SoundPEATS True Wireless Earbuds, Air3 Deluxe HS Bluetooth 5.3 Headphones with 14.2mm Driver, 4 Mic Hi Res Audio LDAC Ear Buds, IPX4 Waterproof Stereo in Ear Detection Earphones, 20Hrs

This is my second pair of SoundPEATS. I came back to the brand because the first pair (Model: TrueAir2) were awesome for over a year until I put them through my washing machine, which was the end of those! I bought these Air3 Deluxe earbuds as a replacement and so far (6 months later) they have been fantastic. For the low cost I can't see how splurging for 2nd gen Airpods would be worth the extra $$.SOUND QUALITY:They sound great for this style of headphone. If you ever had the corded apple earbuds that used to come with iPhones, these sound at least as good or a little better, which means they are very serviceable for the earbud form factor. I use these for phone calls and never have sound quality or connection issues.FIT AND COMFORT:I choose to wear earbuds as opposed to in-ear headphones because of the comfort. In-ear headphones just make my ears hurt after an hour at best. These fit nicely into my ear and don't wobble around even with moderate movement. They will be more likely to fall out if you're doing something very athletic, so best to choose a different style if you're looking for that. But for everyday life, travel and work these have been great.BATTERY:I get approximately the advertised battery life. With the case I'm never running out of charge.FEATURES:I've had zero issues with connectivity. The touch functions for play/pause and volume control work well but can be a little sensitive and require some getting used to. The auto-pause feature that pauses your music if you remove the earbud from your ear is the only feature that sometimes doesn't work perfectly. Sometimes if I jerk my head it thinks I've removed an earbud and it pauses my music. For that reason I've disabled it using the app just to keep things simple. I like that I have that control.The app is NOT necessary to use the earbuds and I only downloaded it recently to disable this feature. I don't think the app is very good (It's clunky to use and the sound EQ doesn't seem to do much) but I didn't buy these to use the app.

I'm incredibly impressed with these earbuds! The battery life is fantastic, easily lasting through my commute and beyond. Being able to use just one earbud for calls is a game-changer. They fit perfectly and comfortably, and the sound quality is surprisingly clear, even with the noise of traffic. Music sounds great too! The charging case is super convenient, and the earbuds charge quickly. I get about two hours of talk time, and even more when listening to music. Highly recommend

Nice design have to tweak with EQ in app but provides great sound and really good battery life. Earbuds will connect and work without the app with the EQ tweaks and turning off the touch controls. You can turn off the touch controls which is a really nice touch. Does the job and affordable. The app needs work and doesn't work offline. Use it to turn off the touch controls and tweak the EQ and then delete it.

Before the pros, a quick couple "cons" that did not warrant the loss of a star rating in my opinion: There are 2 different Soundpeats apps on the Android/Google Play store and both could identify/connect these headphones and allow some interaction, but only one app would allow EQ setting changes and therefore is the best app version for me! With EQ tweaks to my personal preference, these have a fun, full sound. The other tiny con is that the touch controls are sensitive and personally I kept hitting the button when rearranging my ears/etc. Thankfully the aforementioned app allows you to change the functionality of each type of touch (single, double, triple, long press) or to disable touch overall with a single toggle.Now on to the good stuff! This is the first headphone of this style I've ever had, I've tried on Airpods as a point of comparison but my personal audio collection has IEMs, in other words mostly headphones with rubber inserts for isolation and clarity. To my very pleasant surprise, these Soundpeats Air3 Deluxe HS can still provide a fun sound without cutting my off from the outside world and sounds like IEMs do. In my personal EQ setup, I beefed up the Bass and Treble frequencies a couple notches to accentuate my favorite sound signature, the good-ole "V-shaped" sound which is lively, bassy, but doesn't drown any frequencies out. With this setup saved as my custom EQ, my music listening experience with these headphones is very enjoyable. To be fair, without any EQ changes I would have been 'slightly' disappointed by the bass quantity, only because I find many headphones lack bass and sometimes EQ tuning isn't good enough, but again it ended up working very well with these Air3s!A note about fit: they've been growing on me, I had to try out some angles to get used to the feel of these in my ears, and ultimately I learned that the sweet spot in my ears is lenient and they stay fairly snug while headbanging or walking around.I have not tested Game Mode yet but I greatly appreciate it as an option I may need. Listening to videos was good and I did not notice a delay/desync in Youtube videos while watching someone talk even without Game Mode active. I had a 2 hour phone call and have listened to hours of music without any battery-life concerns.Overall sound clarity is quite nice and I consider myself an amateur audiophile, so you'd think I'd have much to say about the LDAC setting (found in your phone's bluetooth setting when connected to the headphones, not in the Soundpeats apps fyi), but to my ears through Spotify's highest-quality audio stream, there might be a beneficial albeit minimal difference, but it I'll need to test more. What I'll say is that thankfully it won't be necessary to enjoy your music in general, and I've heard that it may use more battery power to use LDAC so I can safely save some juice without it. Like Game Mode, I appreciate that it is available and look forward to using LDAC to enjoy my favorite songs in their greatest detail!In conclusion, these have impressed and provided a new listening method/style (not IEM or over-ear), and I'm happy to add them to my ever-growing audio collection.