The China Clone Pod AirPods: A Review

As I took out the pod clone airpods from their packaging, I couldn't help but notice how much they resembled the real deal - Apple's airpods. The design was almost identical, with a similar shape and size to the authentic version. However, upon closer inspection, it became apparent that these clones were not meant to be taken seriously.

I pulled out my smartphone and held both pods up to my ears, waiting for them to connect. To my surprise, they connected immediately, and I was able to start listening to music. The sound quality was surprisingly good, with a 80% similarity to the Apple airpods. However, as I continued to listen, I couldn't shake off the feeling that these pods just didn't feel right.

One of the most noticeable differences between the clones and the real thing was their size. These pods were noticeably larger than the authentic version, which made them feel bulkier in my ears. The case for the pods was also far too large, making it uncomfortable to hold onto. Overall, I found myself feeling a bit self-conscious wearing these pods, especially when compared to the sleek and compact design of the Apple airpods.

Despite their bulkiness, the sound quality of the clones was actually quite impressive. They produced rich and clear audio that was enjoyable to listen to. However, this was largely due to the fact that they were closer to my ear drum, which made them sound louder than they actually were. It's a clever trick that Apple uses in their own airpods, but it also means that these clones may not be as impressive in terms of sheer audio quality.

One feature that I did appreciate about the clones was their ability to play and pause music with a double tap on the pod. This is a convenient feature that many users will find useful, even if it's something that Apple airpods already do better. Additionally, these pods were able to answer phone calls and connect to Bluetooth devices just like the real thing.

Despite their decent performance, I couldn't recommend these clones for several reasons. Firstly, they are far too expensive compared to the authentic version of airpods. At $50, these clones simply don't offer enough value to justify the cost. Secondly, their durability left much to be desired. When I dunked them in water, they filled up quickly and then suddenly stopped working altogether. This lack of reliability is a major concern for anyone considering purchasing one of these pods.

In fact, I was so disappointed with the clones that I decided to put them through an extra test - a trip to the wash. To my surprise, when I tossed them into the washing machine, they still worked perfectly afterwards. However, this only added to my overall sense of unease about their durability. If they can't withstand the rigors of the wash, what's to say they'll last long in real life?

As I continued to use the clones, one thing became clear: they simply don't have the same charm as the authentic version of airpods. The design is clumsy, the case is too large, and overall just feels like a cheap imitation. If you're looking for an affordable alternative to Apple's earbuds, there are far better options out there.

Finally, I decided to test the clones' water resistance by submerging them in a foot of water. To my surprise, they filled up with water quickly and then suddenly stopped working altogether. This lack of durability is a major concern for anyone considering purchasing one of these pods.

Overall, I would not recommend these China clone airpods to anyone. While they may offer decent sound quality, their bulkiness, poor durability, and high price make them a poor value compared to the authentic version of airpods. If you're looking for an affordable alternative, there are far better options out there - stick with wired earbuds or look into other cheap alternatives that don't sacrifice too much in terms of quality.

