My thoughts exactly. Unless it actually scratches products, rather than cleaning them, the $3 cloth is the only thing I'd buy, and better value than Apple's $19 cloth. In fact, I'd be better off buying Ifixit's cleaning cloths compared to the Apple ones!
It's great that you covered both cheap and expensive clones of earpods!! Most people only cover cheap ones and conclude it's easy to tell them appart.. I was just about to comment that you should have bought more expensive fakes, but the reveal of the black ones got me 😉
it still wasnt a good clone, ive had two clones of the airpods 1 and the 20$ clone was significantly worse than a 30$ clone which sounded identical to the real ones
@@LovroSabljak that is very untrue, you can get 1:1 clones of all airpods except max from an agent called Jenny, just google Jenny airpods and you'll find it easily. Both the sound and the ANC quality is exactly the same, there is absolutely no reason to buy retails.
@@SejLifts eh, you can very likely just check the part codes and you'll find them right away, of course not boards but batteries, speakers and such are definitely off the shelf parts. The only problem is when they decide to scrape part numbers on ICs and such, I hate this stupid behavior. On another note, they even copied the worst part of the originals with the pentalobe screws.
The bit expensive airpod max would worth it if you could access the motherboard. I fcking love the design but not worth its original price so it i could easily swap the fake one interior and just be happy with it.
Bought 120$ fake airpods pro 2 years ago and finally got real pro 2’s. While the fake ones dont have noise cancelling they sounded great and maybe even better then any other 100$ earphones. They lasted me all this time and even thought theyre fake. I cant deny how good they are for a silly mistake. (They were listed as refurbished)
For the AirPods Max, at least here in the US, I believe they're still wrapped in plastic. It's just the new models of things that have moved to the paper tabs. Could be that they're moving inventory that was already wrapped, or the factory for them hasn't been changed away from shrinkwrap.
I've seen many people on FB Marketplace selling those Airpods Max and there are the ones who actually tell you those are clones and others who try to pull the "lightly used" or "unwanted gift" trope, which is sad, because I've heard some of the clones of smaller Airpods are good for what they are and really good budget alternatives, but the people who try to pass them as originals are the worse, seriously.
Thanks for the overview. Yeah, i wouldn't buy any of the electronic items that you have shown, except maybe the big Airpod (to gut out and put better quality internals in). However, I would buy the cleaning cloth, becauae $3 for a cloth is better than $19 for a cleaning cloth.
You said they all not worth buying. But what about the cleaning cloth? I think its a great deal cause the orginal is heavily overpriced and does the same thing
These Airpod Max. The Kamino cloners duplicated every small detail but failed to provide a correctly programmed Bluetooth codec. I saw a video about Amazon returns, where the quality Airpod fake is returned instead of the original, causing a rolling problem to successive Amazon's customers. Thank you Mr. Jeffreys for your warning video...
It's not the codec or anything that's the problem, it's the tuning, which is how emphasised certain frequencies are, bass focused headphones boost low frequencies heavily, hearing aids boost high frequencies heavily, etc, these headphones have the low frequencies boosted beyond the point of insanity, causing the distortion even at the lowest volume level, if they turned the low frequencies down, they could be decent.
This isn't a video I'd expect from this channel, but since he clearly had fun with it and didn't just do it for the clicks, I quite enjoy it and would like to see more alongside the regular stuff
I consider myself pretty savvy when it comes to scams, but I feel I would have been fooled if I thought I was buying the genuine product with the AirPod Max. Good video.
Given the ever increasing RRP of Apple's wares, I have been tempted to look out for some of their recent products on the 2nd hand market - particularly Airpods / etc. The ear-wax factor alone is pretty off-putting once you start investigating... but the amount of fakes on eBay ultimately just makes the idea seem fraught with the likelihood of ending up with non-Apple garbage. So thanks for answering the other question - should I just go for some non-Apple knock off. And the answer is no.
