Jabra Elite 25e vs Jaybird Freedom F5 (2016)

The Jabra Elite 25e managed to earn a spot in roundups from two sources that are known for their trustworthy review methodology - PCmag and Rtings - but fell short of making it to the top of their lists.

Moving on to the Jaybird Freedom F5 (2016): it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like SoundGuys, Head-fi, CNET, Rtings, and Techradar, enough for them to include them on those lists.

As for a direct Jabra Elite 25e vs. Jaybird Freedom F5 (2016) comparison of their review performance, we examined sources that tested and rated both products, like Rtings. It turns out that all such sources consider the Jaybird Freedom F5 (2016) to be the superior product.

We also looked at the available data to find which sources liked each of them best and learned that the Jabra Elite 25e most impressed reviewers at PCmag - they gave it a score of 7, whereas the Jaybird Freedom F5 (2016) got rated best by SoundGuys - 8.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review data to compare them to their competitors. We found that the Jaybird Freedom F5 (2016), with its 7.6 out of 10 points, got reviewed noticeably better than most of its competitors - the average Wireless Earphone score being 7.2 - whereas the Jabra Elite 25e performed worse, with an average of merely 6.9.