{"id":2538,"date":"2020-12-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2020-12-27T11:19:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T10:19:30","slug":"oraimo-freepods-2-tws-earbuds-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/oraimo-freepods-2-tws-earbuds-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Oraimo 2baba Freepods 2 TWS Earbuds Review: Worth Buying?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first question I got when I first photographed the delivery of my new Oraimo Freepoods 2 earbuds and posted on WhatsApp was &#8220;<strong>Is it worth the price tag?<\/strong>&#8221; (<em>I did mention the fact that it cost N9,900 ~$25<\/em>) Another one came in saying to let them know &#8220;<strong>Let me know if there&#8217;s mad bass<\/strong>&#8220;. We&#8217;ll address all that in this review.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve reviewed quite the number of earbuds this year and having got rid of all of them except one I misplaced a couple of weeks ago, Imagine the excitement when this one arrived after preordering a few days earlier, for starters, I&#8217;m impressed that it arrived on launch day, and immediately popped them out for a test drive and while the design is actually amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Having used the device for more than 24 hours, there are a couple of other things to know before buying that I can tell you and we&#8217;ll talk about <em>almost<\/em> everything in this review.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get started.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"oraimo-freepods-2-whats-in-the-box\">Oraimo Freepods 2, What&#8217;s In The Box?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2554\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2554\" src=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review2.jpg\" alt=\"Oraimo Freepods 2 TWS Earbuds Review\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review2-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review2-1418x1024.jpg 1418w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review2-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review2-380x274.jpg 380w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review2-800x578.jpg 800w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review2-1160x838.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whats In The Box \/\/ Image: Abel Babalola \/\/ TechSoFar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When I mentioned great design earlier, it wasn&#8217;t just for the earbuds, the box looks good too, anyways, just the basics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Oraimo freepods 2 earbuds (<em>2baba tuned edition<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>A small paper box with the charging cable.<\/li>\n<li>A user manual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s all, it&#8217;s just a box, moving on, let&#8217;s discuss a few key things about the Freepods 2.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"design-and-build\">Design and Build<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2558\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2558\" src=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review5.jpg\" alt=\"Oraimo Freepods 2 TWS Earbuds Review\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review5.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review5-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review5-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review5-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review5-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review5-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review5-1160x870.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Abel Babalola \/\/ TechSoFar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is perhaps the best feature of the earbuds. The Oraimo Freepods 2 looks absolutely with the black and gold finish. Both on the charging case and the earbuds themselves.<\/p>\n<p>It has the 2baba gold logos on both earbuds where the controls are and a final gold railing towards the bottom of the earbuds so stylishly, although depending on the size of your ears, it looks like you&#8217;re wearing gold earrings, while that vibe is kind of dangerous especially in Lagos with these armed men running around, it sure does up your appearance by a certain percentage.<\/p>\n<p>The earbuds and case itself are lightweight and easy to hold in the hands or carry around in your pocket, unlike the <a href=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/treblab-xfit-earbuds-review\/\">Treblab xFit TWS earbuds bulky design<\/a>. The glossy case design is a bit of a fingerprint magnet though but who cares, you wouldn&#8217;t be holding it in your hands for long anyways.<\/p>\n<p>The earbuds excel most in this case.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"comfort-and-fit\">Comfort and Fit<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2556\" style=\"width: 1111px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2556\" src=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/babs2.jpg\" alt=\"Oraimo Freepods 2 TWS Earbuds Review\" width=\"1111\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/babs2.jpg 1111w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/babs2-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/babs2-910x1024.jpg 910w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/babs2-768x864.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/babs2-380x428.jpg 380w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/babs2-800x900.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1111px) 100vw, 1111px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Abel Babalola \/\/ TechSoFar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another great criterion for great earbuds the Freepods smashed. One of the best features anyone using whether full in-ear earbuds or half in-ear earbuds like the Freepods 2 would really want is the comfortability\/fit aspect, the assurance that it won&#8217;t fall off in the middle of say workout which isn&#8217;t much of a problem since you can easily pick them up but in the midst of a crowd or rushing, however? A nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>I once dropped one of the half in-ear earbuds I was using while trying to pick up an item in a supermarket and whelps, it took forever to find it that day.<\/p>\n<p>The lightweight design of the Oraimo Freepods 2 makes this hassle go away as it fits right in the ears and unless you&#8217;re playing something, you can barely feel its there. I had it on for over 12 hours at a stretch while testing and only played music for less than 4 hours with it.<\/p>\n<p>It was just there. Good to know and it doesn&#8217;t hurt the ears at all&#8230; For this? Welldone Oraimo.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"connectivity\">Connectivity<\/h3>\n<p>This is where I believe it all starts to go downhill.