so I'm sure all of you have heard of the
Apple earpods they might be the most
popular fully wireless earbuds on the
planet apparently Apple can't keep them
in stock people love them but here's the
thing they're kind of pricey 159 bucks
they're not gonna be for everyone and so
you might still want the almost air pod
experience for a lot less money and
that's where this comes in this is the
mini HP Q - I ate tws a fully wireless
earbud that looks like denticles of
apples air pods I ordered this from one
of those Chinese e-commerce sites I
don't remember it might have been DHgate
or Aliexpress I paid somewhere in the
neighborhood of about 40 bucks for these
we'll see if this is any good or not
could be a complete nightmare but if
you're looking for air pods on the cheap
this might be the way to do it what does
it say in the back hbq with charging
case immediately this is bigger that's
quite a bit I have some legit air pods
here you can see they are not identical
this one still pocketable still smaller
than the pixel buds container the other
difference that you can see right away I
can show Willie do over here the air
pots of course they use the proprietary
lightning connector this hbq mini I ate
situation is micro USB and also there's
a difference on the back here would be
shape of the container what else is in
the pack let's see micro USB cable to
charge it up a user manual what else do
you want do not overuse all right well
you get 10 minutes a day it's enough
music for you I don't know I don't know
what they mean by that keep away from
Wi-Fi no Wi-Fi anymore throw your router
out the window
you got the CheapOair pods now who needs
a router to stream the music cool I mean
yeah regular Apple earpods and the
knockoff version from China over here so
this is magnetic on the air pods very
satisfying of course you've probably
seen these before comes out slips in
it's charging now once it's in there
this version there's a click - it's not
magnetic not quite as satisfying now I
see some LED lights that I'm assuming
implicate charging look at that I see
red I see blue and
is something else in the bottom here you
can see these two little prongs that's
how the charging takes place you can see
the other contact points on here
official airpot on that side and there's
the hbq on the other quite quite similar
now obviously if you know what you're
looking for you can tell the difference
immediately
nonetheless they're pretty much the same
let's check out the fit you know if
anything I would say the hbq has a
slightly better fit for my ear that is
bizarre it's isolating sound more the
air pod is a little bit loose for me so
I can still really hear my surroundings
so far so good now I notice that this
earbud it has a button on the side of it
in fact both of them do I'm guessing we
have to manually power these outlets
let's test this out oh there it is HB q
i8 tws connected battery 100% that's
good why do I feel like it's only gonna
be the right ear bud right now it only
connect to one or the other pairing with
one ear bud why would you want to pair
with one ear bud
double click either side to enter
pairing mode okay so long as you power
them up at the same time you're all good
this button here it acts as a play/pause
button or an answer phone call button
both of them are working right now not
terrible
I mean maybe let's just connect the
airport's do an a/b test right here oh
there we go
okay cool the official air pod sound a
little bit better I mean not that I
expected anything different I mean these
are quite a bit more expensive than
these you could get four pairs of these
instead of these these do work granted
pairing situation let me give it one
more test here okay so I'm gonna
disconnect says it's connected to the
old ones okay let's go yeah yeah so the
button works for play pause these get
the job done they really do they sound
better or at least as good as whatever
earbuds like we're included with your
phone but of course fully wireless and
they have stayed connected they've
maintained this dual connection I
haven't had the one earbud thing happen
anymore
no this I mean this is obviously a copy
right I mean they took this they try to
make something close to it so you have
to treat it as such it's functioning
maybe a little bit beyond what my
expectation was from a sound quality
perspective I just at Loic
patience to begin with now when it comes
to charging it back up drop it in here
the light turns blue just like the air
pods the battery inside of the case will
be responsible for charging the ear
button now the battery they're saying is
60 ml amp hours and the DA is another
950 that's substantial maybe it's not so
bad maybe this is a little beyond my
expectations you know sometimes you look
at a product some sort of a knockoff
what was the last one we did we had the
impostor version of the galaxy s 9 the
clone thing was a nightmare but in this
range you're getting nothing close to an
air pot for 40 bucks you're dead set on
that look but you just can't put the
bill on the real deal maybe the knockoff
versions for you I can't speak to the
reliability I mean it's amazing what you
can find out there including this right
here you decide let me know in the
comments would you take a chance or
something like that are you steering
clear