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The $249 AirPods Pro 3 Is Too Pricey for Me, So I Opted for These $20 Baseus Earbuds With Similar Specs
And they sound a lot better than I expected.
The brand new Apple AirPods Pro 3 might be one of the best noise canceling earbuds, but $250 is still a steep price to pay, at least for myself. Instead of waiting to contribute to Apple's coffers, I instead opted to pick up a pair of Baseus Bass BP1 Pro earbuds during the Amazon Prime Day Sale back in July. I paid a little more than what it's priced at today (all three colors are $19.59 for Prime members with coupon code "X6F6U5M6"), but I still came away thoroughly impressed. They're not $250 good, but they sound a lot better than what you'd expect from an expendable pair of $20 earbuds.
Baseus BP1 Pro Wireless Noise Canceling Earbuds for $19.59
First of all, the AirPods Pro is great. My wife still uses the first generation Lightning model. Unsurprisingly, it is a superior earbud to the Baseus BP1 Pro. It sounds better, it has more effective noise canceling performance, and perhaps most importantly, it pairs seamlessly with her iPhone. However, the BP1 Pro is not that far off. It's certainly not 12x worse.
Like the AirPods Pro, this is a truly wireless earbud with built-in active noise cancelation. It's designed to sit in your ear and seal it off passively. There are five eartips included for different sized ears (I am a small person but I have a big head and big ears). This design alone makes it, in my opinion, better than the non-pro version of the AirPods 3, which doesn't provide a seal at all. Sound quality is quite good and, true to its name, it does a pretty decent job of simulating real bass. The noise cancelation works, but don't expect top-of-the-line performance. For example, even though ambient sounds were more muffled, I could still hold a conversation even with ANC turned on. To be fair, I get the same experience with the AirPods Pro and only experience really effective noise cancelation with a good pair of over-ear headphones. The BP1 Pro does have a transparency mode option, if instead you actually do want to listen to your surroundings.
Because the Baseus BP1 Pro is a recent release (it came out earlier this year), it features the latest Bluetooth 6.0 protocol. For non-Apple users, it supports Bluetooth Multipoint, which allows you to pair to two devices simultaneously. It's IP55 rated, which means it resists "water jets" and dust intrusion. The rating is better than the AirPods Pro 2 (IP54) but not as good as the AirPods Pro 3 (IP57). The earbuds last up to 12 hours with ANC off (7 hours with ANC on) but the charging case extends it to 55 hours (and 36 hours).
For a low, low price of $20 (the cost of a burrito in my neck of the woods), you're not risking very much to try these out, especially considering the fact that Amazon offers a hassle-free 30-day return policy. In fact, if you were eying the AirPods Pro 3 but ended up perfectly content with these earbuds, then pat yourself on the back because you just saved $230.
Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
