WHICH ONE? 14 of the BEST clip style earbuds! Shokz, Soundcore, Bose, Huawei & more — Transcript

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1. 0:00We've gathered all the latest clip style
2. 0:02earbuds for you and we've thoroughly
3. 0:04tested each and every one so you don't
4. 0:06have to. There are three prize
5. 0:09categories and one winner in each.
6. 0:11Enjoy. Namaste. We're DHRME
7. 0:14distinguished headphone reviews for
8. 0:15maximum enjoyment. So, water clip style
9. 0:18earbuds in 20 seconds. Rowan, go. So,
10. 0:22these are basically clips that clip onto
11. 0:24your anti-helical fold. And what that
12. 0:26does is it just places a speaker close
13. 0:29to your ear and pumps sound in. So they
14. 0:31also have a very definitive look much
15. 0:34like earrings or clip-on earrings. And
16. 0:38one thing to keep in mind is that these
17. 0:39are never going to sound as good as
18. 0:41overear or inear headphones because the
19. 0:44whole point is to be aware of your
20. 0:45surroundings. Exactly. All right. But
21. 0:48let's go on to the first category which
22. 0:50is the budget category. $30 to $60. Now,
23. 0:53before we get into each of these buds
24. 0:55here, this is how we're going to do it.
25. 0:57We're going to give you a concise
26. 0:58summary to not waste your time, but
27. 1:00there will also be stuff on screen which
28. 1:03you know are just facts. So, you don't
29. 1:04have to say that out loud and you save
30. 1:07some time, but feel free to pause and
31. 1:09read those if you want to. Yeah. And if
32. 1:10you want to know more about each of
33. 1:12these buds in depth, we've done full
34. 1:13videos on those link down below. So,
35. 1:15knock yourself out. All right. The QCY
36. 1:18Cross Sky C30 retails for between like
37. 1:21$30 to $40, and we were really
38. 1:24pleasantly surprised with these. It's
39. 1:26the cheapest on this list, but they
40. 1:27sound pretty decent. Especially nice
41. 1:29that you get multipoint connectivity and
42. 1:31an app with options like a game mode.
43. 1:33The touch controls, they work well,
44. 1:35although you've got to be careful with
45. 1:37clothing touching the buds or just back
46. 1:39of a neck and causing ghost stabs. The
47. 1:41calls are not the best on this list
48. 1:43though, and those shiny design elements,
49. 1:46it they can be an acquired taste for
50. 1:48some. Next up, the Sound Piece Pop Clip
51. 1:50at $40. We really dig the design on
52. 1:52these. The buds are left and right
53. 1:55interchangeable. They've got
54. 1:56customizable button controls, and we
55. 1:58love button controls. We are files.
56. 2:02Check out the new merch down below. And
57. 2:04they're comfortable, too. They're
58. 2:06definitely not the way to go if you need
59. 2:07them for phone calls, but you do get an
60. 2:10app and multipoint connectivity.
61. 2:12Soundwise, definitely not the best for
62. 2:14sound. Don't worry, we have more coming
63. 2:16up. Like the Jab Flex Open at $50. These
64. 2:20stay in place during workouts, no
65. 2:22issues. You do get multipoint, and even
66. 2:24though the touch controls take some
67. 2:26getting used to, they really work well.
68. 2:28There is a raised logo which acts as the
69. 2:30touch surface, and these are fully
70. 2:32customizable, which is a smart
71. 2:34implementation. Yeah, you get single,
72. 2:36double, triple taps, long taps. As he
73. 2:39said, fully customizable. And that
74. 2:41customization includes volume controls.
75. 2:44They're also very solid for calls. But
76. 2:46for one of us, me, they were a bit
77. 2:49uncomfortable with the jagged plastic
78. 2:51scratching my ears. U overall, a very
79. 2:54solid pair though, unless you're looking
80. 2:55at tweaking sound a lot. That's where
81. 2:58the Moonrop pill at about $60 comes in.
