Wireless Earbuds, EarFun Air Pro 3 Hybrid Active Noise
EarFun Wireless Earbuds, Air Pro 3 Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Qualcomm® aptX™ Adaptive Sound, 6 Mics CVC8.0 Calls, Bluetooth 5.3, 11mm Wool Drivers, Multi-Connection, App Customize EQ,45H
From the brand
EarFun was established in 2018 by an experienced group of industrial designers, acoustic engineers, and music enthusiasts who shared the goal of creating next-generation wireless audio devices.
EarFun is dedicated to creating next-generation wireless audio experiences with superior-quality audio products that improve the lives of our customers.
I was going to write a review saying how good these are, battery life, sound quality, fit etc. Then I accidentally put them through the washer and dryer in the case, and was expecting the worst. Surprise, they still work. Recommended.
The EarFun Air Pro 3 earbuds are impressive with solid noise cancellation and crystal-clear call quality. They connect seamlessly via Bluetooth and are comfortable for long listening sessions. A great choice for their price!
Purchased specifically because they are compatible with higher audio (I use Deezer HiFi) and didn’t want to spend a fortune on a pair of tiny, easily misplaced headphones. Work perfectly with my iPhone, shows battery life as part of the iPhone battery indicators (along with watch etc) or you can use the headphones app to adjust settings and see battery level of each headphone. Can’t see why anyone would shell out on more expensive headphones!
I’ve gone through a lot of under 100 ear buds and these are the best
Noise cancelling cuts out cars driving past
Fit my ears well
Sound great
Long battery
50 when I bought them
Love them
Update:
Customer service promptly responded and I was offered a replacement which I received. The earbuds have excellent sound quality and noise cancellation. Wirelessly charged case and premium quality!
I purchased these as a gift to replace a old but much more expensive set of ear bud type earphones, I have been told they sound quality is very good and the battery life good and they where easy to set up ? So very pleased with this purchase
Very good value for money.
The noise canceling is great for a noisy commute.
Battery life is decent. I probably have to charge them once a week.
Touch features are great. You can play/pause/skip/etc.. with just a touch of the finger.
If you remove the earphones whatever you are listening to automatically stops. That’s a great feature but can become annoying when you are trying to use only one earphone.
Overall very satisfied. I’ve bought an extra pair for my mum
This pair was purchased to replace a cheaper Soundcore buds that failed after 4 days.
Fit is good but only used them whilst sitting down so cannot comment how good they are whilst exercising.
Sound quality is great and noise cancellation works however only used in fairly quiet situations so far.
Charge seems to be lasting quite well at the moment giving around 4-5 hours before they need to go back into the case for a boost.
Would recommend if you don’t want to pay a King’s ransom just to listen to music watch films etc.
The Earfun Air Pro 3’s offer excellent clear sound quality, it’s slightly bassy but this can be tuned in the equalizer in the Earfun app, but if you don’t want to bother with all of that it’s still quite tolerable and pleasant
The noise cancelling isn’t perfect but it seems to filter out train noise + people watching videos on their phone without headphones, which is exactly what I bought it for.
Pairing the headphones to my device is extremely easy, just open the case and it’ll start pairing, done in seconds.
Overall, I’d expect to pay closer to 100 for similar quality, really happy!
The product was good to begunah nd my daughter loved it. She was wanted these for her vacation trip and now they don’t work. The left ear stopped working and does not get connected.
A new firmware was released and was hoping to update it thinking it would resolve the issue but the firmware can’t update without both earbuds connected. So that failed too.
Tried resetting the earbuds using the case but that didn’t make any difference.
Just feel as though when it was working it was good. Got sucked into the 5 star reviews and bought it. Guess I was wrong. Hoping to hear something back from the manufacturers.
— Update: Earfun customer service promptly contacted with regards to the support. They were extremely helpful with the support and provided me with instructions to try and resolve the existing issue. unfortunately the product still had the issue. Hence Earfun immediately sent out a new device which has been working without any issue. Earfun has been extremely helpful in resolving the issue and hence have updated the scores. Hope
Love these ear buds. Easy to use. Excellent sound. The ncf is amazing and battery life good too. Only minor problem- box is so compact and neat have had to find a bigger container to keep them in so I don’t lose them.
NC works great, ambient mode worked well and you can hear the sound around you slightly amplified. Good sound definition. Pairing to 2 devices is really great as you can move between devices without doing anything other then pressing the accept button on your phone or laptop. Great for the price.
