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D**O
Small Package, HUGE DEAL.
The low price may make one seem like these earbuds are low quality as well, but that is definitely not the case. Less than $30 for these? Absolute steal. But wait, it gets much better :)I love so many things about the Q-PACE earbuds by Strock. Let's start with why it stands out from other earbuds that I have used, which are common brands on the top of the market. The Q-PACE earbuds turn on and off in such a way, that I find these essential for daily use. The earbuds are magnetic and stay off when both earbuds are magnetically connected to each other. To turn them on, all you do is pull apart both earbuds, that is IT. I love that so much, because, with other earbuds, you usually need to press and hold some sort of button and listen for a "Power On" prompt, which is a COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.The Strock Q-PACE earbuds are so efficient when it comes to turning them on and off, it is effortless, and after you connect to them for the first time, they auto-connect to your earbuds every time after that!LETS GET TO THE JUICY STUFF:SOUND QUALITY: GOOD OR BAD?As someone who listens to music for hours every single day and exercises and plays basketball with them, I want the bass to hit and I want it to sound clear. The problem I find with other earbuds is that I cannot turn up bass-heavy music with an equalizer on as the bass will become too much for the earbuds to handle so it will sound distorted and fuzzy.I knew these earbuds were going to become my favorite when I turned up my favorite bass-heavy song (with an additional equalizer bass-boost). I turned the volume up all the way too and found that the bass was STILL sounding PERFECT. The music audio was so clear, and these earbuds can definitely excessive amounts of bass.The earbuds seem like they have a weird design, but they fit unbelievably well.These earbuds fit perfectly into my ears and it even came with separate earbud tips for those who may want to try different sizes to find a perfect fit. But the eartips that came on the earbuds fresh out of the box were perfect, I didn't need to waste any time to find the perfect fit...it was already set!I workout with earbuds, from lifting to cardio to calisthenics, and these earbuds did not inconvenience me one bit, they still performed exceptionally. To give it a really good test, I even practiced some basketball drills for a nice long 45-minute session. I had no difficulties with the earbuds at all, even when they were completely covered with my sweat.Final Thoughts:The Strock Q-PACE earbuds have PERFECT sound quality, even for those who love to crank the bass up. They fit perfectly in my ears which makes the sound even better, it definitely adds to the music listening experience. They do not make me uncomfortable even after long periods of listening to music. Working out or just moving around in general? The Strock Q-PACE isn't lacking, they stay in your ears!These earbuds are a MUST BUY!
E**D
A really good pair of inexpensive Earphones
Alright today what I have for everyone is my written review of the Strock Q-Pace True Wireless Magnetic Earphones. What I've decided to do for this review is break it down into categories that I think are important to consider before making your purchase that being said I hope everyone finds this helpful and let's begin.1. Build Quality and Design-in terms of the overall build quality these earbuds are built primarily out of aluminum and your plastic rubberized materials so we have an aluminum earbud housing which feels nice and cool to the touch with built-in magnets on the inside and we have plastic ruggedized clicky and responsive buttons. which offer really good tactile feedback went pressed. Also due to the build materials the earbuds are extremely lightweight and comfortable which makes them really good for extended usage sessions with little to no ear fatigue. All while offering some really nice sound isolation and passive noise canceling due to their overall design. Talking about the overall design these earbuds they are your typical necklace magnetic style of earbuds with wing tips and and earbud tips. due to the wing and earbud tips the earbuds fit very nicely in my ears and they do not pop out even with the most vigorous of movement. so in my opinion the overall build quality and design of the earbuds is top-notch.2. Core Features-now I would just like to take the time to run through the really solid core feature set that is on board these earbuds and I have to say I think the manufacturer did a great job when they were trying to decide just what type of core features they wanted to include in these earbuds that being said the core features are as follows:1. Bluetooth 5.0 technology built-in2. IPX5 sweat and waterproofing3. built-in microphone for phone calls4. easy two-step pairing process5. the ability to pair the earphones to two devices at one time and use them simultaneously between the devices.now that we have ran through the core features I just want to reiterate again these core features worked pretty much perfectly and I haven't had any issues and again I have to say this is a really solid core feature set.3. Sound Quality, Volume, Bass-Now let's talk about one of the most important aspects of any Bluetooth pair of earphones and or headphones let's get into the overall sound quality, the volume, and the bass.Now in terms of the overall sound quality I have to say these earphones are pretty good there's little to no distortion on the low end and or the high ends of the volume spectrum which leads me to determine that the overall sound quality is pretty good not the best I've seen but for what it is pretty good. Now when we talk about the overall volume I have to say the volume on these earphones is top-notch they get really loud making it easy to drown out my surroundings when needed while not getting overbearingly loud. So the volume on these is top-notch in my opinion. now last but certainly not least for this category let's talk about the overall bass. The bass on these earphones is not the best that I have