In the verse of Die For You – Remix by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande, each kick drum hit really seems to rattle your brain with the extra bass. Sporting improved isolation and surprisingly great ANC, it’s a great choice for affordable noise cancellation. The Apple AirPods are still the king of sound quality, comfort, and design, especially on some of the more subtle aspects like touch control settings and human hearing sensitivity. It has IP55 water and dust resistance, a good (though bassy) sound profile, and solid almost 7-hour battery life. Its buds deliver a great-looking ergonomic, light-as-a-feather design, and multiple colors to choose from.

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These backs feature small blue LED lights, which let you know when they’re active as opposed to charging. When speaking about the extra bells and whistles such as active noise cancellation, water resistance, gaming, and transparency modes, this pair of Bluetooth earbuds has none.

This doesn’t necessarily sound bad, but if you’re not looking for loads of bass, it could be pretty distracting. It functions, but you’ll probably find you need to repeat yourself to be understood, so best to keep things short and sweet. Depending on where you look, TOZO claims the T10 can last up to 6, 8, or 10 hours, but in our testing we found it lands on the very low end of that. We’ve reviewed a few of their earbuds in the past, such as the T6 and T10– we’ve generally liked their offerings. Are these ear buds Multipoint where you can pair multiple devices simultaneously, so that when you switch devices eg: From iPhone to iPad you won’t lose the pairing and need to re-pair previous device?

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Alternately, when the one mono bud is paired you can press on both touch pads simultaneously when they are out of the case for a couple seconds; that often works too. Don’t expect anything more than plastic, but at least the earbuds and charging case both feel solidly built. The soft touch nature of the buttons ensures that you won’t experience any discomfort when you’re touching them.Due to Apple’s position as a market leader, many manufacturers have jumped on the wireless bandwagon. For wired pairs, the focus is on the strength of the joint between the headphones and the cable, as this is where many cheaper wired headphones fail.

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Microphone quality isn't very good, especially in sub-optimal conditions, and the volume maxes out every time it connects to a source device.

This is the highest water-resistance rating available, and indicates suitability for complete submersion. The oscillating synthesizer in the mids sounds great behind the drum machine and vocals, though the bass synth throughout is a little bit too loud through this pair of earbuds. However, since this, is TOZO, (and not some generic device made in China) clear sound and comfortable design are always guaranteed, even at “rock bottom.

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However, if I had to prioritize the IP rating, my recommendation would be the TOZO T10 as it has the highest IP rating at IPX8. Beyond the strong increase to low frequencies, the TOZO T12 performs extraordinarily well for budget earbuds.The ear tips have slightly different feels to them, where the ones with red in the center feel a bit stiffer and thicker, and the all-black ones are thinner.