As I watched the clones struggle to stay connected and eventually shut down, it was clear that they just weren't worth the money. The Apple airpods may have cost more upfront, but they're far more reliable and durable in the long run. If you want an earbuds experience that's both convenient and lasting, there are better options out there - save up for the real deal and you'll be glad you did.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys coming right back at you with another counterfeit video uh let's see what China can come up with when tasked with replicating or cloning the Apple airpods so I find these videos really fun I mean I showed you yesterday the Batman Samsung Galaxy S8 months in advance of actually seeing the real thing kind of interesting to see what they can come up with so let's take a look at the new airpods these are $50 from China they are pretty much a replica or clone of the Apple airpods let's see if they can replicate the magic what makes these so special if they're even as durable all right let's take a look so well that didn't really work always the backup all I missed that there we go I think these are going to suck really bad just because of how hard it would be to emulate the airpods they are such a unique product okay the packaging is a ways off from apples that's for sure please read connection instructions onbox so we've got some Chinese branding here um these aren't a necessarily reputable brand uh this one whatsoever I mean it just makes counterfeit products for the most part some cheap headphones so I don't have too much hope for this all right it says Bluetooth version 4.2 though so that might be good all right cutting in here I mean apple airpod boxes are like 1/8 of the size of this one H all right and here we are Okay so we've got our long ass airpods so these are in ear they do have a little button on them interesting is that how do you connect them via Bluetooth so I'm not a fan of the packaging if that says much but here they are okay so I'm going to move this aside and uh compared to our Apple airpods all right so just to give you a little bit of a size comparison here here's this one and here's this one so quite a bit bigger I like that it does have an individual LED and a microphone built in it's certainly a lot thicker so they must have more room here for the battery and Apple's definitely hides the charging connections better in this little silver uh piece here kind of looks decorative almost so it's not very aesthetically pleasing and these don't look all that comfortable they're going to stick out a lot I'm I'm not looking forward to looking like an idiots wearing these right now but anyways so let's take a look at the charging box oh man that is chunky so it pops up just like apples pop these in right which one would that be here and they are magnetic so they did copy them with that you've got an individual charging icon or LED on here you just have one for both by the way these are the airpods for my Apple watch water test earlier they still do work the case is intermittent sometimes works doesn't but the actual airpods do so I'm going to do a mini water test after to see how these do but let me charge these up for a couple seconds and uh see how they perform so charge via micro USB back here all right um certainly a huge size difference this wouldn't be so easy what I like about these is you can slip them into your jeans literally everywhere and anywhere these can go with you they're so tiny these not so much you lose a lot of that convenience at onethird of the price though do you really care so uh have them charge and I'll be right back as we know a lot of the Magic in the airpods is just how simple they are to connect to your device no settings necessary this pops up and you just connect to them with these it's a little bit of a different story so go ahead and pull out the left airpod or daom pod whatever this is go into your Bluetooth settings and wait here so go ahead and hold on this button until a red and blue LED starts flashing and there we go so nice RGB LED in there cool on your device go ahead and select the whatever this is POD clone pod now hold it again until the little red LED shows up now pull out the other pod and hold both of the LEDs at the same time or the buttons until they start there we go so they just connected so that was like a minute process versus 3 seconds on the real airpods not a big deal if you plan on using these all the time but um yeah kind of annoying so they're ready to use let's see how they sound you honestly know what this reminds me of this looks like a horse or the Loch Ness monster and with the Apple airpods I can't help but feel like these things stick out of my ears too much I feel like I look like a little bit of an idiot with them but you know they're there it's not too bad now let's take a look at these these protrude a lot more these are way chunkier right goes in right and left goes in left oh my goodness these are big man these are chunky I feel like they'd fall out pretty easy I just don't like INE headphones to be honest they do block out the sound a lot more though all right playing music don't laugh at me but how does it sound I'm playing Lois vet right now it's more relaxing half sound okay they are definitely louder than the Apple airpods I'm not going to go much higher than that cuz these are in ear even if the speaker itself isn't necessarily louder it's going to sound louder cuz it's closer to your eard drum all right that's actually quite impressive the sound quality is better than I expected not much space but then again the airpods don't have much either but the sound quality is not bad so if you can forgive their form factor how big they are uh how cheap they feel it's not all that bad it's got most of the features that the airpods have now you can't skip songs with a double tap you can't do that on airpods either you can just play and pause music and answer phone calls using them other than that U they just don't have the charm that the airpods do they're chunky the case for them is way too big I the battery life I can't test and I haven't found anywhere online how long it lasts which kind of sucks but you know I don't know $50 I honestly just can't recommend them on the fact that they are so much bigger than the airpods stick with wired ones they look a lot less ridiculous than these sound quality pretty much is uh about 80% of the airpods they're not all that terrible believe it or not so uh yeah let's go ahead and see if they are water resistant I'm going to dunk them in some water for a little bit see if if they're any better than the airpods at that all right so not even testing in a foot of water just like two 3 in here let's go ahead and pop these guys in individually and these are on let me go ahead and turn them on so they are working you can see the blue LEDs they're playing sound right now so pop them there and the case itself oh this is going to spill so that does float for a couple seconds interesting and fills with water and immediately sinks so um can you go lower oh the magnets in there pulling them towards him so they are playing still let me turn the volume up see if any bubbles come out yeah there is one right there coming out slowly so they are filling with water I don't expect them to keep working for long so this is red I feel like oh it's going kind of crazy here thinks that the airpods are in there but they are not so wo this thing got heavy it is full of water oh wow still working all right so I had the airpods in about a foot and a half of water and or was that a foot and they worked perfectly underwater even so only time will tell if they'll keep working but for now they're still working underwater and this thing is starting to heat up that's not a good sign oh that's a lot of water in there and they are no longer playing LEDs are flashing but oh yep disconnected from my device I think that's it it literally took like a minute or two and they are no longer working it's not connecting so I think that's it these things are nowhere near as durable as Apple airpods so not only are you paying for the size the convenience but also the durability I've ran mine through the wash still work all right guys hope you enjoyed this fun little