It's absolutely INSANE how these companies basically take crap and style it up to the point where the clones look extremely similar to the original! Completely blows my mind!
i was sold fake airpod pros from aliexpress. they put them in a real airpods pro box and even came with a lighting charger AND the case actually used lightning connector. but the audio quality was bad and muffled, and the dying sound is what gave it off for me 😅 i was out $70 but its fine, i only buy from official refurbished shops now tho.
2:41i find it incredible how they seem to always nail this cheap look. even from a video i can feel the texture of the cheapest possible, hear the creaks and feel it bend to the touch and yet be brittle as they come.
These fakes are also one of the reasons why Apples pricing doesnt make any sense. Gives scammers more reason to try and scam people with fake products when original price is crazy high.
I have one kislux bag I got in 2019, it's the LV white catogram speedy. It's counter quality and it has a nice honey patina now, so the leather is real. I think whatever makes you happy go for it. I've seen LV with plastic leather and blood red glaze...
I am so surprised how people can think something 5 times more expensive can be that cheap or better say as you said just buy from real shops as some do have real discounts and you can still get a real thing….
Aliexpress become also quite expensive marketplace to buy in last 2 years. Their prices twice or more than Taobao, the real chinese huge market. Ali is basically a store window, only export oriented, only for foreigners (many chinese complain how they want order there and buy, but can't, don't allow delivery inside China), only a preview of chinese market. Chinese can't buy on Ali, foreigners can't on Taobao (of course if not using third-party).
It would be great if you could purchase and review some of the units that are commonly sought after in replica groups. My daily driver are some knockoff Airpod Pros from Jenny, and they're surprisingly accurate besides some iffy 3D sound and not quite up to par noise cancellation, at around $50 USD before shipping.
I have those too! However they don't support force touch like the originals. It's just tap which is annoying since it summons the assistant each time I put them on
i had those P9's headphones, it does have a looooooot of base but the bad one, and after 1 month it died, then i bought a neckband Samsung ITFIT headphones, miles better and it's almost 2 years old and still going strong.
I think that it could be repeated with some stuff that might really be worth buying - such as replicas of apple usb-c cables, power bricks (with teardown and rating of components) or some magsafe wallets.
Some products cheaper to buy local from big brands, which can hire factories, like Active noise cancelling headphones on Ali started min from like $70, but locally french Auchan sells same under umbrella brand Qilive only for $30 near you. I can't believe people travel without such on airplanes, a real miracle to ears against noise headache.
7:06 Wow this battery is very tiny! I wonder if someone could fit a BL-5C battery in it and get 40+ hours of listening (because the inside cavity is so large and empty)
I have been using the "AAA" Airpods Pro for some months now, my cousin gave it to me bc the right one stopped working... Just want to add that overall are not that bad, the iPhone recognises it as a genuine airpod so is cool, and the sound quality is acceptable, the gain is crazy tho, I have to use it with the minimum level of volume and sometimes it is too much for my ear haha also the microphone is terrible, people can barely understand when I pick up calls with those, so those fake airpods are just fine if you didn't pay a cent for it but otherwise is not worth anything, if your budget is kinda low but you appreciate quality make the effort for some Sony
I just bought a pair of airpods max's from my local apple store a few days ago and they were sealed with plastic! Not sure if it was just old stock or if they are still producing some with the plastic wrap still.
I used to work at an electronics shop, where we sold Airpods Max, and they were all wrapped in plastic. It seems that Apple only changes the packaging when they do a product refresh and since the Airpods Max have not received any product refresh since they introduced plastic-less packaging, it explains why they have the plastic packaging.
i got an original because literally nothing would clean my phone. it cleaned it quite well and overall it’s not damaged. i got it when it was available for purchase and it still hasn’t even been scratched. great long term purchase but not worth $20, maybe 10
I bought a clone of the apple watch ultra, sickening similarity which makes me think that the Chinese factories that produces the actual casings they re-sell defective/QA discarded to other companies which then do hardware and software in a cheap manner and resell for a huge profit.
