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the launch of the air pods Apple's Bluetooth headphones created a hole that most consumers didn't know they needed filled and as always spawned a plethora of imitators who promised to do the same thing without being overpriced but are the air pods overpriced or compared to the other products in the market are they better enough to justify the Apple tax well folks I've got eight pairs of Bluetooth headphones with me to help us get to the bottom of this the new master keys proem RGB and pro s white from coolermaster are coming soon check out their lineup at the link below let's meet our contestants shall we wow that's a lot protip by the way you can watch videos at half speed with the button down there the air pods are going to be our baseline so we'll start with them they've got a striking look that for better or for worse lets everybody know just how much you love Apple they come in a lightweight charging case that feels fantastic in the hand and they pair effortlessly with your iPhone or even other devices with a couple more steps I would put their sound on the tinny side and the sound stage is a bit narrow but the articulation is good and there's enough bass present that most people honestly will be happy with them battery life comes in at 5 hours of continuous listening plus four to five quick charges from the included dock compare all of that to the dash from braggy the only earphones in our lineup that are actually more expensive than Apple's but should they be they're comfortable they're reasonably light and subjectively they look a little cooler than the air pods - and the sound is better as well with big bass and a full sound and they even pack some cool extra tech in like the air pods they can pause when you pull them out but wait there's more they have onboard storage and our waterproof so you can swim with them while listening to music they have a touch interface for taking calls and controlling media playback and they even function as a fitness tracker though especially those last two don't work particularly well leading us into the cons the big two our range James didn't experience it but I've had issues with signal drops while holding my phone in my pocket and the high noise floor it sounds like I in the background and it's a big issue if you listen at relatively low volumes battery life is also kind of met three to four hours+ four to five charges from the case sounds okay on paper but in practice the bulky and heavy charging case is much less convenient to carry around than Apple's Jaybirds freedom sound quality beats most of the competitors in this review pretty soundly bass is strong and you'll hear things you wouldn't if you were listening to the same song with the air pods they're lightweight and while you might think that having your phones connected by a wire is maybe less premium I don't personally mind it with the wire behind your neck it's very unlikely to get in the way and you'll get to keep in line controls which can plug into a little charging clip to extend freedoms battery life from an advertised four hours to eight it's easy to pop in you're out and there's no way to lose one of the earphones the only real drawback is that they're pretty pricey as well the actio atom gets some style marks for the ability to offer your friends an earphone like it's the 1930s and smoking is still cool but while it's fully wireless which is neat it gets some significant points against it two and a half hours is too often to be recharging in my opinion even if you can do it up to 18 times in a row and the case also functions as a battery bank just cool the pairing process is relatively complicated and the multi-purpose button doesn't work for track skipping play pause and phone calls only with that said they are reasonably comfortable as long as the ear tips don't stay stuck in your canals and actually sound pretty decent I'm tempted to say they sound better than the air pods because of their deeper bass expanded soundstage and reduced tininess but your mileage may vary because the hi-hats in one of our metal test songs sounded absolutely abominable I was actually embarrassed to wear the boots by smart homie or as I'll be calling them the Shrek ears in public they are lightweight and reasonably comfortable but never felt quite right due to their size I would rate their sound as may be comparable to the air pods but a little distant sounding and turning the volume loud can actually make you wince the hallmark of bad earphones so what do they have going for them then well you can access Siri by double tapping the onboard buttons and the battery life is solid there's no charging case but they lasted a full five and a half hours in my test not too shabby but I can't say the same about these they're the worst ones of the bunch the Apple err Twinkies also known as the day comes from tws again I did not leave my house with these on during testing because they actually look like an intentionally comical parody of the real thing and not only do they look like hot dogs coming out of your ears they pretty much sound and feel like it too they have no punch no bass over-pronounce ties they have a horrible pairing process the positions in the charge case are reversed from when you take them out of your ears and they never really felt like they were in your ears so I didn't wear them long enough to find out how long the battery lasts because I don't care they're awful fortunately the downward price/quality spiral ends here the $50.00 axe geo - earphones are my favorite budget pair of the bunch I even like them more than the $99 Axio Adams they pair more easily had physical buttons for pausing track skipping and even volume control and even have longer battery life at three hours meanwhile the sound quality is just as good as the Adams but with arguably more bass and I would rather listen to these than the air pods and although I thought they would be heavy and look stupid they're not and I don't think they do if you're on a tight budget and don't need a charge in case the Axio - are worth a look and would be my undisputed budget pick if it weren't for the aki EP B force so cheap they don't even seem to appear on LG's website they're light they're comfortable and believe it or not they sound comparable to the air pods but with strikingly bigger bass the poor build quality can make the volume rocker and other a little difficult to use but hey the functionality is there my only gripe is the L Dante pasta noodle connecting the two phones that makes you look and feel a bit like a dad on a safari but aesthetics aside these things punch way above their weight class their low price and five hour battery life makes them a perfect pick to throw in the gym bag or ski jacket so trophy time if you want great sounding wireless earphones that you can listen to all day it's hard to go wrong with something from j-bird the freedoms we covered here or they're blue buds line which we've covered in more detail before if you want to ball on a budget then go for the axe geo - or the Aki EPB force but if you want a polished experience and I am Oh fantastic industrial design with seamless switching between your Apple devices the air pods are there for you considering what else is out there they're not that bad just for the love of all that is good don't don't get the err Twinkies look at these things can you think of a cool product or online service that would make sense to advertise on - tech tips in a spot like this one well apparently our ad sales team couldn't and this spot is empty today so I'm using this opportunity to reach out to you guys and ask you to give us some inspiration tweet at Colton underscore Potter we're going to put that up on the screen tweet at Colton Potter and give him some ideas cuz apparently he has just plumb out of them all right let's do it nice look at he's not even he's gonna be stuck in that hole nope let's go or we go let us know what do you guys want to see advertised online is tech tips so thanks for watching guys if you liked like if you dislike dislike if you really liked get subscribed or maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured in the video description also down there is our community forum at a place where you can buy cool merch and shirts and stuff like this and I think that's pretty much it so check out our latest video over on channel super fun here and I will see you guys on the flip side what is a flip side this what happens when I try and sound cool