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s not much to say in this aspect as the device paired well with all the Bluetooth devices in the house though and does have a pretty nice range. For reference purposes, it paired well with my:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/how-much-is-the-samsung-galaxy-a51\/\">Samsung Galaxy A51<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google Pixel smartphone<\/li>\n<li>HP Elitebook Laptop PC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I did notice some hiccup with my A51 though, it happened consistently on the device, like a slight, 0.5 ms pause and that&#8217;s it, it happened consistently but didn&#8217;t show up on the Pixel or while I was using it with the PC. It was smooth, Couldn&#8217;t determine if this was a problem with the A51 as I&#8217;ve used it without any issue on other earbuds.<\/p>\n<p>I also noticed that the earbuds don&#8217;t power off when you pop them back into the case. Normally, when you&#8217;re using the earbuds and just wish to switch them off, popping them back into the case should do the trick but that isn&#8217;t the case with this one.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I&#8217;ve caught it connecting and actually connected to my laptop while they were in the case, that&#8217;s a bit odd. Although it isn&#8217;t a big deal as you can just easily disconnect them and that&#8217;s it but I imagine the connection would be using the battery to some extent.<\/p>\n<p>Other than these minor issues, I don&#8217;t think you would have any problem getting the earbuds to work with other devices but bearing in mind, you&#8217;ll have to do some manual disconnecting.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"sound-quality\">Sound Quality<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2557\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2557\" src=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review4.jpg\" alt=\"Oraimo Freepods 2 TWS Earbuds Review\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review4.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review4-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review4-1280x1024.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review4-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review4-380x304.jpg 380w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review4-800x640.jpg 800w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review4-1160x928.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Abel Babalola \/\/ TechSoFar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is perhaps the most anticipated section of this review, I&#8217;ll try to keep it as short as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The sounds are okay, a little above average if you will, but as someone who&#8217;s tried other earbuds although more expensive, they&#8217;re just okay.<\/p>\n<p>Remember someone asked if they have that made bass sound? Well, they don&#8217;t, it certainly doesn&#8217;t feel like 2baba or Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are dancing and singing to WAP in front of me as I have breakfast while playing the song with the earbuds in-ear.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2552\" style=\"width: 809px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/oraimo-freepods-2-tws-earbuds-review\/wap-gif\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2552\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2552\" src=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wap-gif.gif\" alt=\"cardi b wap\" width=\"809\" height=\"450\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Y.I.K.E.S<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They&#8217;re pretty loud though and connect fast if that&#8217;s any consolation and although the bass is there, it&#8217;s just not up to scratch and for it&#8217;s N9,900 ~$25 price tag, the audio quality isn&#8217;t too bad at all. You&#8217;ll get that loud music plus okay bass experience but not the whole shebang!<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"battery-life\">Battery Life<\/h3>\n<p>Battery life is okay on the earbuds.<\/p>\n<p>I estimate you&#8217;ll see up to 4 hours of music playtime on them, I am not a fan of listening to music on a stretch like that but after a couple of hours, I still had some decent juice left plus the case charges the earbuds once you pop them back in so you&#8217;re covered on that.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"should-you-buy\">Should You Buy?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2555\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2555\" src=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review3.jpg\" alt=\"Oraimo Freepods 2 TWS Earbuds Review\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review3.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review3-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review3-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review3-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review3-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review3-1160x870.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Abel Babalola \/\/ TechSoFar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Time for the final verdict, yep, you should buy, I mean, if you care about appearance a lot, they&#8217;re excellent for this and they&#8217;re pretty loud although no active noise canceling, a dedicated app like you&#8217;ll find on flagship earbuds like the Galaxy buds pro, but the design, the design is pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>The sound quality is okay too <strong><em>for a $25 ~ N9,900 device<\/em><\/strong> and here&#8217;s something funny, they&#8217;re sold out for now. Yep, a lot of people bought them and I could tell for sure as I peeked into the delivery booklet of the guy that brought them to me while he was sorting out my order, it was quite a lot for one person alone, and imagine others and how many deliveries they&#8217;d have made in just 3 days.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, earbuds are back for order soon though, Get them on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ng.oraimo.com\/products\/oraimo-freepods-2-2baba-version-tws-true-wireless-stereo-earbud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oraimo website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s free shipping and pay on delivery when I ordered, I hope it&#8217;s still the same when it returns in stock though, and <strong>fingers crossed for a pro version or successor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this one, please feel free to ask me anything in the comments section if I&#8217;ve missed anything and share with your friends.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/techsofar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TechSoFar<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first question I got when I first photographed the delivery of my new Oraimo Freepoods 2 earbuds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oraimo-freepods-2-review.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techsofar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}