![]() Pairing is quick and easy using the latest Bluetooth 5.0 standard. You can’t maintain a Bluetooth connection whilst charging, but you could continue to listen via the 3.5mm port. A full charge takes two hours, charging at ~0.5AĬharging the headphone’s 680mAh battery takes 2 hours at around 0.5A, with a 10 minute charge providing an emergency 2 hours of usage. There’s also the status LED and microphone just up from the micro-USB port. They don’t have any IPX rating, and the 3.5mm port isn’t covered, so I’m unsure whether this is really necessary, but it does add to their minimalist look. The bottom of the right earcup has the micro-USB charging port covered with a rubber seal. Micro-USB charging port covered with a rubber flap They are conveniently located for controlling them naturally with your right thumb, but I found it difficult to feel for the small buttons, particularly the middle one. Buttons in a good position but always easy to locate The volume controls either side also skip tracks with a long press. A double press activates your voice assistant. The right earcup has three thin and tiny control buttons with a multifunction button in the middle that turns them on and off, starts and stops playback and handles phone calls. The left earcup just has the 3.5mm audio in port for a wired connection with the supplied cable – no battery power is required and as usual you should get the best audio quality too. The snap as you fold and unfold the earcups is a little severe but I’ve not had any issues testing them over the last few weeks. The headband expands and contracts with positive clicks and there’s little creaking, flexing and twisting them. The underside of the headband and the earcups use a very soft synthetic material. The earcups and headband use a soft synthetic material They have a matte finish with earfun branding embossed on the outside of the earcup. Their build quality is very good – it’d be easy to mistake these for a set of headphones costing considerably more. They measure 180mm by 150mm x 80mm when folded expanding to 180mm when opened up. They just have a small amount of movement around their joint to the headband, which should still be enough for a comfortable fit. The chunky earcups don’t have the 90 degree rotation of the other headphones I’ve tested recently. The earcups only have a small amount of movement, but enough for a comfortable fit ![]() The headband needs to be fully closed for them to fit. The headphones are nice and compact and come folded with a quite snug fit in their case. There’s also a pretty decent user manual buried at the bottom of the box. ![]() ![]() ![]() Inside the box, you get a quality, branded hard case, the headphones themselves, a 3.5mm audio cable for a wired connection and a micro-USB – not the more modern and robust USB-C – charging cable. Overview The Earfun Wave headphones come collapsed in a hard case with a 3.5mm audio cable and micro-USB charging cable If you don’t need active noise cancellation but just good sound quality and battery life, without spending too much, are these worth considering? How do they sound compared to other headphones I’ve tried recently like the Mpow H10s and the Taotronics BH046s. The Earfun Waves are a budget set of over-ear wireless headphones costing less than £35 or $50, supporting the latest Bluetooth 5.0 standard and with an impressive 40 hours of claimed battery life. ![]()
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