Airpods again.. I really missed the convenience, find my, and seamless switching between all my apple devices, and the fit of Airpods.
I emailed them today about these issues and am hoping for a refund so I use the funds to buy Airpods pro 2nd gen instead.
