Astrum ET300 review: True wireless earbuds on a budget

The Astrum Bluetooth ET300 earbuds come with a little ‘ charging dock station’ that also doubles as a carry case — inspired by Airpods. They are IPX5 rated water and dust resistant and carry a touch- based control for audio control — all for ` 4,999.

The ET300 earbuds do look like some standard earbuds with a slightly bulky form factor. They include weatherproof rubber ear hooks, which latches on to your ear’s to prevent it from falling off on the go or during a workout session.

The case is pretty small and weighs just 50g with the earbuds in it, which makes them super comfy to carry around. The dock features two slots with magnetic pogo pins where the earbuds rest and be locked when not in use. Both the ear buds feature simple single- touch interface along with an LED indicator each. The dock features LED indicators too for the onboard battery status and hosts an on/ off button to top- up the earbuds.

The ET300 earbuds feature 8mm drivers with a 32 Oh ms impedance. A st rum claims that each ear can spew out a frequency range of 20Hz20KHz and an audio output of 105dB. They do a decent job with audio performance, with focus on vocals rather than pounding audio. However, there’s no punchy bass. The silicon ear tips do a decent job when it comes to noise isolation. As for calls, receivers complained about low volume — thanks to the mic’s distant placement. The dock’ internal batteries can topup the earbuds up to 3X times, with each charge cycle spanning around 1.5 hours. The dock takes around two hours for a full charge. The ear buds offer a music play back time of 2.5 hours and a talktime of up to two hours. As for the range, we managed to get a decent range of up to a good 20ft.

To sum it up, the Astrum ET300 Wireless ear buds can be a substantial replacement to your regular wired headphones and certainly gets a recommendation from our end.