There's no shortage of wireless earbuds out there right now and it seems like new products are hitting Kickstarter every day. The hard impact also means manufacturers are competing to offer the lowest retail price for consumers too.
The latest earbuds to raise funding are the FireFlies, a pair of completely cord-free earbuds that you can order today for the lowest price we've seen in the category, just $79 (about £61.13 or $105 AU) for early backers while supplies last.
The left and right earpieces connect to each other via Bluetooth, which then connect to your source using the same technology.
From a product standpoint, there's nothing new about the Fireflies' connectivity that we haven't already seen in the wireless earbud space.
That's not necessarily a bad thing either, since none of the ones I've tried so far have been able to play audio without dropping the signal. If the Fireflies can hold a connection between the earbuds, I'm in.
The company says the battery lasts about three hours and they come with a small charging pod that can boost the battery life back up to 100% three additional times. In other words, you can get twelve total hours of playback if you travel with the charging pod fully juiced.
The only drawback I can see right now that is that there's no microphone built into it, so you can't answer phone calls. Additionally, they don't offer extra pass-through features or activity tracking like the Bragi Dash does, but the Fireflies cost significantly less so the trade-off makes sense.
The good news is that the company achieved 100% of its funding goal within 12 hours of posting the Kickstarter page, so early backers can expect to receive their Fireflies by the end of September 2016.
The final retail price will be $199, which works out to about £154 or $105 AU. Head over to the Fireflies Kickstarter page for more details.
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