The app also allows other customisation like language, adjusting voice prompt volume, enabling-disabling the smart sensor, enabling HD Voice, and of course to update firmware. You can also personalise the tap controls through the app. This control design is similar to the earlier BackBeat wireless earbuds models. By default, the right earbud controls the playback, which you click on the button, while the left earbud controls the volume, which you tap or hold the button. The earbuds have a large button that works both as a mechanical click button as well as a touch-sensitive sensor. Though the ear tips are proprietary, they are so secure that it would be impossible for them to drop out during normal handling, hence unlikely to lose them or require replacement. ![]() Let’s examine the ear tips, which is integrated into the inner earbud housing, and so you need to remove completely to swap the size. The oval-shaped ear tips also offers excellent seal and retains the sub-bass intensity. Wearing them, the earbuds appear so small and compact.īelow, I compared to a few TWS on hand, and you can see it does not protrude as much. While the LED indicator is located inside the case, the light can be seen from the top of the case, a thoughtful design element.įor the earbuds, the voice prompts will read out the battery life after power on, or you can find out the exact battery life from the app. Three white flashes means it’s still full, while continuous red flash means it’s very low. With just one LED indicator on the case, the battery life is determined based on the blinking sequence To check the battery life, press the case button and watch the number of flashes on the case. My workaround is to store the earbuds outside the charging case, and this stops the battery drain. This is the same observation I had with the BackBeat FIT 3100. If I do not use them after a few weeks, the battery will be drained empty. But the drawback of this design is that the battery drain is the worst among the TWS I have reviewed. The benefit is that I can choose to not charge the earbuds when I dock them, the same logic that I do not constantly charge my wireless earphones when not in use. What I like about the case is that the case unlock button also works as a power button to allow an option to turn off the charger. Charging is by micro USB, presumably a decision to remain consistent with the rest of the wireless earbuds series. The matt plastic case can only hold 13 additional hours of charge while the earbuds can deliver up to 6.5 hours. What strikes me on the BackBeat PRO 5100 is that the case and earbuds are unbelievably lightweight and compact, it felt like they are dummy units. At the same time, Plantronics launches their first true wireless edition to the BackBeat PRO line, which I have here for review. Now, they have extended the TWS product line with the new BackBeat FIT 3200, which essentially carries the same design as the FIT 3100 but with noise-isolating eartips. Plantronics released their first true wireless earbuds last year with BackBeat FIT 3100 (click for detailed review), which I love using for my outdoor runs. WEIGHT: 5.8g (each earbud), 38.I have reviewed the Plantronic BackBeat products since 2013 and very familiar with their development over the years. Charger does not support wireless charging TECH SPECS Its value proposition is even better if clear call quality is important to you. On the downside, the charging case uses a microUSB port for charging, which is slower than a USB-C port.īut on the upside, it is relatively affordable compared with the AirPods Pro and Sony WF-1000XM3. ![]() The charging case adds another 13 hours of listening time. The 6.5-hour battery life is better than the typical norm of four hours. Just do not take it into the shower or swim with it. Its water-resistance rating of IPX4 means that it is resistant to water splashes, drizzle and sweat. During a call I made while walking along a noisy stretch of Orchard Road, I was told my voice sounded clear at the other end. ![]() There is also no active noise cancellation, though it has four noise-cancelling microphones which tune out wind and background noise during calls.Īnd in this aspect, the Pro 5100 really excels.
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