TOZO Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds, 6 Mics ENC Clear Call, IPX8 Waterproof, in Ear Bluetooth 5.3 Headphones Stereo Bass Ear Buds 59H Playtime with LED Display 32 EQs via APP

I reached out to TOZO following an issue with my T6 set of earbuds and they offered me a rebate on these, since my T6’s were out from under the warrantee and couldn’t be repaired. I loved my T6s; they lasted a long, long time and I was sad to give them up but I was willing to give these a try. Holy crap, these are amazing! They did everything the T6s did, but more and better. They also address some of the issues I had with the T6s - no disconnections and reconnections during phone calls, no erroneously varying tap sensitivity, no connections while in the charging case. These issues were minor and I was certainly willing to live with them given the quality of sound and ease of use of the T6 but I was very happy to see these corrected in newer models.The NC9’s have three modes - normal, for a little external noise with no variation in sound frequency (for quiet environments), transparency, for allowing external sounds when situational awareness is necessitated (for keeping track of kids or pets or ensuring safety while working in an environment where you may need to respond to hazards or danger), and noise-cancelling (great for droning machinery and traffic). They come out of the charging case in normal mode and you can activate transparency with a single tap on the left, switch between transparency and noise cancelling with another single tap, and then a triple tap will take you back to normal mode, very competently designed by someone who understood that you may want to switch between modes quickly and easily for safety concerns. I’ve had a chance to try all of these in different environments. Holding my hand out to the side and snapping my fingers (and I’m a loud snapper lol), the normal mode allows for a little sound to come through. The transparency mode boosts the treble of the sound, allowing me to discern both the type of sound and its direction. The noise cancelling reduces the sound to almost nothing. I use all three of these on walks at night - I live in a busy city with crazy drivers and with a single tap, I can activate transparency mode while at a crosswalk or walking down a dark alley to make sure no one is sneaking up on me (or running a red light), and then tap again for noise-cancelling once I’m in a safer area, and take it back to normal mode if I’m in a quieter location without danger. Same thing in the shower, where I’ve usually got them in noise-cancelling - it’s very easy to tap if I think I’ve heard a knock on the door or my rabbits causing trouble, just to make sure no one’s gonna come in and Psycho me. They also don’t seem to be affected by hot water, so you don’t need to worry about your shower adjusting your volume for you, which is great my shower has no idea how loud or soft I want my Pink Floyd. Transparency and noise-cancelling both maintain a very high sound quality, just with added features.The NC9s are fantastic for both the music I listen to and videos I watch! They’re excellent with hard rock and rap, with vibrant bass and treble and clear dictation with vocals, and I love that they bring out instruments usually buried in the mixes of the classical music I enjoy, definitely better than your average earbud. Like, if the mixing is good, you’re gonna hear all sorts of stuff you may have missed before! If the mixing is bad, well, it was gonna sound not-so-good anyways, but now you’ll be able to articulate why and what you’re missing, and it’ll probably still sound a little better.With podcasts or video essays, there is clear distinction between speech, music, and added clips in the sound and I’ve learned so much about the creator’s whose content I enjoy! Who knew video essayists breathed so much? I mean obviously I guess people are always breathing but I’ve just never noticed it before! I caught you!The battery lasts quite a long time, accurate to the assessment on the product page. I’ve been wearing them for long hours since I got them on last week and I haven’t needed to charge the case yet, which is another bonus on the T6, which I thought did a great job lasting but these can go quite a bit longer. I haven’t had them run low on battery yet, probably because I pop them in the case every time I take them off, but they also have an auto-shut-off if there’s no music playing so if you just set them down, they’re not going to run their batteries down. The interface with the exact battery percentage is also a plus - it keeps track of the charging case and an approximation of each individual earbud so you know when they’re ready to go, another plus from the T6 where you just kind of had to guess and hope they were actually charged and didn’t just jostle off the charger.They’re very comfortable; they don’t press on my piercings (I have a daith and conch on one side and they fit perfectly fine and stay in place, I love that they vibe with my alternative, quirky-girly lifestyle lol) and they don’t bother my weirdly shaped ear canals haha I’ve had so many issues with other in-ear headphones causing earaches and I gave these a workout the other day with 12 hours of wear and they felt just fine.Two (very minor) drawbacks for some people:1. You have to tap pretty quickly to transition between modes and features. I don’t consider this much of an issue, since I have neurological issues and usually I have a problem with tapping too fast for earbuds to register or too many times for the features I want, it just took a day or so to get used to not having to adjust my tremble for my headphones. But on that note, kudos to whoever designed the user interactivity because they clearly had tap-errors (too many, too few, too quickly, too slowly) in mind. I mean that no error you make causes any trouble that you can’t fix with a few additional taps, so no power-offs or disconnections or activating a feature far different than the one