Just.....No.
The AirPods have sparked a massive interest in truly wireless headphones. The market now seems to be flooded with headphones which all promise a truly wireless experience. In this post I will talk about my experiences with one particular wireless headphone called the Sol Republic Amps Air and let you know what you came here for: should you buy them or not? The short answer is no. Hell no. The long answer is no because of a few factors, starting with the form factor. The headphones feel very awkward in the ear and they always felt like at any moment, they can get knocked out if my head jerked suddenly. While this did not happen during my time with them, I believe that this is something that can happen to other people as everyone ear is shaped differently. Probably the biggest issue I have with these headphones sadly is also the selling point for the headphones in the first place, which would be the lack of wires. The Amps Air can be used as a mono headphone, meaning you can only have one headphone in and it will play from that one earbud. This is great if you still need to hear the world around you and it came in handy on many occasions. The issue with this concept comes into play when you have to...you know...pair your headphones? Sometimes pairing would consist of a game of tag that is played to make both earphones sync up with each other, then connect them to your device. By design they are supposed to sync to each other right out the charging case, which is a total fail in execution. What this meant is that the earbuds would, if not properly paired with each other from the jump, be paired as a mono headphone. You then would have to turn off both headphones and re-pair to each other. Then you would have to perform a rain dance in order to get your now-paired headphones paired with the phone itself. If this failed, you would have to turn off the earbuds, put them back in the case, and start all over from the beginning.
Think about that for a second. Now think about having to possibly do that every other time you use the Amps Air.......
That sounds pretty annoying, but....actually its really fucking annoying. I could ignore all the issues with the earbuds if they simply WOULD PROPERLY SYNC WITH EACH OTHER OUT THE CASE. This removes all the convenience of having no wires and makes it a complete hassle to just take them out and start listening to music. This is a big difference from say, the Airpods which connect almost as soon as they are inserted in your ear Could an update maybe solve this issue? Sure, it can. But at this moment, it is hard to not just suggest “wireless” headphones such as the Jaybird Blue buds x3, which still give you the same experience, just with a wire connecting the buds. The Airpods would also be a great choice If. you could actually get your hands on it. (Click here for the review of the Airpods when it is up). If after all of that you still want to buy these, dont say I didn't warn you....