BaseusBowie MC1 Open Ear Clip-On Earbuds, Adaptive Comfort with Anti-Drop Design, Impactful Sound with Adaptive Bass Boost, Adaptive Noise Cancelling Calls, IP57 Waterproof, 40H Playtime, Lightweight

I've been wearing a pair of Apple AirPods for years. Last year, I started hearing some ringing sound even when I'm not wearing them! That's when I decided to drop them like a bad habit and replace them with open-ear headphones. After shopping around for a bit, it was between the Baseus Bowie MC1 and the Anker Soundcore C30i. The Baseus MC1 won me over because it has button controls! Here are my first impressions:Pros 👍👍👍- Fit and Feel: They clip on and stay on! When you finally take them, there's no pressure or discomfort!- Design: Looks are subjective but Baseus have done a good job making this pair look decent.- Quality is when a product meets or exceeds your expectations. Those did for me!- Connectivity: Solid and reliable! And unlike my expensive AirPods, the MC1 actually supports multipoint connection!- Ease of Use: When you first take them out, they are already in pairing mode. If you want to pair a second device, press the button at the bottom of the carry case. It was intuitive and uneventful, exactly how I like it!- Durability: TBD. I've only had mine for a few days.- Value: I bought mine for $50 on sale. I am really happy with what I got for my money.- Sound Quality: I listen primarily to audiobooks, some podcast and lyric-free soundtracks to clear my head. At 50% volume, my listening experience is really good. If my environment is busy or windy, I crank up the music to 75% and that drowns out the background. Everyone's ears are different but I really enjoy the open, pressure-free hearing experience.Cons 👎👎👎- I personally don't have anything to complain about at this point. The pair lacks the heft or quality feel in the hand, but then again, I spent $50 for it, so, yeah, I got my money's worth and then some!- You could download a companion app to fine-tune your listening experience, but I don't care for that.The Bottom Line 🧐We are constantly making trade-offs. This set of earbuds by Baseus delivers what it promises: an open, pressure-free, and hassle-free listening experience. They sound loud and clear (to me, anyways) and offer great value for their price point. I am happy with my purchase, and I have no problem recommending them to others. If anything changes, I will update my review to let you know.I hope my short review has helped make a more informed buying decision 👍😊✌️

So, I had been curious about these "clip" on the ear earbuds for a while and decided to give these a shot. I am so incredibly happy that I did. I've done a variety of open-ear headphones in the past (shokz bone conduction, open air fits, neck band speakers, etc...) but these are easily my favorites. Here's why...1. Seemless multipoint bluetooth!!!!!I tend to use my bluetooth headphones for my phone, a desktop computer, and a laptop. I've used like 5 different bluetooth headphones in the past, and all of them have problems, especially when I start switching between more than two devices (and frankly some had trouble with JUST two at times). I had just assumed it was a limitation of bluetooth I had to live with. WRONG. These headphones switch between my three devices so effortlessly that I could cry. I don't know if this is an issue for many people, but if it is, these things are incredible for that alone.2. ComfortLook, most open-ear headphones are pretty comfortable. But with these clip-on ones, I was concerned. Well, they are so comfortable I darn near forget I'm wearing them. So much better than I thought they would be.3. Sound qualitySo, I know sound quality is typically on the low end for open-ear headphones, and I was definitely concerned with these being only $50. Well, I'm here to say that I think they sound better than just about any other open ear headphone I've used. They aren't going to compare to some expensive, high quality headphones (I'm sure audiophile will have complaints) but I've been really impressed, especially given the price point.4. Battery LifeWhat can I say, it's good! I use my headphones A LOT, and I've yet to have these die on me.Overall, I can't recommend these enough. For the price, I genuinely don't think you can beat these.

I really like these open ear buds. I like them so much that I bought two pair. I have used many different types of ear buds from the top of the line Samsung, Bose and Sony earbuds but these are the most comfortable where as my ear doesn't really get tired and I sometime forget I have them on. These ear buds aren't winning any awards for sound quality but they are good enough. I bough these to listen to podcast and make calls and for that - they serve the purpose. If you are an audiophile this are not for you. For the price I think they are a decent value but I haven't tried many open ear style ear buds in this price range so can't really compare. These don't seem to last as long as my Samsung Galaxy buds and take longer to charge, but I work from home, so charging speed isn't an issue for me. As far as issue are concerned, the first pair I purchased had Bluetooth connection issues. So I returned and received a replacement and haven't had those issues since. Also, there have been a couple of time where I have put them in the charging case and they have not disconnected from my phone thus they are not charging. I have boiled this down to the contacts not being perfectly clean. My 1 year old loves to run around with these and her little baby fingers dirty up the contacts and then it would charge correctly. This brings me to the actual cleaning of the ear buds - it easy with the exception of the speaker grill. If you get anything in that speaker grill, baby goop, BBQ sauce, ear wax - I'm not sure how you will clean it as the holes on the grill are tiny. Maybe a sewing needle would fit in there but a sim card ejection tool doesn't. Just wiping it down will push any dirt or debris further into the speaker. But other than that - I have had no issues and find these pleasing to wear, but if I'm going to be in a really loud place or on an airplane I will still bring some traditional noise cancelling ear buds as these are not great in loud environments. But that is not the fault of the ear buds but the proper usage of the technology.