Price: $164.90
(as of Nov 21, 2024 15:37:09 UTC - Details)

There’s nothing tougher. Tested to Military Standards, the Jabra Elite 8 Active Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds are completely dustproof, waterproof and sweatproof, and designed to withstand full submersion in water up to 1.5m/4.9ft.
With ultimate fit through Jabra ShakeGrip technology, nothing moves them. Active Noise Cancellation automatically adjusts to the environment you’re in, filtering out unwanted noise. With 1.6x more ANC compared to Jabra Standard ANC, you can be walking in high winds, running outside in the elements, or blow drying your hair in the changing rooms, hearing the sounds that matter. The wind neutralizing HearThrough technology muffles any wind interference, delivering cleaner, sharper sound wherever you are.
Blast your favorite workout playlist and fully immerse yourself in rich Spatial Sound, powered by Dolby. Powerful 6mm speakers ensure the audio is clear and rich no matter what you’re listening to. And with Bluetooth Multipoint, you can seamlessly switch between your devices without needing to reconnect.
Never run out of battery life with 8 hours of playback that lasts throughout even your toughest workouts. To recharge, simply pop them into the wireless charging case for a further 24 hours of power, or fast charge for a rapid energy boost whenever needed.
US MILITARY GRADE FOR EXTREME DURABILITY Built for elite athletes, these earbuds meet US Military Standard for ruggedized electronics - passing 9 durability tests - and ultra-durable to protect against dust, water & sweat.
SPATIAL SOUND POWERED BY DOLBY Instead of experiencing sound directly inside the ears, you’ll feel sound as if it’s outside your head, making listening on earbuds more lifelike. Play a video on your phone or put on your favorite work-out playlist.
EASILY SWITCH BETWEEN iOS OR ANDROID SMARTPHONES AND SMARTWATCHES Download your music to your smartwatch, connect your earbuds, and head out for a phone-free run. With Bluetooth Multipoint, you can connect to 2 devices at same time or seamlessly switch between your phone or smartwatch without needing to reconnect.
56-HOUR BATTERY LIFE Boasting up to 56 hours with ANC off (32 hours ANC on) with the earbuds + sleek charging case, and the fast charge feature, these earbuds allow you to never worry about being caught out by low battery again.
BLOCK OUT OR HEAR NOISES AROUND YOU - YOUR CHOICE Adaptive Hybrid ANC auto-filters unwanted noise, even in windy environments. Wind-neutralizing HearThrough technology provides improved awareness when running outdoors.
Reviewer: kbs
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: By far the best I’ve used for cycling
Review: So happy I bought these! I’m an avid cyclist and I’ve used many headphones over the years. Cycling presents a couple of unique challenges for headphones:Wind Noise - always pretty deafening, which means to listen to anything (mostly audiobooks or podcasts for me), you have to crank the volume up to be able to hear over the wind noiseSecure fit - I usually have to push them in further many times during a ride because ear buds tend to work themselves out as you ride - both for fear of them falling out but alway for the wind noise - it gets worse when not fully insertedDurability - Cycling is surprisingly rough on ear buds- they don’t last very long. Probably because of the sweat, the temperature swings (I ride through the winter) and the rainWe’ll see how they do for durability, but they claim they are the toughest buds on the market. As for wind noise and fit, they are fantastic. They somehow stay firmly in place in my ears like no others that I’ve tried - without using any sort of earhooks. They just don’t move at all - which is great. Not once have i ever felt the need to push them in further during a ride. For wind noise, it is such a joy to have that substantially attenuated. Much better than the AirPod Pro’s (gone through 2 pairs) and the Soundcore Liberty 4’s I was using - all of which have failed in less than a year. I also have a pair of Sony WF-1000XM5’s, which are downright spooky in their ability to block out wind noise, but those are definitely not suited for cycling. It’s so nice to not have to crank up the volume to listen what I want to listen to! These are also the only earbuds I’ve ridden with where i could adjust the volume while riding. I love the feel of the buttons - they click, which I like more than the more common capacitive touch buttons on most others. Best app I’ve seen yet for any of my headphones. Sound quality is good, but definitely not in the same league as my Sony WF-1000XM5’s, but for cycling headphones I don’t care about that. Off the bike, I have a secondary use for these - to block out my wife’s snoring at night. They excel at that job as well - the noise cancelling is very powerful - not too far short of my Sony’s, but easily enough to block out the snoring. But the fit is a surprising benefit here as well as on the bike - i don’t have to worry at all about them falling out while im sleeping, which is not the case with any of my other earbuds. They are also supremely comfortable - i can barely even tell that I’m wearing them - which is a big deal if you intend to sleep with them. Lastly, battery life is excellent. With noise cancelling on, they easily make it through the night (which my AirPod Pro’s could not do). We’ll see how they hold up for durability, but if Jabra’s claims are true about these being the toughest earbuds around, they should hold up. Incredibly happy with these - HIGHLY recommended, and for cyclists, the best you can buy!