you meant. For example, to answer a phone call, it’s one tap on the left or right, but to dismiss a phone call, you have to hold for a whole 2 seconds, meaning it’s very unlikely you’re going to accidentally hang up. To raise or lower the volume, it’s hold for 2 seconds on the right or left respectively, but if you tap for a little less than 2 seconds, you’ll just activate transparency/noise-cancelling on the left (1 or 3 taps to fix) or pause the sound on the right (1 tap to fix). It’s not gonna skip around (next - 2 taps, right; previous - 2 taps, left) or activate voice assistance (3 taps, right), or disconnect or power them off. Very intuitive! Any mistake you make is related to what you meant to do, and easily fixable! There aren’t too many instructions to memorize, which is great because I have a tiny brain! :D2. The sounds quality is kind of intense, so if you’re sensitive to crisp or rich tones, maybe start a little quieter like I had to. I definitely have some sort of auditory processing troubles, like, sometimes sounds become garbled or sharp or buzzy or shrill or fade into the void without me realizing, so suddenly hearing my favorite streamer’s keyboard go clack-clack-clackity-clack when I’d never heard it before was almost a little spooky! Like, when I say you’ll hear seemingly EVERYTHING, I mean it! For most people, including the couple I let try these out, that’s a huge bonus - they’re big music and podcast people and loved all the additional sounds that felt closer to them than ever. (Also they do not have any APD, so hearing a quiet breath or keyboard clack didn’t bother them at all, so in all honesty, that might just be a me thing) But for the first few hours of wearing them, it was a little overwhelming for me! After I got used to it though, I really appreciate the quality. It’s made listening to my favorite pieces a joy all over again, and I’m really glad I stuck with them! I love hearing every piccolo squeal and bassoon honk on the tracks now, and with the sounds being more clear, I’ve noticed they’re not fading into the background as much as with my old headphones, when I could go almost an hour forgetting I’m even listening to something until it ends. All that to say, if you’re used to a more muted, blended experience, prepare to have your mind blown (and maybe turn the volume down just a tad for your first few hours, that worked for me at least :) )And that’s it! Yeah, these are awesome! Thank you so much TOZO! I feel so much cooler with my fancy new earbuds, and I hope anyone reading this loves them as much as I do! Best in-ear earphones ever!

Third pair of Tozo's and the best so far.I have liked the Tozo earbuds I have used. I can't compare them to very expensive brands but if those high dollar brands are truly worth the money you pay then they must be insanely great, because all the Tozo's I have had, have had great sound and very nice Noise Cancellation. These NC9 Model's are a huge step up on the older Tozo's I have had that I considered to be great. I have an old 25 year old ford ranger that generates a lot of road noise and interior noise from AC/Fans etc.. engine noise.. Just lots of old car noise. I can turn the noise cancellation on and 90% of it goes away.. It feels like noise wise I sat down in a newer quieter car. Just amazing.. also people I'm on the phone with report that the can not hear the background noise and that my voice is nice and clear. The 6 microphones built in do a good job of capturing my voice and at the same time filtering out external white noise both for me and the people on the other end of my call. My older Tozo's didn't seem to filter the noise for the people I was talking to before so I think this is a new feature. I would say that the NC on these new units is at least 30% better than the old ones. This is just my guess. We have quite window units in our house for AC. The old earbuds would reduce the noise to almost not noticeable. The new ones reduce it to where you can't tell the AC units or any fans or motors in the house are running. When I first tried them I kept thinking the AC had been turned off.battery life is decent. I think I am getting the full advertised usage, however I don't normally use them that much in a single go or even in a couple days so I tend to run them down to no more than 30 to 40% at the most and then put back in the case to charge back up. If I have used them that day I put the case on the charger on the bedside in the evening so I don't think I have ever run the case down more than 25%.I have used 3 pairs of Tozo's so far. And my wife and daughter have each been given a pair and they are really happy with them. I did buy one pair that I returned as it had a permanent white noise in one earbud that I couldn't get rid of. Factory reset etc.. didn't help so I immediately returned. I just considered that a quality control issue and to be honest it wasn't loud nor made it unusable but it was annoying. Over all though the price to performance and reliability have made me really happy.I have no issues recommending these. They only advice is to purchase whichever model has the newest tech in it if you can afford it. There is significant improvements in the newer more feature rich models. That being said I thought the older models were the cat's meow at the time and loved them. Still would be happy with them in the absence of the new models. the older models are now in the 19 to 22 dollar range on average with the new ones being in the 39 to 59 dollar range. Each of the new ones I have purchase though have had coupons or discounts putting them in the 29 dollar range. Pricing is always a time sensitive then so this is only valid for when this review was made.My biggest complaint has nothing to do with Tozo or any brand but with earbuds in general. They are small, both bud's and case's and easy to lose or misplace. It drives me nut's trying to keep track of them sometimes. However that is a me problem and not anything to do with any fault with the actual product.