And I have a question, can you make a non waterproof and non dustproof phone to waterproof and dustproof phone by adding adhesive tapes from 1 layers to many layers of adhesive tapes and then test it in watery and dusty conditions, for instance, Samsung Galaxy M54 is not waterproof and dustproof so you can use it as an example for this test or you can use any other non waterproof and dustproof phones.
You know what... Putting the internals of a good speaker inside the giant airpod would be AWESOME, cause I love that thing!
imagine a HomePod Mini crammed into it 😆
@@BowsettesFurythat’d be great!
i love this thing hahaha for a giant this would be perfect xDDDD
would still sound like shit because of the cheap plastic body
Yeah, I have one of those. It could be like a case for a HomePod mini.
The cloth is totally worth it compared to the apple one!
My thoughts exactly. Unless it actually scratches products, rather than cleaning them, the $3 cloth is the only thing I'd buy, and better value than Apple's $19 cloth.
In fact, I'd be better off buying Ifixit's cleaning cloths compared to the Apple ones!
Exactly sideload freedom to repair.i'll totally think iphone users are i diots
A while ago I bought a 5-pack of those fake polishing cloths, they work great and leave everything shiny, no scratches at all!
@@MatheusPratta get the jewlery or glasses cloths cheap and effective
@@TheSpotify95 wow Apple really charge $19 for a cloth? Those sons of bitches!
It's great that you covered both cheap and expensive clones of earpods!! Most people only cover cheap ones and conclude it's easy to tell them appart.. I was just about to comment that you should have bought more expensive fakes, but the reveal of the black ones got me 😉
it still wasnt a good clone, ive had two clones of the airpods 1 and the 20$ clone was significantly worse than a 30$ clone which sounded identical to the real ones
@@mcl223 I agree, there is no good clone of anything
@@LovroSabljak That's wrong there are tons of good clones on the market. These aren't it unfortunately
@@malikkelly No one should ever buy any clones if you ask me.. just get a better thing for that price thats not copying something..
@@LovroSabljak that is very untrue, you can get 1:1 clones of all airpods except max from an agent called Jenny, just google Jenny airpods and you'll find it easily. Both the sound and the ANC quality is exactly the same, there is absolutely no reason to buy retails.
To be honest, the polishing cloth actually looks like a great purchase... compared to the Apple original. Not that I'm in the market to buy it.
You added more humour than usual, and it worked really well!
Satisfactory 😉
On the bright side, they don't pair the parts to the device nor have software locks like the real Apple. 😂😂😂
112 likes and a heart but no comments? Let’s fix that!
Good luck finding replacement parts for these though
@@SejLifts eh, you can very likely just check the part codes and you'll find them right away, of course not boards but batteries, speakers and such are definitely off the shelf parts.
The only problem is when they decide to scrape part numbers on ICs and such, I hate this stupid behavior.
On another note, they even copied the worst part of the originals with the pentalobe screws.
That is very true! xD
@@SejLifts No one it out here tying to repair clones
Next experiment: turn this gigantic airpod into a hair dryer. Nice video as always.
When it first appeared in the video, *Apple 'Airdryer PRO* was the first thing that came to mind... 💰☀😂
2:39 Package looked like it got kicked out by the factory.
mate, the polishing cloth works just like the real thing! Easily the best fake apple product out there
if I needed a cloth I would buy that one for $3!
I always love the Chinglish instructions, always good for a laugh! Stay warm mate!
Drinking tea enables you joyful.
Dankpod's long lost phone-repairing brother.
I can imagine a pair of the pods in a giant case, working in stereo. But it had to be done well.
4:14 Gotta counteract the deceptive quality of the fakes by having the most suspicious message ever right on the front of the box
The people buying them are mostly using them to scam other people on places like Facebook marketplace
Lmao at 2:50. I nearly spill my milk because how great your sarcasm are. 😂😂
We call stuff like this “Straight to landfill” products..
