CMF Buds 2 Plus Wireless Earbuds Adaptive Noise Cancelling, Hi-Res Audio Bluetooth Headphones, 12mm Drivers for Deep Bass, 50dB ANC 61.5H Playtime, Sport Ear Buds with 6 Mics, Light Grey

Summary: Probably the best earbuds within a $50 price range. Buy them. Normally I try to wait to review things until I've used them for a while. These are so good they get a special exception. An 11/10 product. Just buy them already. If you're reading this then you're already looking for wireless earbuds, and you can't do much better than these. Instead of rambling, I'll just say these $50 earbuds deliver better audio quality than my $300 Bose headphones. No, I not joking. I wish I was joking. The noise canceling is even comparable. (Although this needs more testing.) I'm disappointed only because my Bose headphones are well past their return window and listing them on Ebay is a lot of work. The CMF Nothing app is massively better than Bose's app, and that's a huge plus, since I kinda hate the Bose app, and I generally dislike installing single purpose apps. I've genuinely hated every pair of wireless earbuds I've ever owned, including several "good" earbuds from various "reputable" manufacturers. They all suck. Overpriced for worse audio quality, and no outstanding features except needing to be replaced every 3 years due to battery degradation. The CMF Buds are the first product to change my mind. Finally, a reasonably priced pair of earbuds with decent audio quality, actually useful software features, and a comfortable fit. Plus bonus noise canceling. The software experience was what bumped these from a 10/10 to an 11/10. The least painless software experience I've had with any product in the last 3 years, which is a thing I never thought I'd say about earbuds. Not to praise these too much. I knew the Bose headphones weren't amazing, but I bought them as a travel pair of headphones because my daily driver Meze 99 Classics don't travel, especially not on an airplane where I want noise cancelation. The main downsides of the CMF Buds 2 Plus are mediocre performance on classical music, with some loss of clarity on songs with heavy bass, and a general feeling of listening to a recording. High quality audiophile equipment makes you feel like you're listening in person, while the CMFs definitely don't. Mind you, it's a very nice recording, but I can tell the playback is missing some oomph and dynamic range. That's just a limitation of physics. Deeper sounds need a bigger driver. The CMF Buds 2 are doing a lot of work to compensate, but it does sacrifice some quality to get there. My personal preference for EQ is flat, and the CMFs are biased towards way too much bass. I set a custom flat EQ with -1 on the bass, and that brought the worst performing songs on my stress test playlist up to an acceptable level. If you're into too much bass, you'll love these things. While these aren't great for my love of classical music, they do sound dang good for generic pop, and I'll probably be listening to more music with how nice these sound. The other main reason I bought these was to use while sleeping, where I prefer deeper sounds like heavy rain, so I think these will be perfect with the heavy bass.

The CMF Buds 2 Plus are seriously impressive. The 50dB adaptive noise cancelling blocks out background sounds extremely well, making them perfect for the gym, travel, and work. The sound quality is excellent — deep bass from the 12mm drivers and clear vocals with Hi-Res audio support. Calls are super clear thanks to the 6 mics, and the battery life is outstanding at over 61 hours with the case. The fit is comfortable, and the Bluetooth connection is strong and stable. Overall, these earbuds feel like a premium upgrade at a great price. Highly recommend!

These genuinely surprised me The CMF Buds 2 Plus are a straight-up bargain. For the price you pay, the performance is genuinely shocking. The standout feature has to be the Noise Cancellation, it's unexpectedly powerful, easily silencing the low rumbles of a bus or an AC unit, it seriously performs like a much more expensive set. The Transparency mode is perfectly serviceable, keeping you aware of your surroundings without issue. The sound is quite decent overall, delivering crisp highs and a nice, satisfying thump on the low end. My only real gripe is that the mid-range feels a little thin, meaning vocals can sound slightly pulled back. But considering the shockingly good ANC and how cheap these are, that small audio flaw is easy to overlook. They offer a ton of value and come highly recommended if you're on a budget but still want something that feels high-end.

