CLIP Style Buds? SoundCore C30i vs Bose Ultra Open vs Huawei FreeClip
Summary
TLDRThis video review compares three clip-style open earbuds: Soundcore C3i, Huawei Free Clip, and Bose QC Ultra. Each model is evaluated on comfort, ease of use, battery life, design, and sound quality. The Huawei Free Clip stands out for its comfort, wireless charging, and sound performance. The Soundcore C3i offers good value for its price, while the Bose QC Ultra, despite its high cost, underperforms in sound quality. The video also discusses call quality, with Huawei excelling in noise cancellation. The review concludes with a recommendation for the Huawei Free Clip and alternative options for regions where it's not available.
Takeaways
- 🎧 The video reviews three clip-style open earbuds with different price points, focusing on their design, comfort, and functionality.
- 🔍 The clip-style design is praised for its compatibility with glasses and ease of use for those with long hair.
- 🏷️ Brands use various names for this style, but they all feature a clip that attaches to the ear's helix or anti-helix.
- 💰 The Soundcore C3i is the most affordable option, while the Bose QC Ultra is the most expensive.
- 📦 Huawei's earbuds are noted for their compact and pocketable case, being the thinnest and least wide.
- 🌈 Huawei offers the most color options, while the other brands provide at least two color choices.
- 🔋 All earbuds claim longer battery life than advertised, with Soundcore offering the best battery life among the three.
- 💧 Huawei's earbuds have the highest IP rating at IP54, offering both dust and water resistance.
- 🎵 Sound quality varies, with Huawei's offering the best balance and loudness, while Bose's sound is criticized as weak in the treble range.
- 📱 Huawei's earbuds excel in call quality, effectively suppressing background noise and maintaining clear voice transmission.
- 🛍️ The video concludes with a recommendation for Huawei's earbuds as the best overall choice, but suggests alternatives for regions where Huawei products are not available.
Q & A
What are clip style open earbuds?
-Clip style open earbuds are a form factor of earbuds that clip onto the outer part of the ear, specifically the Helix area, without being fully inserted into the ear canal. They are designed to be open-ear, allowing for better compatibility with glasses and avoiding the issues of ear hooks getting tangled with hair.
Which part of the ear do clip style earbuds attach to?
-Clip style earbuds attach to the Helix part of the ear, which is the upper, curved part of the outer ear.
What are the three earbuds reviewed in the script?
-The three earbuds reviewed are the Soundcore C3i, the Huawei Free Clip, and the Bose QC Ultra Open.
Which earbud is the most expensive among the three reviewed?
-The most expensive earbud among the three reviewed is the Bose QC Ultra Open.
What is the unique feature of the Bose QC Ultra Open earbuds?
-The unique feature of the Bose QC Ultra Open earbuds is that they have a silicone wrap that rolls open to clip onto the ear, and they also look like earrings when worn.
Which earbud is the easiest to put on according to the review?
-According to the review, the Huawei Free Clip is the easiest to put on because it has a flexible material that can be easily opened and doesn't require rolling or squeezing.
Which earbud offers wireless charging?
-The Huawei Free Clip offers wireless charging, which is a feature not available in the other two earbuds reviewed.
What is the battery life advertised for the Soundcore C3i earbuds?
-The Soundcore C3i earbuds advertise a battery life of 10 hours.
Which earbud has the best microphone performance in noisy conditions?
-The Huawei Free Clip has the best microphone performance in noisy conditions, as it was able to suppress car noises and provide clear voice audio.
What is the IP rating of the Bose QC Ultra Open earbuds?
-The Bose QC Ultra Open earbuds have an IP rating of IPX4, which means they are water-resistant but not dust-resistant.
Which earbuds support multipoint connectivity?
-All three earbuds, the Soundcore C3i, the Huawei Free Clip, and the Bose QC Ultra Open, support multipoint connectivity.
What is the recommendation for someone who wants open earbuds but cannot get Huawei products?
-For those who cannot get Huawei products, the recommendation is to check out the sponsor's products, such as the Open Fit Air and the Open Fit Incredible, which are also open earbuds with a hook style design.
