First, the most obvious elements to review are sound quality and comfort - on the former I have zero complains for a small and relatively affordable set of earbuds. Comfort is also good as they are light, but the eartips included are just not the best. I have small ear canals which makes this worse, so I usually get foam replacement tips - but the extra wide and oblong opening makes finding a set that works a pain. Far from a dealbreaker though, for the price you get these earbuds at - like I say in the title, these would be a solid 4/5 for me if that was my biggest gripe.
My biggest problem with these buds by far is the controls. I don't know if this is a firmware issue or a hardware problem with the touch sensor used, but I'll refer to it as a firmware issue for the rest of this mini-rant. The in-ear detection just sucks. There's no nice way to put it. Music constantly pauses and unpauses itself for no discernible reason for me, with interruptions being frequently multiple times within a single song, so I disabled it through the 1More app. The ANC is pretty good for the cost, but won't remember what mode I left it in. The long press to change between no ANC, ANC, and Transparency modes is also unpredictable, for two reasons: First of all, sometimes it will switch modes without user input. Secondly, the chimes that sound when modes are switch will only sometimes play, meaning the mode switch happens without you realizing. All of this makes an otherwise great daily driver earbud into a frustration. I can't help but feel like I got shipped a product with incomplete and rushed software. I get very frustrated by offerings...read moreFirst, the most obvious elements to review are sound quality and comfort - on the former I have zero complains for a small and relatively affordable set of earbuds. Comfort is also good as they are light, but the eartips included are just not the best. I have small ear canals which makes this worse, so I usually get foam replacement tips - but the extra wide and oblong opening makes finding a set that works a pain. Far from a dealbreaker though, for the price you get these earbuds at - like I say in the title, these would be a solid 4/5 for me if that was my biggest gripe.
My biggest problem with these buds by far is the controls. I don't know if this is a firmware issue or a hardware problem with the touch sensor used, but I'll refer to it as a firmware issue for the rest of this mini-rant. The in-ear detection just sucks. There's no nice way to put it. Music constantly pauses and unpauses itself for no discernible reason for me, with interruptions being frequently multiple times within a single song, so I disabled it through the 1More app. The ANC is pretty good for the cost, but won't remember what mode I left it in. The long press to change between no ANC, ANC, and Transparency modes is also unpredictable, for two reasons: First of all, sometimes it will switch modes without user input. Secondly, the chimes that sound when modes are switch will only sometimes play, meaning the mode switch happens without you realizing. All of this makes an otherwise great daily driver earbud into a frustration. I can't help but feel like I got shipped a product with incomplete and rushed software. I get very frustrated by offerings like this, where it feels like the company simply abandons truly finishing the product to work on something new as soon as the product is just barely workable.
I first encountered 1More with the triple driver over ear headphones, and was blown away by them - and shortly afterwards became a long-time user of a pair of 1More Evo earbuds until they were lost in an accident. With these I was hoping that 1More would take the magic of those earbuds and apply them into a cheaper and less intrusive package, but I have to say that I've been disappointed in what could have been a great product. I would caution anyone looking at making this purchase to first check if these issues have been fixed. They are workable and I'll continue using them until they die, but I would caution new buyers that much less frustrating listening experiences can be found elsewhere for anyone looking to spend fifty dollars.
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