Welcome everyone!
If you guys remember the last pair of headphones I’ve been using for the last 2 years are the Phaiser BHS-730. Those were my first experience with Bluetooth headphones and even to this day I still love them! For under $50 they are just a blessing to listen to music on. And I have never had any complaints while using them for calls.
But nevertheless, I must transition onto the wireless bluetooth category. So for my first experience I went with a pair of Willful T1 Earbuds. These headphones look similar to Galaxy earbuds which was the selling point for me aside from the under $40 pricetag. Upon opening them I will say the look pretty nice! The case doesn’t look or feel cheap and the earbuds themselves look pretty nice. That is where the “positives” started to end for me sadly. I find myself struggling a little bit to take them out of the case. If I were standing up trying to remove them I might be a little scared of mishandling them and dropping them. The case contains magnet to help them sit firmly in position which makes removing them a little difficult. But placing them back into the case for charging is very simple due to the magnets. When it comes to actually using them I also am not as happy as I thought I’d be. They sit a little loose in my ears. They are actually pretty sturdy as shaking my head or walking I found them not falling out at all. But they still felt little loose as if they should have been closer to my ears to maybe provide more sound.
As far as music quality I tend to be a bass-heavy person as a fan of EDM music. In that category I find these headphones lacking. If your looking for something that bumps like your at a DJ concert, these ARE NOT THEM! Maybe i’m asking for too much in the under $40-50 range of wireless earbuds. Listening to other genres again the experience just left me wanting more. More bass, more vocals, more natural sound and more overall volume! As I listen to them part of me just wants to go back to my Phaiser headphones.
But earbuds are not just for music you may say, so hows the call quality? Much like the rest of this review, the call quality so far is not great. I haven’t had any issues with calls connecting and people hearing me which is great, but on my end hearing them the volume is a little quiet. Alone its easy to hear them but out in a crowd I think it would be fairly difficult to fully have a conversation.
On a positive note, I will say I have found on first use is the pairing has been easy and quick! Just take them out of the case and man do they connect fast! Also the controls on them are very nice! The controls for these earbuds are as follows:
Left earbud:
Press once: Play/Pause Answer/Hang-up
Press twice: Play previous song (Refuse to answer the call)
Press three times: volume down
Right earbud:
Press once: Play/Pause Answer/Hang-up
Press twice: Play next song (Refuse to answer the call)
Press three times: volume up
After reading those instructions I initially thought it may be difficult trying to remember which side performs which function, but upon use I find them working really well without fail.
So in closing upon first use of the Willful T1 earbuds I would say that I don’t find them to be worth the $35 price tag. Even though they are relatively cheap, and are true wireless, they just don’t offer enough positives for the $35 price. At least if your main priority is music over calls. If your looking for a pair of earbuds to use mainly for calls and maybe lite music listening then for now I’d say for $35 they may be worth a try if your nervous about spending more.