You and Your Hearing.
dBud U is the World's First and Only true wireless earbud that Protects your ears, Enhances your hearing and helps you Focus in a noisy world.
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Combining everything you would expect from a true wireless earbud with noise protection and hearing enhancement technology, we've created the world's most versatile and user friendly in-ear buddy.
Premium sound, superior fit and comfort, combined with a simple and intuitive user interface makes this one great device for all occasions.
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Stay Safe And Aware
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A true wireless hearing protector, combining active noise cancelling, passive noise reduction and dynamic range compression to keep your ears safe at all times.
Augmented Hearing
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Enjoy super-hearing, clear conversations and improved situational awareness with our adjustable, low latency hear-through and speech enhancing functionality.
World Mute Button
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A great noise blocker, dBud U effectively mutes your surroundings and helps you find peace and focus in a noisy world.
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Secure fit and all day comfort
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We've been making in-ear devices since 2014 and have spent years studying the ear's anatomy. dBud U was designed to fit perfectly and comfortably in your ear, even for long days.
With five pairs of soft and skin safe silicone gels, three sets of foam tips, small size and light weight you can be sure dBud U will fit your ears snugly and comfortably.
In The Box![]()
dBud U comes with
- One set of true wireless earbuds
- Five sizes of silicone gels
- Three sizes of memory foam gels
- One charging case with Qi wireless charging
- Protective silicone sleeve for the charging case
- USB C charging cable
How dBud U Compares
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What They Say About dBud U
Morten Gullstrand, professional photographer.
Niklas Sandgren, Professional carpenter.
Anna Bjärkvik, Yoga teacher.
Kristoffer Stenbeck, Solutions Consultant at Adobe.
Natural Ambient Hear Through
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Hear the world clearly and naturally, at the volume you desire. With its ultra low latency, dBud U has the most natural sounding ambient hear through possible. There are no robotic, digital sounds which you'll find with many other earbuds.
Perfect Pitch
We believe you'll be wearing dBud U a lot, for long periods and most days of the week, so it's crucial that the sound playing in your ears is of the very best quality. Our graphene driver delivers a rich, true and detailed audio experience, so you can enjoy your favourite music and podcasts, as well as the world around you in the best way possible.
From Silence to Super Hearing
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dBud U is your volume control to the world. With an ambient volume range of around minus 30 to plus 10 decibels, dBud U offers comfortable silence when you need to focus, neutral hearing with speech enhancement for effortless conversations and the ability to augment your hearing when you need to hear the world more clearly.
Even if you don't suffer from hearing loss, experiencing the world with our Super Hearing mode is a truly unique and immersive experience.
Real World EQ
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With a range of different noise cancelling and ambient hear through modes, dBud U gives you great control of how you want to hear the world around you. In addition, with the pre-configured ambient hear through modes, you can configure ambient volume to fit your specific needs and preferences.
Protect your hearing
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At Ear Labs we have many years of experience with building professional hearing protectors, so we know a thing or two about noise reduction from a safety perspective. dBud U is unique in that it combines active noise cancelling and passive noise reduction covering both low-, mid- and high frequencies.
There are many earbuds that offer active noise cancelling but very few that can be used as a hearing protector for your DIY projects. On the opposite there is not a single professional hearing protector on the market that offers the full range of functionality that dBud U does.
dBud U will keep your ears safe with such good comfort, ease of use and wide range of functionality, we think it's a device you'll want to keep wearing all day.
dBud U as Hearing Enhancement
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With its ability to amplify ambient sounds and compensate individually for left & right ear, dBud U can function as hearing enhancement device for people with mild to moderate hearing loss. dBud U is quick to set up, simple and easy to use and can improve the quality of your hearing straight out of the box.
dBud U also features a unique Speech Enhancement mode, amplifying human speech while reducing background noise. The benefit for you as a user is clearer conversations in noisy surroundings.
dBud U as Focus Tool
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Being a professional grade hearing protector, dBud U is also really good at reducing unwanted sounds. Combining powerful electronic noise reduction (Hybrid ANC) with a dedicated passive noise reduction system, including specially designed memory foam tips, dBud U offers powerful noise reduction in a small and sleek form factor.
The benefit for you as a user is the ability to effectively mute your environment when you need peace and quiet in order to focus. We can't promise you complete silence, but we do offer one of the very best noise reductions available in a true wireless form factor.
The Tech Inside
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Hybrid ANC
With a total of 6 microphones, dBud U uses a combination of feed forward and feed back noise cancelling called Hybrid ANC. Using high performance microphones, top of the range graphene drivers and a powerful noise cancelling algorithm our Hybrid ANC is one of the best out there.
Powerful Active Noise Cancelling
How it works
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The App - Your World, Your Sound
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dBud U will have a companion app which allows you to customise the device to your needs and preferences. You'll be able to set ambient volume, select audio presets, shortcuts and define functions for the physical button on the earbud. We believe that the best device should also be the easiest to use, and although a high tech device, dBud U has a super simple user interface making it accessible to anyone.
Technical Specification
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Project Timeline
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We Are Ear Labs
Our mission at Ear labs is to help people protect their ears without compromising hearing, safety or their connection to the world around them.
With a market leading position in ear protection for water sports, our products SurfEars and SwimEars help water athletes protect their ears from cold or contaminated water while retaining full hearing, balance and situational awareness.
dBud volume adjustable earplugs protect your ears from harmful noise while allowing you to quickly and easily adjust the volume of your surroundings. Our patented acoustic filter in dBud provides clear, safe sound with a two-stage volume reduction.
Ear Labs founding team has long experience in design and development of high tech consumer product and wearables, and have worked for global tech companies like Nokia and Facebook. We have the network and know-how, suppliers, tools and processes to take complex products to market on time and at the right quality.
We’re working closely with Above, Sweden's leading design and tech agency, providing access to world class designers and engineers and allowing us to scale our team and competencies on demand.
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3 Successful Campaigns
EarLabs has launched three successful crowdfunding campaigns in the past, and delivered on our promise every time. First was SurfEars in 2014, followed by SwimEars in 2015 and dBud in 2018. We take our commitment to our backers seriously and you can trust that our entire team will work as hard as we can to deliver this great new product to you on schedule.
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Project Risks
Our team has long experience in project management, design and manufacturing of high tech consumer products, we know the processes well and also the risks involved. We have launched three successful Kickstarters in the past and always delivered to our backers.
Some of the challenges we're facing going forward are:
Production, sourcing & supplier management.
Making a working prototype is one thing but setting up manufacturing in large volumes is another. Unexpected issues do occur, adding cost and potential delays in production. With a background in companies like Nokia and Zound Industries, our team is used to handling large scale projects and managing production lines churning out thousands of products per week.
We have the team, tools and processes in place to handle the production and logistics, and we've got the skills and experience to solve any surprises down the road.
Shipping.
With our experience from past projects we know how much effort and planning it takes to handle world wide shipping and ensure timely deliveries to customers. We are working with Shipwire and use their strategically located warehouses to ensure great local service with global reach. This setup gives us the best possible control over shipping at a reasonable cost and manageable effort.