Reviewing Earshots Earbuds

Earshots approach to providing a earbud solution is to go heavy duty. They are serious bit of kit built to last. The case gives you the impression it would survive being runover by a car, not that I’d try. Another thing that I give thumbs up to, is the packaging or lack of. They come delivered in a study bespoke cardboard box with instructions printed on the box and that’s it. Thinking about the environment we play in, I like it.

The first things I noticed when trying them on is that they feel too big for my ears, admittedly I’ve small ears (my wife constantly teases me about it haha). However, the sound quality is great and so is the clarity. I also know my ears are a little sensitive (its made me quite fussy about face masks as many hurt my ears with 15-20mins), but the Earshots are quite manageable for a couple of hours, after which I find them a little uncomfortable. However, I do feel I’m more the exception rather than the rule.

I really like the ability to run with just one earbud and still having all functionality. Other earbuds, if the ‘master’ battery goes flat, the slave is very limited in what can do, and if you lose connection no way to re-establish.

The battery life on these earbuds is seriously good. If you were allowed them for an Ironman they’d make it to the finish off a single charge! Then there’s the charging case, which also holds a huge amount of charge, and is quick to boost the earbuds power back up. The battery duration exceeds all my needs to date.

Phone quality is good, particular what I hear. Feedback from the other end of the call is that they hear everything (background noise), although I’m quite clear. 

Even though they don’t feel as though they fit me well, they certainly do as promised. After a couple of months of testing I’ve never dropped an earbud while training, and has always sounded good whether it be a podcast, music or a phone call. This alone make them my go to earbuds, as when it happens in the middle of a vo2 rep, Im torn between keeping going and losing the earbud (cant find it) and losing the momentum/flow of a session.