Kitsound
www.kitsound.co.uk
By Peter Tranter
Kitsound have come out with a neat pair of headphones for the outdoors, with an impressive list of features including noise-cancelling, impressive sound, wireless connectivity, a sweat-resistant housing, and call handling – all for a very wallet-friendly impressive price.

Kitsound Immerse Active Wireless Sports Headphones

The first problem of listening to anything in the outdoors is noise pollution. Active noise cancellation (ANC) creates sound waves that mirror background noise in order to cancel it and the Immerse headphones do a pretty good, if not perfect job as a little can still be heard. However, in this price range it is a very neat addition, even though personally, I am always wary of using noise cancellation in the outdoors for obvious reasons.

The second hurdle to negotiate are wires that tangle and hook on just about everything. The answer is wireless connectivity that removes the limitations of wired headphones with no cables to irritate using Bluetooth® V4.1 and it works a treat.

The Bluetooth connectivity produces very decent sound for the price level but you will have to find the best personal setup with the differing sizes of buds and wings that are provided – it’s worth the effort though. Though the sound lacked dynamism, which is the norm in this price range, it does produce very decent results and you’ll be hard-pushed to get better audio quality at this price level.

As with all the latest headphones, the Immerse has a magnetic recharging system provided in this instance by a square strip on the rear of the neckband that snaps to the charger. In theory, the charge should last for five hours and if you use the headphones without the noise cancellation, that is approximately what you will get. Use them with the ANC and they last for around three hours.

So there you have it, you pay for what you get in this instance but the good news is that you will get a rugged, reliable pair of headphones and you’ll struggle to do better at this price point.

Box contents

  • KitSound Immerse Wireless Earphones
  • USB charging cable
  • S/M/L silicone tips and stabilisers
  • Carry pouch
  • User manual

Specs:

Weight: 15 grams
Dimensions: 580 x 30 x 20 mm
Colours: black, red
Power type: lithium polymer battery
Charge time: 1.5 Hours
Connectivity: Bluetooth, call-handling
Battery life: five hours
Wireless range: up to 10 metres

Price: £59.99