After doing a bit of research and thinking these earphones were the best value for money…
Unfortunately, I was let down, they arrived promptly and as they were a present for my daughter, I was looking forward to giving them to her.
She was really pleased when she got them and really liked the look of them and continued to open them so she could connect to her phone.
They connected very easily and quickly but the left earphone did not work!
We tried with my phone, but the same thing happened 🙁 We thought it might be a question that they had not been charged 100% so we charged them overnight hoping that this might be the solution…
That did not work so we had no choice but to return it.
We gave it 2 because of the design, the way it fitted in our ears and although only sound coming out of 1 of the earfones it was good sound quality.
UPDATE
I was approached by EarFun and was kindly offered a replacement which I accepted and they work very well, as I said they are good value for money.
It was kind of the company to reach out and rectify this issue for this reason I have adjusted my rating.
Thank you guys.
earfun sent me there app.After customization these earbuds are an excellent purchase.Sound quality and musical power are tremendous.Ive owned bose,beats earbuds and these earfun earbuds are a match for any of them at a fraction of the price.
earfun as a seller are an exceptional company.
A special thank you to Freyer for your helpful email and after sale guidance to get the performance out of my earbuds.
MY ADVICE TO ANYONE BUY OFF earfun,they deliver excellence at an affordable price range with great after care service.
Had 8 months of use then one earbud became faulty with reduce sound. I tried everything manufacturer recommended to rectify this problem but nothing worked. I got intouch with earfun via email but didn’t receive a message back – I had though but the message from earbud ended up it my spam folder which is why I hadn’t seen their 2 messages that were offering a replacement set of earbuds/or refund. I have accepted a replacement set and they’re on the way to me now so all good with service. The earbuds are excellent quality for the price.
The sound is amazing with this price. However the active noise cancellation seems not as good as my old B&O one which is already bought 4 years ago. Overall the experience with earfun air pro 3 is excellent.
I only had one complaint when I got these but they amazingly updated it so it is now perfect. The app that you download where you can control the headphones gives you the option to decide how many taps and on what ear they should be assigned. For eg one or two taps for pause or Siri etc. you can also change the EQ. The headphones are comfortable for in-ears and they are sturdy. I had a problem and the customer service was quick and very generous with 18 month warranty! It’s nice to support business who care. Very different from what u get with Apple with is expensive and you already know it’s a hassle if something is wrong.
You need to give them a bit of time to run in and you absolutely must use the equaliser to set them up correctly (see Reddit posts). One major flaw is that when you remove them from your ears, they don’t automatically pause the audio. A real shame as otherwise they really are excellent value for money. The app is pretty decent too.
Considering these are 1/5 the price of AirPods I wasn’t expecting equal performance but I wasn’t disappointed. The noise cancellation is very good. My other half bought earbuds of similar value that claim to be noise cancelling but don’t at all. The sound quality is good. If you want good performance but don’t want to spend ridiculous amounts on something that you’d be so worried about losing you wouldn’t take them out of the house then these are a great option and certainly the best performance in this price band. Would buy again when I inevitably lose these!
I have previously used the Echo Buds 1st and 2nd Gens, loved Mt 1st Gen buds but the left stopped working, I bought the 2nd Gens but no matter what I tried, they wouldn’t fit in my ears properly and hurt. I decided to give the EarFun Air Pro 3s a go. I saw amazing reviews for the entry model but the ANC and talkthrough was important to me. I am amazingly impressed so far. Really comfortable and amazing audio quality.
I enjoy all varieties of music from Pop through to Musicals and all my tracks sound top notch on them so far.
I’d never heard of the brand before purchasing these but they are not just another knock off.
I have had numerous Sony products but I’ve had issues with my last linkbud S developed a fault after a couple of months. I was going to buy the expensive XM5’s but when reading some reviews these ear buds came out as a good inexpensive alternative to Sony and other top makes. They have very good sound quality. You can taylor the sound via the app. Earbuds are only passive noise reduction, good for cutting out constant noises like fans, aircon etc. It won’t cut out annoying loud music in a gym but the volume is loud enough to drown out the external music. Only annoying thing is the tips of the earbuds which are a very thin material and when you pull them out of your ears they pull inside out like an umbrella that’s blown backwards in strong wind. Overall I’m very pleased with my choice so far. Warranty is 18 months. Hopefully these will be more reliable than my last pair of Sonys.
