1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,120 sure we all want airpods but can you afford them these are just sixty dollars 2 00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:09,900 and if you're gonna spend just sixty dollars on some earbuds it's nice to get 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:13,920 them from a brand you recognize these are from OnePlus they are the Nord buds 4 00:00:11,820 --> 00:00:18,600 too nor does their kind of more budget entry level uh product line they got 5 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:23,520 Nord phones and Nord buds let's see what they're all about boxables from the 6 00:00:20,460 --> 00:00:26,519 bottom that's a mistake 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:31,260 ah there they are what else is in the box so I'll open 8 00:00:28,260 --> 00:00:32,880 those in a bit crazy you do still get 9 00:00:31,260 --> 00:00:37,260 the red cord even if you don't get the red box uh these must be extra ear tips 10 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,620 no one opened it though I get the pleasure 11 00:00:40,020 --> 00:00:47,040 hey what's this a crazy eyes emoji I will say they 12 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:51,239 picked a good one for me because I'm crazy simple stuff now let's get to the 13 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:55,260 case oh God it's not easy to just swipe these away it's kind of like a paper 14 00:00:53,039 --> 00:01:00,899 peel on here it's not a terribly premium feeling case 15 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:05,820 I would say it's the the lid particularly has a bit of a cheapness to 16 00:01:03,300 --> 00:01:10,799 it but I do like this speckled kind of birthday cake looking bottom 17 00:01:08,460 --> 00:01:14,640 um which is reminiscent of other products that are made partially with 18 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:19,200 recycled materials like if you've seen shoes like that which I think looks cool 19 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:23,400 USBC port on the back for charging as well as a button that's gonna be your 20 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:27,659 pairing button and I press it there's a light on the front that's 21 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:32,640 probably gonna light up no okay maybe I need to open it there it is the hinge 22 00:01:30,180 --> 00:01:36,299 feels decent I've smacked worse 23 00:01:34,259 --> 00:01:41,780 really flat kind of design on the inside the earbuds themselves also appear to 24 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:47,159 have that the speckled recycled materials look it almost just looks like 25 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:49,320 you got a dirty earbud and then is there 26 00:01:47,159 --> 00:01:52,560 is are there speckles in the actual glossy part of the bud here it looks 27 00:01:51,119 --> 00:01:56,579 like not that kind of looks like your bog standard almost like has a ceramic 28 00:01:55,020 --> 00:02:00,720 look and if I pull one of these puppies off 29 00:01:58,439 --> 00:02:05,119 a little grid there your little got your little lattice typical speaker Grille 30 00:02:02,759 --> 00:02:09,300 trying to keep the earwax out no indicators for left and right I just 31 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:13,319 Chuck them in there however they fit I guess you get get used to it as far as 32 00:02:11,099 --> 00:02:17,700 the industrial design I'm of two minds about it on the one hand you have this 33 00:02:14,459 --> 00:02:19,319 like mixed media with the Recycled part 34 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:23,220 and the non-recycle part which makes it look kind of tacked together and I don't 35 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:28,739 know it kind of diminishes the cohesion of the piece 36 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:31,080 but on the other hand it does look quite 37 00:02:28,739 --> 00:02:35,280 minimal I like the flatness of it when it's in your ear and you can't see the 38 00:02:33,660 --> 00:02:39,599 glossy part you know you can only see one half of it and that one half has a 39 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:42,599 cohesive design so I think it probably looks pretty good like that pretty small 40 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:46,140 now that I figured out which way they go I will say that this it feels like it 41 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:50,400 has a pretty good seal and I'm getting a lot of passive isolation 42 00:02:47,940 --> 00:02:53,099 or without the ANC being on at all and they feel pretty comfortable for the 43 00:02:51,780 --> 00:02:56,760 first five seconds you know I haven't worn these for an hour and my odd shaped 44 00:02:55,379 --> 00:03:00,300 ears particularly the left ones start hurting me well they feel like they're 45 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:05,220 in there pretty good let's check out how they sound subjectively and objectively 46 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:09,060 