Bluedio TE

The success phenomenon of the Chinese manufacturer Bluedio is that the quality of its products exceeds the cost. The “flagship killer” among headphones is subsidized by the largest search engine Baidu (Chinese analogue of Google), therefore, it deliberately sells its products below cost for advertising purposes. Even despite the fact that the specialists who once created the legendary Beats are working on their quality.

Bluedio TE are wireless sports earbuds priced at just $18 and worth buying for that alone.

External characteristics and equipment

When you open the box, you are pleasantly surprised. It comes with an ergonomic round zippered case, three sets of interchangeable silicone ear tips, as many ear hooks, and a flat USB charging cable that looks and feels secure. The headphones themselves are also connected to each other with a flat cable, on which there is a clip for adjusting the length and a 3-button remote control for the right hand.

Since the TE is positioned as sports, we confirm that with properly selected ear pads and clips, they do not fall out of the ears even on the run. Moreover, they are claimed to be sweat-resistant, which, judging by their appearance, seems to be true.

Pleased with the Chinese and an abundance of colours. There are five of them: black, blue, green, yellow and red. You can choose for every taste.

Wireless connection

Pairing with any device that supports Bluetooth is established after a 6-second press of a button on the remote control and works within a radius of 10 m in an open area. Multipoint supported. You don't have to switch between devices every time.

Offline work

But the battery life of the model is not particularly pleased. Only 4 hours of work in active mode at half the volume, and then as much as 2 hours for charging. Obviously not for long-distance travel, however, if you remember that TE headphones seem to be sports, everything falls into place. Two hours for training plus another two for the trip there and back. Everything converges.

Voice assistant

In this regard, I was pleased with the presence of a voice assistant, which informs in advance that it is time to charge the battery. He also comments on other basic actions, such as connection, disconnection, incoming call, etc.

sound

Describing the sound quality of Bluedio TE, it is necessary to recall once again their cost. For headphones for 18 USD, they have just mega sound. No worse than the Meizu EP51, which, by the way, cost twice as much. Yes, of course, TE does not have aptX support, but there are 2 emitters. The bass may even seem a little too much to someone, but the rest of the frequencies are in order. Everything is audible and does not turn into porridge.

In summary, we can definitely say that Bluedio TE is an excellent solution for those who need high-quality, but inexpensive wireless "ears" for every day. However it's ok to immediately stock up on them with a bank.