When a mesh protective screen popped off one of my Tozo Golden X1 earbuds recently -- and while I'm waiting for the replacement pair to arrive from Tozo under warranty -- I decided to get a new backup ANC earbud pair and wanted to try a product from a different company. My two primary criteria for purchase were: price under $100; and great sound and good ANC. I came upon these CMF Buds 2 Plus and liked the looks, color, and specs, including a 12 mm driver. Yes, I have found that buds with drivers 10 mm or larger seem to have better bass. I've only had these buds for a day now, but I can tell you what I like about them: * Superb sound quality on all types of music. * Good though not state-of-the-art ANC. * Spatial audio option. * Hearing test fine-tuning. * Bud tip fitting test. * Fine connectivity. * Pairing with two devices simultaneously. * These stay in my ears without constant readjustment. All this for $60 (Black Friday special) is quite impressive! (The Golden X1's sell for $100, and the Buds 2 Plus may sound even better, thanks to the spatial audio option.) These Buds 2 Plus connected easily to my Windows 10 laptop and Android 13 phone. I had a little more trouble connecting to the Nothing app until I realized you HAVE to enable location access. Done! The spatial audio option is a welcome feature. I listened to a Pink track with and without the spatial audio engaged and came to prefer keeping it on, as it seems to open up the sound stage and separate each voice and instrument better. So what's the down side here? The limited controls. The problem is that only the left bud has a touch-sensitive control. So that restriction immediately halves the number of controls at your command. The best control setup I could arrange using the Nothing app allows: pause/play; skip track forward (but not back); ANC on/off/pass-through; volume up (but not down). Not as many options as the more expensive Golden X1's, which have controls on both buds. I also wish these buds had a better battery charge indicator on the case. There's a single LED that usually glows white; I have yet to see if it will glow red when you need a charge. Otherwise, you have to use the Nothing app (or your phone or computer's Bluetooth devices page) to check the charge level. Aside from these drawbacks, however, the B2P's deliver in spades on everything else, including one feature the GX1's lack: automatic pause when you take one of the buds from your ear, as when someone engages you in an unexpected conversation. So the truth is, I'm currently in no hurry to receive the replacement pair of Golden X1's I'm expecting and may default to the B2P's as my new best buds. I'll report back if I should change my mind after more use...

Edit: So the ANC has been turning off and on when outside and for some reason my audio straight up stopped working until I put them back into the case and removed them. Knocking a star off for these issues. Will be receiving a replacement (unfortunately taking a week for that). Will update once again when I get them. Edit 5/30/2025: So I got a replacement and had the same issues. ANC stops randomly, music stops if they slip just slightly off my ears on a warm day and touch controls can be finicky. Sometimes when using one earbud the other won't reconnect properly. I learned I can just go to my bluetooth settings and reconnect them instead of putting them into the case and removing them but this is something I shouldn't need to do. The earbuds slipping out is likely due to a bad seal and the included tips don't provide much of one. I tried 3rd party tips but the nozzle on these is very wide and the usual 3rd party tips I use do not fit without tearing. I really wanted to like these but they have too many issues, which seem to be hardware and software. I don't appreciate being a beta tester. They're wonderful outside of these issues but these are things I cannot overlook. Pros: - some of the best battery life in the tws market - audio is GREAT. The personal sound profile is a MUST. It really elevates the audio to another level. Spatial sound really opens up the soundstage and improves the audio quality as well. I'm currently using these with the EQ set to custom and everything untouched at 0. The personal profile IS my EQ. - ANC works very very well. It cancels out the majority of noise around me and isn't making my ears feel a ton of pressure. Cons: - proprietary ear tips, making shopping for 3rd party tips a hassle - constant connection issues when using one earbud and then trying to use the other - no single tap touch controls -wind noise cancelling is permanently on, so at the slightest breeze ANC or transparency mode turn off. Very annoying - the case has a little fidget disc that on their other earbuds, actually functions as a volume knob. Disappointing it's on the case for these but does nothing - case gripe again, it's a square. A rectangular shape would be better - without the audio enhancements turned on (spatial sound mainly) audio sounds pretty meh - slight gripe but COLOURS. Only blue and white available here on Amazon? I went with blue because I do not want them mistaken for airpods. Manufacturers need to not be afraid of colour variety on their products - case is a fingerprint and hand oil magnet

