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Over the years I have tried several Bluetooth Beanie Hats for use on my walks and runs but none of them has been any good. All of them seemed to have issues with Bluetooth: endless dropouts, pairing problems, and horrible crackly audio devoid of all bass. The move to Bluetooth 5 has changed all that and at last, I have found a pair I like and for the silly price of just £6.99 too.
The Hat itself is above average but nothing outstanding: warm, stretchable and unlike many other large enough to fit a European male head snugly and covering the ears. I would expect to pay £5-£10 for it over the counter as it is warm, well made and covers my ears without having to be stretched down too much.
Thanks to the wonders of Bluetooth 5 as a headset it shines. Sound quality is excellent, better than I need for outdoor use, with good bass and clean sibilance free mid and upper tones. No sign of the dropouts and poor connection of old-style units, it auto connects and stays connected the whole time. Sound quality is not as good as from a good over the ears headset but is superior to almost every earbud-style rival I have tried. Pairing was nice and easy too and made more so by the use of Voice Prompt status alerts. It works well with Siri and Google Assistant too.
The Beanie hat has a cut-down Bluetooth headset contain within it concealed in a sealed flap around the bottom. There are two square tiny speaker boxes connected by a wire and linked to the control panel on the outside. The headset can be removed through a small access port inside the hat and there is another tiny hole on the outside within the control panel to give access to the micro-USB charging port. Lining the port up to the opening and then connecting the charging cable i is fiddly and time consuming but probably will get easier with experience. I find it easier just to move the larger opening on the inside of the hat over the USB port and charge it that way, as my video demonstrates.
This is now my goto headset when I am out on my runs and extended walks. I always wear a beanie hat anyway and so I no no longer need to bother with earbuds. I am also far less likely to lose the beanie hat and if I did, then at this price I can easily pick up a replacement.
The Good
Warm
Comfortable
Good audio quality
Good Build Quality
Good User Guide
Bluetooth 5
Siri/Google/Alexa Integration
The Bad
No USB-C
Hard to Access Recharge Port
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