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These feel cheap. I cannot get away from
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Leo Ser
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and it's about 70%.
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Come on, Leo. Shut up. Shut up, Leo. All
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right, I'm taking the I'm taking my job
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seriously. Today, I'm testing out cheap
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audio tech from Five Below. Can you get
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a good wireless audio experience for 10
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bucks or less? That's what we're going
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to find out in today's video, starting
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right now. Let's start off with these
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openear wireless earbuds. I paid a
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whopping eight bucks for these. Can they
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deliver an experience worth even $8? If
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it's even moderately good, it could be
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worth the money, but that is yet to be
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determined. Take a look at the packaging
0:37
here. Enjoy listening to music while
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being open to the sounds from your
0:40
environment. Touch control, charging
0:43
case, hands-free LED light, supreme
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sound. That's what I want. They say the
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earbuds capacity is 30 milliamp hours.
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The charging bank is 200 mAh. Charging
0:54
time hour and a half. Interestingly, it
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says up to four hours of earbud play
0:58
time, 12 hours from the charging case.
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I'm not quite sure what that means. So,
1:02
let's crack these open and see what we
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got inside here. Oh, I'm not messing
1:05
with this packaging. I'm not doing I'm
1:07
just tearing it. I don't care. I'm not
1:09
messing with that. I try to be nice, but
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I can't. I can't do it. I just got to
1:13
tear it open. We've got some
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instructions. Always good. We have a
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charging cable. Always nice. We have the
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overthe-ear earbuds themselves and this
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charging case. Keeping in mind that they
1:25
came pre-charged, but let me peruse
1:28
these instructions here first. Pairing.
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Take the earbuds out of the case. They
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already were. Maybe I should put them in
1:33
the case before I take them back out of
1:34
the case. Maybe they need to pair with
1:36
the case first. I'm seeing a red light
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in the center and a blue light up top
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here. What I'm not sure about yet is how
1:42
this actually fits over my ears. They
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don't even show like a picture of
1:45
someone using it. So, I'm going have to
1:47
I guess I guess I have one blinking red
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and white, one not not really blinking
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at all. And according to the
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instructions, that's that's correct.
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Okay. Okay. So, let's just try to
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connect these via Bluetooth. I'm going
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to see buy B 225 right there. Now,
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attaching these is kind of weird. It It
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took me a minute to figure this out.
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This actually goes behind your earlobe.
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So, going to pull it out and attach over
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the ear like this. All right. Now, we'll
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connect the left one over the left ear.
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Pull this back like this and connect it.
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That one's over my left ear. This one's
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over my right ear. Time for the first
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music test here. Let's see. The first
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song just kind of randomly coming up is
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Tonic. Let's Let's see what we got here.
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Oh, I hear it's very quiet. Hold on a
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second. Okay, my first impression is
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that the right side is louder than the
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left because it's probably not
2:31
positioned properly. Somehow I just
2:32
paused it. I don't even know how. I'm
2:34
just trying to adjust it. I just paused
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it. So, apparently this is a control
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surface. Oh, I just I just tapped it and
2:40
turned on. Very strange. It's chaos in
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here. So, now it's off balance. So, the
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left side's louder than the right. So, I
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got to get that one over. But I have to
2:47
be careful this control service. I've
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already got thoughts here. Now, let me
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show you what I'm talking about. So,
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there it is. It's I mean it looks pretty
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It actually looks better than it feels.
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It doesn't look too bad, but it kind of
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pinches a little bit. I feel like I'm
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wearing like one of those clip-on
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earrings. Not that I have a lot of
3:00
experience with clipon earrings, but I'm
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just saying that's what it feels like.
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It's It's kind of pinching my ear a
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little bit inside here with kind of a
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quiet house. It doesn't It's It's a
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little bit mid-rangy, not too bassy,
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which seems to always be the case for
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these open ear headphones. Not all of
3:13
them, but I'm going to have to go
3:15
outside and do a realworld test with
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these. But first, let's unbox the second
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item, which is a cheap alternative to a
3:21
much more expensive item. Let's take a
3:23
look at these Trex wireless dual speaker
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sunglasses. I paid 10 bucks for these.