I'm normally an all Apple guy. I have AirPods Pro 2, but sometimes Apple's system of connecting to new devices bothers me. For that reason I keep a separate set of buds for Android devices, my Nintendo Switch, and work calls. After seeing a lot of positive reviews on these I decided to upgrade from my CMF Buds (1st generation). For this review I'll be comparing these to the AirPods Pro 2 that cost about four times as much. The sound quality on these is quite good. The bass is a little more boom-y relative to the AirPods, which some people might enjoy. The important thing is that I could really only tell that there was a difference when I was doing back and forth comparisons. They are a clear upgrade if you're on the CMF Buds 1st generation. If you're listening to a good song, you're going to be happy with the audio quality. The noise cancelling is good, but again not as good as the AirPods. I felt a little more of that active noise cancelling "Pressure" on these. Still, they did a great job of cancelling out the noise of my window AC units. The ANC is effective thanks to a very good fit in my ears. The battery life seems good and with the charging case I have no worries that I'll be without headphones. I am amazed at how far wireless headphones have come in the past few years. I would say they are 80% as good at the AirPods Pro 2 at 25% of the price.

I was looking to replace my Boltune BT-BH023 which were a favorite of mine out of the box. Beautiful sound, deep enveloping bass, quality highs with satisfying warm mid-range. Everything you could want from earbuds with great active noise canceling. Over the years the battery got to the point where I could not use them for very many hours before having to put them back in the charge case. That's when my search began for a quality comparable replacement. The first purchase was the SoundCore P20i. Listed with a 10 mm driver and big bass, I still found the bass to be punchy and flat. Though it does have app support, I still found that the presets did not provide the quality that I was hoping for even though there were 65k reviews with a 4.4 star rating.... Returned. Next up with high hopes was the JBL vibe beam. 24k reviews listed as having deep bass and also having an app that allowed you to establish your own custom EQ settings....Returned These were a marked improvement over the SoundCore but I still was not able to get the overall enveloping feel that I had from the Bultones. My testing involved using both earbud sets simultaneously, alternating between while listening to the same track and making adjustments to the EQ apps as needed in hopes to then replicate the sound of the Bultones... Next up was the CMF buds 2 plus 2025. These earbuds were listed as having active noise canceling and a 12 mm driver for deep bass. My hopes were high and I was not disappointed! Out of the box these earbuds wanted to make me cry tears of joy! The sound was amazing. It was full. It was level. It was robust. The cmf earbuds also have an app. I wouldn't have ever needed the app as I was overjoyed by the sound right out of the case, but I downloaded it because they had one. The app options are incredible and immense! There are obviously EQ presets and there is the ability to make custom EQ profiles. But the most amazing thing is the ear test which I recommend doing in a completely quiet, non -noisy room as it will actually give you a hearing test and adjust the earbuds individually left and right to your personal hearing levels. It also has an ability to do a test to tell you whether or not you are using the correct ear cushions. After running the test, I made a change based off of the results advising me that I might need to increase the size of the cushion I was using only in my right ear. So I went ahead and swapped them both and redid the test and got a green result for both ears. Active noise canceling is amazing. The ability to change the touch functionality is amazing. The thing that I loved most was that even though as I stated out of the box I was already in love, there was a software update to apparently make the bass even better! I cannot say enough about these buds other than I hope they only get better....that there is solid support for them and at the $55 price point they are an absolute buy now, buy now buy now!

These are priced well especially if you get them on sale. The market is flooded with overpriced garbage which doesn't last so buying at a lower cost makes replacement more digestable. I have Nothing Ear, CMF Bud Pro 2, and these CMF Buds 2 Plus. The Nothing Ear I used for both conference calls and data center work which have excellent audio and noise cancellation. I had no issues with the CMF Bud Pro 2 so I gave them to my mom when her earbuds died. The CMF Bud 2 Plus have better audio and bass than the CMF Bud Pro 2. However the noise cancellation is disappointing. I specifically use the CMF Bud 2 Plus at the gym with the settings to max noise cancelation not transparent mode yet I still constantly hear the gym noise. In fact the plate stacks slamming is increased as if transparent mode is on when it is not. I've tried different ear bud sizes to see if the seal makes a difference and it made it worse so I went back to the M size. I also started having issues with the audio constantly turning off. Once I disabled in ear detection that issue went away. They work and perhaps the issues might be fixed with updates, but it takes what could potentially be great to just good enough.