video that is the China version of airpods are they worth it I think not I think save up get the real deal and they'll last you much longer um yeah I just wouldn't bother with this all right guys thanks for watching peacehey guys coming right back at you with another counterfeit video uh let's see what China can come up with when tasked with replicating or cloning the Apple airpods so I find these videos really fun I mean I showed you yesterday the Batman Samsung Galaxy S8 months in advance of actually seeing the real thing kind of interesting to see what they can come up with so let's take a look at the new airpods these are $50 from China they are pretty much a replica or clone of the Apple airpods let's see if they can replicate the magic what makes these so special if they're even as durable all right let's take a look so well that didn't really work always the backup all I missed that there we go I think these are going to suck really bad just because of how hard it would be to emulate the airpods they are such a unique product okay the packaging is a ways off from apples that's for sure please read connection instructions onbox so we've got some Chinese branding here um these aren't a necessarily reputable brand uh this one whatsoever I mean it just makes counterfeit products for the most part some cheap headphones so I don't have too much hope for this all right it says Bluetooth version 4.2 though so that might be good all right cutting in here I mean apple airpod boxes are like 1/8 of the size of this one H all right and here we are Okay so we've got our long ass airpods so these are in ear they do have a little button on them interesting is that how do you connect them via Bluetooth so I'm not a fan of the packaging if that says much but here they are okay so I'm going to move this aside and uh compared to our Apple airpods all right so just to give you a little bit of a size comparison here here's this one and here's this one so quite a bit bigger I like that it does have an individual LED and a microphone built in it's certainly a lot thicker so they must have more room here for the battery and Apple's definitely hides the charging connections better in this little silver uh piece here kind of looks decorative almost so it's not very aesthetically pleasing and these don't look all that comfortable they're going to stick out a lot I'm I'm not looking forward to looking like an idiots wearing these right now but anyways so let's take a look at the charging box oh man that is chunky so it pops up just like apples pop these in right which one would that be here and they are magnetic so they did copy them with that you've got an individual charging icon or LED on here you just have one for both by the way these are the airpods for my Apple watch water test earlier they still do work the case is intermittent sometimes works doesn't but the actual airpods do so I'm going to do a mini water test after to see how these do but let me charge these up for a couple seconds and uh see how they perform so charge via micro USB back here all right um certainly a huge size difference this wouldn't be so easy what I like about these is you can slip them into your jeans literally everywhere and anywhere these can go with you they're so tiny these not so much you lose a lot of that convenience at onethird of the price though do you really care so uh have them charge and I'll be right back as we know a lot of the Magic in the airpods is just how simple they are to connect to your device no settings necessary this pops up and you just connect to them with these it's a little bit of a different story so go ahead and pull out the left airpod or daom pod whatever this is go into your Bluetooth settings and wait here so go ahead and hold on this button until a red and blue LED starts flashing and there we go so nice RGB LED in there cool on your device go ahead and select the whatever this is POD clone pod now hold it again until the little red LED shows up now pull out the other pod and hold both of the LEDs at the same time or the buttons until they start there we go so they just connected so that was like a minute process versus 3 seconds on the real airpods not a big deal if you plan on using these all the time but um yeah kind of annoying so they're ready to use let's see how they sound you honestly know what this reminds me of this looks like a horse or the Loch Ness monster and with the Apple airpods I can't help but feel like these things stick out of my ears too much I feel like I look like a little bit of an idiot with them but you know they're there it's not too bad now let's take a look at these these protrude a lot more these are way chunkier right goes in right and left goes in left oh my goodness these are big man these are chunky I feel like they'd fall out pretty easy I just don't like INE headphones to be honest they do block out the sound a lot more though all right playing music don't laugh at me but how does it sound I'm playing Lois vet right now it's more relaxing half sound okay they are definitely louder than the Apple airpods I'm not going to go much higher than that cuz these are in ear even if the speaker itself isn't necessarily louder it's going to sound louder cuz it's closer to your eard drum all right that's actually quite impressive the sound quality is better than I expected not much space but then again the airpods don't have much either but the sound quality is not bad so if you can forgive their form factor how big they are uh how cheap they feel it's not all that bad it's got most of the features that the airpods have now you can't skip songs with a double tap you can't do that on airpods either you can just play and pause music and answer phone calls using them other than that U they just don't have the charm that the airpods do they're chunky the case for them is way too big I the battery life I can't test and I haven't found anywhere online how long it lasts which kind of sucks but you know I don't know $50 I honestly just can't recommend them on the fact that they are so much bigger than the airpods stick with wired ones they look a lot less ridiculous than these sound quality pretty much is uh about 80% of the airpods they're not all that terrible believe it or not so uh yeah let's go ahead and see if they are water resistant I'm going to dunk them in some water for a little bit see if if they're any better than the airpods at that all right so not even testing in a foot of water just like two 3 in here let's go ahead and pop these guys in individually and these are on let me go ahead and turn them on so they are working you can see the blue LEDs they're playing sound right now so pop them there and the case itself oh this is going to spill so that does float for a couple seconds interesting and fills with water and immediately sinks so um can you go lower oh the magnets in there pulling them towards him so they are playing still let me turn the volume up see if any bubbles come out yeah there is one right there coming out slowly so they are filling with water I don't expect them to keep working for long so this is red I feel like oh it's going kind of crazy here thinks that the airpods are in there but they are not so wo this thing got heavy it is full of water oh wow still working all right so I had the airpods in about a foot and a half of water and or was that a foot and they worked perfectly underwater even so only time will tell if they'll keep working but for now they're still working underwater and this thing is starting to heat up that's not a good sign oh that's a lot of water in there and they are no longer playing LEDs are flashing but oh yep disconnected from my device I think that's it it literally took like a minute or two and they are no longer working it's not connecting so I think that's it these things are nowhere near as durable as Apple airpods so not only are you paying for the size the convenience but also the durability I've ran mine through the wash still work all right guys hope you enjoyed this fun little video that is the China version of airpods are they worth it I think not I think save up get the real deal and they'll last you much longer um yeah I just wouldn't bother with this all right guys thanks for watching peace\n"