If you happened to check out the channel recently, you may have noticed a quite enthusiastic
review about the FIIL Wireless.
Together with those, FIIL was kind enough to send out their smaller cousins, the interesting
Bestie in-ear headphones.
Let's take a look.
Just like the Wireless, the Bestie come in a simple all white box with the embossed silhouette
of the headphones on the back.
Taking a look inside, you'll find a little carrying pouch, four extra pairs of earplugs,
a little clip for the headphones, and a small brush for the cleaning.
The model I have here is the really slick silver version, but they're also available
in black, red and blue.
Even for a pair of earbuds, the Bestie are pretty compact, and their rounded shape and
matte finish follows the same design language of the Wireless.
Despite their size, they still feel solid, and are absolutely free from the weird crackles
that are typical of cheaper pairs.
Below the earbuds you'll find the flat 1.2m cable, which houses the media playback controls,
together with a pretty decent mic and the Android/iOS switch.
I find the length pretty ideal for most scenarios, and even if the flat cable is not entirely
tangle free it's certainly way better than standard cables.
Unlike the Wireless, the Bestie are not particularly feature rich, so it's worth to focus some
more on the sound.
To talk specs, they offer a pretty wide 10-40K Hz frequency range, 18 Ohms of impedance and
116 dB of sound pressure.
Without going too much into detail, these last two mean that they're particularly easy
to drive, making them perfect to use on the go with mobile devices.
The high sensitivity level also helps to keep distortion down, delivering a clean sound
throughout the range.
As for the sound signature, they offer some particularly punchy highs and a healthy amount
of bass, which tends to take over the mids a bit.
According to FIIL themselves, they're especially optimized to deliver clear vocals, but in
my experience it really depends on the genre you're listening to.
I think it is true for pop or acoustic music, but for stuff like hard rock they're really
no different than other pairs of good headphones.
Something that impressed me on the other hand is their rendition of drums and guitar, and
a lot of other instruments actually, and I listen to *a lot* of rock and metal so trust
me on that one.
I also thoroughly enjoyed listening to more electronic based genres, so really it's hard
to complain at all when it comes to sound.
And speaking of sound, sound stage is also very good for a pair of earbuds, but for obvious
reasons it's still far from open-back headphones.
In terms of pure loudness, you can easily get to 90% volume without noticeable distortion,
but I honestly haven't tried anything higher because it was already too loud for me.
However, the snug fit makes for some excellent passive isolation, so you probably won't need
to crank the volume all the way up anyway.
I find that they block enough noise to hear the sound clearly in a moderately loud environment,
but if noise isolation is a must you'll be better off with something with ANC.
As for additional features, the only bonus you get here is the automated burn-in via
the FIIL+ app, which is still nice to have.
At the end of the day, the FIIL Bestie are a solid all-around pair.
With a price tag of 99$, these earbuds are right in between cheaper options and high-end
pairs, but they're much closer to the latter as for quality.
They offer a great sound, with clean reproduction and good isolation, a comfortable fit, and
higher than average build quality.
If you're not looking for fancy features, but you still want something better than the
headphones included with your smartphone, I have no hesitation in recommending these.
So that will do for today, don't forget to leave a like and subscribe if you enjoyed
this video, and as always, thank you so much for watching, this was Gio, and I'll catch
you guys in the next one!