JBL Reflect Mini 2 Wireless Headphones Review

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 have a sporty look due to their stability fins. The earbud housing is big, and their metallic finish gives them a nice premium look. However, the in-line remote looks a bit cheaper than the buds. Overall, they look good but are fairly low-profile in the all-black design, but you can get one of the more vibrant color variants (blue, green, teal) to fit your preferred style. They also have a reflective cable for better visibility in the dark.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 are fairly comfortable, but the in-ear fit might not be for everyone. They're also very lightweight and come with a few tip and fin options to help you find a good fit. However, some may feel fatigued after long listening sessions.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 have okay controls. The in-line remote gives you access to basic functionalities like music/call management, volume control, and track skipping, forward and backward. The buttons are clicky and offer good feedback. You also get voice prompts for battery and connection information. The power button in the middle is also a notch lower than the volume buttons, making it easy to use and differentiate the buttons.

Like most in-ears, the JBL Reflect Mini 2 are very breathable headphones as they don’t trap heat under an ear cup. Even with stability fins on, they don’t cause a big temperature difference. You shouldn’t sweat more than usual while wearing them, making them a good option for sports.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 are very portable headphones, like most in-ears, and they can easily fit in pockets or a bag. They also come with a small pouch that doesn’t add much bulk and stays portable.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 come with a small rubber pouch that has a weird design. It's fairly small and portable, but slightly too cramped to fit the headphones, tips, fins, and charging cable comfortably. The pouch also doesn’t close as there is a big gap on the top. The rubber material seems water-resistant and can help protect the headphones from small impacts, but they're still exposed due to the opening in the case.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 are decently well-built headphones. The earbuds feel dense enough to survive a few accidental drops, but their general feel is slightly cheap. They're made of plastic and have thin cables. They feel cheaper than what they look like. On the upside, the cables are reflective, which helps you run outside when it’s dark. They're also rated IPX5 for water resistance.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 are very stable headphones and don’t move around during physical activity. You should be able to run, work out, and play sports with these without a problem. The tips and stability fins create a tight fit. Their wireless design also eliminates a cable that could get stuck on something and pull the headphones out. If you prefer headphones with an ear-hook design for sports, look at the V-MODA BassFit Wireless.

• JBL Reflect Mini 2 headphones
• 3x ear tips
• 3x stability fins
• Micro-USB charging cable
• Carrying pouch
• Manuals

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 have excellent frequency response consistency. Assuming you achieve a good fit and seal with the provided ear tips, you should experience consistent bass and treble delivery each time you use them.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 have impressive bass accuracy. LFE (low-frequency extension) is at 10Hz, which is great. Low-bass and mid-bass are flat and follow our target curve, indicating a deep and thumpy bass, capable of producing the low rumbling sounds common to EDM, hip-hop, dubstep, and film scores. Also, high-bass is flat but over our target by 2dB, making the bass very slightly boomy, but this shouldn’t be a concern for most.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 have excellent mid accuracy. The whole range is fairly flat and even, which results in well-balanced reproduction of vocals and lead instruments. There’s a small dip of about 3dB in the mid-mid, slightly nudging the vocals to the back of the mix.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 have decent treble accuracy. The whole range is fairly even, which is important for the accurate reproduction of vocals, cymbals, and lead instruments. However, mid-treble is slightly uneven, and some sibilants (S and T sounds) might sound sharp around 7.5KHz. Also, there is a very small underemphasis in the low-treble, which results in a very subtle negative impact on vocals and lead instruments.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2’s stereo imaging is very good. The weighted group delay is at 0.1, which is excellent. The group delay graph also shows that the entire response is well below our audibility threshold. This ensures a tight bass and a transparent treble reproduction. Also, the L/R drivers of our test unit were decently matched. This is important for the accurate placement and localization of objects, like footsteps and instruments, in the stereo field.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 have a terrible passive soundstage performance. Since creating a large and speaker-like soundstage is partially dependent on having a speaker-like pinna activation, and in-ear headphones bypass the pinna (the outer ear) and don't interact with it, their soundstage will be perceived to be small and located inside the listener's head. Their closed-back design also means that their soundstage won't feel and open as most open-back earbuds.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 have a good noise isolation performance. They achieve more than 9dB of isolation in the bass range, which is decent and impressive for passive isolation. This will block out a decent amount of rumbling from bus and plane engines and makes them a good choice for commuting. In the mid-range, important to block out ambient chatter, they achieved an isolation of 20dB, which is very good and helpful for the office. In the treble range, responsible for sharp sounds like S and Ts and fan noise, they block 36dB, which is good.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 have an incredible leakage performance. These in-ears practically don't leak, so you don't need to worry about disturbing people around you unless you are blasting your music in a very quiet room. With the music at 100dB SPL, the leakage at one foot away averages at 24dB SPL and peaks at 31dB SPL, which is noticeably quieter than the noise floor of an average office.

The in-line mic has an alright recording quality. The LFE of 273Hz results in recorded or transmitted speech that is relatively thin. The HFE of 3.4KHz suggests speech that lacks detail and presence, but this is expected on Bluetooth microphones. However, the intelligibility of speech on this microphone will be decent in quiet environments.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2's in-line microphone has poor noise handling. In our SpNR test, they achieved a speech-to-noise ratio of about 7dB, indicating they're better suited for quiet environments. However, they will struggle to separate speech from ambient noise, even in moderately loud situations.

Their battery performance isn't bad. The battery provides roughly 10 hours of continuous playback on a single charge. This should be enough for a whole day of listening and won’t need daily charging, depending on your listening habits. They take about two hours to charge, but unfortunately, don’t have any power-saving feature to extend battery life. They're also advertised to provide one hour of playback from 15 minutes of charging. Please note that battery performance varies with real-life usage, so you may have a different experience.

These headphones are not compatible with the My JBL Headphones mobile app.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 are Bluetooth-compatible headphones that don’t support multi-device pairing or NFC. On the upside, their pairing procedure is simple, and you get a voice prompt throughout your connection setup.

Their latency with PCs and iOS devices is likely too high to be suitable for watching video content or gaming, but it's lower with Android phones, so you should be able to stream video on those devices without noticeable audio lag. If you have a Bluetooth dongle with AptX or Apt-X LL then consider the AUKEY Latitude Wireless which have a better latency performance overall and support more codec options.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 are Bluetooth-only headphones and don't have a wired audio connection.

The JBL Reflect Mini 2 don't have a dock or dongle. If you want headphones that are versatile and have a dock, try over-ears like the SteelSeries Arctis 7 2019 Edition Wireless. However, they won't be as compact and easy to carry around.