Beats Solo Buds review - £80 do-it-all earbuds?!

In my Beats Solo Buds review I reveal my thoughts on Beats’ new budget earbuds. Can they live up to their promise of bringing great sound and design to the masses? And why should you buy these over the Beats Studio Buds +? Let’s find out!

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:51 - Specs and pricing
02:59 - Design
06:38 - Sound
10:01 - Beats Solo Buds vs Beats Studio Buds +
11:07 - Inevitable conclusion

[MarkEllisReviews]

What matters the most for you when it comes to earbuds - sound or convenience?

[Daniel-pqhy]

Thanks for doing a review on these! Now that I know these have Spatial Audio support, I’ll definitely be picking these up! 👍🏻

[MarkEllisReviews]

Cheers - and glad you're enjoying them!

[nigeljones]

Just had some bought for my birthday, im quite happy with them up to now...great video, ive just subscribed

[techhubwiltsuk]

Great review buddy I enjoyed it a lot. I love my new beats solo 4

[miguelangelbarrera]

Finally I find someone to speak the characteristics to need to know before buy it.
Take my like 👌

[silverslider]

Studio buds are on sale for $99 just $10 more

[Greg_B-]

Old man technophobe looking to go wireless and saw the prices and thought ‘no effing way’ then saw these beats for £80 in the Apple Store and thought ‘I need to learn why the price difference’ so found your review, learned what I needed to, and will now purchase them (even though I’m the same as you regarding eq) Thanks for the helpful review, subscribed. 👍🏻

[austinslater]

First lol! Love your work and appreciate you sharing it!

[mariahadar]

i was thinking to buy these for running but i don't know if it would be a good option considering they aren't ip certified. maybe a pair of nothing ear a would be a better choice? can someone help me please?

[anthonybarrett]

Hi good review do they go louder than the beats plus?

[thomasspurlock]

Thanks mate for the review. I was trying to figure out if they had Spatial Audio support. I couldn’t really tell from their website. Seems like they really try not to use Apple’s jargon.

[leokencruz]

I'll be getting these since I want a cheaper wireless earbuds that easily connects to iphone and I buds does not continuously charge to 100%

[Joshwiththefries]

I honestly don't care about ANC in earbuds I have bad allergies and it makes my ears feel pressurized.

What makes me really interested in these is the size!!! That case looks tiny and I love it lol. I have the top end Sony's and Samsung's but I might pick these up just for the size and simplicity. I have a tendency to lose these suckers(always the right one)so the sub-100 price makes these seem like the perfect beater buds.

[tafarapaul]

I will wait for a black Friday sale....they removed a lot of things lol, I'd rather get soundcore with ANC and all.

[blackhawk]

I bought these 2 weeks ago and yes there's lots to like about them. The case Is really compact, the buds last ages on a charge, they charge fast, they are simple to use. Call quality is actually really good, and dare I say it, better then SB+. However I've replaced them with Nothing ear A buds. It's for one simple reason. They sound bad. Not just a little bad, but really bad. If your listening to YouTube or podcasts, they are fine. But for music just forget it. They are missing key beats features such as bass. The midrange is far to boosted and in general it's just a bad experience for the fundamental thing they should be able to do well. As stated you can't EQ them, or rather they just sound bad no matter what even if you try. If they had the profile of the SB+ with a basic 3 way EQ, it would be worth it. It's easily the worst product Apple sells. In contrast the ear A while not perfect either get all the basics right. They are also designed well. I get stemmed design isn't for everyone, but you can find many alternatives in the same form factor that perform better. My old pixel buds a actually sound better then these. Save your money if it's sound quality your after. These ain't the answer.

[Thewordaround.]

Jlab has some for 40$ that are smaller than these with a charging case. lol

[enriqueruiz]

Yo los compraría para tenerlos disponibles en caso de que mis audífonos principales se queden sin batería 😁.

[deeezceee]

Basically, they’re a higher priced Beats X/Flex without the wires.

[AlexDrivesyt]

There are companies out here making water resistant buds for 13$ i know cause i have them 😅