82. 3:01They have tons of options for sound in
83. 3:02the Moonrop app, including a parametric
84. 3:04EQ and a kind of marketplace of EQs,
85. 3:07which no one else is really doing. It's
86. 3:09a very audio file idea of sound with the
87. 3:12mids and highs sounding quite nice, but
88. 3:15the bass being toned down. We think
89. 3:17these sound way better inside rather
90. 3:20than on the go, which kind of defeats
91. 3:22the purpose of this form factor, to me
92. 3:24at least. The pill-shaped case is very
93. 3:26whimsical and fun, but not very
94. 3:29pocketable. But we did find that it
95. 3:31opened up too easily inside a bag and
96. 3:33that was annoying. The call performance
97. 3:35however is nothing to write home about.
98. 3:37And although they do have multipoint,
99. 3:39the touch controls again are often
100. 3:41wrongly triggered by just turning your
101. 3:43head.
102. 3:45All right, the Edifier R1 at $60. At
103. 3:48this price, we were shocked at how much
104. 3:50Edifier managed to include in this
105. 3:52model. And that too for their first take
106. 3:54on clip style buds. Yeah, impressive.
107. 3:56Besides these things on screen, you get
108. 3:58a wear sensor, multipoint, and a game
109. 4:00mode. We will say that these are not the
110. 4:03most premium looking. They're quite
111. 4:05bulky and the sound and phone call
112. 4:07performance are not quite the best. Then
113. 4:10the Tozo open earring at $60.
114. 4:13At this price point, Tozo is bringing
115. 4:16quite a few things to the table, and you
116. 4:18can often find them for much lower than
117. 4:20that price, too. You see the battery
118. 4:22life on the case which is a cool
119. 4:23implementation and these have solid
120. 4:25battery life too. The call performance
121. 4:27is decent and the comfort is middle of
122. 4:29the road but you're missing multipoint
123. 4:31which for us is very important and the
124. 4:34touch controls again are not the best.
125. 4:36There someone say controls soundpiece
126. 4:38pole clip pro get you all the same
127. 4:41features of the pop clip for $60 but now
128. 4:44you get touch controls so no buttons and
129. 4:47that's where we're disappointed with
130. 4:49these. The touch part is the piece
131. 4:51that's in your ear and it's not very
132. 4:53accurate. A lot of missteps. The battery
133. 4:55life is not as strong and we faced some
134. 4:57connection issues. The calls were good
135. 4:59for the price, especially in noisy
136. 5:01conditions, and the sound was a mixed
137. 5:02bag again. A ton of bass and volume, but
138. 5:05the mids and highs don't sound very
139. 5:07refined. So, which one do you pick,
140. 5:09Kevin, in the budget category? In this
141. 5:11budget category, I'm going to go with
142. 5:13the Jab Flex Open. I just really like
143. 5:17that the controls are reliable and the
144. 5:19calls are really important to me. So,
145. 5:20the call quality was on point as well.
146. 5:23Speaking of point, there is multi-point
147. 5:25support on those buds. And for me,
148. 5:27multi-deviceing my life, I need that.
149. 5:30The comfort on the other hand didn't
150. 5:32bother me. It did bother you. So, I'm
151. 5:34curious, what would your pick be? Yeah,
152. 5:35I'm I'm finding it really hard to pick
153. 5:37one in this range, but I'll go for the
154. 5:40Sound Peach Pop Clip purely because
155. 5:44buttons on in daily use around the
156. 5:47house. Super convenient, super easy to
157. 5:48use. Not the best at calls, but I have
158. 5:52to make some compromises at this price
159. 5:54point. Fair enough. Next up, the
160. 5:56mid-rangers. $60 to $150.
161. 6:00We start with the Basis Bowie MC1 at
162. 6:02$70. Kind of shame. It's almost budget
163. 6:05but not quite. But Basis has been in the
164. 6:07shadows for us until we reviewed their
165. 6:09hook style buds, the Eli Sport 1. And
166. 6:12those as well as these clip styles do
167. 6:15not disappoint. On the Bowie MC1, you're
168. 6:18getting comfortable clips that stay in
169. 6:19place as well as reliable button
170. 6:22controls that are fully customizable in
171. 6:24the app. You get some bells and whistles
172. 6:26like multi-point, low latency game mode,
173. 6:28and reverse waves to reduce noise
174. 6:31leakage, which actually seem to do a
175. 6:33good job. In terms of sound, they sound
176. 6:35pretty decent. Um, again, not bass
177. 6:38monsters, but you can actually enjoy
178. 6:40music casually on them. For phone calls,
179. 6:42these are definitely on the higher end.