Update on review. After my idiocy of losing the charging case EarFun offered to send me a free case but said it could take a couple of weeks to arrive. It arrived TODAY and have charged them up and I am now using them. THANK YOU EarFun for the free charger including free postage from China. The earbuds are 5 star, Customer service 10*
I use ear buds mainly to listen to audio books and podcasts while commuting on the train. These Air Pro 3 are by far the best in terms of sound quality and noise cancelling that I have used. I have never bought or listened to any earphones which cost more than 80 but I have bought ear buds around the price as the Air Pro 3 and they definitely beat all of those.
I never write reviews, but what has compelled me to write this one was that after only a few days of using them, I STUPIDLY l put the charging case on the roof of my car, got distracted and drove off. Realising my idiocy a couple of hours later after frantically searching my car and pockets, I contacted EarFun in the vain hope they might sell the charging cases separately and could I buy one, I still have both the buds it was only the charging case I left on roof.
EarFun responded promptly saying that unfortunately they didn’t sell charging cases separately but they would get me one sent over from China which may take a a week or 2 to arrive. I am truly delighted. Even though I offered to pay and am still willing to pay for another case they have not asked for any payment.
I am truly quite overwhelmed by their customer service. I had resigned myself to having to buy another pair for my stupid actions.
I am happy to use my old inferior other different buds while I wait for the case to arrive from China.
Apologies for such a long winded review but I was and still am totally overwhelmed ny the caring and fantastic customer service I have received and can’t wait to use my Air Pro 3’s again when the charging case arrives.
John Fox
I have been using it for the past 3 weeks and it is really good.
Noise cancelling is excellent both when listening and when talking.
It is really worth to buy
Comfort is great and they pretty securely in my ears pretty well but not sure they would stay very well during hard cardio or weights work in the gym. However walking and general day to day use I have had no issues with ear pain or discomfort.
Out of the box the sound profile is very very bass heavy, so downloading the app and changing the EQ is must, you can save your settings in the app. The app is very average but that’s not a massive issue for me, I wont be using it much.
The case is decent quality and the headphones themselves feel great, no complaints on that front. The hear through function is useful and the noise cancelling is ok, noticeable but nothing near as good as my Sony ANC buds, but then they are much more expensive.
I listen to a lot of rock and guitar music and these buds are exceptional for that, plenty volume and dynamic range. For the cash these are easily the best lower cost wireless buds I have used, they shame the mainstream brands.
This is my 8th or 10th earbud, can’t remember, and it pretty much ticked all the boxes at that price point! It looks good, doesn’t bulge out from the ears, fits snugly, no ear fatigue, loud, clear, long battery life, seamless multipoint switch between devices, wireless charging, type-c charging, strong case magnet, IPX waterproof, each earbud independently used etc.
Cons:
– Poor case aesthetic design
– Mobile app features too weak
– Touch control response is can be better
– ANC is less than impressive
– The usual in-ear ear cannal pressure
– They didn’t need to brand “earfun” boldly on each earbud, a little logo could’ve been enough.
Overall, it’s one of the best out there, even top YouTube reviewers agree. It easily competes with apple, nothing, sony, beats in terms of quality and features and it’s just half their price! Regardless of the cons, I strongly recommend it and I’m definitely buying it again.
Noise cancelling is really good. Comfy fit, although earbuds are fairly large. Sound quality seems fine, and the app has an equaliser to boost the experience. I’m very happy with purchase.
These sit in the middle of my range of earbuds and headphones, but easily get the most use – they provide very acceptable quality sound for music, plenty for watching videos and even make an acceptable set of earbuds for video conferencing. Not tested the microphone, but the feedback from my colleagues is that the mic is far better than my plantronics headset that cost twice as much.
Noise cancelling on the mic seems to be better than anything on the headphones – but then I’m comparing them to Sony over ear headphones that cost near 4x as much!
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After a few usages, I couldn’t factory reset because right bud wasn’t touching properly to the case. Only after forcefully pressing on it, I could factory reset and resolve a connection issue.
I was expecting more quality and stability with those recommendations.
A lot of the features of more expensive competitors, game mode latency is fine when playing PUBG (not brilliant), sound quality is great for the layman and noise cancelling works. On top of this they’re intuitive to use and easy to pair and switch between devices.
I have tried various earphones from other manufacturers and have been left disappointed either due to fit (Edifier Neobuds Pro) or appalling mic (Jabra Elite 4 Active).
I have owned the EarFun Air Pro 3 for a month now and I’m quite happy with them. They’re comfortable, have good sound quality (certainly not audiophile quality but good enough for every day use), noise cancelling is adaquete, and have a clear microphone for voice calls.