Outlines
🎧 Overview of Clip Style Open Earbuds
The paragraph introduces three different clip style open earbuds, highlighting their design that clips onto the outer part of the ear, specifically the Helix. It discusses the suitability of this form factor for users who wear glasses or have long hair. The three products compared are the Soundcore C3i, the Huawei FreeClip, and the Bose QC Ultra. The ease of putting on the earbuds is evaluated, with Huawei being the easiest and Soundcore the most difficult due to its stiff plastic material. The paragraph also touches on the compactness and pocketability of the cases, with Huawei's being the most compact.
🔋 Battery Life and Charging Features
This section compares the advertised and actual battery life of the three earbuds, noting that all of them exceed their advertised battery life. It also points out that the Soundcore offers the best battery life. The paragraph further discusses the availability of wireless charging, with Huawei being the only brand to offer it in its model. The color options for each product are listed, with Huawei providing the most variety. The operation of the earbuds is also covered, with touch controls on Soundcore and Huawei, and physical buttons on Bose.
📞 Call Quality and Wind Noise Performance
The paragraph evaluates the microphone performance of the earbuds in noisy and windy conditions. It details the results of a mic test with each product, noting that Huawei's earbuds performed the best in suppressing background noise and wind. The paragraph also mentions the control options available during phone calls, with Huawei and Bose offering volume control, while Soundcore does not. The IP ratings of the earbuds are discussed, with Huawei having the highest rating of IP54, offering both dust and water resistance.
🎵 Sound Quality and Final Recommendations
This section delves into the sound quality of the earbuds, with Huawei's offering the best balance and loudness, while Soundcore's was found to be the least loud and had a shrill sound profile. Bose's sound was criticized for being bass-forward with weak treble. The paragraph also mentions the availability of EQ controls in the respective apps, with the exception of Huawei, which only offers presets. The final recommendations suggest Huawei as the best product, Soundcore as a budget option with compromises, and advises against the Bose due to its high price and average performance. The paragraph concludes with a suggestion for viewers in regions where Huawei is not available to consider open earbuds from the video's sponsor, Shockz.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Clip Style Earbuds
💡Open Ear Design
💡Soundcore C3i
💡Huawei FreeClip
💡Bose QC Ultra
💡Wireless Charging
💡Touch Controls
💡IP Rating
💡Multipoint Connectivity
💡Sound Quality
Highlights
The review compares three clip-style open earbuds with different price points to determine the best option.
Clip-style earbuds are praised for their compatibility with glasses and ease of use for those with long hair.
The Soundcore C3i is identified as the most affordable option among the three earbuds reviewed.
The Huawei Free Clip is noted for its ease of use, with a flexible material that easily clips onto the ear.
Bose QC Ultra open earbuds have a unique rolling mechanism for clipping onto the ear.
Huawei Free Clip is highlighted as the most compact and pocketable case among the three.
The Soundcore C3i and Huawei Free Clip offer two color options, while Bose QC Ultra open comes in two colors in the reviewer's region.
All three earbuds advertise battery life slightly less than what is achieved in real-world use.
Huawei Free Clip is the only earbud with wireless charging capability among the three.
Touch controls are available on Soundcore and Huawei, while Bose uses a physical button for controls.
Huawei Free Clip has been updated to include volume control, which was previously lacking.
IP ratings are discussed, with Huawei achieving the highest rating of IP54 for dust and water resistance.
Huawei Free Clip is described as the most aesthetically pleasing, resembling a stylish earring.
Soundcore C3i includes additional grips in the box for a more secure fit.
Huawei outperforms the other earbuds in call quality, especially in windy conditions.
All three earbuds support multipoint connectivity, allowing them to connect to multiple devices simultaneously.
Auto volume control is a feature available on Bose and Huawei models, adjusting volume based on ambient noise.
Huawei Free Clip is recommended as the best overall product, with Soundcore C3i being a budget option and Bose QC Ultra open being less recommended due to its high price.
The reviewer suggests considering alternative brands like Shocks for open earbuds, especially for those in regions where Huawei is not available.
