AirPod competitors are pouring into the wireless earbud industry, challenging Apple’s seat on the throne. We tried out cheaper AirPod dupes to see how they stack up against the real thing.
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00:00The sound on these is great completely noise canceled
00:03I'm officially transported out of the Soho streets and into the studio right now
00:10In 2019 AirPods made up nearly half of the wireless headphone market
00:14But as countless competitors flooded the industry Apple's market share fell to around 20%
00:19I'm Jordan Hart and today we're going to try try out
00:24I know I was trying to say test and try at the same time
00:27Okay, I'm Jordan Hart and today we're gonna test out some air pod alternatives to see how they match up against the real thing
00:35Let's go
00:40So here I have four pairs of wireless headphones and a pair of air pods
00:43I'm gonna test them all out blindfolded and then we'll tell you the specs
00:48Okay, ooh
00:51I like the matte feel of these already. I can definitely tell they're not air pods. They're kind of small
00:58They
00:59Kind of have that soft tip. So the noise is getting canceled already and
01:05It's blocking out all of this Soho noise. I'm hearing or not hearing now
01:10Okay, and I'm hearing some music
01:13The sound on these is great
01:16Completely noise canceled. I mean I could be asleep on my flight right now if I wasn't working
01:24Right off the bat. I'm loving the JVC
01:27I'm usually not a big fan of the soft tip earphones because it's a bit weird for my sensory
01:32But it fits right off into my ear. The noise cancellation is great and they're only 30 bucks. Ooh
01:40These are like flat
01:43It kind of opens similar to the air pods, that's cool
01:48Cool let's turn the music up
01:57I like the sound quality on these. These have a setting where you can toggle the noise cancellation on and off
02:02But for me, I need my noise cancellation
02:05Foolproof, so I might skip these
02:10Are these buttons on the top?
02:15That's weird, hold on how do you open these? I can actually can't get them open
02:22Oh
02:25That was scary
02:27Okay, I was skeptical of these from the case
02:30but the noise cancellation is good and the sound is pretty rich like I I
02:36Like how the music is sounding. I
02:39Just heard a car go by
02:41But other than that, like it feels pretty
02:45Isolated
02:46these kind of remind me of like over-the-ear headphones because
02:50The sound is very rich and like it's blocking out
02:55My environment right now, and that's something I expect from headphones
02:58I feel like it settles into the shape of my ear better than the other two pairs do
03:03You know for 20 bucks. I think it's a pretty good value
03:11Ooh, I know that glossy feel
03:15Unless these are really great dupes these have to be the air pods, but I could be wrong
03:20Yeah
03:24These are that familiar air pod feel a bit longer than the other ones
03:28But I'm not really a stickler about hiding my earphones in my ear. I'm fine if they poke out a little bit
03:34Yeah, these fit in pretty snug
03:36Again, they're doing it without having that extra tip that kind of fits down into your ear. The noise cancellation isn't great
03:42I can hear everything going on around me right now. There's no music playing but I can hear everything going on around me right now
03:48Which with pair number one and a little bit pair number three that was not the case, so let's hear some music
03:59Increasing the volume, but I'm still hearing a car that passed by
04:04Okay
04:07I like this though. I like the robustness of or the richness of the sound
04:12But without that noise cancellation
04:14It does kind of pale in comparison to the competitors here and for $130 still
04:19I'd want a little bit of canceling out the New York Street noise
04:25These are big
04:29Definitely on par as far as size with pair number one these feel pretty similar to
04:36pair number
04:38three as far as like
04:41The body and I think these are like the longest ones other than pair number four
04:48But I am hearing some outer
04:51environmental noises going on
04:54And for me as someone who's not really a big fan of the the soft insert on the ear
05:00If they're gonna have that I really need some noise cancellation because that makes it all worth it
05:06But the feel is pretty comfortable
05:09That's interesting the base on these is way different than the other pairs that I've tried
05:14Okay with the volume all the way up. These are pretty nice
05:17Yeah, I'm officially transported out of the Soho streets and into the studio right now
05:23And the fit overall was fine
05:25No noise cancellation fine
05:27Airpods are still the king of the market, but if you ask me these competitors are quickly becoming rivals
05:33I mean better sound quality lower price point and about the same battery life sign me up