180. 6:44They're great in quiet and noisy
181. 6:47environments. All right, the next is the
182. 6:49Soundcore C40i at $120.
183. 6:52getting into the big money category now.
184. 6:54Yeah, but there's more. There's even
185. 6:56more expensive ones. All right, but what
186. 6:58an improvement Soundcore has made since
187. 7:00the previous model, the C30i. That one
188. 7:03wasn't wasn't that great. No. So, the
189. 7:05C40i, they've now added configurable
190. 7:08button controls and made the clips
191. 7:10flexible, but unfortunately still not
192. 7:11the most comfortable on the ear or the
193. 7:14eyes. They bulky. Yeah, you still get
194. 7:16multi-point and an amp, and there's no
195. 7:19wear sensor. Uh, and the sound can sound
196. 7:21good under certain conditions. The calls
197. 7:24outdoors are not great, so beware of
198. 7:26that, too. Considering the price, there
199. 7:28are better options like the Edifier
200. 7:32lolly clip at $130. Being new in the
201. 7:35whole clip style space, Edifier didn't
202. 7:36hesitate to experiment with the lolly
203. 7:38clip. Besides all the goodies like a
204. 7:40wear sensor, game mode, multipoint, and
205. 7:42an app, Edifier decided to support LDAC
206. 7:45for high-res audio, active noise
207. 7:47cancelling, and a heart rate monitor as
208. 7:50well as an SPO2 monitor. Crazy, right?
209. 7:52They just went all out. Now, all of
210. 7:54those features are nothing to write home
211. 7:56about, but it's nice to see Edifier
212. 7:59thinking out of the box. Although the
213. 8:01touch controls are responsive, you're
214. 8:03stuck to a limited control scheme. The
215. 8:05buds are comfortable, but you do notice
216. 8:07them on or in your ear. And these buds
217. 8:10really shine in windy conditions for
218. 8:12phone calls. The bass response is rich
219. 8:14and they get quite loud. You get a lot,
220. 8:17which is expected at these price points,
221. 8:19right? So, what's our pick in this
222. 8:21mid-range category? No doubt. No doubt.
223. 8:24I think we probably wrongly put it in
224. 8:25mid-range. It's It's just above $60, but
225. 8:29the Basis Bowie MC1 buttons, you know,
226. 8:33cheapest in this range. And good
227. 8:35comfort, good controls. Yeah, a decent
228. 8:38mic performance. Exactly. I maybe lost
229. 8:40out a little bit in wind, but I'm not in
230. 8:42the wind that often. So, no. Hey, we
231. 8:45agree on this one in this category.
232. 8:48What about the next category? Because
233. 8:49now we're in the final one, and that's
234. 8:51the premium category. $150 to $250.
235. 8:56Yeah, we're talking big bucks. And we're
236. 8:58going to start with Soundcore's latest
237. 9:00offering, the Aero Clip. At $170
238. 9:04after the C30i and the C40i, you can
239. 9:06really tell that Soundcore has had the
240. 9:08time to refine their designs. The Aero
241. 9:10Clips are really comfortable and they
242. 9:12look a lot sleeker. The battery life is
243. 9:14truly incredible, and you're still
244. 9:16getting everything you've come to expect
245. 9:17from their clip style buds so far.
246. 9:19Multi-point, an app, and customizable
247. 9:21touch controls. The control scheme is
248. 9:23like a bit restrictive. Uh though only
249. 9:26with a double and triple tap. In terms
250. 9:28of sound, they sound really nice. I
251. 9:30think they're very like kind of rounded.
252. 9:32Um you do hear the bass and overall I
253. 9:35can listen to music on these in a quiet
254. 9:36environment. No problem. And the phone
255. 9:39call performance, it delivers in all
256. 9:42conditions. It's able to hold its own.
257. 9:44Not an easy feat. So well done
258. 9:46Soundcore. It's a shame that the volume
259. 9:48controls don't work on calls though. And
260. 9:50then the latest on this list, the shocks
261. 9:52open dots one. They come with soft
262. 9:54materials. No scratching the ears here.
