I bought a set of Dime Black earbuds about a year and a half ago, if not longer, for working landscaping. As I told a coworker, I bought "cheap earplugs that happen to play music." When I got them, I wasn't sure what to expect considering they were all of twenty bucks, which usually means major compromises in the Bluetooth audio world. However, they blew me away when I put them in and played some music. Everything was fairly clear, even if not as good as a fairly expensive pair of Sony Bluetooth headphones (my other, "leisure" pair is a set of Sony MDR-XB950N1 headphones). Now, this review is going to primarily focus on the Dime 2 because that is what I am using now after replacing the initial set of Dimes (after, erm... Misplacing them.)
The first thing to know is these are VERY comfortable earbuds. I typically hate wearing earbuds, especially for long periods. They make my ears itchy and start to get uncomfortable for extended periods, but I would wear these for hours at a time (sometimes pushing the extent of the threeish-hour battery life) and they wouldn't bother me anywhere near as much as others. While I still favor my Sony headphones, those were refurbished and cost five times as much as these earbuds. These are genuinely the most comfortable earbuds I have ever worn. To give this a numbered scale, I would put them at overall comfort 8/10, but for earbuds, it would be 10/10.
Now, sound quality? I utilize two songs to test any audio - Always In My Head by Coldplay and I Just Wanna Know by NF. The former is great for putting extreme highs and lows at the same time where poorer sound systems will show how cheap they are, and the latter utilizes a lot of mids and bass at the same time that catches where some audio equipment will cheap out on the mids. Both songs were fairly clear. While the bass was okay (in my opinion), it makes up for it with very, very clear mids. They are NOT going to blow you away, but in the realm of this price point? They are phenomenal. 8/10
Tile is a very useful tool that I have made use of. Part of why I ended up buying these instead of something higher-end is that I am very, very prone to misplacing things that are small, and... Wireless earbuds are small. I did not want cables connecting them due to them being very annoying (I tried), and I wanted something cheap enough that if it broke, I lost it, or whatever might happen, I could replace them easily. Tile removed one of these issues - If I lose them, it will both show them on a map and play an audio chime at max volume. I'm going to go ahead and say the chime is useless on these - they are -not- that loud. The map is great for finding a general location if you're a college student or out and about a lot. They can show you where to look and have saved me the price of a new pair on more than one occasion.
Battery life is probably the weakest point, in my opinion. But I also admit I am spoiled. The case has enough charge for a few recharge sessions, and the earbuds are approximately capable of three-hour bursts of battery life. While it was rarely an issue, I also had to make sure to recharge them almost every night because during a shift of work, I would use almost the entire charge. The Dime 3's SHOULD fix that based upon the specs on Amazon, but I have no idea how they are. I just know the Dime 1 and Dime 2. 6/10
Build quality is, for the money, great as well. Don't expect metal hinges or anything at this price. However, they feel solid and I have dropped them on more than one occasion and they don't ever seem phased. I did get one set (I may have bought more than one...) where the magnet that holds it closed was not glued properly, and have had one other that kept glitching when trying to connect to my phone (but that also could have been my phone, but if anyone else has experienced this I would love to know!) until I ran it and my phone dead and charged them both back to full. Don't run them through the washer, though. They will not survive that. 8/10
Overall, if you are looking for some inexpensive earbuds that are excellent at blocking sound and great at making (good) sounds, these are the ones to get.
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| connectivity tech | Bluetooth | Wireless | Wireless | Wireless | Wireless, Bluetooth | Wireless |
| headphones form factor | In Ear | In Ear | In Ear | In Ear | In Ear | In Ear |
| connector type | Bluetooth® 5.2 | — | wireless | wireless | wireless | wireless |
| noise control | sound isolation | — | sound isolation | active noise cancellation | — | sound isolation |
| cable feature | Without Cable | Without Cable | Without Cable | Without Cable | Without Cable | Without Cable |
| control type | Media Control | Media Control | Media Control | Media Control | Media Control | Volume Control |
| water resistance | water resistant | — | water resistant | — | — | waterproof |
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Bluetooth Version
| 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
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Battery in Earbuds
| 3.5 Hours | 3.5 Hours | 6 Hours | 9 Hours | 5 Hours |
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Battery in Case
| 8.5 Hours | 8.5 Hours | 16 Hours | 24 Hours | 19 Hours |
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IP Rating
| IPX4 Sweat and Water Resistant | IPX4 Sweat and Water Resistant | IPX4 Sweat and Water Resistant | IPX4 Sweat and Water Resistant | IP55 Sweat, Water and Dust |
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Tile Finding Technology
| ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Auto On/Connect
| ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
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Activate Assistant
| ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Use Either Bud Solo
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Controls
| Call, Track and Volume | Call, Track and Volume | Call, Track and Volume | Call, Track and Volume | Call, Track and Volume |
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Charging Cable
| Micro-USB | Micro-USB | Micro-USB | Micro-USB | USB-C |
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Almost a perfect upgrade! Except for one thing...
Bought the Dime 3's replace my old Dime 1's that I absolutely ran into the ground over the years. Upon first impressions this is a major upgrade that fixes every problem I had with the Dime 1.Sound is a small but noticeable change as music is a lot more layered than its predecessor. Battery life got better too as I'm able to go 3 days on a single charge as opposed to 2 with the Dime 1. The charging pins are placed in a better spot for more reliable charging, something I'm super grateful for as the Dime 1s had a serious issue where the pins wouldn't line up and the buds wouldn't charge even when placed in the case.Speaking of charging, With the upgrade to type C charging I can finally throw away my micro USB cable and use one cable for everything now. Also the build quality is a lot better too since the buttons are all plastic instead of the cheap rubber that eventually dried up and crumbled away with the Dime 1.This would've been a 5 star review if it wasn't for one unnecessary change. For some reason on these buds they decided to swap the previous/next track functions on the in-line buttons with volume controls instead, meaning I have to pull my phone out everytime I wanna change a song which took some getting used to. But apart from that it's a good buy especially if your coming from the previous version of these buds like me.
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