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Raycon Fitness Bluetooth True Wireless Earbuds – (Black)
$119.99
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| Asin | B0C1LCYRJ9 |
|---|---|
| Weight | 5 ounces |
| Manufacturer | Raycon |
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| Weight | 5 ounces |
| Manufacturer | Raycon |
by The-People-Ponder
BACKGROUND: For about two years now, I have been using my AirPods Pro, and they have been functioning on the brink of failing. The primary issue I have with them is that they keep falling out of my ear, and lately, they have started producing sharp static sounds. Although I prefer to use my devices to their maximum potential before getting a new one, I am uncertain how much longer my AirPods will last, and I am reluctant to purchase a new pair until I have no other alternative.
REVIEW: I have tried many earbuds before, but the Raycon fit in my ear is quite unique and solves the issue that I had with Apple’s earbuds. The battery life of Raycon earbuds is remarkable, as I have been using them for less than a month, and they have yet to run out of charge. However, when it comes to using them for phone calls or listening to podcasts, the sound quality is terrible and disappointing. Unfortunately, there is neither a transparency mode nor a noise-canceling mode, which is weird and not my favorite.
by Joseph Miller
These Raycon Fitness wireless earbuds are great! I’ve lifted weights, performed Crossfit-inspired workouts and even played basketball and they don’t budge at all. Very comfortable. The Noise Cancellation feature works great and awareness mode is awesome when I’m having a conversation with a buddy at the gym while the earbuds are still in my ear. The sound quality is nice with 3 different sound profiles so you can choose whichever is fitting for your music of choice. You can get the same sound quality as Beats without the high price tag. I was able to answer Facetime calls and the voice quality was great. You can even activate voice control on your phone using the control features on the earbuds. I’ve read a few reviews that said that the noise cancellation and awareness mode didn’t work. Also that it was difficult to use the control features. To that I say taking a couple minutes to read the instructions and play around with the earbuds helps tremendously. I highly recommend!
by Zech Payne
I work at UPS, lots of moving & different facial expressions: these earbuds stay in 100% of the time. Their: “awareness mode” isn’t as strong as Sony’s: makes hearing other people more difficult
(I work with one earbud in, volume at 40%, in awareness mode.)
There’s no app.
3 EQs to choose from using tap / hold controls.
All of them are very bass heavy.
Sounds like you’re listening to someone’s bass modified speakers playing from their car, except you’re outside the car & hearing their windows rattle, & the detail is blurred.
I think audiophiles call this: “muddy” sound.
On the upper right hand side of the case there’s a small mounting point for a backpack attachment: can’t remove it, it disrupts the flow of holding the case.
Case is very small: very good.
Battery life lasts my full work shift.
by Xenonym
They work well enough, the sound is good, quite clear, not exceptional but very good for in ear headphones. Occasionally the connection is interrupted. The controls are a bit erratic sometimes working with the slightest touch, sometimes not at all. Do need to reset them by placing them back in the case sometimes. If you add the extra bands to make them fit better in your ears then they don’t fit in the charging case, so you have to remove and replace them each time, this is the only negative for this product.
by Troy
I usually don’t leave reviews but I just had to share this with y’all. A week ago I lost my Raycon fitness earbuds and after a week of tearing apart my normal spots in the house trying to find them I gave up and accepted that they probably fell out of my pocket somewhere. I ordered a new pair since I loved them so much and wouldn’t you know it, as I’m folding my laundry I find a gel tip. So now the search begins and I find the case and both ear buds all separate from each other. I thought there was no way they still worked but I popped them in my ear and they connected to my phone and play flawlessly. So in the last week they have not been charged, went through a wash and dry cycle, and still work like brand new. If they didn’t already, Raycon just earned a customer for life and now I have a backup pair for when I inevitably do something stupid again.
by Mike Harris
I have heard these advertised a lot, the reviews were good. But I expected it to be a lot better for the money. I had another pair I bought from Amazon I used for years, but the ear rubber pieces kept coming off, I had to super glue my last pieces on. I thought I would try these. I liked that I could turn the others off by touching them, these do not do this, they start changing the different modes or sound types. I usually have to pull them out then they are continuing on with my music or podcast, so I have to stop it on my phone. Sound quality is good, but no better than my pair I had at more than half the cost. Battery lasts about the same I noticed, and phone calls coming through are about the same. I will say I do like the ability to put it in awareness mode, but make sure you are not near a street like walking your dog, as you can’t hear what you are listening too unless it is background music. In a gym usually the music is too loud to have it on there too. An office may be okay. I don’t feel I would spend this much again. Good product, just not great for the price.
by I yeet children
These Raycons are comfortable, have good audio quality, and last an impressive amount of time compared to similar products. That being said, every time you try to adjust one of the earbuds in your ear, there’s a lady with a Canadian accent that loudly dictates what “mode” you’re on, OVER the audio playing on your device. This means that every time the earbuds come loose, you have to carefully adjust such that this magical Canadian lady doesn’t dictate “ANC MODE: ON” at 100 decibels in my ears while losing several seconds of media.