263. 9:57There are touch controls on the bridge
264. 9:58as well as on the back the barrel piece
265. 10:00that you get, but there are no physical
266. 10:02buttons, unfortunately. There's even a
267. 10:04wear sensor to automatically pause your
268. 10:05audio if you take them off. Yeah, it's
269. 10:08not something you see very often on
270. 10:09these sorts of buds. And the left and
271. 10:11right earbuds are also interchangeable.
272. 10:14Now, these sound pretty good. They're
273. 10:16more like warmer sounding and bass
274. 10:18focused. and it did quite well even with
275. 10:20very busy music. So, it's pretty nice.
276. 10:23Just don't expect too much from that
277. 10:25Dolby audio feature. All right, then the
278. 10:27Huawei Free Clip at 200 bucks. For us,
279. 10:30the Huawei Free Clip are objectively
280. 10:32some of the best buds on this list
281. 10:34because they've been tested so heavily.
282. 10:36So, basically, I've daily driven this
283. 10:38for like a year or more. Uh they're
284. 10:41pocketable, they're comfortable, goat
285. 10:43level calls, nice design, solid battery
286. 10:47life. And what's not to love? Well,
287. 10:49maybe the availability.
288. 10:51Yeah, it's €149 for us here in the
289. 10:54Netherlands, but not directly available
290. 10:56in the US, and we see it listed at $200
291. 10:59on Amazon. But like you've seen on this
292. 11:01list, it's for those looking for a
293. 11:03premium product, not value for money.
294. 11:06Speaking of money,
295. 11:08let's talk about the Bose Ultra Open at
296. 11:10$250.
297. 11:12Sometimes when you want the best, you
298. 11:14got to cough up the most. And for us,
299. 11:17that's not the Bose Ultra Open. It does
300. 11:19not beat the Huawei, for example, on
301. 11:21call quality, but does come with buttons
302. 11:23that do everything. Since their launch,
303. 11:26though, Bose has upgraded these buds
304. 11:27with better calls and multi-point, so
305. 11:29they cover all bases. Now, the case is a
306. 11:31bit larger than the Huawei, and even at
307. 11:33the reduced price of $250, I'm not sure
308. 11:37if it makes sense for most people
309. 11:38considering you can buy five or seven of
310. 11:41some of the other buds on this list for
311. 11:44that price. But hey, it's objectively
312. 11:46still a good product. And if you get a
313. 11:47good deal or you don't care about the
314. 11:49price, these are still decent. All
315. 11:51right, let's pick one from the premium
316. 11:54boys. Which one is it going to be,
317. 11:56Kevin? Yeah, it's pretty obvious for me.
318. 11:59It's I'm going to stick with the king
319. 12:00here. It's hard to dethrone the Huawei
320. 12:02Free Clip. I mean, it's just packed to
321. 12:04the gills with features, but it also
322. 12:06performs in design, comfort, call,
323. 12:08sound, all of that. Of course, the price
324. 12:10ain't pretty, but that's kind of the
325. 12:12range we're in right now, aren't we?
326. 12:13Yeah. Yeah. I think I have to also
327. 12:15unfortunately go for the Huawei Free
328. 12:17Clip. I must say the most improved
329. 12:18reward here does go to the Bose. It came
330. 12:20with nothing out of the box. It was
331. 12:22disastrous and they've really fixed a
332. 12:24lot of things. But yeah, you can't beat
333. 12:27these guys. And I think if you really
334. 12:30wanted button controls, you'd go for the
335. 12:31Bose. But I've just used them so often,
336. 12:34the Huawei, that I don't care about
337. 12:36that. Yep. So that's the roundup of our
338. 12:39favorite open style clip style buds. A
339. 12:43big thanks to you guys, our viewers and
340. 12:45subscribers, and our wonderful tested
341. 12:48tier subscribers and supporters, these
342. 12:52guys. But let's not forget our highest
343. 12:54tier, which is the fuckman tier. A big
344. 12:57thanks to Paula, Rads, Panda, Rachel,
345. 13:00and Jay. Thank you guys very much.
346. 13:03You've been clipping it on, and we've
347. 13:05been dhring. Do we do we
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