Endeavour Wireless Ear Buds Review


The trend towards fully wireless ear buds was started, almost inevitably, by Apple with its Airpods. Despite some intelligence, decent battery life and a surprisingly reasonable price, the Airpods are totally undone by having no mechanism for keeping them in you ear.

For me that means a fit which is nowhere near secure enough and the constant worry of loss. Considering the price, whilst reasonable, is still high enough to make this a potential pain point, I've been trying some alternatives.

First off, the entry level Endeavour Wireless Earbuds. These retail for NZ$49 and are far and away the best price you'll see on totally wire free ear buds in New Zealand.

The box contains the Earbuds, a USB cable with two mini jack connections for charging each unit and an instruction sheet which contains all the information you need to get up and running.

There's only one set of silicone tips, which means that if your ears vary from the standard size too much you're going to struggle to keep these in. The tips are a standard fit to the buds though, so you could re-use any that you already have.

The tips sit at the entrance to the ear canal and have no hooks or grips to keep them in. The first time I put them in it felt like they were about to fall out with every move. However a little bit of adjustment to seat them paid dividends and my confidence in their security grew as I wore them. Turns out the shape of the housing prevents them from falling out. I found that out by experimentation though, so an update to the manual to let users know would be useful.

Pairing was straightforward and worked first time, being a two step process. The first to connect the buds to each other, the second to pair with a device. Once paired with each other and a device, voice prompts guide you through connectivity. Turn them on and the Endeavours tell you when they've connected to each other and which ear each one belongs in. Finally they'll confirm a successful connection

Sound quality is surprisingly good. Good enough for commuting or use in the home or office. There's no form of passive or active noise cancellation so noisy environments soon overcome them. As there's no water resistance rating any exercise which generates sweat or is likely to take you out in the rain are probably going to kill these. I doubt you would choose to use these for any form of exercise beyond a brisk walk. The chance of them dislodging from your ears and disappearing forever are just to high.

You can't activate Google Assistant using the headset buttons - their short and long press functions are already mapped to audio controls. You can also use them to answer and end a call. So long as your phone supports continuous listening Google will listen through the earbuds once activated.

Battery life is perhaps the only real downside. At 90 minutes it's around half the stated runtime. That's probably sufficient for commuting but anything longer is going to leave you short. There's no way of checking the battery level either, with a voice prompt telling you the battery is low around five minutes before they flake out on you. 

So overall how do the Endeavour Wireless Ear Buds pan out? For the price l have to say they are a surprisingly good product. No, you don't get the fancy features or charging cases of more expensive devices from Apple, Sony or Google - but then you're paying one fifth the price of those devices. 

The Endeavours are also no more secure in the ear than Apple's Airpods, but losing one would be infinitely less painful, financially, than losing an Airpod.

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