I have a bunch of data from the lab about how these things measured they 47 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:12,360 think it'd be weird to look at that without listening to them myself a 48 00:03:10,980 --> 00:03:17,760 little bit first so I'm gonna do that now let's get these paired I have a OnePlus phone with like one percent 49 00:03:16,019 --> 00:03:22,200 battery thanks Linus just joking it's 35 because 50 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:25,500 the Charger's so fast I'm in a Destiny's Child kind of way 51 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:29,239 right now holy cow of the bass 52 00:03:29,819 --> 00:03:39,379 that's overcooked for sure this song is all just acapella a nice 53 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:42,480 women's voices and then it's like boom 54 00:03:39,379 --> 00:03:45,000 and that's fine for r b but what happens 55 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:48,200 when I go to like a metal song Master of Puppets is good and fast 56 00:03:48,420 --> 00:03:54,599 so the bass is kind of manifesting more as like a really thumpy Kick Drum and 57 00:03:53,459 --> 00:03:58,620 less of a big Bassy boom kind of thing although 58 00:03:57,420 --> 00:04:02,280 that makes me want to listen to some chili peppers you know fleas slapping 59 00:04:01,379 --> 00:04:05,940 the base yeah in this track the base is really 60 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:10,920 just like shooting shooting at your eardrums 61 00:04:09,299 --> 00:04:15,780 all right I can predict what the graphs are gonna 62 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:17,459 look like here they are so first up we 63 00:04:15,780 --> 00:04:21,540 have a basic frequency response graph and you can see that the bass is 64 00:04:19,919 --> 00:04:26,820 definitely pumped up it's gonna be great for bass heads EDM fans maybe I want a 65 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:30,060 flat frequency response curve um this is pretty much there when it comes to the 66 00:04:28,020 --> 00:04:33,419 mids in trouble it's pretty nice this next bit of data I have applies to the 67 00:04:31,740 --> 00:04:36,660 different presets that come loaded into the app which we'll look at in a second 68 00:04:34,740 --> 00:04:40,680 the first one is a bass boost which is as you can see just more of the same 69 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:45,000 then there's bold which cranks up the treble just a little bit and serenade 70 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:49,500 which does that even harder then there's active noise canceling which these 71 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:54,540 earphones do have you can see the green line is with ANC on red is with it off 72 00:04:52,199 --> 00:04:58,440 and then the white is just if you didn't have the earphones at all that's the 73 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:02,340 noise you'll be hearing and so the lower the line the quieter it is you can see 74 00:05:00,780 --> 00:05:07,199 though that the ANC actually does produce a noise floor there's a little 75 00:05:04,979 --> 00:05:11,820 bit of a hiss whether or not it bothers you is up to you let's see if it bothers 76 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:19,199 me oh the chili peppers are still going 77 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:20,639 they're like 55. so the anc's on now and 78 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:27,080 the music's playing and it doesn't really sound worse but I bet I can 79 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,080 notice the hiss if I pause the music 80 00:05:29,340 --> 00:05:37,500 I can't really notice it I'm not like lying in bed right now but oh wait 81 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:42,780 I can notice it now I thought that was just my own head and blood uh but no 82 00:05:40,380 --> 00:05:47,100 there it is with music playing didn't notice that so decent performance 460 83 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:51,720 bucks especially in the mid and treble and if you're into a lot of bass then 84 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:55,740 that could be great value for you now let's get into the other aspects I can 85 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:59,580 make or break an earphone the interface the app the buttons the battery life 86 00:05:58,259 --> 00:06:02,940 right after this message from our sponsor Newegg looking for the latest 87 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:06,660 technology to upgrade your gaming rig home office or entertainment setup look 88 00:06:04,860 --> 00:06:10,380 no further than Newegg as one of the largest online retailers of computer 89 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:14,160 hardware software and electronics Newegg has everything you need to take your 90 00:06:12,660 --> 00:06:17,639 Digital Life to the next level they 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00:06:53,639 --> 00:07:01,620 presets is there a custom yes there is let's check that out one two