I was ready to call these the best open earbuds ever, and they're incredibly cheap — but one recurring issue ruined it all

Soundpeats Pop Clip2: Two-minute review There's a version of this Soundpeats Pop Clip2 that you'll never read.

After several weeks with the Soundpeats Clip1's cheaper successor, I was half-way through writing a five-star review which declared them the best open earbuds you could buy.

That version is, as you can already tell, not this version of the review.

You see, the longer I used the Soundpeats Pop Clip2, the more I had to contend with some annoying issues; the kind of problem which often emerge after months or years of use, especially in cheaper tech, but shouldn't be affecting the buds after just a few weeks.

For example, I had an issue with the charging case, where it wouldn't reliably power up the buds.

Sometimes I'd take them out, only to find them drained.

My biggest problem, though, was with connectivity: they'd often fail to connect to my phone, or repeatedly drop out while I was running.

A few times, when I needed some buds for a cycle or run, I'd just use the recently-reviewed Baseus Bowie MC2 rather than try and fight with the Pop Clip 2.

It's a shame, because aside from these common cheap-bud problems, the Soundpeats Pop Clip 2 are genuinely fantastic earbuds.

Or is it the Soundpeats UU2? Depending on where you live, they're called one or the other, but in many countries the brand is using both names.

Confusing.

I’m going to be using the former name, because it simply makes more sense.

The Soundpeats Pop Clip2 have to be some of the best-sounding clip-style earbuds I’ve heard: they have a nice simple V-shaped sound, offering bass with ‘oomph’ but tone, and clear crisp treble.

They don’t re-invent the wheel, but nimbly avoid all the issues that come with audio in buds of this form factor.