I've had the Jabra Elite 7 Active for a year now, and I wanted to share my review.

Design: They are smaller than most earbuds and I love that they don't have a stem. One reason why I chose these is because I wanted to listen to music and make phone calls while skiing with a POC Auric helmet. They get a bit uncomfortable after 2-3 hours but I'm still quite happy. I also really like the tactile buttons.

Fit: Medium ear tips work great for me, good isolation, good fit (during intense workouts) and they don’t feel uncomfortable even for long periods. Sometimes I forget I have them on.

Mic: I saw a lot of people complaining about mic quality on this sub, it's not the best mic ever on an earbud, but I have no issues having phone calls while music is blasting in the gym. People used to complain earlier about the quality on Discord calls, haven't had that happen lately.

Connectivity: Although I’ve seen reports of laptops/PCs not connecting or having a lot of issues and Jabra stating they only support mobile devices, mine work great with iPhone 13 Pro, 13” Macbook Pro (M1) and 14” MacBook Pro. Connecting with a 10 year old HP Envy laptop with Windows 11 sometimes causes issues so I have to re-connect. Seamless connection and switching between 2 devices. Only caveat is that multipoint only supports 2 devices.

Sound: These are the most expensive buds I’ve ever bought and they sound like it. Audiophiles could find issues to nitpick but to me they sound really good. Saw a lot of complaints here about sound delay. Used to notice a bit of a delay on some apps prior to the last software update a couple months ago, no noticeable delay since then. Not good for gaming though, I tried playing CSGO once and there was too much delay.

ANC: this is my first experience with ANC so I didn’t really know what to expect, but it’s better than whatever I was expecting. It effectively mutes a vacuum cleaner (Samsung Simple 1400) and voices around the office.

Battery life: It’s good. The indicators on the case and earbuds are quite easy to understand. I’ve only had the battery die twice.

Overall, I am very happy with them. I can’t believe I almost skipped them due to complaints in this sub.

It seems i've misplaced my Airpods pro, so i'm looking to get some new earbuds for listening to music on the bus short plane rides and workouts.

The APP was a bit overkill for my use, so i've been looking at cheaper options.

Last year i got some Jabra Elite 3s for working out, they were cheap and i didn't want to risk losing my Airpods (look how that ended). I've been satisifed with them so far, so when i saw that the Elite 7 active is on sale for about 90$ they seemed like a good option to do an upgrade.

But on this subreddit i mostly see bad stuff about them. I'm used to not being able to use my airpods for calls except when i'm home due to a crappy microphone so that's not important. Are the Elite 7s still bad if i mostly want to listen to music/movies?