Tribit is slowly making their way through all the different categories of headphones and speakers on the market, and next on the list is the MoveBuds H1. These sporty headphones trade away some of the traditional, basic listening experience for something that's designed to work out as hard as you do.
They're focused much more on being able to keep up with an exercise routine in exchange for some other features, which might be a worthwhile tradeoff for you. Let's see if they're worth the price.
MoveBuds H1 design
Sport earbuds all tend to revolve around this kind of design, and if you've used other earbuds you're probably already familiar with what Tribit has put together here. They're still regular soft ear tips that plug into your ear, but there's a solid plastic loop that fits around and above your ear. This loop keeps the headphones in place no matter what kind of exercising you're doing, where some simple earbuds would fall out instead.
In my experience these kinds of designs can be really tricky to get right without feeling uncomfortable on your ears, but Tribit seemed to nail that part down. The loops aren't uncomfortable and the earbuds aren't overly heavy; couple that with the ear tips sitting at just the right angle make for an easy pair of headphones to wear for extended sessions.
They're going to be less fun if you're trying to transport them, however. That plastic loops adds a lot of volume, which means the case for these is very large. Don't expect to drop these in your pocket every day unless you're rocking cargo shorts. But if they're sitting in a gym bag in between workouts, well, that design all of a sudden makes much more sense.
Workout worthy sound
You can probably blame Beats marketing for the kind of sound to expect out of exercise-friendly headphones, but that's more or less what you're getting from Tribit's MoveBuds H1.
These things have an extremely round low end response, sometimes in an overpowering way. You're going to want to use the correct ear tip size (they include plenty) to make sure you're getting all the intended bass response from a proper fit.
The high end is pretty sharp for some clarity, but the midrange feels very soft and can create a somewhat muddled sound overall. If you're looking for something with a ton of bass punch, these fit the bill, but they're less great for critical listening, podcasts, or videos. Again, though, that's not really what they're designed for, so it's hard to fault them too much.
Decent feature set
For workout headphones, Tribit checks pretty much all the boxes. You're getting IPX8 water resistance, so they'll handle everything up to swimming laps in a pool or taking a shower with your earbuds in, if that's your thing. They've also got an insane battery life, clocking in around 15 hours on a single charge. You're only trading a couple hours with transparency mode, too, so it's extremely easy to pull an entire day's usage out of these buds. The included case has a very large battery that promises a few extra days' worth of charge on top of that, so you could very easily heavily listen to music for a week and still have some juice left over under normal circumstances.
Tribit has also included some of the best codecs around, like Qualcomm's AptX for Bluetooth streaming and connectivity. This helps the earbuds stay connected and promise some of the best sound quality over a wireless connection. This generally works, and I didn't have much trouble getting the headphones paired up and staying synced. The noise reduction and transparency modes, however, don't seem to benefit here.
The best transparency you'll get is by using ear tips that are slightly too small. The actual software transparency seems to do a pretty poor job of letting through the things you want, like people talking or trying to get your attention.
You'll also lose things like multipoint pairing, which isn't incredibly common yet, but that means you'll need to pair these $89 headphones up to each device you have instead of letting it switch between your tablet and phone at will.
Worth it?
As with most Tribit devices, the MoveBuds H1 are generally pretty solid headphones. They're a little more pricey than what we usually see from the brand, but for sporty, sweat proof buds, they're great.
But you do have to make some tradeoffs here. You don't get all the bells and whistles like active noise cancelation, Google's Fast Pair tech, or some of the other things that round up higher end headphones. The sound quality is also geared towards exercise tunes, making them a tough sell for everyday casual use.
If you're in the market for these kinds of earbuds, though, we're always pretty big fans of Tribit stuff. Can't go wrong at least giving them a look.
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