Transcripts
three clip style open earbuds three
completely different prices there can be
only one winner Namaste we DHR me
dramatically honest review mildly
entertaining just mildly all right today
we're looking at three buds which the
form factor has developed in the recent
time and become better and better so we
call them clip style buds different
brands use different names but basically
all of them have this kind of shape and
your ear kind of fits in here so if you
look at the side angle it kind of Clips
onto your ear it's still not in your ear
so that's a nice thing it's open ear
that part of the ear is actually called
the Helix which we just found out today
and where they clip onto or fold onto as
we'll see with the other earbuds is
around your anti-h helical fold all
right free biology lesson for you guys
but I think it's an excellent form
factor and especially for somebody who
would like to wear glasses for example
you have your glasses on these in no way
you know interact with that part whereas
if you're wearing a ear ear hook over
ear you're going to have some
interference and that's Hit or Miss
Right some buds have very thin ear hooks
where they do work well with your
glasses but if you don't want to deal
with that at all then these definitely
make a lot of sense not just that if you
have long hair and had long hair in the
past it's a real problem to get you know
ear hooks under your hair hair
especially if you've had it done so we
have three products we're looking at
today right from top to bottom this is
the sound core c3i on top the cheapest
of the lot then we have the Hua free
clip over here which is also kind of
this hook style thing and then we have
the Bose QC Ultra open Y and this one
actually rolls open to clip onto your
ear cont let's see how that looks on
your ear okay so this is what it looks
like you roll it open and this is how
they sit and also when you wear these
things they look like earrings right
they're a little bit above your ear Lo
but look like definitely a look yeah
yeah compared to earbud they actually
can act as a fashion accessory yeah
that's good to and if you look at the
sound core and the Huawei they both have
this clip on that just slide onto that
part of your Helix whereas as we saw the
Bose is a silicone wrap but which one
was the easiest to put on for you okay
so I would say the easiest has to be the
Huawei yeah because there is no rolling
there is no squeezing the Sea Bridge as
they call it whatever this hook it's
very easy to just open like this it's a
flexible material and you can just open
it whereas if you look at the sound core
it's made of the stiff plastic as its
price would betray but this thing has no
give almost you know I had to kind of
stuff my ear in there instead of opening
this up look at this look I'm pushing my
finger and it doesn't even go in whereas
if you look at the Hua if I push my
finger in it just moves you see it's
much easier I think the second best
would be the boss because you can roll
it open put your ear in there and then
it closes down so in terms of comfort
yeah I would give it to the Huawei and
the second would be the Bose and the
sound core I don't know I found really
hard yeah I can imagine now the cases if
you look at them are quite compact but
we would have to say that the Huawei
again is the most compact out of all of
them yeah it's the thinnest it's the
least wide and let's also look at this
most pocketable okay can you show us
what kind of colors we get these buds in
I thought you never ask let me open the
browser here so let's start with the
cheapest of the lot the soundcore c3i
they have a black and a white color I
like the black because it has that
semi-translucent look yeah oh the white
doesn't have that that's very plain
anyway to be honest I don't like the
black but okay to each their own then we
go to the most expensive Bad Boys is the
Bose Ultra open and at least in our
region it has these two colors smoky
white and black and then the Huawei free
clip has three different colors in our
region black purple and this cream color
beige so more choices on the Hua there
yep but everything has at least two col
let's take a look at the battery life
yeah so it's quite interesting you see
here that the Bose and the Huawei both
advertise less than they get and both
are at 9 hours but it's also true for
sound core so they advertise 10 and they
get 11 so you get the best battery life
on buds on the sound core only the
Huawei has wireless charging here not
Bose which is more expensive not sound
core which is and this is what we've
been seeing is with opener buds there
are very few that offer wireless
charging and to see a brand in such a
small form factor build wireless
charging in it's pretty cool yeah all
right so and then the way you operate
these buds you've got touch controls on
both the sound core and the Huawei yeah
um the bows on the other hand uses a
button on the barrel yes and that's this
button so this will be behind your ear
and you can depress it and what's
different about the sound core versus
the Huawei is that the touch is on the
backside for the sound core compared to
the Huawei which has both on the front
and the back right yeah so the thing is