Thanks for the demo and useful warnings.
The bit expensive airpod max would worth it if you could access the motherboard. I fcking love the design but not worth its original price so it i could easily swap the fake one interior and just be happy with it.
Thumbail looking like dankpods
2:50 the best quote tones ever read by hugh jeffrey so far 😂😂
Bought 120$ fake airpods pro 2 years ago and finally got real pro 2’s. While the fake ones dont have noise cancelling they sounded great and maybe even better then any other 100$ earphones. They lasted me all this time and even thought theyre fake. I cant deny how good they are for a silly mistake. (They were listed as refurbished)
Laughs in $20 knockoffs.
Dude you could've gotten a 50 dollar pair with Active Noise Cancelation 😂
audio quality would be mid to be fair@@SkiWasHere100
My 1-1s have the noise cancellation and everything
@@Etaoinshrdlu69laughs in $1 knockoffs!
For the AirPods Max, at least here in the US, I believe they're still wrapped in plastic. It's just the new models of things that have moved to the paper tabs. Could be that they're moving inventory that was already wrapped, or the factory for them hasn't been changed away from shrinkwrap.
Exactly, here as a German, mine cane sealed in plastic.
Finally, sarcasm Hugh Jeffreys we are all waiting for😂😂😂
I've seen many people on FB Marketplace selling those Airpods Max and there are the ones who actually tell you those are clones and others who try to pull the "lightly used" or "unwanted gift" trope, which is sad, because I've heard some of the clones of smaller Airpods are good for what they are and really good budget alternatives, but the people who try to pass them as originals are the worse, seriously.
Thanks for the overview. Yeah, i wouldn't buy any of the electronic items that you have shown, except maybe the big Airpod (to gut out and put better quality internals in). However, I would buy the cleaning cloth, becauae $3 for a cloth is better than $19 for a cleaning cloth.
You said they all not worth buying. But what about the cleaning cloth?
I think its a great deal cause the orginal is heavily overpriced and does the same thing
These Airpod Max.
The Kamino cloners duplicated every small detail but failed to provide a correctly programmed Bluetooth codec.
I saw a video about Amazon returns, where the quality Airpod fake is returned instead of the original, causing a rolling problem to successive Amazon's customers.
Thank you Mr. Jeffreys for your warning video...
It's not the codec or anything that's the problem, it's the tuning, which is how emphasised certain frequencies are, bass focused headphones boost low frequencies heavily, hearing aids boost high frequencies heavily, etc, these headphones have the low frequencies boosted beyond the point of insanity, causing the distortion even at the lowest volume level, if they turned the low frequencies down, they could be decent.
Master hugh with another video.
This isn't a video I'd expect from this channel, but since he clearly had fun with it and didn't just do it for the clicks, I quite enjoy it and would like to see more alongside the regular stuff
I love the slight aggressiveness of the video compared to the other calm hugh jeffreys videos
9:51 link for that dupe air max headphones pleasee! 🥺
Going all DankPods on us Hugh
I consider myself pretty savvy when it comes to scams, but I feel I would have been fooled if I thought I was buying the genuine product with the AirPod Max. Good video.
That massive AirPod was hilarious 😂 ad like that just for a display
I like this new hugh jeffreys content 😁 been here for 5 yrs
HEY kislux !! I have been watching you for years and im so proud of where you have made it! I love you so much! Also thanks for making my day
Given the ever increasing RRP of Apple's wares, I have been tempted to look out for some of their recent products on the 2nd hand market - particularly Airpods / etc.
The ear-wax factor alone is pretty off-putting once you start investigating... but the amount of fakes on eBay ultimately just makes the idea seem fraught with the likelihood of ending up with non-Apple garbage.
So thanks for answering the other question - should I just go for some non-Apple knock off.
And the answer is no.