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Now, I've tried other music playing
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sunglasses before, and you know, I've
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never really been overly impressed by
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the the audio, some better than others.
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So, let's crack these open and see what
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we got here. And once again, I'm not
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even wait, you know, like I I normally
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tear off the this sticker. I'm not doing
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it. I'm just It's too cheap to even
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preserve the packaging. I don't care. I
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don't even care anymore.
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In your dumb stickers. All right, first
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impressions. They feel like dollar store
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sunglasses. These feel cheap. That
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doesn't mean they won't work, but they
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feel cheap. Let's see how they look at
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sunglasses. What do you guys think? How
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is the style? Not bad or not great.
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Let's uh check out these instructions
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first of first of all here. Very minimal
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instructions. All just on one sheet
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here. So, there's a control panel here.
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There's an LED indicator right there.
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Charging port. Then we have the next two
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buttons are the power button and the
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plus minus buttons which is also skip
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tracks and adjusting volume. So the
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first thing I need to do is hit the
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power button right here. Hold that down
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and it should turn on. I'm assuming I
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have to pair this with my phone also.
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All right, it showed up and I paired it.
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Here we go.
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Sunglasses. They work with sunglasses.
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They feel cheap. Now for some music.
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Let's put on anything. The first thing
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on Spotify. Oh, this is a great choice.
4:44
Brutal Behavior by Jack the Joker. It
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sounds very quiet. Let me adjust the
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volume on here first. What did I just
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do? If I short press it, it skips to the
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next track. So, I want to long press it
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for the volume. Wow. There's zero bass.
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Zero bass. And it's about 70.
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It's still playing in my ear. So, I
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don't hear it, but it's like no bass
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whatsoever. There is about 70%
5:05
volume on this side and about 30% volume
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on this side. And like I can't adjust I
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can't adjust that. There's no balance.
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And there's zero base. None whatsoever.
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That's funny. But what I need to do now
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is head outside for a real world test.
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This is going to be fun cuz outside
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it'll probably be less basy than this,
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which is almost impossible to figure
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out. But here we go. Heading outside.
5:30
All right. Here we go. I got the glasses
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and the earbuds on at the same time.
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Right now, no music's playing. I'm just
5:36
kind of giving a quick evaluation of the
5:37
glasses themselves. Now, as far as the
5:39
glasses goes, there's considerable
5:40
amount of glare. I'd be shocked if they
5:42
are polarized. It didn't say they're
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polarized. I don't think they are. Let's
5:45
put some music on now out here and see
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if the sounds any better, which it won't
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be, but let's see. Anyways, perhaps
5:51
ironically, a Leo Seers song just came
5:53
on shuffle, which is one I vlogged about
5:55
over the summer. I don't think there's
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any highs. It's like all mid-range, and
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it's a little bit off balance. There we
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go. Now, it sounds even. I don't know
6:03
about these glasses, man. The sound is
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bad. They're cheap. The lenses aren't
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polarized.
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Okay, there you go. I don't know about
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that, man. I mean, what do you expect
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for 10 bucks, right? Well, on the other
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hand, these are eight bucks. And my
6:16
initial test, they were a little bit
6:18
better. In fact, let's switch over to
6:20
these now and see how they actually
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sound. So, I'm going to turn these off.
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Hold that button down. Off. Now, how do
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I turn these on? Oh, they switched. It
6:29
automatically switched. There we go. I'm
6:30
going to use the sunglasses, though.
6:32
Same song just repeated. More Leo Ser. I
6:35
cannot get away from Leo Ser. I can
6:37
already tell you right now, way more
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bass and highs. It's a much better
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range. It's a bit off balance, but you
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can adjust them with your ears where it
6:43
goes in your ear. When you're listening
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to music, do you ever like have your
6:45
steps match up with the beat? Cuz that's
6:47
what I'm doing right now. Boom. I mean,
6:49
just comparing these two, it's night and
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day. I don't know if these are that
6:52
good. I got to stop these. I think I
6:54
just tap them.
