EarFun Air Pro 3 - Black

I tend to buy earphones in the budget range:
- TOZO T12 2022 ($34)
- ENACFIRE F1 ($50)
- ERJIGO KZ ZSA ($27)

What impressed me about the EarFun Air Pro 3 was the very satisfying bass and solid acoustic range.

I would not rate the noise canceling as effective, even though it was able to suppress background noise to a significant degree. The noise-canceling feature wasn't a specification I needed; at best, it was a nice to have.

For the foregoing reasons, I would still give a 9.5/10 rating, particularly the price point and value I received.

For the service support, I need to give a 10/10 rating. Let me share my harrowing story and how Earfun went out of their way to make me happy. I bought this earbud under the Black Friday Sales, and Amazon reported that my order was "probably" fulfilled on December 1. As I reside in Singapore and buy US items through a reshipment service, I waited until January and a few emails to realize that my order never arrived. I reached out to Earfun, who could have told me it was too late to fulfil or correct the missed delivery. However, Earfun was ever so nice and shipped out another earbud to my reshipment service, which was why it took so long to reach me.

I have been using and would like to share that this product is totally satisfying and I wanted to shout out to Earfun for their exceptional post-sale service support. Show Full Review

I think I'm up to 7 pairs of wireless earbuds now. I also have a bunch of wired earbuds, IEMs, cans, and play around with hi-fi. I also test headsets as part of my job - mostly stuff for conferencing/gaming, but get a wide variety of toys tossed at me. I bought these at the urging of a colleague and can safely say that for the pricepoint, these cannot be beat.I have lots of earbuds scattered around - all with a designated purpose. I keep the Earfuns at the office. They aren't great in the wind, so I mostly use them inside. There they shine though. The area where I work gets a bit noisy at times, and these knock down the background noise nicely. I use them in the gym every day & they do a good job of drowning out the music that nobody wants to hear. Noise cancelation is non-intrusive and doesn't introduce any notable artefacts although there is an audible noise floor in a quiet room with them on...as can be expected with most NR.Sound Quality is pretty good too. I mean, for the price point, amazingly good. They do break up a little in bass-heavy complex music, but we're managing expectations at this price. Overall frequency response is reasonably even across the spectrum, but again manage expectations with bass heavy EQ. They do movies/TV shows well. App is great! It's intuitive, has features galore and it works smoothly. Build quality in both the case and earbuds is punching above its weight. Everything is really.I don't use these for audio calls often. I like booms and generally use the Shokz or Plantronics Voyager there, so I won't comment on that part.When you consider that these little miracles somehow house speaker drivers, resonant chambers, a DSP, amp, transciever, batteries, sensors, microphones, and control them all with exceptional synergy, how can you justify not owning a pair even at retail? Even though I'm spoiled, I'd be happy to call these my only pair of earbuds. Well, almost. I ride bikes, so prefer Jabra Elite 7 for the low wind noise and physical buttons there, but everywhere else. They aren't the highest-end sets you'll find, but I'm picky. For 99% of users, this is the one for you. Show Full Review

