Where to buy? Banggood
Blitzwolf is a manufacturer that’s been doing well in the audio market, and has launched a series of wireless earphones in recent months. The FYE4 differs from previous models by having a smaller case and more compact capsules. I’d say the package is more beautiful and nicer to carry than, say, the bigger FYE1, but the capsules can also be less ergonomic in the ear.
Those ear caps are built with a soft touch material that is cool to handle, and the carrying case has an internal magnet system that makes it much easier and faster to store the capsules after use. That’s because you just need to approach them and magnetism does the rest of the work.
Speaking of the capsules, they have a more sober design, which as I said may be a little less ergonomic, but I particularly found a position with them facing downwards that was more comfortable to me, and I could use them for more than 1 and a half hour without any hassle. In my ears, they were well suited and did not fall easily. I could work with them and even walk without any issues, but they also shouldn’t be appropriate for sports, even though they have IPX4 protection against water spills.
In regular use, things were just fine. I traveled with the FYE4 by bus, a course of 5 hours, and for almost all the time I had them in my ear. I slept, I woke up, I changed position and nothing fell, which is good.
The manufacturer claims these earbuds will last about 4 hours of continuous use. In my tests, I got a result just a little below that. And the housing case, which has a built-in battery, was able to charge both caps 4 times.
OK, let’s talk about a key aspect: audio quality. What I can state is that the FYE4 won’t have that hollow audio of older similar bluetooth sets, they’re definitely not bad for being wireless and small. If you have tested the Apple Airpods, I would say that the audio here has the same quality, with the advantage that these are full in-ear capsules, what provides some extra isolation to feel better the different frequencies.
I’ve heard albums like Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, and it’s curious that in those songs I could even notice a certain punch from the bass. Sometimes there may be a little bit of mixed frequencies, but nothing deal breaking. The short version is that these are earphones with pretty decent warm audio, like those on Airpods and similar.
In each capsule there are big buttons to control the music, like skipping or returning tracks, playing or pausing, and I used this a lot. For some reason, I noticed that when I skip tracks double clicking the right capsule, it loses audio for 2 seconds, and then it comes back. This didn’t happen to the left capsule, and well, it’s not that important, but I have to mention.
One cool thing about the FYE4, as long as other recent products like them, is that they work without any hassle. Once they are synced, you just take them out of the case and they’re paired to your device in seconds. In addition, I didn’t go through any lag or signal loss with them up to 4 meters far from the phone.
To summarize things, I think the better portability is the big highlight here, and this can also be a negative point, since they may have lost a little bit of ergonomics. But as this is a very personal aspect, I must say I really enjoyed them, and I leave my recommendation to anyone who uses Android phones and want to get into this true wireless territory. Costing around 40 dollars, these are a good deal.
PROS
– Very portable
– Nice overall build quality
– Audio is on par with famous competitors, such as the Apple Airpods
CONS
– May have lost some of its predecessors’ ergonomics