the sound core has touch just here and
let me see if that's right yeah and
these are the speakers that will go
towards your year when I got the Huawei
it had only touch here on the bigger
part not the ball let's say but with the
software update now they've enabled
touch here and we'll come to that in a
bit and we talk about controls but yeah
that's the control situation here they
all do volume control only thing is that
the bows it has a weird like press and
then on the second press keep it held in
how do you control volume on the sound
core and on the sound core you can set
it in the app you can configure it for
long press for example or single tap
whatever you can customiz but do you
have to choose between different
settings no you can keep it for long
press so that's the way I've enabled it
is for long press but one thing I
noticed is because having the touch
sensor at the back for the sound core
was a bit of a learning curve as well
just like how the bows had the yeah yeah
okay but anyway to each there on I think
when you use these you get used them
pretty quickly and you know what the
scheme is like yeah I want to add one
here which is Huawei didn't have volume
control and it was released yeah so it's
gotten this update recently which is an
experimental feature as you can see you
have to tap and hold to adjust volume
the front ball as they say helps you
increase the volume it's an experimental
feature so it was not there out of the
box but I found that it worked pretty
well and I was quite happy with the the
implementation so Huawei is now complete
in terms of control for me as well nice
it's nice to see that you know you get
these for more updates and you get added
features actually then in terms of Ip
rating the bows and the sound core are
both ipx4 rated no dust resistance well
they'll be fine for workouts huawe again
one UPS them all with an IP 54 rating so
they are dust R rated as well yeah and
equally water resistant yeah now as we
said all of these are a look yes which
look do you prefer here man you can wear
this one on the left yeah so I wear this
one on the right let's do some modeling
sound cor yeah so this sound cor you
okay man ow yeah I'm not yeah the sound
cor is not for me this one at least not
very tough in terms of looks I've got to
say I like the Huawei it looks like an
earring yeah and a very cool one as well
very like sleek and yeah very Sleek I
think the Bose would be second for me
the sound Cod is not terrible looks wise
but oh man yeah no yeah and you need to
be into that translucent I don't know
kind of nothing it's nothing like
nothing like budget nothing there is no
loud branding on any of these buds
that's nice so that's kind of nice and
what you also need to know about the fit
like we said sound core less easy to put
on kind of painful depending on how big
or thick your helixes you got fat
helixes I got a fat Helix don't judge me
and as if the soundcore c3i were not
let's say thick enough or or tight
enough around your Helix they've got
they give you extra in the Box to make
them even Tighter and you can add those
additional grips that you get in the Box
to it and then you add more thickness as
if as if it wasn't thick enough it's
already too thick for me boys yes so
we're talking about the buds here yes
just the butts y yeah what about phone
calls well have a listen to the
Popsicles icicles and his test guys we
are out here with the soundcore C30 I
doing a mic test with cars in the
background there a little bit of wind so
you can see that on the meter pop pop
popsicle ice ice icicle test test
testing one 2 three now softly pop pop
pople ice ice
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testing one
two all right this is a mic test on the
Bose Ultra open earbuds pop pop popsicle
ice eyes icicle test test testing 1 2 3
top
tople test testing
one all right guys we are out here now
with a Huawei 3 clip doing a noisy test
with cars in the background with a tiny
bit of wind here we go pop pop popsicle
ice ice icicle test test testing one two
three nowly
all right guys now windy
M4
c3i test test
testing all right this is a mic test in
windy conditions of the Bose QC Ultra
open buds whatever not QC Ultra open
earbuds
ultra um here we go the wind meter is
going to be showing some wind at some
point as I pick up my
Pace all right pop pop popsicle ice ice
icicle test test testing 1 2 three pop
pop popsicle ice ice icicle test test
testing 1 2 3 and now a wind test on the
Huawei free clip with wind pop pop
popsicle ice ice icicle test test
testing one two 3 pop po popsicle I I
icle test test testing one two 3 all
right guys I just listened back to those
mic samples and for noisy conditions the
wind really goes to the Huawei they were
able to suppress the car noises to
almost nothing you couldn't hear it and
the voice although a little bit
processed was very Audible and then for
windy conditions huawe takes the wind
the win again because you barely heard
it at all it just took it all out and
the voice was crystal clear amazing well
those are the phone calls but before we
move on let's just touch upon what kind
of controls you get while you're on a
phone call so you get answer and hang up
