Best workout earbuds on sale: Jabra Elite 8 Active Gen 2 are $60 off at Best Buy

Save 26%: From January 3, take the Jabra Elite 8 Active Gen 2 Headphones from Best Buy for $169.99, saving $60 off its $229.99 MSRP.

Did you need to buy a pair of headphones to achieve your fitness goals in 2025? Probably not. But a good pair of headphones designed to last through most situations you can throw at them in your workouts can make a difference.

If you are in the market for headphones to take with you on runs or trips to the gym, we advise you to check out the Jabra Elite 8 Active Gen 2 Headphonesand as of January 3rd, they are on sale at Best Buy for $169.99. That’s a $60 price cut from its $229.99 MSRP (and $10 cheaper than Amazon’s retail price).

Tested directly against Apple AirPods Pro, Shokz, Beats and Bose headphones, these Jabra headphones came out on top as Mashable’s favorite workout headphones. For what? First of all, they are built to last. As Mashable Shopping Reporter Sam Mangino writes in our guide to the best workout headphones, “these are the only headphones we’ve tested with a US military-grade durability standard, meaning they don’t it won’t crush if you step on it. re IP68 dust and water resistant.

In other words, while you can’t wear it for any swimming training, it will last during sweaty gym sessions, even if it happens to fall – which according to Mangino, was not a problem for her during the test, with its writing . instead they had the most secure fit of all the headphones I tried. (Anyone who has tried doing yoga with headphones knows how crucial good form is).

You may have noticed that for a pair of headphones, we didn’t talk too much about the sound performance – in short, it’s good, not great, but for training headphones, we think the trade-off is worth it. Mangino noted that the active noise cancellation doesn’t block out as much as other headphones she’s tried, but she preferred to have some awareness while exercising anyway. The sound quality itself does the job, but it’s not a standout among more advanced sound options. Finally, you get nine hours of playback time with ANC on a single charge, plus 32 more hours with the case.