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Cheap Bluetooth Earphones Review

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How cheap are the the cheap Bluetooth headsets I am about to review? Very cheap in my opinion. The other equivalent locally sold Awei Bluetooth earphones cost around Ksh3000 or around 30USD. That is a lot of money for Bluetooth earphones. You could buy a decoder or DVD player for that amount. Bluetooth earphones are now gaining popularity especially with athletes whereby the traditional earphones cable from a music player would usually get in the way.

Buying Online

I bought these Bluetooth earphones from the Aliexpress online shop. The seller was in china and from the product listing there were quite a lot of positive reviews.  I bought two pieces for USD5.91 each plus USD1.63 for shipping for a total of USD13.45. At the end of the review I have highlighted the delivery and online payment method. These things are cheap that they do not even have a brand name!

Review

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Everything here came in a resealable paper bag. That is how cheap the packaging was

The earphones performed better than I expected. The battery, microphone, micro USB port and controls are all housed on a bulge on the cable between the two speakers. The cable is short enough to go around the neck and long enough to avoid the cable from loosely hanging. The clip is a good addition that holds the “bulge” for easy phone call conversations. Pairing and control is helped by voice overs that tell you the state of the Bluetooth earphones. The Chinese lady says

  • Power ON
  • Pairing
  • Connected
  • Battery Low
  • Disconnected and
  • Power OFF
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The Controls

Pairing is easy and the effective range of operation is 10 metres although I got about 20 metres on a line of view. Powering the device ON or OFF requires pressing the middle button continuously for 3 seconds. Track changes can be done by pressing the + or – buttons. Long pressing the same buttons increases or decreases the volume.

 

The bass response was quite good too and the earphones can get very loud. The only sad part is that the earphones are not stereo. But that does not prevent then from sounding good. I thought that they would sound terrible but they didnt!

The battery lasts 2 hours of nonstop music play and charging is done via the micro USB port on the side. Charging to 100 percent takes less than 40 minutes. How do I know that? I know because the light is usually red during charging and off when fully charged.

Payment Method

Aliexpress receives payment before the product is shipped. This is a different model from what we have in Kenya whereby payment is done after the customer receives the product.

I used my Nakumatt debit prepaid card to make payment whereby Aliexpress receives payment on behalf of the seller and only releases the money (to the seller) after the buyer has received the product. The Nakumatt card is easy to use and loading money onto the card is done using MPESA.

Shipping

The shipping method I used was Chinapost Registered Airmail. The intention being that they would deliver it to a post office of my choice in Kenya. The seller had the option of free shipping but it was not registered and so there was no way of tracking the shipping progress online. The total shipping was 1.63USD and you would expect that it takes around 2 days since it was “airmail” but it took 28 days in total. I picked the item from City Square post office in Nairobi.

Custom Charges

I was never asked for any custom or import duty. Thank God.

If you are still reading then I have the second earphones as a free giveaway. Just comment on any questions you may have below. The rules are that the winner has to come for them and any delivery charges out of town will be the winners responsibility.

 

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9 thoughts on “Cheap Bluetooth Earphones Review”

  1. I’ve imported stuff from Aliexpress. If the package is bulky, you’ll be charged duty otherwise small items are treated as “mail”. Buyer protection is good at Aliexpress, late last year, ordered an item that was never delivered, the seller refunded the money.
    Is an FM tuner incorporated?

    1. That’s great info Holy Cow. I’m planning to bring some bulky items, hope they wont charge an insane amount.
      The answer to your question is No, they do not have an FM Tuner and to add to that, listening to FM is impossible with the Bluetooth earphones.

  2. I think I love this a lot man. Are they comfy in the ears during a workout ? Would love to try that give away.

    1. I am not a work out guy but they are comfortable while walking. You know that moment when you have to alight a matatu and the cord gets tangled up on the seat pulling your phone from your pocket. (Maybe its only me).
      But not with these Bluetooth earphones, they are that comfortable

    1. I like the idea of textfixer (Random Choice Generator). Didn’t know it exists.

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