three four 101 00:06:58,620 --> 00:07:04,919 five six different knobs to mess with 102 00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:06,720 plus or minus 6 DB can we have multiple 103 00:07:04,919 --> 00:07:11,400 like can I name it custom one 104 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:16,199 confirm call that custom two confirm there they are 105 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:20,699 excellent bass wave dynamically boosts the bass to deliver deep bass with 106 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:25,199 Clarity and Fidelity I believe this is a more algorithmic type thing strong and 107 00:07:23,460 --> 00:07:28,340 weak let's try that out all right I'll put this on super weak 108 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:35,880 super strong oh yeah it's there's a little bit of 109 00:07:32,699 --> 00:07:39,900 latency before it pops in but 110 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:42,300 holy it's like bad levels of thumpy now 111 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:47,220 this must have fly to a kind of a wide swath of bass frequencies because 112 00:07:45,060 --> 00:07:52,139 you can hear like not only like the kick drum for example or the bass guitar 113 00:07:49,740 --> 00:07:56,400 getting jacked up but also just a general feeling of fullness or emptiness 114 00:07:54,840 --> 00:08:02,520 when you put it down to weak so I think it applies to at least 100 Hertz a base 115 00:07:59,639 --> 00:08:07,800 probably maybe even up to like 250. this bass wave thing is kind of weird let me 116 00:08:05,220 --> 00:08:12,720 read you what they say it compensates for weak base pitches and only slightly 117 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:16,979 for strong bass that makes me think that it almost brings bass to like a certain 118 00:08:14,699 --> 00:08:20,400 level or within a song it's just bringing the bass up 119 00:08:18,660 --> 00:08:25,199 to like a ceiling so it's more consistently high that would be weird 120 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:29,340 which lets you enjoy top quality of voice calls your favorite playlist or it 121 00:08:26,879 --> 00:08:34,200 can be the volume adjuster for your go-to game why would they say that it's 122 00:08:31,620 --> 00:08:36,539 bizarre another thing uh just while we're on it is I took these out of my 123 00:08:35,339 --> 00:08:39,719 ears the music continued to play they don't have the auto pause 124 00:08:38,580 --> 00:08:44,459 all right let's get out of here let's check out the Interfaith I think there's a little feedback noise 125 00:08:43,020 --> 00:08:48,000 when you hit it yeah there's a little tick 126 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:52,740 and there's a tick when you pause it too you can't hear that second one very well because you know music's playing when 127 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:57,600 you press it oh it just goes between transparency and noise cancellation interesting 128 00:08:55,440 --> 00:09:01,080 oh here it is earbud controls its own tab 129 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:03,600 left and right I can make dang it 130 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:08,820 they're not going to give me as much customization as I want on the single tap I can make it do nothing or I can 131 00:09:06,899 --> 00:09:12,959 make it play and pause on the double tap I can make it do nothing or play pause 132 00:09:11,459 --> 00:09:16,560 previous next Voice Assistant game mode so I'm 133 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:22,019 guessing that right now double tap is next on this earbud 134 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:25,980 there's no option to make it do volume which is annoying 135 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,980 interestingly there's actually two types of touch and hold there's your regular 136 00:09:27,779 --> 00:09:33,899 touch and hold which takes like three seconds and switches between the ANC and transparency 137 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:37,380 oh this is weird oh sweet they do it like a checkbox thing yes you can make 138 00:09:35,519 --> 00:09:41,880 it so it's just through all three of the ANC transparency and nothing uh but the 139 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:45,959 other interesting thing is there's a longer touch and hold which is by 140 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:50,700 default set to nothing but you can set it to switch devices that could be 141 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:54,720 pretty cool in my experience those um those features where it's like you can 142 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:58,080 pair your earphones to your laptop and your phone it'll intelligently switch 143 00:09:56,160 --> 00:10:01,740 between them has never literally never ever worked for me so it's cool that you 144 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:05,160 can actually bind that to a button I still wouldn't expect it to work I give 145 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:09,660 