experienced especially for a pair of earphones but they are very nicely balanced with really good separation between the instruments and the low medium and high tones with an overall balanced bass not to punchy not too soft nice and balanced so overall I have to say the bass is good.4. Mic Quality and Performance-Now let's take a few minutes to talk about the overall microphone performance. and this is another category where I have to say the manufacturer has done a great job I've had no issues with the overall built-in microphones on these earbuds regardless of what I was trying to do so whether I was taking a bunch of phone calls dictating a lot of text messages and or emails or interacting with the voice assistance on various smart devices it all worked without issues. with the biggest thing being for me the overall phone call quality and performance of the microphones while I'm on phone calls and I'm very happy to report that it was pretty much perfect callers didn't have any issues hearing me and they said I sounded very crisp and clear on their end with no distortion of any kind. so once again I have to say at least in this category as well the microphone performance is top-notch.5. Pairing Steps and Earphones Controls-Now I just want to take some time to outline the steps to pairing up these earphones with any and all of your Bluetooth compatible devices. So as long as your device supports a version of Bluetooth you should be good to go. That can be anything from a smartphone a tablet a desktop a laptop even your car if your car has built in Bluetooth connectivity. All you have to do is follow along with these steps and you should be good go . One thing I want to mention before we dive into the pairing steps is that these earphones have a magnetic on and off feature. So if you want to turn them off you just put the earbuds together and it powers itself off you'll see a red light indicating that the earphones are powered off and if you want to power them on and put them into pairing mode all you have to do is separate the magnetic earbuds the earbuds will power on and you'll be greeted with an audible tone then you'll also hear an audible tone that lets you know that they're in pairing mode accompanied by a red and blue flashing light. Okay so I just wanted to let you know what to look out for let's dive into these steps.Step 1. on your Bluetooth compatible device You want to turn on Bluetooth and you want to go into the Bluetooth settings and make your device visible to all nearby devices.Step 2. after completing the previous step now you want to take the Bluetooth earbuds and separate the magnetic buds turning them on and putting them into pairing mode then back on your Bluetooth compatible device in the Bluetooth settings you want to tap on the model that comes up saying" Strock Q-Pace" once you've tapped on the indicated model name it should begin the pairing process and you should be good to go once paired successfully you will hear connected audibly on the earphones and then you'll be ready to use the earphones for whatever you want to do. easy right now let's get into the earbud controls. now before I run down the earphone controls I just have to say this is probably one of the easiest and straightforward controls that I've ever experienced on a pair of Bluetooth headphones or earbuds I use that term interchangeably if you haven't noticed all right.Earbuds controls:Single press play pause button to play and pause music.( note for music controls to work music has to be playing everything else can be performed without anything running in the background.)Single press on the volume up and down for volumeLong-press press the volume up for next trackLong-press volume down for previous trackDouble press play pause button to activate voice assistantphone call controls:single press play pause button to answer or end phone callslong press play pause button to decline incoming phone callsAll right that pretty much goes over the pairing steps and the earphone controls let's move on.6. Bluetooth Range and Strength-Now let's talk about the overall Bluetooth range and strength of these earphones. This is another category where I have to say these earphones get top-notch marks in my opinion now the manufacturer quoted these earphones as having a overall range of 10 meters or 33 ft and I found that in my testing that was pretty much spot on as long as I was within that designated range I didn't have any issues with the overall Bluetooth strength or any issues with the overall range Good stuff good stuff indeed.7. Durability-now we've reached another important category and I just want to briefly talk about the overall durability of these earphones and yet again this is another category where I have to say these earphones get top-notch marks in my opinion.especially considering that I'm probably one of the most clumsiest people on the face of the planet so durability especially for headphones is something that needs to be there in my opinion and if it can stand up to my rigorous amounts of punishment I'm sure it should be able to serve everyone well. putting that into perspective for you guys and gals I typically use these around the house and my home primarily has wood and tile flooring and I have to say these earphones held up to some pretty good drops on average I dropped them from about 1 to 5 ft on wood or tile surfaces and they still look and perform as if brand new so that leads me to believe that the overall durability on these is top-notch especially considering the amount of times that I've dropped them on average I've probably dropped them now 3 to 5 times as of writing this review and they still look and function as if brand new so again top-notch durability in my opinion.8. Charge Times and Overall Battery Life-Okay so now let's talk about the overall charge times and the overall battery life let's start off with the charge times first. now the manufacturer quoted online that the earphones should have a charge time of 1 hour however they quoted in the user manual that the earphones should have a charge time of 2 hours. that being said in my particular testing I found