Yurbuds Inspire 500 Headphones

I bought these on another site, but am going to add a review here in case it helps someone. I have been wearing the Yurbuds Inspire for Women wired earbuds for a few years. They were the only earbuds that I could keep in my (fairly small) ears and that were comfortable for running (especially when doing half-marathon training). Regular earbuds fell out, and most of the over-ear hook designs had hooks that were a little too big or were uncomfortable when wearing sunglasses or earwarming bands/earmuffs/hats in the cold. The first set of bluetooth Yurbuds (Leap) were so big and had such bad reviews that I never tried them.These, however, are the earbuds I've been waiting for for a couple of years! The earbud cover is slightly different than the original earbuds covers (same size, shape, feel, and fit-- there's just a really soft, flexible silicone tip added that isolate the sound a bit more), but if you liked the old ones better, you could switch them out easily.Like most wireless earbuds, these have a battery in the middle of the wire that could become a problem if you let it just hang there. I clipped it to the back of my shirt (clip is already attached) while running several miles and rowing for a few more, though, and I didn't have any problems with the weight pulling on the earbuds or the earbuds falling out even once. Until someone comes up with a really good set of completely wireless bluetooth earbuds that stay in as well as these do, I'll be running with these earbuds for the forseeable future!Follow-up after wearing these for a while: On longer runs, I found that the tips that came with this set of earbuds sometimes fell out. I put a set of Yurbuds replacement tips (sold for the Inpire 100, 200, etc) on instead, and they've been working perfectly since then!

Not for small ears! These are not small like the original Yurbuds. I have comically small ear canals, and these hurt my ears even trying to make them fit. The photo is the original Yurbuds Inspire 100 (gray) with a size 5 cover (pink), and the wireless Inspire 500 (black), with the smallest cover in the package. I wish these worked, but I can't fit them in my ears without pain.

great when they worked... after less than a month the power button no longer switches them off and I can no longer pair them to my devices. very disappointing.

I love having wireless headphones while running - makes it so much easier to stretch and run, overall. I have another pair of Yurbuds (wired) that I love. The earpiece fits so snugly while these Inspire feels slightly loose, even with the larger size that came with (2 sizes come with the headphone). I also find that connection isn't very far from my phone so if my arm shoots out just a little, it loses connection sometimes. Overall, I'm pretty excited still about these. They are comfortable and I'll probably just switch out the older ear pieces for these (they're interchangeable) and then they'll probably be closer to perfect! :)

Great idea. Yurbuds are the only earphones I'm comfortable using. I've been using the corded ones and thought it was time to upgrade to a Bluetooth model. Biggest issue I have found is that the earpiece that it comes with does not fit in my ear, it's too big. Unfortunately, for the price one pays the company doesn't provide different size ear pieces unlike their other models. There's no way of knowing what size earpiece the ones that arrive in the package.

I purchased this item in July 2017. The right earbud stopped working just 6 months later. I have always loved YurBuds because they stay in my ears where many others don't. I was excited to have a blue tooth set and they connect easier and provide good sound. However, I would expect them to last longer than this. The other downside is that the rubber earpieces fall off easily after a few months of wear. I have lost many earbud covers this way and had to buy replacements.

Update: January 2020: I purchased Dec. 2018, flash forward 1 year later and the product stopped working! I'm not happy with the fact that they stopped working completely and now I'm in the hunt for another pair of headphones for the gym. I enjoyed these Yurbuds because essentially they do not fall off your ears and they are truly sweat proof, which is the only reason for my 3-stars. But man am I disappointed now with no headphones.My review when I purchased in Dec. 2018:I must say after reading other reviews of these headphones I was a bit wary of purchasing. In any event, I did purchase anyway and Im not disappointed. They are exactly what I needed and expect from YurBuds especially with the "lock-in" mechanism they have which to me no other brand or company has! These are my second pair of Yurbuds, the only reason I wanted this pair was because of the bluetooth/handsfree feature. My 1st pair had the wires and needed direct connection to my handheld device. The only thing I had to do was get a different size earbud cover. The size with this one is size 5 - too big for me. So I had to purchase a size 4 but overall satisfied with them.

Compared to the wired version of these headphones, the audio quality is pretty bad. It wasn't worth the price and convenience of Bluetooth, personally. I really love Yurbud's earbud shape because they're perfect for my ears, but these were pretty uncomfortable and fell out easily. My ears were hurting after wearing them for longer than a few minutes, and I tried both sizes. Also the sound of the cord rubbing against my clothes or hair was very distracting from what I was listening to, and I have not had that experience with wired headphones. I did not experience any battery issues like other reviews claim because I only tried these out for a couple days before boxing them up for return. I wouldn't recommend buying these headphones unless you plan on using them solely for exercise, when the convenience of Bluetooth outweighs all the cons I mentioned.

Sounds great, fit well. My only complaint is that I keep “turning up” the volume even though it’s on max.

Comfortable, don’t fall out.