We blind-tested AirPod dupes. Here are the ones we liked

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AirPod competitors are pouring into the wireless earbud industry, challenging Apple’s seat on the throne. We tried out cheaper AirPod dupes to see how they stack up against the real thing.

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00:00The sound on these is great completely noise canceled

00:03I'm officially transported out of the Soho streets and into the studio right now

00:10In 2019 AirPods made up nearly half of the wireless headphone market

00:14But as countless competitors flooded the industry Apple's market share fell to around 20%

00:19I'm Jordan Hart and today we're going to try try out

00:24I know I was trying to say test and try at the same time

00:27Okay, I'm Jordan Hart and today we're gonna test out some air pod alternatives to see how they match up against the real thing

00:35Let's go

00:40So here I have four pairs of wireless headphones and a pair of air pods

00:43I'm gonna test them all out blindfolded and then we'll tell you the specs

00:48Okay, ooh

00:51I like the matte feel of these already. I can definitely tell they're not air pods. They're kind of small

00:58They

00:59Kind of have that soft tip. So the noise is getting canceled already and

01:05It's blocking out all of this Soho noise. I'm hearing or not hearing now

01:10Okay, and I'm hearing some music

01:13The sound on these is great

01:16Completely noise canceled. I mean I could be asleep on my flight right now if I wasn't working

01:24Right off the bat. I'm loving the JVC

01:27I'm usually not a big fan of the soft tip earphones because it's a bit weird for my sensory

01:32But it fits right off into my ear. The noise cancellation is great and they're only 30 bucks. Ooh

01:40These are like flat

01:43It kind of opens similar to the air pods, that's cool

01:48Cool let's turn the music up

01:57I like the sound quality on these. These have a setting where you can toggle the noise cancellation on and off

02:02But for me, I need my noise cancellation

02:05Foolproof, so I might skip these

02:10Are these buttons on the top?

02:15That's weird, hold on how do you open these? I can actually can't get them open

02:22Oh

02:25That was scary

02:27Okay, I was skeptical of these from the case

02:30but the noise cancellation is good and the sound is pretty rich like I I

02:36Like how the music is sounding. I

02:39Just heard a car go by

02:41But other than that, like it feels pretty

02:45Isolated

02:46these kind of remind me of like over-the-ear headphones because

02:50The sound is very rich and like it's blocking out

02:55My environment right now, and that's something I expect from headphones

02:58I feel like it settles into the shape of my ear better than the other two pairs do

03:03You know for 20 bucks. I think it's a pretty good value

03:11Ooh, I know that glossy feel

03:15Unless these are really great dupes these have to be the air pods, but I could be wrong

03:20Yeah

03:24These are that familiar air pod feel a bit longer than the other ones

03:28But I'm not really a stickler about hiding my earphones in my ear. I'm fine if they poke out a little bit

03:34Yeah, these fit in pretty snug

03:36Again, they're doing it without having that extra tip that kind of fits down into your ear. The noise cancellation isn't great

03:42I can hear everything going on around me right now. There's no music playing but I can hear everything going on around me right now

03:48Which with pair number one and a little bit pair number three that was not the case, so let's hear some music

03:59Increasing the volume, but I'm still hearing a car that passed by

04:04Okay

04:07I like this though. I like the robustness of or the richness of the sound

04:12But without that noise cancellation

04:14It does kind of pale in comparison to the competitors here and for $130 still

04:19I'd want a little bit of canceling out the New York Street noise

04:25These are big

04:29Definitely on par as far as size with pair number one these feel pretty similar to

04:36pair number

04:38three as far as like

04:41The body and I think these are like the longest ones other than pair number four

04:48But I am hearing some outer

04:51environmental noises going on

04:54And for me as someone who's not really a big fan of the the soft insert on the ear

05:00If they're gonna have that I really need some noise cancellation because that makes it all worth it

05:06But the feel is pretty comfortable

05:09That's interesting the base on these is way different than the other pairs that I've tried

05:14Okay with the volume all the way up. These are pretty nice

05:17Yeah, I'm officially transported out of the Soho streets and into the studio right now

05:23And the fit overall was fine

05:25No noise cancellation fine

05:27Airpods are still the king of the market, but if you ask me these competitors are quickly becoming rivals

05:33I mean better sound quality lower price point and about the same battery life sign me up

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