Amazon Echo Buds (2023) | Audífonos inalámbricos con Bluetooth 5.2 y Alexa, personalización de audio, multipunto, 20 horas de batería con estuche cargador, carga rápida y resistentes al sudor | Negro

My ears don’t tolerate in-ear monitors very well, but I’ve been wanting something small to keep in my bag to save my bulky over-ear and on-ear headphones from getting thrown around too much. I’ve heard old OEM Apple «hard» earbuds that shoot sound into your ear canal without actually occupying them and was impressed with the sound quality for a non-sealing earphone. Seeing these in photos, they looked like they’d offer the best of both worlds by sealing slightly (also keeping them in place better) but still offering a sense of ambient awareness and being less uncomfortable to my irritable concha cavum. What the pictures didn’t depict was the silicone skin that fits around the body and helps hold it in place better and seal slightly more. You can remove it if it’s not to your liking, but I left mine on because it does a great job of keeping them in place (even after vigorously shaking my head), and the supplemented bass is nice. I find I can wear these for about two hours before I start to get mild discomfort, much better than the 30 minutes or so with sealing in-ear monitors. In short, I’m a fan of the design and hope more brands take note.Sound quality is competent for the price. It’s not «hi-fi,» but it’s still enjoyable. You’ll get about 90% of the bass response of a fully-isolating earbud, which is pretty dang good. If I were to sum it up, I’d say they did a good job squeezing the best sound possible out of cheap components. It’s enjoyable and pleasant enough, but experienced ears can tell it doesn’t have the finesse of a more expensive model, particularly in the highs. Ultimately, I think these are very reasonably priced.Bass, mids, and treble can be adjusted in the Alexa app, which is nice, but I think the «treble» slider digs too much into the upper mids, so you can’t get more treble without also making it more shouty. All told, I left mine at near default, just a slight boost of the «mids» (which I’d personally consider low-mids). The sound is very agreeable out of the box.Speaking of app, I appreciate how easy it is to customize controls. You can assign what they do to taps (1, 2, 3, hold) per side. You can also disable them, which I appreciate.As for other features e.g. Alexa integration, I can’t say much because I don’t use them that way. I’m happy to report that these indeed can be used perfectly without the Alexa «gimmicks» (if you see that as such). Just in case it isn’t clear to someone, these use Alexa on your phone–they do not have Alexa built in by themselves.Visually and material/build-quality-wise, they’re acceptable but not impressive. Pretty non-descript appearance, and materials are merely adequate. I’m not worried about longevity/durability, but these don’t feel luxurious at all (nor should you expect them to at this price and featureset).I can’t quite comment on battery life yet because I’ve only been using these for around 10 hours total (up to 2hrs at once). So far it seems to live up to its promise, maybe even exceed.SOUND: 80/100COMFORT: 90/100FEATURES: 85/100QUALITY: 70/100VALUE: 90/100—OVERALL: 85/100RECOMMENDED: YES>> ADDENDUMI feel like this information might be useful to someone at some point:Wearing just one earbud will NOT automatically switch to mono. It’ll continue to play only its respective channel. I have a pair of JBLs that are smart enough to downmix when only one is in use, so I’m a little disappointed that these aren’t smart enough to do that.Other than that, I’m still enjoying them.