Bragi Dash Pro total review

Since the release of Apple tree'southward AirPods dorsum in 2016, wireless earbuds have hit the market in droves, with anybody from Sony to Samsung looking to go in on the wireless earbud activity. The issue is that they all substantially look the same, and offer similar features, making it hard to decide on a pair to buy.

Bragi's Nuance Pro wireless earbuds look to buck that tendency, offering impressively high-tech wireless earbuds that offer features we've non seen on whatsoever other pair of earphones on the marketplace. We've been diddled abroad past the Bragi Dash Pro earbuds, and it'south not hard to run across why. Detect out more in our Bragi Nuance Pro review or, if they're not your cup of tea, take a look at our selection of the best wireless earbuds available right now.

Bragi Dash Pro: Pricing and Availability

The Bragi Dash Pro, while some of the nearly advanced earbuds on the market, are also amongst the most expensive consumer-facing wireless earbuds bachelor right now at £299.99/$329.99 from Bragi forth with Currys PC World in the UK, and Amazon in the US.

That'southward almost double the price of Apple's hugely popular £159 AirPods, and far more expensive than other popular earbuds including Jabra'southward £149 Aristocracy 65t earphones. In fact, the Nuance Pro costs the same equally a pair of personalised Snugs True Wireless earbuds, though Bragi's option has many more features on offering.

Bragi Dash Pro: Design and build

The Bragi Dash Pro earphones aren't neckbuds similar Apple's BeatsX and RHA'southward MA650 Wireless earphones. Nope, like Apple tree's AirPods, the Bragi Dash Pro earphones are completely wireless, providing a clean, discreet await that won't get tangled when non in employ. Information technology's not necessarily a new trend, only we recall that Bragi has learnt from the mistakes from earlier entrants into the marketplace and provides something unique with the Dash Pro.

Despite looking a little bulky when in the palm of your hands, the Dash Pro earbuds fit perfectly into your ears and are barely noticeable when worn. They're impressively unimposing, far from what's on offering with popular wireless earbuds like Apple's AirPods (remember the toothbrush memes?) and Earin's M1s, with both noticeably protruding from the ears.

They go further in-ear than other earbuds nosotros've seen, offering a snug fit while also providing infrequent dissonance isolation. The Dash Pro earphones come with a handful of eartips, assuasive you to detect the ideal fit for your needs. Whether information technology's providing actress grip and h2o resistance for use when exercising or using retention foam eartips that raise the overall audio feel, Bragi has you covered.

Yous won't observe whatever buttons on either bud, and that's considering the earbuds feature touch on-sensitive panels for interaction. While you might sigh while reminiscing about other earphones with terrible touch input, we can happily ostend that it isn't the instance with the Dash Pro. That'southward something we'll go into more detail about beneath, though.

When your Bragi Dash Pro earbuds are non in utilize, you can safely store them in a premium Bragi-branded charging case that, along with protecting your buds, provides 25 hours of charge. It's nicely designed besides; it's metallic, curvy and even features a slit that allows you to check the bombardment life of the earbuds (which pulse when charging) without opening the case.

Information technology's not perfect though; the case is fairly bulky, especially when compared to the AirPods case, with information technology requiring its own pocket for safekeeping during our day-to-24-hour interval apply. Information technology doesn't have the smoothest opening action either, with us having to exert quite a bit of force to slide out the interior compartment despite being lined with soft microfiber textile.

Merely with such an impressive range of features available, we're happy to overlook the slight flaw in the case design.

Bragi Dash Pro: Features and audio quality

The Bluetooth 4.0-enabled Bragi Dash Pro earphones offer much more than the power to play music wirelessly (although they do that well) – in fact, we think they're some of the smartest earbuds on the market at the moment, and information technology's non difficult to see why.

Let'southward first talk nearly the Bragi app; information technology's the heart of the Bragi ecosystem, and is used to not just customise the swipe controls only to set up Alexa, control audio output, view tracked exercises and more. Going through the setup may be overwhelming initially, but you'll get used to the features of the app fairly quick – we did, anyhow! It's well-designed and is way more useful than other companion apps we've used in the by, that's for sure.