Overall these are a solid pair of earphones.
They amazing only still prefer my TB 4.9 fit for AirPods Pro and sound identical to him definitely is deserve only my favourite still is 4.9TB because the fit they in second place and I have maybe 15 headphones to compare
Just fit for me is a bit akward and drop few times only I love him
Occasional crackle which could be my usb Bluetooth, fit great, app is ok, could easily do sports in them without falling out (for my ears anyway), cheap and switch brilliantly between phone and laptop, pairing is a bit of a faff, sound is fine for me but I’m not an audiophile, sound cancelling seems good but I’ve never tried expensive ones to compare but so far very happy with them, as there not 200 plus earbuds its no big deal if lost.
Bought these on the back of some very detailed reviews. First time using them today and I have to say they are excellent (although I have not other earbuds to compare them to). Out of the box they were easy to charge. They feel solid too.
As others have said, you definitely need to install the earfun app from playstore. It enables you to adjust the treble and reduce the bass. Bass default setting is quite heavy – I like rock music so there needs to be a bit of a balance so to speak.
Its good to have the difference size earbuds. I’m able to shake my head and the buds don’t fall out.
Noise reduction seems to be pretty good as well but it is early days.
The charging case is quite compact as well and the earbuds hold firm – there’s a magnetic strip somewhere that keeps them in place and secure when on charge, so even if you tip the open case upside down, the buds won’t fall out.
I will write another review once I’ve had these for a little while, but so far, so good and no complaints from me!
Previously, I’d tested a load of different pairs, I think eight or nine makes, described as good in the wind and found them all bad in the wind. The Sabbat ones I’d settled for were OKish for voice calls in wind but awful for music. I’d put up with carrying two pairs for a few years, them for calls and others for music.
In May 2023, I decided to see if there’s better stuff of sale now, read a lot of reviews here and online and tried out the EarFun Air Pro 3. And I’ve been absolutely delighted with them. For calls, wind straight on the side can be heard a bit by callers but nothing in all other axes. Obviously, there’s a limit to the wind they can cope with. I’m not expecting them to handle me with my head out of a car window doing sixty. But for the typical range of weather, they’ve been brilliant.
Musically, they’re terrific. I’ve pushed rock, prog rock, jazz, pop, dance and techno through them and they’ve given a balanced, even sound with plenty of action. That was a bonus as I hadn’t expected that along with the good mic performance.
They’re also a pleasure to use, to put in and put away. The box lid and the earbuds magnetic hold in the case all have a nice positive action to them and feel very convincing. Charging is easy enough and they have plenty of days life for me. The Android phone app lets you customise the touch control actions for both earbuds, use an optional graphic equaliser and update their firmware.
All in all, really pleased with them and can’t fault them but can certainly praise them.
I’m a music lover and listen to a wide range of styles; I own a number of different pairs of earbuds and have always been a bit underwhelmed with my purchases and have stopped using them or have given them away. My preference is for a clear sound where you can hear separation between the instruments and vocals and not too much bass; so I got this pair and I love them, I’ve just realised that I’m using them more often to listen to music than I have been doing for a long time, so they must be doing the things that appeal to me well.
These are the best sounding and most comfortable earbuds I have and wholeheartedly recommend them
It has now been a month I’ve been using it. Overall I am quite happy except a couple of things to consider.
The Good:
I have been able to pair them with my phone and my laptop so I don’t need to carry an extra headphones for my laptop, I can do my online meetings with them.
Sound quality is great especially with it’s ability to block external noise. I don’t need to raise the volume up on the train to hear the music.
Ambient sound is very useful when you want to listen what’s happening around without taking them off.
Battery has been excellent so far. And the three dots on the case is useful to know when to charge.
Case is small and so easy to place the earphones back into it because of the magnets.
The Bad:
While listening to music if I pause and play again the sound comes only from the left earphone and sound starts breaking until I pause and play again. (It’s not a constant issue but it does happen. Already contacted the customer service for this and they suggested a few ways to try out to fix it, so I’ll see how that goes)
Not a fun off the buttons, I prefer physical buttons. I rather know if I clicked the buttons. With touch buttons it’s hard to tell.
I’ll update the review in the coming months.
The only thing letting them down which was a function available in V2, is ear fit detection. If you have the bud fall out of your ear or is pulled out, the sound source still plays. This is a disappointing feature absence but is the only issue in an otherwise quality produc
Firstly they stay in the ear pretty well with the tips fitted out of the box. The controls are intuitive and easy to use. The sound itself is pretty good but you can hear that the mids suffer a bit and vocals can seem dampened slightly on certain instances.
