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Want a pair of sports earbuds that will stay in your ears through even the most strenuous workout but you don't want to spend a week's wages acquiring them? Tech expert Dave Taylor of https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ tries out the Funcl Pro TWS (true wireless stereo) earphones and finds that they offer just that; solid audio performance and functionality along with IPX5 water resistance, all at an entirely affrodable price. There are some things to know about the Funcl Pro TWS Sports Earphones before you make a purchase decision, however, so you'll want to watch the whole, candid review.
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https://amzn.to/3cG1mZW (black) or https://amzn.to/2ANmWhW (red & black)
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Wireless sports earbuds? Let's check these out
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Dave Taylor here, checking out these. These are the Funkle Pro TWS sports earphones
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TWS, true wireless stereo. Now, they are designed with the earhook for a physical activity, for sports, for running around, for just people
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who are tired of their little earbuds falling out of their ears. So they come with different size ear tips and stuff
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but let's just say it's mighty easy to put them on, and it's mighty easy to have them fit and be nice and comfortable
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And as you can see in the close-up, the back actually is a touch panel
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So it turns out that there's a lot of controls you can manage
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by just simply touching one of the outsides. So they're in, they're easy to work with
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You can see in this close-up they fit their side. super comfortable and I can do all sorts of crazy things and they're not going to fall out
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which is nice. I can probably stand on my head and do super hyper yoga in a really sweaty room
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and they'll work fine. Now, take them out. So they feature a 13.5 millimeter base driver
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So we'll get back to the sound, but the sound's actually pretty darn decent. They are rated IPX5
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so they're water resistant. You can't wear these while swimming. You don't want to drop them in a bowl of
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water or the toilet for that matter, but we won't go down that road. But if you're sweaty or it
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starts raining or it snows while you have these on, you're probably in great shape. So they feature
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Bluetooth 5.0, which is actually pretty important. If you're doing the true wireless stereo
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Bluetooth 5 versus Bluetooth 4 adds a lot of improvements to make sure they stay in sync. The two
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ear pieces actually stay connected to each other, all this stuff that's super annoying fixed. So
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silicone ear hooks so they're comfortable and skin friendly they should not make you react
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you can use just one for mono mode so you can share with someone else or you can use one while
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you're charging the other one and speaking of charging the charging case is pretty big
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this is a pretty substantial charging case because we good no earthquakes because of the ear hook part so you basically put these in it a little bit tricky figuring out how to get it to all work the first time But let see I think you got it right Yep So you put them in so that the ear hooks go down the middle and now they charging
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So the case itself is 780 millip hours of battery. So the earbuds give you five hours per full charge. And this will give you somewhere on the order of five
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more charges giving you a total of 24 hours of listening. Now the earbuds from zero take 40 minutes
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for a full charge. The case takes 80 minutes for a full charge and if you want to just put them in for
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10 minutes like I just am doing right now, then that 10 minutes will give you 90 minutes of listening
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time. So that quick charge is really great. If your battery, I mean, you know, if your earbuds are
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complaining battery low, then you put them in, go and like do something else for five or 10 minutes
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maybe the like reps on one machine you really hate and then put them back in and you're good for another hour and a half and if you're at the gym for an hour and a half i applaud you that's a lot of time at the gym so on these they actually let's put it back in so i can demonstrate the controls
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there we go okay so i reconnect it automatically connects and disconnects which means i have to actually pause it so i can talk all right so the control
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on the side give you all the desired features that you'd want. So you can adjust volume. You can do
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play, pause, you can answer or hang up phone calls. You can do previous and next tracks. It takes a little
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bit of getting used to. And frankly, the instructions aren't very helpful. But a tap is one thing
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A tap and hold is something else. A double tap is something else. Left and right ear actually
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behave differently. So I would recommend that you experiment and try to figure out. Like, you know
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one if you hold gives you volume up. The other one, if you hold gives you volume down. All works out pretty well. Now, they come in all black
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That's what this is. This is all black. Or they come in black and red, where this part has
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red highlights, which is a lot more cool looking. There's a small price premium for that, but I think