It's fourth dimension to discuss the elephant in the room; swipe controls. While swipe controls are more often than not a terrible idea, nosotros must acknowledge that information technology works well with the Dash Pro. The earphones can easily distinguish not merely betwixt swipes and taps, merely swipes in different directions. Though in that location is admittedly a learning curve, a combination of taps and swipes allow you to command music output, start exercise tracking and more without having to await at your smartphone.

Also as tapping and swiping, you can use your caput to control the earphones. It's called the 4D menu, and is activated by looking down, up and then forward for a few seconds. One time agile, yous can 'look' from left to right to scan a variety of functions, from exercise tracking to song-skipping, and simply nod to select it. It doesn't have to be an over-the-top action either; a simple nod should be enough to be picked up by the earphones.

The depict for many will be the Dash Pro's ability to intelligently track non only running, but cycling and even pond thanks to IPX7 water resistance. You can set the earphones to automatically detect practise, or y'all can access it by swiping on the left earbud or via the 4D bill of fare. You've got options!

It uses the HR sensor alongside a suite of built-in tech to monitor your activity, and it'll fifty-fifty store it locally if y'all don't take your phone connected while exercising. The app provides you with fairly standard tracking data including altitude, calorie consumption and even length measurements if you lot're wearing the earphones while swimming. An added bonus for iOS users is the power to sync the data provided by the earphones with the Health app, providing a more holistic overview of your health data.

Information technology likewise offers 4GB of built-in storage for your local music library, meaning you lot can leave your smartphone at home when exercising!

The earphones as well sport Amazon Alexa support, bringing the hugely popular virtual banana to your ear whether you're on iOS or Android. The beauty of Alexa is that it can exist used alongside Siri or Google Assistant (depending on the OS) rather than simply replacing the default choice. It performs much in the same style that it does on the Amazon Echo, though some features, including messaging and driblet-in, aren't nowadays, so don't ditch your Dot merely withal.

The Dash Pro also features an intelligent hearing examination utilising Mimi Defined engineering science, allowing you to create your own custom hearing profile. In one case you've taken the test once, the music processing tech in the earbuds dynamically adapt the audio output to match your hearing range, and the results are staggering.

Y'all can adjust the level of aligning via the Bragi app, and it'due south when you switch betwixt the varying levels of intensity that you notice just how amazing the enhanced audio sounds compared to the standard output. You lot'll feel your favourite songs in entirely new means – cracking for a pair of wireless earbuds, eh?

With all that tech, the bombardment life must exist terrible, correct? Wrong. Despite the small form gene, the Bragi Dash Pro earbuds can be used for up to five hours on a single charge, and popping them back into the bear case will charge them support in around an hour. The carry case holds enough charge for an boosted 25 hours of playback for a total of 30 hours of playback before a charge is required.

Charging the carry example isn't a particularly labourious procedure either; it features a microUSB port and an LED to indicate battery level, with the case mostly going from full-to-flat in around xc minutes via wall charger. Equally expected, information technology takes noticeably longer to charge if you lot plug the cable into your laptop or PC USB port.

And, finally, let'southward hash out audio quality. As yous've probably worked out by now, the Bragi Dash Pro earbuds sound phenomenal, specially after you've taken the Mimi-powered hearing test and personalised the output of audio for your ears.

The audio is clear and crisp with a counterbalanced range, making the earphones ideal for a range of music, from classical to rock. At that place's noticeable bass, but it's not equally booming every bit what'southward produced past the BeatsX, though whether that's a adept or bad characteristic will depend on your personal gustation.

There's also an impressive level of passive noise counterfoil, with us able to comfortably listen to our favourite tunes while on the tube, on the passenger vehicle and more often than not out-and-about in loud environments.

Specs

Bragi Nuance Pro: Specs

  • In-ear
  • Bluetooth 4.0
  • IPX7 water resistance
  • 60 minutes monitor
  • Running, Cycling & Pond tracking
  • Bragi companion app for iOS and Android
  • Built-in hearing test for customised sound output
  • Amazon Alexa back up
  • Customisable touch interface
  • stereo microphones
  • 5hr battery life, charging case holds additional 25hrs
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Author: Lewis Painter, Senior Staff Writer

Lewis Painter

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