Anker SoundBuds Slim (2016) vs Jays a-Jays Five (2013)

The Anker SoundBuds Slim (2016) is an example of a great Canal Earphone at its $20 budget.

In the case of the Jays a-Jays Five (2013), however, we weren't able to find enough data to come to any reliable conclusions.

The Anker SoundBuds Slim (2016) managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and unbiased sources that conduct their own hands-on testing, namely iMore and MakeUseOf. It performed great in their roundups - it earned the "Ranked 1 out of 5" title from iMore and "Ranked 2 out of 5" from MakeUseOf, which makes it a product worthy of consideration.

Taking a look at the Jays a-Jays Five (2013), it got featured in roundups from two reliable sources that conduct their own testing - Head-fi and TrustedReviews - but it fell short of earning a top spot in either.

We examined all of the review data that we could find and first took a look at sources that reviewed both of them, like TrustedReviews, and found that they haven't shown a preference for either product.

Then we checked which sources liked these two Canal Earphones best and found that the Anker SoundBuds Slim (2016) got its highest, 6, review score from reviewers at TrustedReviews, whereas the Jays a-Jays Five (2013) earned its best score of 7 from Digitaltrends.

Finally, we compared them to other Canal Earphones on the market and found that they, on average, performed worse their competitors in reviews. The overall average rating received by Canal Earphones is 7.4, compared to the 6.0 and 6.3 review scores earned by the Anker SoundBuds Slim (2016) and Jays a-Jays Five (2013), respectively.

It's worth keeping in mind that doing such a direct Anker SoundBuds Slim (2016) vs. Jays a-Jays Five (2013) comparison isn't necessarily realistic, because these two products aren't priced the same and some sources don't take value for money into account when determining their final scores, which often leads to cheaper products being rated worse than more expensive ones.