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Okay, I tapped them and there's about a
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1 second delay, then they go off. I
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don't know if these are that good or if
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the first ones are just so bad they
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sound that good in comparison. The fact
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that these are $2 less expensive and
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they deliver a better sound quality does
7:11
not bode well for these glasses. And
7:13
these aren't even that great of glasses
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anyways. I mean, I got the sun right
7:16
there. Everything's glare. It's a big
7:17
It's a glare fest here. But I brought
7:19
one more thing to try out in comparison.
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I reviewed these a long time ago. I
7:23
think in 2021 back in Warner Robbins,
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Georgia. That's the Gen 1 Meta Ray-B
7:26
bands glasses. Now, these have a camera.
7:28
I'm not I'm not testing the camera.
7:30
We're just going to test the audio
7:31
feature alone cuz these are over the
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ear. Let's try them out.
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turning them on.
7:37
We should get more Leo Seer in a second
7:39
here. I can't remember how to I haven't
7:41
used these in a while. What's the
7:43
controls for those? Oh, I got to go
7:45
check. I think they disconnected.
7:49
I don't remember. I'm sitting here
7:51
tapping my face out in public. I don't
7:53
even care. I feel like that's Oh, there
7:56
it is. Oh, here we go. Okay, here we go.
7:59
Ray-B band stories. I'm also on a busier
8:01
street now, so may I have to go back and
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forth. Is it alive? I gotta pause these.
8:05
How do I I don't even know how to pause
8:06
them. Come on, Leo. Shut up. Shut up,
8:08
Leo. Shut up, Leo. Okay, there it goes.
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Now, I have to go back and forth because
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I'm on a busier street here, so that
8:16
could be affecting things. I almost feel
8:18
like these are as good or better than
8:21
the than the Meta Ray-B bands. What do
8:24
they call them now? They were called
8:24
Ray-B band stories. I think they changed
8:26
the name of them. I think they call them
8:27
Meta Ray-B bands. I don't know. There's
8:28
a new version. No, I don't have I'm
8:30
going to go back and forth. I mean,
8:32
forget the forget the glasses. Those are
8:33
junk. Those are junk glasses. But these
8:36
might be giving these over the ear Ray-B
8:38
bands. Run for the money. Let me try
8:40
going back and forth here. I almost
8:42
dropped everything. Ray-B bands are off.
8:44
Let me tap these now. Oh, now I switched
8:46
songs to a song by Spirit Box. All
8:48
right, Spirit Box is playing quite loud
8:50
in my ears right now. I can barely even
8:51
hear myself talk. I'm trying not to talk
8:53
too loud. I'm still hearing bass even
8:55
with all this. Is this traffic? Is this
8:56
traffic? Traffic. I still hear the bass.
8:59
I'm going to go back and forth now. I'm
9:01
going to go back to the Ray Ray-B band.
9:02
See what they sound like. Am I speaking
9:03
clearly? I can't even tell cuz it's so
9:04
loud in my ears. Here we go. Off to the
9:06
Ray-B bands. Stopping this. All right,
9:09
that stopped. Trying to use one hand
9:11
here. Hitting the Ray-B band switch.
9:16
Wait for it to give me a notification
9:18
and then it should start playing. Okay,
9:19
I just heard the Ray-B band connection.
9:21
So, let's see if I can get this to play
9:23
now. Is it over here? I'm just chilling
9:25
by the street here. Try it switching
9:27
again. Ray-B bands off. Five below on.
9:30
Hm. It's hard to tell. I mean, there's a
9:32
difference, but what is that difference?
9:34
That's a good song. I'm listening to The
9:36
Void by Spirit Box. I suggest blasting
9:38
that as soon as this video is over.