I'm about a week in on these and will give impressions. If any quality issues come up within the first year I will update my review. I tend to be long winded. Sorry.
My last set of earbuds was about 4 years ago and they were nothing special. Just needed for work and I often listened one ear at a time. So, looking for a set now I had to start from very little knowledge which was daunting. I recommend supplementing your review reading with video reviews but, be warned, I rarely see negative earbud review videos on YouTube. You can still figure out the strengths and weaknesses by the way they talk about the features. And pay attention to the names you keep hearing. So many weird company names on Amazon it's hard to tell what's a reputable company.
My main motivation for getting new tws was TV/gaming. I wanted something that could handle the latency demands of mixed media and my old pair had large delay just from watching videos on an android TV. I also bought a Bluetooth transmitter/receiver to use with Xbox. It's BT5.0 with aptx-LL. I should have gotten one with bt5.3 and aptx adaptive but it was early in my research and it seems to be working fine so I'll keep it.
In terms of latency these TWS work very well. You can see the aptx adaptive working when you switch to video. A lip sync delay for a second or two and then it matches up. Very cool. Watching video on phone, on Android TV, and watching YouTube on Xbox are all well synced without having to activate game mode. I booted up borderlands on Xbox to check gaming sync. It was so so until I activated game mode and then it felt perfect. Whatever delay was there was not noticable for me. There is a caveat to that, however. I had no perceptible delay when the transmitter was connected (via 3.5) to the TV/monitor. If I connected the transmitter to the Xbox controller I could notice delay. Not a lot, really, but enough that makes it unacceptable for competitive shooters. Connected to the TV/monitor I felt good with gunshots but I was playing single player, offline. I'm unsure if it would or would not be good enough for pubg or something. I'm also not sure if having a bt5.3 transmitter with full aptx adaptive would have made it okay connected to the controller. I'm also curious if the newer transmitter would prevent my need to switch to game mode for gaming. I "may" return my current transmitter in favor of the 5.3. If I do, I'll update. Bottom line- if you're looking to use earbuds with the TV I do recommend the aptx adaptive codec instead of hi res/ldac. Transmitters tend to use aptx-LL which aptx adaptive is capable of. If you had a LDAC pair of earbuds it would likely default to SBC codec which is not quite as good. The "game mode" on a LDAC pair may be adequate still but you'll likely have to always turn it on when switching to video whereas aptx adaptive will do that for you. I think BT5.2 is probably sufficient (and perhaps 5.1) but given I don't intend to upgrade anytime soon I'm happy to have the current latest tech. The QCC3076 is also higher than most of the competition at this price point. QCC3040 and better is fine, though, if you spot a good deal.
The other features include ANC, Ambient Mode, QI wireless charging, fast charge, 6 mics, a reset button on the case, and a fairly minimalist APP that has very mediocre ratings. The ANC I've never experienced before so I have no comparison for you but it's not bad. I won't pretend it completely silences the world but it does make an impact. I just mowed the lawn today and it reduced the and of my riding mower significantly. I could still hear it, of course, but it got much quieter. On other things it does work but don't expect a miracle. Certainly, it was hard to hear what people were saying to me when I had it activated.
The Ambient Mode is, um, present. It's doing something but I don't think it's the winning feature here. For voices in a fairly quiet area I actually prefer normal mode. Turning Ambient Mode on does let more sound in but I think it makes the voices blend in with the background more. I do like it for feeling less closed off. Maybe for a waiting room or something when you want to hear when it's your turn. Personally, I think I'll stick to one earbud at a time when I want to still be alert.
Wireless charging is very convenient if you're already using one. It'll charge slower than wired but it's easy to put down and pick up. It's fairly rare for budget buds. I think TOZO has it on most of theirs, however. I personally love it because my phone has reverse wireless charging. I can place the case on the back of my phone and it'll charge (at 5w, 15w is standard for those circle charge pads though). Nice to have but not necessarily a must have. Fast charge is great. If using for work a lunch break would be more than enough charge to cover the rest of your shift.
The app is very limited but it does cover the essentials. An EQ that I recommend using to reduce the bass (unless you love a lot). These buds are base heavy out of the box. There's a firmware update available and it will impact the sound. You'll want to update ASAP. You can customize the controls. There is L and R and each has 1,2, and 3 press along with long press. So that's room for 8 controls. You'll have to make choices. Game mode is not originally a preset but you can make it one. You'll have to consider if you'll be using only 1 earbud at a time as that will impact what controls you program.
As a feature set, I'm very happy overall. Would love 4 and 5 press options but it's serviceable as is. I got these for $56 so I think the value is there.
Sound wise I'm happy but I'm not the most discerning. I don't think I have the ears of an audiophile. I reduced the bass and the sound feels pretty good. Better than my last pair for sure but that was too be expected. If you want stunning sound you'll be looking for dual drivers, the bigger the better. These are single driver, 11mm wool something something. It sounds good. Great for TV. In gaming the spacial audio is pretty good but not like 7.1 surround or anything. You get a sense of left and right, front and back. Fair for the price I feel. It was pretty immersive in my gaming session last night.
Call quality was good as stated by the one person I called so far. The stem styles tend to be better for calls over the full bud. I could hear the call well and supposedly I was very clear. I was indoors with little noise (TV and a kid in the background).
Last point- fit. So far this is where I struggle the most. The fit is shallow. The tips don't go very deep and it feels insecure. I don't think it's actually going to fall out but the shallow fit makes it feel unsettled. I've put on some tips from another headset and it's better but I'm still not completely happy. Maybe foam tips would be better? It's not so bad that I'm ready to return them but it's the biggest issue I've got. I wore them for about 6 hours yesterday (gaming) and I wasn't sore or anything. A few tickles or whatever that made me want to adjust them. I'll look into some tips to see if I can improve it. I think with any earbud you risk it not being compatible with your ear given how different everyone is.
To wrap this up (again, sorry) I think the value is there for my situation. This should be seen as a good utility pair with the latest feature set. You should wait until you can get them for $60 or less. I see $20 off regularly and the lightning deal I got was only a few dollars less than that. You can get better sound at this price point (like soundpeats engine 4). Other competition for features might be soundcore space a40 but that's a bit more money and it's LDAC. Soundcore has the Sonic/Sonic pro with aptx adaptive but they are a few years old at this point. It's hard to find the full aptx adaptive at the budget price. Mostly it's aptx HD or something like that. LDAC will likely become more common as it doesn't require the company to pay a license fee for the Qualcomm. This set hit all the important notes for me so I'm pretty happy with the purchase. I currently recommend them for someone who specifically want aptx adaptive at an affordable price. Show Full Review