on all of these but only the Huawei and
the bows give you volume control the
sound core even though it has volume
control it only works for audio and
doesn't work on calls okay yeah and none
of the mute on the call then let's talk
about the extra features so there's only
multipoint on the sound core and the
Huawei so a quick correction on this
guys actually all three devices support
multipoint Bose just introduced this as
a firmware update later on we actually
made a full video on that where they
made a few other changes as well so go
check that out if you want to know more
and also good to mention they do have a
device list in the
app and there's also a device list list
in the sound core app but there's no
device list in the app for the Huawei an
important extra with devices like these
where you know your ears and we come to
sound now but when your ears are open to
the world it's surprising how much more
volume you need to hear these when
you're outside depending how how loud
your environment is so both the boss and
the Huawei have Auto volume control so
they kind of listen to your environment
and boost the volume to kind of keep up
with the world around you that is not
there on the sound cor and when we're
talking about the app the all three of
them have apps which is nice and you get
a lot of customiz like EQ controls you
can change controls on all of them again
except bows they don't allow you to
change it so yeah that's what we have in
terms of the extra features let's talk
about sound yeah you just tou upon EQ I
think the Huawei does not have a custom
EQ it just has EQ presets the other two
have custom CU but you know open ears
are always going to be challenging guys
it depends on the exact distance from
your ear it depends on how they fit you
much more than in ear butts because they
are more consistent with the distance
from your inner ear so all will have
similar leakage as well so if you we
play loud volume I think people around
you in a quiet space are going to hear
it so don't play questionable stuff or
watch questionable stuff using these
Birds because it's a good chance people
are going to hear you but in terms of
volume itself we just tested it and you
had an observation didn't you yeah I did
the sound cord just couldn't get very
loud no so I was easily going to Max and
the thing with open a buds right is that
you're going to be using these out and
about and if if there's environment
noise you're going to hear it which is a
good thing yeah but that also means
you're going to crank up the volume to
be able to hear your audio and if you're
in a really loud environment you're not
going to be able to hear these yeah all
of them but sound cor for was the least
loud of them Bose was second least loud
yes didn't get Extremely Loud either the
the one that could get the loudest was
the Huawei yeah but again that's a whole
different topic but you shouldn't be
maxing out volumes true true just
because your Ambient sound is is high
look into noise cancelling butts but
that's a whole different video exactly
in terms of pure sound the sound code is
like I don't know these would have been
possible for sound possible I'm saying
two or 3 years ago okay now considering
what you get on open years hook style
but also these other two these are
strictly a podcast only can audio
product it's super shrill on the default
setting and the mids and the higher end
sound so chulent and they don't get too
loud either now the second worst or best
on this list would be the Bose all Ultra
and that's surprising considering how
much more expensive these Ultras are
they have a very base forward sound
decent Basse I would say but the treble
sounds very weak and thin and especially
the mid and higher travel now the base
is forward but extension control just
okay so you're not going to get like
deep sub base for this price category in
general of this product category rather
the three band EQ Works quite well to
change the sound very responsive but
doesn't fix the weaknesses that the
driver has and a really fun feature on
the Bose is the immersive mode now I
always criticize immersive mode for
listening to music but on open ears they
really give you like you get immersed
much more because the sound is coming
from farther away so you really feel get
that kind of speaker effect on open ears
it's just it's nice to have it doesn't
really change anything best of the lot
easily is the W okay sounds good similar
limitations of the base like I said
extension but it sounds good and it's
possible for casual listening and for me
the treble is a bit sharper and thinner
but it's a bit more of a balanced sound
and less of a mids recess so so and it's
the loudest of the three yeah and there
is some basic e presets in the app at
this all right to buy or not to buy well
guys Huawei is clearly the best product
here sound core you should get for the
price and it does come with a ton of
compromises and we'd say don't buy the
bows it is pricey as hell I'm not that
great for the price yeah but hey okay
let's because a lot of you guys watching
this are maybe in the US or places where
Huawei is not available what should you
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