Beats Powerbeats Pro Review

The Beats Powerbeats Pro sticks with the Powerbeats lineup’s signature around-the-ear hook, which offers stability while you’re sitting on the couch doing lifts with your can of XXXX Gold. Jokes aside, the hook is pretty critical now that there’s no wires to anchor them behind your head – you want them staying on, because at 350$ you don’t wanna be losing them.

One of the better things I noticed when fitting them initially was that Apple (Beats) supply you three sets of silicone tips – small, medium and large – so that you can work on getting the best fit possible. The other thing I noticed was ear fatigue, I generally get pretty solid ear fatigue on flights with my Bose QC’s, but with the Powerbeats it’s a lot less. You eventually get fatigued, but you should be finished training by the time that happens…

8.5 out of 10 here.

If you’re a full on audiophile maybe go read a review on these elsewhere, cause I have mad tinnitus and don’t hear that well to begin with. That said, I thought the sound was pretty good for what they are – the bass is there, they’re Beats after-all, a brand renowned for being bass heavy – overall you’re walking away with a solid pair of wireless ear buds.

The one thing they don’t have, which seems to be common these days, is noise cancellation (like the Air Pod Pro model) – or transparency sound – but to be honest, if you’re using these to travel you’re probably more than ok with the extra noise.

If you’re chasing some sites that have in-depth reviews around the sound, hit the Verge up. Nilay over there is crazy on sound and dives in a bit deeper than I do here.

Overall, 8 out of 10.

These things stand up to a beating and keep running – sweat, dirt, water, movement – it’s all there for you to throw at the Beats Powerbeats Pro. Don’t go swimming with them, but feel free to sweat up a storm while watching a Simpsons marathon or similar.

Battery is quite possibly the biggest highlight here, these things give you a full day pretty much. Kinda wild in the day/age of short ass battery issues. Along with the 9 hours you’ll get from the earbuds on a full charge, you also get a crazy boost from the small house of a case that will give you around an additional 18 hours of charge time – 27 hours in total!

Connectivity is all time amazing, the Apple vibes are strong here with the H1 chip that literally has you connected before you get them in your ears. There’s control too in the shape of a volume rocker switch. The Beats symbol itself is also a button.

8.5 out of 10 here.

At $350 (or less if you buy from Amazon right now), these aren’t anything to gleefully fuck around with. Lose them and you’ll be pissed at yourself for a while. The price is in the top end of the ballpark for wireless earbud market – Airpod Pros are $400, Airpods are $230, Jabra Elites are $300 – so there’s cheaper options out there.

The H1 chip/connectivity alone makes these things amazing, you open them up and they’re connected and ready to go. Add in the touch adjustments you can play with, the water resistance and sound along with the warranty (and extended apple care if you get it) and I think the Beats Powerbeats Pro are pretty good value.

8 out of 10 here.