that the earphones take on average anywhere from 2 to 2 and 1/2 hours to reach a full charge. now putting that into perspective for everyone when the battery life on the earphones is low you get three to four low battery audible warnings accompanied by a red flashing LED on the earphones now if you plug the earphones in right away right when you hear the first low battery warning it's going to take approximately 2 hours to reach a full charge now if you let the earphones drain to completely dead then it's going to take approximately 2 and 1/2 hours to reach a full charge. This to me is okay charge times but this is probably one of two downsides to these earphones in my opinion. I would have really liked to have seen a charge time of 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours so I was a little disappointed by that 2 to 2 and 1/2 hour charge time. it is what it is I guess. Now let's talk about the overall battery life. Once again the manufacturer quoted these earphones as having a overall battery life of 9 hours of overall usage now in my particular testing I averaged anywhere from 9 to 10 hours on a single charge and to me that is really good battery life.Just so everyone knows I tested these at 35% volume 50% volume and 75% volume respectively and I pretty much got 9 to 10 hours regardless of the volume and regardless of what I was doing so that's pretty good battery life in my opinion. one thing that I also want to mention is that everybody's battery life may vary because we all use our devices differently and these results were my particular results and I am in extremely heavy user. but nevertheless really good overall battery life in my opinion but I'm not so happy with the overall charge times again.9. Positives and Negatives-Okay now what I would like to do is just briefly summarize the positives and the negatives of these earphones and then we're going to get into the last part of this review where I'm going to talk about the price and get into my overall final thoughts and a recommendations so let's talk about these positives and negatives let's go.positivesin my opinion these earphones have a top-notch overall build quality and design they also have a top-notch core feature set with really good overall sound quality volume and bass and really good overall microphone performance and quality. they also incorporate a top-notch Bluetooth range and strength and some of the best durability that I've seen especially for again how clumsy I am while also getting some really good overall battery life and you're getting all of this at a really good price in my opinion. okay I believe that pretty much sums up all the positives now let's move on to the negatives.negatives and there's really only two in my opinion.The overall charge times could really be cut in half especially with the size of the battery that's on these earphones.2 to 2 and 1/2 hours to charge a 60 MAH battery that's not going to cut it so the overall charge times definitely need to be improvement. The last negative that I came across and this one might be a little bit nitpicky is the fact that these earbuds charge via micro USB in my opinion and considering that I've done the full conversion already I feel like these earphones should have had USB Type-C charging built in not only would that have been more convenient for me because I've already converted everything that I plug in to USB Type-C and it's a lot easier to plug in and out because you don't have to worry about the orientation in which you plug in the charger, but it would have also had increased the overall charging speed. Okay I think that about does it there's no other real negatives that I could think of so let's move on to the last part of this review.10. Price and Final Thoughts- Okay and now we've made it to the end now let's briefly talk about the pricing and get into my overall final thoughts and a recommendation so these earphones are available on Amazon ranging in price from about $25 to $30 at the most and at that price point can I recommend that you go out there and pick these up? well if you're in the market for a really good inexpensive pair of Bluetooth earphones you can't really go wrong with these at that price these are the perfect earphones for just using around the house or if you're looking for a pair of gym earphones these are going to serve you well in that aspect as well I can recommend these earphones. so once again for clarification purposes yes I can recommend that you guys and gals go out there and pick up these earbuds and or earphones if you're in the market for.Alright I hope everyone enjoyed this review and I hope you found it helpful that being said I hope you have a good day evening and or night depending on your time and location you are when you're reading this review.
J**1
Won't connect
Wouldn't know how they work since no one in my house can get them to connect to our phones
L**Y
Good product quality
I used other Bluetooth headphones in the past but they are all "OK" quality and expensive than this one. Over all this product is very good quality and works great. The battery lasts the whole day when i continuously using and lass for almost a week on standby. At this price this is a good deal and recommend it to a friend or family. Nice job!
A**R
Tried two units - both had terrible audio quality
I really wanted to like these - I love the design, particularly the magnetic attachment and the feature where it turns on/off based on whether the magnetized ends are together or separate. The first pair I received had horrendous audio quality - and I don't mean the treble was too tinny or something like that. I mean it emitted bursts of static that obscured the original audio such that most of the time, you couldn't even tell what song was being played. I figured I had a defective unit and returned for a replacement, but the second unit sounded exactly the same. I tried getting within inches of my laptop and phone - within nothing in between - but the sound quality was still terrible. Maybe the third time would be the charm, but I'm not going to bother.
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