Reviewer: Abraham Cohn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great earbuds, after extensive evaluation, rated over Beats Fit Pro
Review: After trying a few sets of cheaper earbuds with the earloop for fitness use, I was very dissatisfied with the flat/muted sound quality, as well as their enormous cases, and decided to evaluate a couple of the top ranked items.#1 Fitness Earbuds ranked by CNET: Beats Fit Pro#1 Fitness Earbuds ranked by SoundGuys: Jabra Elite 8 ActiveI evaluated many aspects that were of importance to me, and ultimately chose the Jabra Elite 8 Active. Your choice may depend on what factors are most important to you.Below is the analysis, showing the winner for each category:================================================Charging PodBeats: Larger than necessary, charging pod seems flimsy, requires 2 hands to open lid. Charging light is only white. When charging is complete, if you open the lid there is no indication level of the case charge level as empty or anything else.Jabra: Nice compact charging pod, fits easily in pocket. Feels really high quality and solid. Lid can be flipped open with one hand. LED indicator is Green/Yellow/Red for charge level of both case and buds, and purple when it is doing a firmware update.Winner: Jabra – big win================================================In ear comfortBeats: Easy to place in ear, very comfortable and no concern about them falling out. After some time wearing them, the wing tip did cause some pressure on my ear with minor irritation. When wearing a thick winter hat, putting it on caused the buttons to be pressed, for example pausing the music – this is annoying.Jabra: Very comfortable, although it takes a bit to get used to the in ear canal pressure. Amazing that they don’t fall out. At first I was concerned they would, but even after active manuevers and facial gestures like big grin, it did not loosen them. After some time got used to the fact that they really aren’t going to fall out. More slim in ear and does not press a button when putting on a winter hat.Winner: Jabra – small win. Although the Beats are slightly more comfortable, the slim fit and ability to work better with a hat makes Jabra win out.================================================SoundBeats: Great sound, punchy bass, clear sound. After a while, the bass is a bit too much for me, but it is a personal preference. I wanted something a bit less bass overwhelming.Jabra: Great sound, a bit more balanced – not overpowering bass. Also, the Sound+ app has a built-in EQ with customizable presets, so you can boost bass a bit more, and overall get a very solid sound!Winner: Jabra – big win – with more balanced sound and EQ capability built-in to app with customizable settings.================================================Control customizabilityBeats: App allows some limited customization, but it requires left and right ear to have the same control. For example, double tap is next track, triple tap is previous track. You have to pick whether you want voice assistant or ANC adjustment, you cannot have both controls available.Jabra: Amazing customization, you can have different controls in left and right side, for example, right double tap is next track and left double tap for previous track, but it is fully adjustable. On Android, if you use the built-in voice assistant, you can have BOTH voice assistant and volume controls AND the ANC adjustment. Unfortunately, if you set to Google Assistant, which functions different and better than using the Android default assistant (even if that is set to Google), then you cannot also have volume controls, but you still get ANC button control.Winner: Jabra – big win with much greater customization ability and more flexibility.================================================Control button feelBeats: Physical button, fully silent, you cannot hear it at all when pressing. At first this seemed a good thing, but after a while you wish for some more recognizable confirmation that the button was pressed.Jabra: A physical button with a small mechanical click that is heard, but not loud enough that it is annoying. Earbuds that have a virtual button that you have to thump the earbud have a much louder sound that is annoying. These buds have a pleasant faint audible click.Both are much better than buds with a touch surface and not a mechanical button, because my experience is touching those types of ear buds hard enough to detect a press causes a louder thump sound in your ear, and the press is less reliable than a mechanical click.Winner: Jabra – big win for small audible click sound, and also a button that is not accidentally pressed as easily.