Take a Listen Anytime, Any Place

You know what I love about technology? It’s always changing. Love it or hate it, Apple’s removal of the headphone jack has changed the headphone industry forever.

As more and more smartphones begin to follow in Apple’s lead to remove the headphone jack (let’s hope they don’t all remove the power brick now too) we’re seeing far more fully wireless options with features jam backed to win you over in an already crowded market.

It wasn’t that long ago when we were all using wired earbuds or wireless options that connected the two earbuds together with a cable around the back of your neck. True wireless earbuds were a rarity compared to today where basically everyone has them.

In fact, when Apple released their AirPods, Conan on TBS made a skit making fun of how true wireless earbuds would just fly out of your ears. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_wImaGRkNY

Now that everyone had truly wireless earbuds, they’ve become the new normal and a new company, Lavanda, wants to get in on this market too.

They call their Indiegogo product Lune, a true wireless earbud that supports a whole lot of awesome features.

From Bluetooth 5.0 to 45 hours of playback, the Lune’s are a middle-tier option for those who still haven’t made the jump to a true wireless earbud and for those who don’t want to spend a fortune, but still want quality.

Today we’re taking a look at Lavanda’s offering and how you too can jump onboard with the development of the Lune’s.

Welcome to my review on the Lavanda Lune Earbuds!

Design

Before diving into the design of the product, I want to focus on the name; Lune. I miss the days when companies would be creative and unique and give their products a cool name like Lune.

Lune to me sounds different and even space feeling. I’m always happy to tell people that I am using a Lune earbuds rather than something generic like my Sony WF-1000XM3.

I currently daily drive Sony WF-1000XM3 earbuds which are about top of the line when it comes to earbuds. So, switching to the Lune’s was going to be a treat to compare a middle-tier option to my Sony’s.

Starting with the carrying case, the Lune’s case is a compact design that has smooth and rounded edges that feels well in the palm of your hand or in your front jeans pocket. When placed on a desk, the flatten bottom makes sure it stays put and doesn’t roll away.

All matte black, the plastic case is light weight and has a fantastic hinge that snaps close with its magnets to hold the Lune earbuds securely inside of it. Excessive shaking, drops, and rolling around in a bag, this hinge only opens when you want it to.

On the front of the case are four white LED dots indicating the case’s battery percentage remaining and on the rear is a USB-C charging connector. I’m quite happy to see that Lavanda used USB-C here.

Flip open the case to find your two Lune earbuds charging while snugged into the case and surrounded by rubber to ensure that they don’t get scratched.

All in all, Lune’s case is absolutely fantastic and I love every bit of it. It well out classes my Sony’s in both feel, size, and design. The rounded edges feel great in the hand and unnoticeable in the pocket.

Moving onto the Lune’s themselves, these two compact earbuds match the same superiority of their home base.

Made from two sperate materials, the outer parts of the Lune are a glossy black finish with the inside being rubber for a smooth, and gentle feeling against your ear.

Your left and right earbuds are mirror images of one another with the only indication of which is which being a small gray L and R symbol. I would have preferred a small bump on the left or right earbud to help identify each in the dark.

Preinstalled onto the Lune’s are the medium sized ear tips with a small and large being included in the packaging.

Shaped like an oval, the Lune’s are a lightweight design that really snugs itself into your ear for a secure, but light feeling. Their pleasant design makes them look great in all situations both in your ears and when placed on the table.

To wrap up this section, I feel as if Lavanda hit it perfectly with the Lune earbuds. Both the case and the earbuds themselves are both stunning to look at, hold, and even show off. I wouldn’t change a thing about either!

Functionality

Over the course of about 45 hours you’ll be able to use your Lune’s for non-stop music playback and listening. They’ll even continue to work in wet and dry environments with their IP66 Rating against high-water pressure and light dust protection.

I loaded up my new favorite tunes on both Pandora and YouTube Music and started listening away as I write this very review. Using my Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus with Bluetooth 5.0, initial impressions of the Lune’s is: “what an excellent sound”.

Load the song Weight of Sound by Stick Figure and the Lune’s do an excellent job at portraying the smooth beat of the song, while not masking the lyrics one bit.

The bass of the Lune’s is strong with the lows and mids being spot on. The entire song flows nicely and sounds as I would mostly expect it to. When you hit the high notes at the five-minute mark, you will hear some high pitch noises and the Lune’s do have a hard time reaching that high point, but get’s 80% of the way there.

Lavanda does not offer any application with the Lune’s, they are a simple plug and play device so you can’t change any of the equalizer settings and I feel like this is their biggest downfall. Moving on to classic rock, it sounds great, but in pop music I feel like the bass was just ever so slightly too overwhelming.

The overwhelming bass notes aren’t enough for me to take them out or put the Lune’s down, but something to take note of.

As for instrumental and country, I was again a happy camper with the music flowing and sounding just as I expect it to. On the Lune product page, Lavanda compares them to the Sony WF-1000XM3, of which I mention that I own.

When comparing sounds between the two, I would argue that the Sony’s edge out a win, but then again, the Sony’s are more than double the price and the difference between the two is not enough to justify steering away from the Lunes. For this price point, they really do match well against the Sony’s. It’s the lack of the full, non-adjustable range that hurts the Lunes as some music listeners may find that their sitting in a big open room listening to music.

A side note is that the Lune earbuds do not know if they are removed from your ears. Meaning, music will continue even if you take one out of your ears.

Where the Lune’s do beat the Sony’s is in comfort. These Lune’s earbuds are FAR more comfortable than my Sony earbuds and sit way better in my ear too. Working out with the Lune’s is a great experience especially when you consider that these Lune’s are water resistant and the Sony’s are not. It was hard to even put the Sony’s back in for a comparison after a few hours with the Lune’s.

In more Lune victories against Sony, the case is smaller and more compact and the touch controls on both earbuds is far easier to use than Sony’s implementation.

Speaking of, the right earbud is for play, pause, skip, and reverse. Then, the left allows you to activate your phone’s voice assistant and/or enable or disable Lune’s active noise cancellation.

When enabled, the earbuds are meant to remove all of the outside sounds around you. In addition, they offer a “ambient sound” that pumps in outside sounds into your earbuds to help you hear around you as well.

In my experience, I couldn’t tell the different between any of the modes. They honestly all felt identical to me with no difference whatsoever. With that said, these earbuds fit so snug into my ear canal that I couldn’t even ear my own mechanical keyboard typing away as I write this review. And they did a great job at blocking out noises around me as-is.

So, whether or not active noise cancellation is enabled or disabled, they still work at blocking everything around you quite well with very little noise leak.

Lastly, the Lune earbuds do support full calling and it’s about what you expect for taking calls on wireless earbuds. The earbuds certainly do check all of the boxes off for every user.

My Final Thoughts

Lavanda’s Lune earbuds are an excellent product in a crowded earbud market. The Lune earbuds sound great, compete against the big dogs, are the most comfortable truly wireless earbuds I have ever used, and do all of this without breaking the bank.

While I wish I could adjust the equalizer to better suit specific genres, the HD music that the Lune’s output still well passes my tests and makes me quite a happy listener.

The biggest take away though is their design. Both the Lune case and earbuds themselves are perfect. They are stylish, great to hold in the hand, slip right into my pocket, and I could probably sleep with the Lune’s in my ears and not care one bit.

With an early bird IndieGoGo special of $79 you will not be disappointed if you decide to pick these up. This is not only a brand to keep an eye out for, but a product that I know I will continue to use for years to come!

Buy it now!

© 2020 Justin Vendette