Excellent video Hugh - a nice balance of good information and subtle humour! 😃
The AirPods Max 1st gen never had it’s plastic removed later as it used the same design from 2020
It's absolutely INSANE how these companies basically take crap and style it up to the point where the clones look extremely similar to the original! Completely blows my mind!
How did this go from a review video to a open and repair video
Another one of Hugh's greatest video!
The same product with high quality is in my BIO
You really made My Day Hugh... Didn't know You can be that funny lol
This was a highly satisfactory video, certainly not boring.
i was sold fake airpod pros from aliexpress. they put them in a real airpods pro box and even came with a lighting charger AND the case actually used lightning connector. but the audio quality was bad and muffled, and the dying sound is what gave it off for me 😅 i was out $70 but its fine, i only buy from official refurbished shops now tho.
What was the fake AirPods name on the website
@@aldrigh9329 idk lol they were sold to me and then i found one of his friends and he told me he buys from aliexpress.
You can get good replicas which are 90% there
@@ndmarshmello9804 yeah but i didn’t want replicas.
2:48 magical product shaming spell chanting begins here 😹😹😹🤣
Bro that cloth fake is amazing. Gonna get one
Love your sense of humour video development 😂
2:41i find it incredible how they seem to always nail this cheap look. even from a video i can feel the texture of the cheapest possible, hear the creaks and feel it bend to the touch and yet be brittle as they come.
"It's grey... and it cleans things" got a good laugh from me.
you’re literally my comfort person i love you kislux !
These fakes are also one of the reasons why Apples pricing doesnt make any sense. Gives scammers more reason to try and scam people with fake products when original price is crazy high.
I love you so much! I recently just found your kislux and i’m in love!! Your videos are so fun and you energy is just MWAH! keep living your life
I have one kislux bag I got in 2019, it's the LV white catogram speedy. It's counter quality and it has a nice honey patina now, so the leather is real. I think whatever makes you happy go for it. I've seen LV with plastic leather and blood red glaze...
I like how the 1st two products are also up on Dankpod's channel
Or on Phone Repair guru's Chanel
Thanks Hugh, good watch & listen.
Regards from Western Scotland.
great video! i loved how you added more humor in the video!
8:36 your fake might support the app flycc which does support different settings for the audio (so you might be able to reduce the bass.
You're missing the pairing device for the polishing cloth to your iPhone. It will leave scratches if they aren't paired with the official tool.
now all you need to do is mark up 10,000% and you'll have also cloned the apple business model
I am so surprised how people can think something 5 times more expensive can be that cheap or better say as you said just buy from real shops as some do have real discounts and you can still get a real thing….
Great video i can now fix my own devices because of your videos
Aliexpress become also quite expensive marketplace to buy in last 2 years. Their prices twice or more than Taobao, the real chinese huge market. Ali is basically a store window, only export oriented, only for foreigners (many chinese complain how they want order there and buy, but can't, don't allow delivery inside China), only a preview of chinese market. Chinese can't buy on Ali, foreigners can't on Taobao (of course if not using third-party).
It would be great if you could purchase and review some of the units that are commonly sought after in replica groups. My daily driver are some knockoff Airpod Pros from Jenny, and they're surprisingly accurate besides some iffy 3D sound and not quite up to par noise cancellation, at around $50 USD before shipping.
I have those too! However they don't support force touch like the originals. It's just tap which is annoying since it summons the assistant each time I put them on
i had those P9's headphones, it does have a looooooot of base but the bad one, and after 1 month it died, then i bought a neckband Samsung ITFIT headphones, miles better and it's almost 2 years old and still going strong.
That polishing cloth truly is a "1:1 original".
I think that it could be repeated with some stuff that might really be worth buying - such as replicas of apple usb-c cables, power bricks (with teardown and rating of components) or some magsafe wallets.
The AirPods is hilarious 😂😂😂😂
Some products cheaper to buy local from big brands, which can hire factories, like Active noise cancelling headphones on Ali started min from like $70, but locally french Auchan sells same under umbrella brand Qilive only for $30 near you. I can't believe people travel without such on airplanes, a real miracle to ears against noise headache.