================================================EQBeats: Presumably if you have a Beats Fit Pro you are using Apple Music, and then you can use the EQ in Apple Music. This EQ is horrible – the sound is much quieter, none of the presets sound as good as EQ off, and there is no customizable EQ that you can save. Thumbs down. Tested on Android.Jabra: As mentioned above, the EQ built into the Sound+ app is very nice and allows custom presets. It sounds great.Winner: Jabra – big win for good built-in EQ================================================Firmware updates via Android phoneBeats: When I got the buds, they needed a firmware update. It took about 5 minutes with a progress bar to download to the buds case. It then notified me that the update would continue in the background and I could use the buds. It took almost 24 hours until they finally updated, and meanwhile the app showed this pending message and didn’t allow access to any of the app functionality. Very annoying and unclear if something was wrong or if it would ever finish updating.Jabra: When I got the buds, they needed a firmware update. This process was seamless and took about a couple minutes total. It downloaded first to the buds case from the app. The case then flashed purple to show it was updating, and with the buds in the case it then completed the update in less than a couple minutes. I was shocked after the terrible experience with the Beats Fit Pro.Winner: Jabra – major win for clear status and fast update================================================SupportBeats; When the buds were ‘stuck’ updating, I chatted with Apple support, and after wasting more than an hour of my life, they told me that my brand new buds were out of warranty, I would have to go to a service center and pay for a diagnostic to figure out the problem. No clue or experience with this issue, even though I pointed the tech to an Apple moderated discussion thread with 192 “me too” responses for this exact issue of pending update on the firmware. Their response was this was a customer forum and they don’t handle issues there. Ridiculous to not be aware in your support system of that many complaints on your own discussion threads. I was livid angry by the time I ended the support call. I told the support staff I would make sure to share my experience and advise other users not to buy these earbuds, and that I would be promptly returning mine.Jabra: After disabling the Google Assistant in order to activate volume controls, I tried to activate the assistant again and it wouldn’t turn back on, so I contacted support. There was a form to fill out and they got back to me by e-mail the next morning, with a set of solution steps. Actually their solution did not cover the solution needed to fix this (I found it online – you need to uninstall the Google app updates, then reinstall, and then the Google assistant can be linked to the buds again. However, I responded to them with a different issue about the assistant functionality, and they quickly replied with a phone number to call to better assist me. I did not end up calling. So although they did not solve my actual issue, it was a far less annoying experience.Winner: Jabra – big win as Apple failed miserably by denying the complaints of 192 users on their discussion forum and telling me my brand new buds were not covered by warranty.================================================Ruggedness / water proofingBeats: IPX4 – this is a miserable rating. Not dust proof, and lightly splash resistant. Will not resist significant sweat, and case is not wet proof either, do not put wet buds in it. Not sure how a set of fitness earbuds can survive at IPX4.Jabra: Buds are IP68 – dust proof and water proof to 1 m for 30 minutes. Case is IP54 – dust and splash protection. I’ve tried them in the shower and the work absolutely fine.Winner: Jabra – big win, actually waterproof================================================ANCBeats: Excellent ANC, and easy to turn on or switch to transparent mode with a single button pressJabra: Good ANC, and single button press to switch to hear through mode. This mode is very good, but barely detectable tinny sound vs. Beats that sound amazing in transparent modeWinner: Beats – minor win for slightly better sound quality in transparent/hear through mode. Both are excellent.