I read a lot of reviews before picking out these earbuds to use with my aging Android phone and newer tablets. No issues connecting via Bluetooth to these devices, even allows connecting to both a tablet to listen to music or watch videos and to the phone simultaneously for answering calls.

My outer ear canals itch a little after wearing these for an hour or two. I just pop them out and wiggle with my finger and then I'm good to go. Would probably happen no matter which type earbud I had in so probably not specific to this model. The type of ear tip and it's fit I'm sure will make a difference here.

It's very convenient just to be able to tap the buds with a fingertip once or twice or even a triple tap to change volume, pause, answer calls, skip ahead etc. Occasionally when you touch or handle the buds there may be an unintended command from the jostling of handling but it's easily corrected.

Transport control summary:
Tap and hold - toggles sound modes through ambient, normal, noise canceling
Single tap left - reduce volume one notch
Single tap right - increase volume one notch
Double tap either bud - pause/play or answer phone / hang up
Triple tap left bud - skip backwards to previous track
Triple tap right bud - skip forward to next track

I don't use the manufacturer's app at all and don't think I need it. My mp3 music player is Poweramp and it has custom EQ settings which let me tailor the sound I want. If you are watching other media that has no EQ, then you might want to use the app to adjust the EQ for your liking. My aging ears need a boost in the treble when I'm listening to music. So far, straight YouTube listening has been okay but I really need some EQ when I want to enjoy the full range of music.

Answering phone calls is a wonderful plus and somehow the built-in microphones do a very good job of picking up voice for calls. People I've spoken with say the audio is quite good . If you're listening to music and the phone rings, just double tap one of the buds to answer and then double tap again to hang up.

The active noise canceling is pretty darn good for the money. Maybe not quite as good as Bose quiet comfort but very close. The performance will depend greatly on getting the right size ear tip to fit your ear canal to block ambient sound. Having these is way way better than my old over - the - ear Boses quiet comfort 15 noise canceling headphones with cord. What a hassle that was and messy when you exercise and sweat.

