I wore them on two short 1-mile runs (running with a face mask on is tough!) last weekend and the Buds Live didn’t come out. One time I forgot I had them in my ears as I frantically searched my apartment for the buds I thought I misplaced.Ī bunch of people asked me on Twitter whether or not they’ll fall out during runs. But after realizing my mistake, I’ve had no issues with the fit. The buds felt weird at first since there’s no ear tip to lodge into my ear canal to hold it in place and the flat bean-shaped design essentially sits parallel to your ears. I disinfected the hell out of the poor bud and realized that I should have pushed them in a teensy bit more so that they tucked under the fold of my ear. The right bean fell out of my ear while I was in the bathroom and narrowly missed the toilet bowl by a few inches. The first time I put the Buds Live in my ears was a total fail. Just don't expect them to rise above the most popular wireless earbuds in any particular way beyond aesthetics. Despite their really wimpy noise-cancellation, the Buds Live are pretty solid as a regular AirPods competitor if you want something that looks different and has similar sound and battery life. But alas, they are no AirPods Pro killer. From the bean-shaped design to the open-style active noise-cancellation (which really doesn’t do much, to be honest), the buds are a breath of fresh air for wireless earbuds in a way that AirPods clones aren’t (I'm so sick of AirPod knockoffs).Īt first, I thought the $170 Buds Live - wireless earbuds with active noise-cancellation - would deliver an instant KO to the AirPods Pro, which cost $250. Everything about the Buds Live is so weird. I’m not exaggerating when I say the Buds Live are the most talked-about wireless earbuds to come out in years.

And when I say beans, I mean Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live. People can’t stop talking about the beans in my ears.

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