================================================CallsBeats: You need to manually select the ANC mode for calls. Sounds great, and it does seem to provide the side tone which means you can hear your own voice (not muffled) to me this is a deal breaker for headphones that do not sound clear like this because I cannot talk well when my own voice sounds muffled. However, the call quality hearing others is excellent.Jabra: These automatically switch to ANC on during calls, but the Sound+ app lets you customize the volume level of the side tone that is heard. So even though ANC is on, you hear your own voice clearly which is excellent.Winner: Beats – minor win for stellar sound quality during calls. Jabra sound is still quite acceptable.================================================WidgetsBeats: Requires to know your location all the time even when not using the app. Has a widget to show battery level and select ANCJabra: “widget” is within the App, and you can customize what widgets you want to see there such as EQ, ANC, battery level, etc. Requires to know your location all the time even when not using the app (in order to find the buds if they are lost). Sometimes the app has trouble connecting to the buds which means you can’t adjust the EQ. To solve this, I found putting the buds back in the case and then putting them back on solves it.Winner: Toss up – more widget functionality in Jabra, but some issues connecting, solved by putting buds back in case then taking them out again. Found that doing a force stop on the app when this happens solves it, and the problem hasn’t happened recently.================================================Overall, I chose the Jabra Elite 8 Active over the Beats Fit Pro because primarily the following factors: more compact and better feeling case, more balanced sound and much better EQ with custom presets, support system that did not make me irate, better waterproofing rating. Both sets of buds comfortably stayed in my ears and worked well for phone calls. Price was not a major factor, but additionally the Jabra buds were significantly cheaper.

Reviewer: Shawn I.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Very impressed with these so far. I used to buy cheaper ones on amazon sold by the disposable brand names. Then stepped it up to Skullcandy. I love my Crusher Evo over hear headphones, so I got into their ear buds. So far I own 4 different models of Skullcandy buds, some are OK, but not great. Mind you they are much cheaper than the Jabra's.For the last couple of months I have been working out and getting into shape. Listening to music and drowning everything else out helps me power through it. The Skullcandy's were constantly falling out. I could only wear them when on the bike, even then as I sweat they would constantly slide out, and the wings would slip off the buds, it was a pain. If I used rubbing alcohol to clean them, and wipe my ears, they had a temporary chance of staying put.I purchased these with the primary purpose of having something stay put while working out. Over ear headphones are too clumsy and make me too warm.So far these have far exceeded expectations. They are the most comfortable buds I have ever worn. They did not even hint at the possibility of sliding out during the 2 hours I spent doing push ups, planks, sit ups, dumb-bells, treadmill and the bike. No ear fatigue, they did not move during any activity, did not require readjustment. Even if I opened/closed my mouth or clenched my jaw. They just do what they are supposed to do.I am also finding the sound quality is quite good, not as much bass as over hear headphones, but for what these are, they are amazing. With other buds they had to be positioned ever so perfectly, else one would sound off (no bass), one would not seal well, or a seal would break if I moved my jaw. They tended to sound better if I was clenching my teeth, etc. These Jabra's slide in, and there is no messing around trying to find a position in my ears where they sound good, and it seems like nothing I do can change that.Super happy, money well spent.Also, the description does not clearly indicate it (or at all that I saw) but the case can be charged wirelessly.The software is great. With Skullcandy's its like typing morse code to get them to do what you want. These can be changed to suite yours needs, and its kept simple, and it even conveniently displays the case power level along with each ear bud, very nice touch!Other features like pausing music when you pull out a single bud is quite nice.The ANC is nothing like I have ever heard before on an ear bud, only on $350 Sony over ear headphones, and miles ahead of the Skullcandy. The Skullcandy was barely a reduction in noise at all in comparison to these.This is one of those times where you get what you pay for. I know I brought up Skullcandy a lot, I figure it may be a good reference for what to expect. These cost about twice as much as even the high end Skullcandy, but I feel like you get many times more for what you pay, while not breaking the bank.

