For Christmas I purchased a pair of Bluetooth earbuds since most new phones are coming out with no headphone jack. Also, I think that the technology is finally getting good enough so that they are something that might be worth it. So I was watching the reviews for a few months to see which ones would be a good buy. I didn’t want to spend too much since I’ve purchased Bluetooth headphones and earbuds in the past (the kind that are wired together) and they worked for a while but eventually their batteries gave out. So I settled on some Losei earbuds for about $30.
I’ve been using them on and off for a few months now and they have worked out pretty well. There are a couple problems but nothing that has kept me from liking them. The first thing is that they don’t stay in my ear very well. The piece that goes into the ear cavity is a little too large to fit in there but this is a problem that many people have with most Bluetooth earbuds. They come with a very comfortable, rubberized, over the ear adapter that holds them in pretty well. I still need to be careful because they will fall out if I’m not careful, so how well they would work if I was running I’m not to sure about. But since I don’t do much running, they have worked pretty well.
The other thing that I had a problem with is that one of the buds failed after a few uses. I contacted the company and they were great about replacing just that earbud. You can use both earbuds together, although it is a little tricky to get them both working at the same time, But the way I use them is that I have one in while the second one is charging, then after about four hours, the battery on the first one runs out, so I just swap them and keep going. I was worried about how they would charge, but the charger has a built in magnet that holds the earbuds on the charging contacts and actually hold them on the base pretty well. I’ve taken them with me in my coat pocket and they have stayed connected to their charger despite being bumped around. The base has it’s own battery and help to charge them when not plugged in.
So overall they have worked out pretty well and I’ve very happy with them.
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