2:50 his way of talking and editing made me laugh 😂
7:06 Wow this battery is very tiny! I wonder if someone could fit a BL-5C battery in it and get 40+ hours of listening (because the inside cavity is so large and empty)
I guess it would fit, but then you may have a problem with weight balancing
@@claudiofiero8523 remove the fake weights inside and you wont
The (counterfeit?) Apple polishing cloth at the end was hilarious
seemed like you had fun with this video, glad to see that
I have been using the "AAA" Airpods Pro for some months now, my cousin gave it to me bc the right one stopped working... Just want to add that overall are not that bad, the iPhone recognises it as a genuine airpod so is cool, and the sound quality is acceptable, the gain is crazy tho, I have to use it with the minimum level of volume and sometimes it is too much for my ear haha
also the microphone is terrible, people can barely understand when I pick up calls with those, so those fake airpods are just fine if you didn't pay a cent for it but otherwise is not worth anything, if your budget is kinda low but you appreciate quality make the effort for some Sony
1:32 Dankpods did a video on this some time ago and a few other tech enthusiasts, its silly but i love it at the same time
Gut that giant airpod and put something nice in there? That'd be a nice shelf decoration.
Put the sound system from the cheap aiprod max in to the shell of the expensive one
A separate video reviewing the polishing cloth would be helpful. 😉
hugh, can you do a video on if iphone Se3/2 parts can be used to “upgrade” a iphone 8+
“Of course it’s not designed to fit in your ears “ I mean unless you are an elephant 😂😂
I just bought a pair of airpods max's from my local apple store a few days ago and they were sealed with plastic! Not sure if it was just old stock or if they are still producing some with the plastic wrap still.
I used to work at an electronics shop, where we sold Airpods Max, and they were all wrapped in plastic. It seems that Apple only changes the packaging when they do a product refresh and since the Airpods Max have not received any product refresh since they introduced plastic-less packaging, it explains why they have the plastic packaging.
My phone has a micro usb port like the giant earpod
2:54 “Thick and boring” knocked me over. 😅
"Manufactured e-waste" 🤦🏼♂️
Great video! 👍🏻
A giant case that goes with the giant airpods would be fucking HILARIOUS.
5:35 nope its actually scary that somebody pays retail for those headphones
i got an original because literally nothing would clean my phone. it cleaned it quite well and overall it’s not damaged. i got it when it was available for purchase and it still hasn’t even been scratched. great long term purchase but not worth $20, maybe 10
You should see Dankpods destroy those bootleg maxes lol, they literally fell apart in his hands
"it's box looks like it was flatten by a lorry"😂😂😂
I bought a clone of the apple watch ultra, sickening similarity which makes me think that the Chinese factories that produces the actual casings they re-sell defective/QA discarded to other companies which then do hardware and software in a cheap manner and resell for a huge profit.
So did u get your money back?
Bro, I got an ad for Alibaba before the video😂
Probably came from the WELCOME factory .😳😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You should have tried to record some audio with the giant airpod pro
They damage the box on purpose so the buyer can’t resell it but they make sure the inside product isnt damaged too lol
as a brit, I really appreciated the comic quality of the headphone xD
This isn’t a tech product per say, but are the song and friends evolution bicycles on Aliexpress any good?
“Big pea headphones speaker” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
And I have a question, can you make a non waterproof and non dustproof phone to waterproof and dustproof phone by adding adhesive tapes from 1 layers to many layers of adhesive tapes and then test it in watery and dusty conditions, for instance, Samsung Galaxy M54 is not waterproof and dustproof so you can use it as an example for this test or you can use any other non waterproof and dustproof phones.
2:50 this reminds me of DankPods so much!! 😂😂😂
That giant AirPod speaker would be a fun gag gift, I can't think of any other use for it as it sounds awful.