As for active noise cancellation (really the reason I bought them) it’s ok without being brilliant but then again I’ve nothing to really compare it to. I know you can’t expect total blockage from outside sounds but with noise cancellation activated I’m still clearly hearing road traffic when out walking and I suppose I had hoped these would block most of that out.
That said you have to consider the price of these buds. Overall for 59.99 they represent good value for me and I’d happily recommend as being the best budget buds I’ve owned. Maybe I just need to add an extra 100-150 to this price to achieve the noise cancellation I’m after so I can fully enjoy my music and podcasts without the annoyance of speeding traffic on my walks.
I did purchase a pair of Anker A40’s but sent them back as I wasn’t happy with the fit despite trying all the tips supplied and the sound cancelling wasn’t great.
So after another round of looking at reviews I thought I would give these a try.
They have impressed me with the sound quality so far. Some have said they are too bass heavy but that’s easily rectified in the app as it has a built in equaliser.
But the real reason I purchased them was for the sound cancelling which works pretty well.
It doesn’t cancel everything, I didn’t expect them to, but each mode (ambient, noise cancelling and normal) work as described.
I did notice that whilst cycling against the wind , normal was better than noise cancelling as the wind buffering seemed to interfere with the noise cancelling too much and made the wind noise worse.
I have found the app ok, I’m not sure why it only has a 2.8* out of 5 rating on Play store as it does what I want it to and is easy to use.
Anyway all in all I’m impressed with them and pleased I have purchased them.
+ Value for money
+ Build quality seems good
+ App works well
+ No disconnections
+ ANC works well
+ Secure fit
Minor gripes = not as comfortable as my old buds but it is minor and doesn’t always auto connect, but it connects via the app no problems
– None really
Feb 2023.
‘LE Audio’ doesn’t work on my phone, no LDAP, no smart sensors and initially wooly tuned bass heavy driver. Out of the box the sound had horrible booming bass, plus flat dull vocals. However after firmware update to v0.4.2 and device (the phone’s Equalizer) and APP EQ adjustment they then sound very good. They will need re-tweaking to get the best sound according to genre. But tweak your phone’s equalizer as well as the APP because this also effects the sound levels!
In Noise Cancelling mode the bass is amplified even more which is annoying.
The buds quickly and easily paired and connected to my Samsung phone with no issues or drop outs afterwards. Also connected to my Windows 10 computer. They can work independently by simply leaving one bud in the case.
The APP when signing in collects unnecessary user data (there is a law against that!), so don’t sign in. No Dark Mode for the APP, but overall the APP is good and the earbuds are mostly customizable. Basic but does exactly what you want it to do. Plus Noise Cancellation modes can also be changed from the APP as well as on the buds.
After firmware update to v0.4.2 the APP terrible treble sound pre-set seems corrected. Credit that these can be updated and bettered with firmware updates. So there’s hope for LE Audio.
It’s good that the EQ can be adjusted and personally set and pre-sets saved. But they are still too bass heavy!
They are loud with volume and power. The Noise Cancelling works well except for increasing the bass even more. The good tip seal helps with this. Sound mainly female voices still comes through but there is a noticeable difference when used. Ambient Sound is also effective over Normal but has a little white noise. There is a system voice informing the selected mode which is great.
The indoor mic quality during recordings is very good. During indoor phone calls people say the mic is good and the calls clear.
No EC Audio so battery life isn’t extended but otherwise they have very good battery life.
The design is spot on and they look good, and I do like the defined tap spot. Which with practice the touch controls work fine and there’s a helpful audible tone when touched. The instructions are basic but there is an online video. Customer Services were excellent.
The buds fit my small ears with good seal from the round soft silicon tips, and there are 4 sized quality black tips to choose from. Plus the tips come on a washable plastic holder which is a simple nice touch. The buds don’t feel heavy in the ear and are secure for normal use.
The USB-C wireless charging case isn’t the smallest but ok in the pocket and holds a good charge, so it does the job and works. Standard USB-C cable should be USB-C at both ends, but this has an older USB-A at one end for older chargers.
After some weeks of use is a quality product, these are very good earbuds for the price, and even without EC Audio working I’d recommend them. Once both Equalizers are configured and tweaked the sound is quite good and they work well. However with Noise Cancelling the bass is too heavy. Hopefully a future update can reduce that or another tip could help.