JBL Tune 225TWS: problems, parts and running costs

Checked: 2026-10-20

Summary

Running them costs nothing beyond charging electricity — no subscription, no ear tips to replace, no priced spare parts.

Common problems and fixes

Owner-level data is the weak point here: no forum thread, retailer Q&A or warranty policy for this exact model could be read, so every point below comes from TechRadar’s hands-on test, the only full independent test available for the 225TWS. No warranty term is documented for this model, so warranty cover for anything below is unverified.

• The voice-assistant button can power a bud down — the physical stalk buttons are accurate and give fewer false presses than the gesture controls on rivals, but the assistant combination is easy to hit by accident and can switch a single bud off. No fix is documented beyond avoiding that combination. [1]
• The case has no wireless charging — the buds charge in their case over a cable only, and no wireless charger will work with it, so keep a cable within reach. [1]
• Battery life falls short of the claim — the hands-on test measured about 4 hours from the buds, occasionally nearer the advertised 5, plus about 20 hours from the case against a 25-hour total claim, so the buds need a case top-up more often than the label suggests. [1]

Parts and consumables

No replaceable parts or consumables reported.

• Ear tips — there are none: the open-fit design uses no silicone tips or wings, so there is no tip to wear out and nothing to order when one goes. [1]
• Batteries — no spare cell, service channel or battery-longevity figure was published, and no teardown or repair documentation was found for the model. [1]

Yearly running cost

A typical owner spends $0 a year beyond charging electricity: there is no subscription, no filter, no scheduled consumable, and the only consumable this design would otherwise need — silicone ear tips — does not exist on the 225TWS. [1] Electricity use was not measured in the sources, so there is not enough data for a yearly electricity figure. How the batteries fade after months of use, what the warranty covers and where a repaired unit would come from are all undocumented for this model. [1]

When it is a good buy

The only price anchor in the sources is TechRadar’s 2020 list price: $99.95 in the US, £99.99 in the UK and AU$179.95 in Australia, with the reviewer noting that discounts are usually available on the list price. [1]

• EarFun Air — the better choice if you want noise cancelling and more features; they were available for less money. [1]

Sources

• JBL Tune 225TWS product page — the manufacturer’s page for this model; it blocks automated readers, so nothing here was read from it.