9:40
Ray-B band back on. I'm thinking I'm
9:42
thinking very hard here. I've been I'm
9:43
taking the I'm taking my job seriously.
9:45
I've been I've been going back and forth
9:47
between these Ray-B bands and these
9:49
cheapo 5 below earbuds. The glasses.
9:51
Forget these. Where's my pocket? These
9:53
are lame that you're you're out of here.
9:54
You're riding the pine. Here's how they
9:56
how's how the lenses look. By the way,
9:58
you can see they're kind of they're kind
9:59
of amberish, you know, amber, but
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there's a definitely glare. It's a glare
10:03
fest. So, you know what? You're not very
10:06
good going back and forth between the
10:07
Ray-B bands and these over over the ear
10:09
buds from In Below. The sound isn't the
10:11
same, but the quality, the overall
10:13
quality is the same. It seems like the
10:14
overthe-ear earbuds uh have a better
10:17
bass presence and they go into the upper
10:19
mid-range section. And while the Ray-B
10:22
bands don't have as much bass, they go
10:24
more into the highs. So they're kind of
10:25
like a about the same range but in a a
10:27
little bit different part of the
10:28
spectrum. So it depends on what you what
10:30
you prefer. But on the other hand, think
10:32
about how much I paid. These are these
10:33
were eight bucks. These were like what
10:35
300. I think they still sell for like
10:37
almost 300. I know these are four years
10:39
old generation, but eight bucks. They're
10:41
not terrible. They really aren't. Now I
10:44
don't like the way they feel in my ear.
10:45
And you also have to kind of make sure
10:46
you get them just right, but on the
10:48
other hand, eight bucks. That's what I
10:50
keep saying. Eight bucks. It wouldn't be
10:52
a terrible like stocking stuffer. It
10:54
really wouldn't for someone that just a
10:55
down and dirty uh pair of earbuds over
10:58
the ear. Not terrible really. These
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these would be these would be a terrible
11:03
stocking stuffer because they're not
11:04
very good. They're not good glasses.
11:05
They're not good speakers. They're just
11:06
not they're not good anything. So, let's
11:08
talk about these products real quick
11:09
here. As far as the glasses goes, I
11:11
don't really see much of a redeeming
11:12
value at all. Maybe if you had a little
11:14
kid who wants to act like they're grown
11:16
up with some high-tech thing on their
11:17
face, this might tie them over and they
11:20
may not know any better. Otherwise,
11:22
these seem destined for the landfill.
11:24
But these, on the other hand, I think
11:25
they do have a place. Now, these look
11:27
just like a knockoff of the Bose Ultra
11:30
Open Earbuds, which are 300 bucks. And
11:32
that reminds me of conversations I used
11:33
to have with a good friend of mine way
11:35
back in the 80s and '90s. Now, he used
11:36
to buy all the high-end sunglasses. He
11:39
wanted the highest craftsmanship. He
11:40
wanted style. He wanted quality. Where
11:42
me, on the other hand, I bought cheap
11:44
sunglasses cuz I knew I'd eventually
11:46
lose them or break them, and I didn't
11:47
want to be out that money. And I think
11:48
that conversation applies here as well.
11:50
What do what do you want out of these?
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If you want the highest quality open
11:53
earbuds, these probably ain't going to
11:54
be it. But on the other hand, if you
11:55
want something that's kind of good
11:56
enough that you're not worried about if
11:58
you lose or break them, eight bucks,
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that's not a bad deal. I think you'd
12:02
have to buy something like 38 of these
12:04
to match the cost of one pair of bows.
12:06
And by the way, the bows really don't
12:07
have that great of ratings anyways. If
12:08
you're considering those, these might be
12:10
a good way to see if you even like the
12:11
way they feel in your ear. Or if you
12:12
have a teenager who wants those, you
12:14
could say, "See if you can take care of
12:15
these for 6 months and then we'll talk."
12:18
But that's all I've got. If you've tried
12:19
these products, tell me what you think
12:20
in the comments below. I appreciate you
12:22
watching and I'll see you next time.
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