Overall, these earbuds are worth the purchase, but they can be a bit finicky when trying to adjust in your ears.
by Roselle Beatty
I wanna start this off by saying I really thought these would be amazing, but promptly returned them. I couldn’t stand them for more than the first day. They hurt my ears and by the end of the day I had a headache and was begging for release. Even at the $95 price point from the Prime Day sale, these aren’t worth it. I went with the updated version of my previous earbuds (Anker Soundcore 3 Pro) for $75 Prime Day sale. I can’t recommend those enough. Especially if you get them on a sale as I did, Soundcores are INCREDIBLE true wireless earbuds!
So I wanna state I’m not new to earbuds. I’ve used mid range wired buds my whole childhood through teens. I graduated to near wireless buds like Beats X and Jbl. I the. Moved up to fully wireless with Anker Soundcore. As I go to new pairs of buds, I’m always on the lookout for high quality sound at an affordable price. I’ve loved my Soundcores dearly as they boast great sound, long battery life and comfort. Unfortunately the version I own doesn’t have replacement parts available and the case battery is shot making charging difficult. So, since my spouse bought the overear Raycons and loved them, I thought I’d try these.
Lord was that a mistake.
Cons:
While the over the ears are pretty great, these earbuds have some of the worst sound quality I’ve heard in over the last10 years of my audio listening history. The bass is kind of weak in the first preset, while everything else in the midst and highs has a terrible ringing hiss to it. It gave me a headache trying to watch videos with a lot of talking especially. On top of that, they are SO dang quiet! I have to put the volume well over 60% to get any kind of immersion because they just don’t isolate the sound well, even with the largest earpiece (which, their largest earpiece wasn’t big enough for my ear)! The “bass boost” is all bass literally hiding all the other sound far in the background. And the boost it has is just really muffley. The “Pure” sound is probably the worst setting as it just nearly disables the bass and makes everything sound like it’s coming through a loudspeaker in an office. Honestly, all of the sound modes just kinda hurt my ears. Next issue is the ANC and transparency modes. While they do work, the ANC doesn’t really cancel outside noise out very well because as previously stated, they already let a ton of outside noise in. The sound these put out is so quiet that you have to enable ANC and really blast music to block outside noise. The transparency mode is another issue. It works, sure. But to really hear people talking to you you have to nearly mute or pause whatever you have playing as most media drowns out voices while sounds (such as plates clanking while you unload a dishwasher, the clack of keyboard keys) some through perfectly like you have nothing on regardless of media volume. So the features do work, but don’t expect miracles out of the buds.
Pros: It’s a huge too as they are SO freakin small! The case alone is barely larger than. A tiktac box! And I was worried about the build quality but, the case feels really premium. The hinge is nice and solid, the feel of the case is a soft touch plastic, the color was really pretty (I bought the green pair). The charging light is really nice to as it has a really nice glow with varying colors to indicate charge level (however on mine, the charging light never turned off to indicate a full share like they advertise it to, wveb after an hour with a solid green 75-99% charge light). The earbuds snapped in place with little effort and honestly even the buds feel really nice in the ear. The wings provided are the only thing that feels a little cheap, but they weren’t uncomfortable. Honestly, the battery life is pretty great as well at least with my limited time with them. The touch controls are another strength. They weren’t finicky, the touch area is large enough to hit, but not so large that I fat-fingered them on accident when handling them. They’re really responsive and if I had to pick one negative about then, its that tapping to use them makes quite a thump sound in your ear unless you’re very gentle.
Overall, these aren’t terrible earbuds. But for the price, they’re horrendous. You could move up $40 and get EXTREMELY better sound quality than these. Hell, I’ve had cheaper earbuds sound better. Even the Beats X (which I didn’t like overall for comfort and connectivity reasons) sound way better than these and they’re $99 when u bought then years ago. My $40 JBL near wireless buds are about on par with the sound quality here. They’re just a waste of money at this price and it really is a shame. We had so many content creators we trust push these as amazing over the years, and again my spouses over the ears actually sound pretty great for the price. But the buds just ain’t it. Save yourself some money and look elsewhere or spend just a little more and enjoy your music 100x more. Or if you’re okay with over the ears, go for those!
by Emanuel Jacques
So finding a good western earbud without an obnoxious boomer prong sticking out is getting difficult. I needed a discrete earbud I can use at work and the gym. A subtle color but not black because a brighter color means its easier to find in dark places or notice when in a rush.
These earbuds need way more handling than an Earfun or Skullcandy. I wont compare it to the chinese brand Tozo because those are very low quality trash.