Reviewer: Reach Lee
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I watched so many review videos and finally decided to purchase one Jabra Elite 8 Active, and I wasn't regretting! It has a nice fit to my ear and very light in weight so I don't feel anything there in my ear. I wasn't an in-ear earbuds kind of fans but this one really fits me well and I'm happy that I have this.I basically can't live without music, so where I go, earbuds go with me. No matter walking, running or training in gym, the earpieces are all time stable, I don't have to worry too much about the earbuds might fall off. It functions with touch buttons instead of touch sensors is a big plus, which gives me more accuracy to switch songs and pickup phones. And I can also customise the function of the buttons in their APP.None the less, Jabra Elite 8 Active does have a nice sounding, I usually listen to rock music, and it really gives me an environment like I am in the studio and the surrounding sound effects is just amazing. The sound performance on phone calls was clear, but sometimes the Bluetooth connection might failed between the transition from phone calls to music. I hope Jabra will have an update in the future to fix this bug.

Reviewer: Fernando Lazcano Galvan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: EL producto lleno en tiempo y excelente estado, si problemas en la configuración con bluetooth y con la app puedes seleccionar el tipo de sonido y la conexión con mi garmin funcionó a la primera ya no tengo que cargar mi cel al correrSi lo compras no te arrepentiras

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Pretty good, but missing features of older versions and there is room for improvement.What happened to 'My Sound'!? Older Jabra earbuds would run a hearing test on you, then adapt the output of each earbud to accommodate the hearing deficiencies of each ear. It might sound gimmicky, but the Jabra hearing test showed me I had small hearing problems and the sound was much better after having run the test.Old versions had a strong magnet that helped in 2 ways. 1) The earbuds stuck tightly into the case, ensuring the charging contacts were touching. The Elite Active 8s have a much weaker magnet and it's more common for the charging contacts not to connect. 2) The earbuds would stick together. This was convenient.The in-ear sensor that turns music off when earbuds are removed is a light sensor. This means that if you pull out an earbud and hold it in your hand or pocket such that the sensor is blocked, what you were listening to starts playing again. The 75t and 85t had different problems: their sensors seem to work on proximity to one another and what you were listening to would resume if the buds were placed near one another.Either earbud can be used alone. Older models could only use the right earbud alone.The noise cancellation blocks out a lot. When enabled, the bass sounds a little muddy, though. On the Elite Active 8, the amount of ANC is set for you, adapting to your surroundings. Occasionally, I wish I could change the amount of ANC (you can on the 75t and 85t). ANC on the Elite Active 8s is better ANC on the 75t or 85t.They stay put when I run. The 75t also stayed put, but the 85t would get loose and even fall out.There is little wind noise. There is less wind noise if you turn off ANC. The 85t was terrible for wind noise, (even with ANC off) and the 75t only had wind noise with ANC on.Dolby Spatial Sound is like being in an echoey bathroom. It's terrible.I'm getting nit-picky now, but a smaller case would be nice. I want to carry these everywhere and I already have too much in my pockets. I'd happily trade some battery life for case size (... but knowing the density of batteries it's hard to believe the case needs to be as big as it is).I don't have the Elite 10s, but there is a relevant parallel with the 75t and 85t. The 75t are 'closed' and the 85t are 'open'. With an open design, the drivers are exposed to the outside world. Because of this, the 85t were useless for any situation with a little wind (like walking or sitting in a light breeze). There was *a lot* of wind noise. The Elite 8 are closed and the Elite 10 are semi-open. I'm concerned the Elite 10 will have the same problem with wind. There is a trade-off here because open design sounds better. I used the 75t for anything active or outdoors, and the 85t for calls (video calls for work ~6hrs/day). Both were great when used in situations that played to their strengths, but I don't want to buy the Elite 10s *and* the Elite Active 8s.

Reviewer: Carole-Anne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I love these so much! I have used them to cut the grass on our ride on mower. The noise cancelling mode is impressive. They are excellent for workouts too. I wanted something that would stay put during burpees. These do the trick!