And speaking of ambient sound, the ambient sound mode of these phones is perfect for listening to music while still being able to participate in a conversation around you when that is necessary. This mode uses the microphones on the buds to pick up ambient sounds and uses just the right amount of amplification to restore sound levels similar to open ears. You can be aware of sounds around you while still listening to your content. It's easy to rotate through the three modes by tapping and holding the end of one bud or the other to make it switch. Normal mode blocks a lot of ambient sound all by itself because the proper ear tip plugs your ear canal. Normal mode is probably the most efficient balance between noise blocking and power consumption / battery life. Noise canceling mode is true active noise canceling and does what it is supposed to and does a pretty decent job squelching the noise from my mower and weed eater when I'm doing yard work . Noise canceling mode has the most power consumption and shortest battery life. I have not used my buds enough at one time to run them down before putting them in their box to recharge. I always like to keep my devices topped off.

I was advised to get a tethered set of earbuds because another individual felt it was too easy to lose the ones that he had - another brand of buds. I'm glad I did not do that. With the right size ear tip, I've had no problem with my earphone AirPro 3 bud staying in place while I'm mowing or working out. They are light and comfortable, nothing hanging around your head and neck to catch on things or become a nuisance.

These were my first Bluetooth earbud purchase and I have been extremely pleased with them. Definitely recommend and would buy again if I needed an extra pair.

I like how they begin to pair just by opening the little carrying box. It only takes seconds for them to connect for calls and audio. They also disconnect automatically just by popping them back into the box and then they begin charging from a little battery that's right in the box. That's the coolest feature of all, you can keep the buds topped off by popping them in the box every few hours or whenever you take a break from listening. The box has a USBC connector on it and charges using the same cord I used to charge my other Android devices.

I went looking for replacement ear tips and had great difficulty finding ear tips that specifically mentioned fitting the Earfun AirPro 3. I found that the Spin-fit 360 series ear tips, made with 'medical grade silicone', are very comfortable and fit the nozzles nicely on these buds. I ended up needing the extra large size tips to fit my ear canals the best, making the earbuds even more secure than the largest tips that came in the factory box. Getting a great seal on the tips improves the sound significantly as well as noise rejection. Show Full Review

To preface this review, I'm someone who has used Airpods Pro, Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds, and Phillips Fidelio X2HR headphones. I'm not a self-proclaimed audiophile, but I have a pretty good ear for sound especially when it comes to music.

I purchased these Earfun AirPro 3 earbuds in September 2023. It's now December 31.

REVIEW:
I watched and read a lot of reviews for these earbuds prior to purchasing them. Most people said that these were great, but a few reviews said that these are way over hyped, sound muddy, and have way too much bass.

Straight out of the box and into my ears, they sounded fantastic. I believe Earfun pushed a firmware update that addressed sound profile concerns. These sounded crystal clear and had the perfect amount of bass and thump. I listen to genres such as prog metal, hip-hop, shoegaze, jazz, ambient, industrial, etc. Everything sounds great.

Fit and comfort is great. Ambient sound is very good and noice canceling is very good. I'm shocked at how great these budget earbuds are in terms of ANC seeing as ANC was pretty much exclusive to premium earbuds a few years ago.

Comparing these with Airpods Pro and the Sony's, they sound fantastic. More thump and bass than the Airpods. WAYYYYYYYY better battery life as well. The Sony's have more detail, depth, and absurdly good ANC, but they also cost nearly $300 when I got them. I picked up the Earfun AirPro 3 earbuds for $55.

If you happen to not like the sound profile of these earbuds, you can use the Earfun app equalizer or download a free third party equalizer such as Poweramp Equalizer or Wavelet. From there, you can tweak the sound to whatever you want.

These things sound fantastic, are comfortable, easily transportable (case fits fine in pocket), great ANC and ambient sound, fantastic battery life, and can be bought on sale for $55. The built quality is fantastic as well.

Considering all wireless earbuds will eventually fail to hold a charge due to battery degradation, I couldn't justify purchasing the new Sony's or Airpods Pro. But at $55 on sale, these Earfun AirPro 3 earbuds are a no-brainer. And given they have such great battery life, I expect the battery degradation to be slower since they will go through fewer charge cycles.

This isn't just a "it's good FOR THE PRICE" product. This is just a straight up great product at a low price. Show Full Review