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it's worth it. Now, the earbuds themselves, and as always with these devices, you want to try
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different size ear tips to make sure you get the right ones. So let's see what's in the box
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So box is a little bit of a tight fit but sort of got the hang of it So in the box is the case and the earbuds and then there a little box at the bottom and you open that up
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And what you find in there are, regardless of the color of actual funkel pros you get
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you have red and black ear tips, black only ear tips, and they're in three different sizes, small
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medium, and large. And you also have a micro-usb charging cable, one of these
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super, super short cables. One of the things I don't like about this is I don't like having a micro-USB connection
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It wouldn't have cost them much more to do USBC, which is a far superior connector
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and you don't have to worry about what orientation. Maybe the next generation of the Funkel Pro 2, whatever they're going to do
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So there's all of that, and there's lots I like about these
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You know, they actually have very low latency. So if you're watching a video on your phone or your tablet
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and you have these for your sound. The lips are in sync. If you make a phone call, they're okay
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They're not going to win any awards, and you're not going to have the person on the other end say
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wow, are you talking directly into a microphone? Because you're not. And they're not going to hear that
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But it is functional. If you're in a loud gym or you're on a run
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then you might have to up your volume a little bit for the person you're talking to
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but they probably don't want to talk to you while you're on your run anyway. They just don't want to say it because they're polite, right
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So that leaves us with the sound. So let's talk about the sound
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Because the sound is good. It's not great. But when you think about the price point, they actually are really pretty decent sounding
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So what I mean by that is that there's not a huge amount of lushness
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It's a pretty mid-range to high-oriented sound, even with their lauded, you know, 13.5 millimeter subwoofer driver, which they talk about on their website and stuff
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But even with that, the bass is okay. There's not a huge amount of soundstage
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They are entirely functional. I mean, again, if you're at the gym and you have these on and you're jamming some music
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or listening to a podcast or something, they're going to work really well
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These are going to be entirely functional for that. But if you're looking for audio file quality earbuds, true wireless stereo earbuds that have
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an ear hook on them, these probably aren't quite what you're looking for
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you probably want to step up to a higher grade but then it gonna have a higher price tag too That the the trade right So I would give these maybe a B or so on the sound They are entirely good but they not amazing But the price
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point, the functionality, the comfort, the battery life, there's a lot to like. Again, on the negative
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side, this is big. Maybe it has to be big because of the earhooks. I don't like micro-usb. I think that
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the single flashing light to show charging status is also a little inferior. I would like to see
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a row of LEDs and have it show me how charged it is. And when I plug it in, it goes from one to two to
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three to four. It's fully charged, right? Something like that. And maybe on the front would be nice
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Same thing with the earbuds. It's a little hard to figure out exactly what their charging status is
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But again, that's stuff you'll get used to as you use them. You'll sort of get the hang of it and you'll be like
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Why is this dude complaining about that? These work perfectly fine. So if that's you and you're the person who's just looking for something really good when you're at the gym that is also at an affordable price point, these might be a great solution. Now, before I tell you that price, let me just say if you can subscribe to my channel, I'd really appreciate that. It's really great for me to get subscribers because it gives me more access to more gear. And as I hope is extremely obvious, I am really honest. I am straightforward. I'll tell you the good. I'll tell you the bad
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on that red button, subscribe, and we'll be connected. Great. So these, this setup is the Funkl Pro
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TWS sports earphones, and they will cost you $37.99 for all black, like I have, or $3899 if you want the
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black and red two-color combo, which I think is actually superior looking. Both of those at
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Amazon.com. Don't be surprised if the vendor listed is Kraso or Kraso. I'm not sure how to pronounce that
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but these are Funkel Pro TWS sports earphones. Definitely worth checking out
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Link in my description. Go ahead, click, and you can pick these up
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if this is what you're looking for for the gym or for your sports. And with that, I'll catch you in my next video
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