it a B plus you you can customize some things but they don't give you total 146 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:11,640 control and there's no Auto pause as far 147 00:10:09,660 --> 00:10:14,220 as fit they feel very in there you can definitely work out with these things 148 00:10:12,779 --> 00:10:20,940 you can headband with these things they are ip55 rated which is better than normal 149 00:10:17,899 --> 00:10:22,920 your typical Cheapo earphone is going to 150 00:10:20,940 --> 00:10:26,279 give you ipx4 the X meaning that they didn't even rate the dust protection and 151 00:10:24,959 --> 00:10:30,660 the four meaning it's good for like splashes and sweat but five five is 152 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:35,100 better God these just keep turning back on put them away go we'll put him away 153 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:39,779 in this case which can give you 27 hours of battery life purportedly the buds 154 00:10:37,620 --> 00:10:46,140 themselves five hours now these figures are with ANC on and using the Kodak AAC 155 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:49,680 it also supports you know the regular codec what's that called like SBC or 156 00:10:48,660 --> 00:10:53,339 something like that that every Bluetooth literally everything ever has there's 157 00:10:51,660 --> 00:10:58,380 another figure they give you which is a little more nebulous to me it is in 10 158 00:10:55,800 --> 00:11:02,880 minutes of charging you can get five hours but they don't really specify what 159 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:06,720 the five hours is I think it means five hours of calls the other thing is that 160 00:11:04,980 --> 00:11:10,680 they kind of imply that the fast charging not only applies to just fast 161 00:11:09,180 --> 00:11:14,940 charging the case and then the case having to slowly charge the buds but 162 00:11:13,079 --> 00:11:18,600 actually applies to both the case and the buds which is super cool if I'm 163 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:22,560 reading that right that's a cool feature next I want to check out the mic quality 164 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:26,700 during calls because they say they use two microphones and some AI algorithms 165 00:11:24,660 --> 00:11:32,339 to remove a bunch of noise so I'm gonna go outside where it's windy and there's 166 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:34,200 trains and crap and let Jake belly 167 00:11:32,339 --> 00:11:37,399 balance sit in this chair and show you the quality coming through 168 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:44,820 what's up gamers the seat's hot 169 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:47,660 his butt should not be that warm hello you're on speakerphone 170 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:54,839 yeah why don't you tell us a story well I'm just standing out here in the 171 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:59,760 parking lot it's pretty windy and uh there's various LMG employees walk 172 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:04,680 around including one Nick light walking towards how he's waving with both hands 173 00:12:01,740 --> 00:12:09,500 what a good looking guy he's trying to talk to me I really hope you can't grow 174 00:12:06,839 --> 00:12:15,240 up I'm running away now I'm I'm running okay I'm gonna hang up bye 175 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:22,200 that sounded okay so how was it guys it sounds okay 176 00:12:20,279 --> 00:12:26,279 as far as the quality of the ANC I think it's okay I did not find that there was 177 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:31,680 a lot of pressure on my ears with the ANC now there's no tuning ability with 178 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:35,339 it like you can find some other apps and I'm sure it's not as good as what the 179 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:40,380 airpods have these days which is crazy like these probably aren't going to help you very much with babies crying 180 00:12:38,459 --> 00:12:43,800 so final thoughts I think you could do worse than this for the price I think 181 00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:48,360 you could do worse than this and pay more there's a couple features that are 182 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:52,860 missing but overall you're getting so much in these things these days that I 183 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:57,240 think five years ago wasn't possible like the quality 184 00:12:54,420 --> 00:13:02,639 all the features the A and C all that for 60 bucks man pretty good I don't 185 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:05,100 hate these thanks for watching guys if you like 186 00:13:03,779 --> 00:13:09,000 this video maybe check out another earphone unboxing we did earphones that 187 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:12,920 cost more and then click on that affiliate link so I get more money 188 00:13:12,959 --> 00:13:16,459 my pay my pay doesn't work that way