Continuing my fascination for picking up cheap Bluetooth headphones (this will be about the 5th pair I’ve purchased and fwiw there’s absolutely nothing wrong with any of the other pairs)
I’ve decided to get a pair of the i80 TWS AirPod clones for £16 in a flash sale from gearbest (From China so will no doubt take weeks to arrive, usually between £30-£40) to compare against the real deal. Well. Gen 1s.
And yes the battery length on these does suck even less than originals but for my now daily commutes on the train should last and I can easily charge them via the case.
After mentioning these in another thread, I never did pick it back up here, so here goes.
Fake Airpods have to be the most infuriating Bluetooth headphones I have ever used. Do not spend money on them, unless you want to sucker yourself into buying the real deal, because that's ultimately all they will convince you of doing.
After trying them for just 3 days commuting on the train, I was prepared to throw them on the tracks. When walking around they randomly sometimes lose connection in one of the headphones, when your standing still, this isn't a problem, so it's weird. I think it's because the charging case lid is so flimsy and ultra sensitive that when it brushes on something in your bag/pocket it causes a slight break of the connection.
These also have additional tap controls where as the originals only have a double tap, which you can change what the double tap does. On these you can't change what the taps do. When trying to switch them off you'll nearly always activate Siri instead, or worse case end up calling the last person you spoke to again then have to quickly find your phone to cancel the call. Really, really annoying.
They last for about 2 hours, compared to airpods 5 hours (yeah yeah means both are no good for really long journeys) however the original airpods will get you an additional 2 hours of use from just a short 15 minute charge. These will take an hour to get back to 2 hours usage.
Sound quality is ok, for communing they do the job, not as good as airpods on the bass department or volume department, but I don't like being totally blanked out from the outside world when walking or in train stations as I like to know what's going on around me.
The only thing these get right is the design, and from a far, you can't tell the difference, these look and feel just like airpods, and are as comfortable as airpods. All your £20 purchase will do is make you want to spend another £150-£200 on the real deal when you become exposed to the comfort and freedom of being totally cable free. I don't know what it is about the Airpods that make them feel so much more comfortable than actual earpods because the design isn't that much different, but, for whatever reason, they just are.
Never believe the hype of any youtube video review, these guys simply do not use these things in real life situations and probably feel they need to big them up as a supplier has sent them for free, rather than being brutally honest.
Thankfully when work gave me an iPhone and Airpods this time last year, then recently decided I didn't need a mobile afterall (tis true) , they've decided I can keep the airpods, and they go back to being my main headphones for my daily commute.
I use Ankers (many people have linked to that design on here already) for helping me get to sleep if I need something to help me drop off (not risking breaking airpods or swallowing them or not being able to find one in the morning) and some other no brand overear ones when I need to totally blank out the rest of the sound of the office to concentrate.
I think I'm done with all my experimenting now until one or the other breaks. The rest are going in the bin.
I have some wired QC25's and 
. £23. The design is not very good, don't see how they would stay on without a swim hat or gigantic ears