To begin, I needed to switch out the plugs because the default one is very small. Which drastically affects sound quality and exterior sound blocking. Then I needed to read the manual and turn on the “Bass” option to actually get better sound. To make matters worse, there’s this “Awareness” mode that if not checked, will be on.
Now I absolutely do not need an “Awareness” mode. Awareness mode is basically an amplifier that allows you to hear better, similar to a hearing aid or hunting/infantry head sets. And that is so specific and unnecesary. If I need more awareness, there are simple work arounds like taking your earbuds out or keeping one in. Or keeping the sound low, changing sound type.
And this is where “Awareness” mode becomes a nuissance. Awareness mode (for some pesky reason) turns on when I pull an earbud out of the case. And I have to turn it off. And this is a constant struggle. This is why I despise touch sensitive proximity buttons on earbuds. Because If I try to adjust the earbud, some option changes without my choice. And its a constant struggle. I then have to put tape over the button to prevent it from being too sensitive when handled.
Which is absurd there isnt an option on the charger, earbud or an app to disable touch sensitive buttons. As if changing options from the phone is too advance for today. You would think Raycon would have a universal control app. Or a specific app at first for this more expensive device.
One hugely misleading issue is the battery life. They say each earbud has 9 hours and get over 50 hours of charging. That is ridiculously misleading across the industry. This is a common malpractice done in the laptop and smartphone industry. And I have to mention this because I spent enough to expect consistency. First off, the 9 hours of charging depends on the setting used. With Awareness Mode on (which triggers without consent), you only get under 3 hours. Add bass and full volume, you wont get more than 2.5 hours. The charging dock is convoluted as well. The last bulb for the charging indicator stays flashing at full charge. And you cant tell if its still charging or done. Its not like many other brands that either go green or show 100%. It just keeps flashing. And even if you have both earbuds in at 100%, it shows two red lights, which it’s supposed to indicate they are in place. Which can be confused with being without charge.
Not to forget the case feels fragile and is fragile. For a sports device, if something heavy falls on the case or the case makes a hard drop; it will likely shatter to bits. The labeling is also poor. It can easily scatch off and fade away. Getting the old look very quickly. The case is small and not ergonomic. Im tall and lift weights, I have to force the case open everytime. Including the charging port seal.
I have to pry it off as if I intend to rip it off just to open it. They could have just cover the case in a dense layer of rubber to give it better grip, more durability and longevity. And layer the stenciling with epoxy or some sillicone material. Giving it an elegant yet sporty look. As well as making it one of the most durable on the market.
At over $100, I expected allot more and expected allot less unnecassary complication. I’m basically going to have to keep browsing for something more reliable and simple. Might just skip Earfun, Skullcandy and Raycon and just start trying out Bose or Beats at its dreaded $400 price range. With their uncreative narrow choice of colors. There’s just so much trash on the market, its baffling
by James M.
Just arrived today. I don’t know why it took so long to ship (nearly 3 weeks before they actually shipped), but I am certainly glad I waited. My first impression is that these earbuds are awesome. When I work out, I love a good hard beat to keep me motivated and moving in a rhythm. These buds can hit really hard. I use Amazon Music. That app has a built in equalizer. I had already tuned the equalizer to be bass heavy. These buds have their own bass mode. When I activated the bass mode on top of my equalizer… my face was practically melting.
Highs and mids are crisp and clear. They come equipped with medium size silicon tips and retainers already installed, but have other sizes from XS-L in the packaging to help you find the right size for you to maximize your listening experience. I haven’t tried the other sizes yet, but the preinstalled medium silicones feel pretty good for me.
At first I was apprehensive about touch controls. It turns out, Raycon has made the touch control system pretty easy to use. Single tap left bud = volume down. Single tap right bud = volume up. Two left taps = pause/play, answer incoming calls, and hangup. 3 taps left = previous track. 3 taps right = next track. Hold left earbud 3 seconds = cycle through preprogrammed equalizer presets (bass mode/balanced/pure sound). Hold right earbud 3 seconds = cycle through anc/awareness mode. Easy to learn and not easy to accidentally input the wrong command like other brands.
The product design is super sleek. I love the smaller form factor charging case (probably half the size of other wireless bud competitors’ cases), the battery life, and the appearance of the buds themselves. Wireless charging is also a major plus.
If I have to complain about something, it’s the ANC. The ANC is not very good at all. It will quiet the outside world just enough to enhance your listening experience… but I would absolutely not use these on an airplane. You can definitely still hear your surroundings easily with ANC on. That’s a disappointment. I would say a 5-10 decibel reduction in environmental noise at best.
Bottom line: outstanding for music and easy to use. Great for bass lovers. But not intended for true environmental noise reduction in any way.
Will do great for my listening purposes, but don’t get your hopes up about the noise cancelling.
I’m rating at 4 stars primarily for the prolonged shipping delay and secondarily due to the disappointing ANC.
If you don’t care about my complaints… I would say these buds are worth every penny!