Fast evaluation of LG TONE Free FN7 headset, can it be compared with the AirPods at the price of 2.7 million dong?

Referring to LG, most of users, including myself, often think of TVs, washing machines and smartphones … But perhaps we all are wrong, LG also produces audio equipment like speakers. enclosures, portable speakers, and headphones too.

Besides making TVs, LG also has headphones

And also continues to be another luck when I have the opportunity to hold a true wireless headset that is considered the flagship of LG at the moment with the codename TONE Free FN7. This is a product that converges all the most modern technologies that a wireless headset can possess such as active noise cancellation, IPX4 water resistance standard and especially an equipment that only appears on the device. LG headphones, I will talk about it in detail below.

Enough of that long, now going into detail the points I appreciate, as well as the points that really make me confusing on this LG FN7!

Design

The first point that surprised me when I first opened the TONE Free FN7 box was its extremely compact charging box size.

Despite having used a lot of true wireless headphones on the market, from cheap models of Padmate to flagship products like the Sony WF-1000XM3 or most recently, the Sennheiser Momentum TWS 2. Statue and noise resistance are also at the top, but the deadly weakness of these headphones is that the charging box is too cumbersome. In my opinion, this is also the main reason why these products become weaker against the king of true wireless – Apple AirPods.

The charging box is designed in a circular shape, as small as a Macaron cake

But in the opposite direction, a company that is not too keen on audio equipment like LG shows its sophistication when designing a charging box as small as a Macaron cake, combined with complete texture. Self-plastic, TONE Free FN7 stands out from competitors in the same price range in terms of size and weight.

Referring to the material, LG has wisely used abrasive plastic to make the box, this brings both the pros and cons of the FN7. The great strength of the rough material is that it is very hard to scratch, I have put this headset in my pocket with the keys, parking card, lighters and many other things, but still cannot leave any marks. scratches on the case of this headset. What about the weak point? It grabbed sweat, fingerprints.

The box of the FN7 holds a lot of sweat, fingerprints and dust

The two headphones in the rechargeable box is a completely different story. It’s designed like the AirPods, that’s right. Also made from glossy plastic that is easy to clean.

The headset part made of glossy plastic is also clinging to sweat, fingerprints are no less

One weakness is that the air nozzle of the FN7 is designed quite large, is a person with a large external ear canal and normally I have to use M-size eartips, but with this headset, I had to change to the smallest size to be able to fix it on my ear.

As mentioned above, the small and light charging box is a huge strength of TONE Free FN7, especially for the banh beo sister association, along with the charging box opening mechanism like a makeup box. making it more attractive in the eyes of the weaker sex.

TONE Free FN7 has a design too big compared to the ear texture of Vietnamese people in general and sister associations in particular.

Feature

In return for the design, the features on TONE Free FN7 show a completely opposite face.

The first is for the controls, instead of integrating an entire touch surface running along the headphone body, LG only equips the FN7 touch area neatly inside a slightly protruding oval frame. out. Initially it will be a bit difficult to manipulate, but after using it, it will be very comfortable, do not worry about mistaken touches. In addition, the control sound also sounds very “to”, than the headset that costs 3 times that of Sennheiser that I am using.

The control system on the FN7 is smart and easy to get used to

Next is the noise resistance, although not as excellent as the WF-1000XM3, let alone being able to compare with the AirPods Pro, but what TONE Free FN7 can do is enough to impress me, it cancels near Like absolutely the background sounds like cars, people talking and although I have not had a chance to test, I am quite sure it will also cancel out noise from aircraft engines equally well.

Another commendable point of the FN7 is that the crosstalk function works extremely naturally, when you don’t listen to music with this mode enabled, you will almost forget that you are wearing headphones.

The noise cancellation and crosstalk feature works very well

Finally in the feature section is an equipment that only appears on LG headphones, which is the ability to disinfect the headphones with ultraviolet light, also known as UV rays. Speaking of which, I must also give praise to the product team of Korean manufacturers.

Specifically, when you open the FN7’s charging box lid, there will be a blue-purple light that lights up for a few seconds, then turns off. There was a time when I was sure this was its exclusive disinfectant feature. But this is a “trick”. First, the other two blue and purple lights are decorative lights and they don’t have any antiseptic effects.

This purple-green light is a “trick”

But saying that doesn’t mean LG is fooling us. In fact, in the spectrum, ultraviolet rays are in the range of wavelengths that cannot be seen by the human eye, so whether it is active or not, you, like me, are completely invisible. .

This is really this disinfectant UV lamp part

And after a while “soak up” the user manual, I realized the fact that this feature only works when the user plugs the headset. At this time, the UV Nano indicator light will turn on, the entire surface of the charging box will become visible in about 10 minutes, proving that this disinfection feature works.

When the charger is plugged in, the UV Nano light will light up indicating that disinfection is in progress

According to information from LG, this feature will kill 99.9% of the bacteria that exist on the eartips as well as the negative mesh. Indeed a feature worth learning from other big guys.

Sound quality

If you do not own a pair of ears that are too strict, the TONE Free FN7 will be a headset with a quite pleasant sound quality.

It is not rich in detail, nor has rich dynamic bass, FN7’s voice style is quite balanced in all 3 high, mid and low ranges, which will be a strong point for users who listen to many genres of music, because Whether you open up a thrilling EDM by Martin Garrix or a copy of Che Linh’s famous Sad City, these headphones perform very well, above average.

The sound quality of the FN7 is not too outstanding compared to competitors in the same price range

If you’re looking for a headset that can help you hear the roaring saxophone in Kenny G’s By The Time This Night Is Over or the powerful kick drum from Imagine Dragons’ Believer, Otherwise, FN7 can’t do that.

Conclude

You may be wondering a little bit about the battery issue, but after 3 days of experience without ever exhausting the FN7, I believe this will be a good choice if you are looking for a true wireless headset to “plow hoe”.

In my opinion, LG TONE Free FN7 with what it owns will be very difficult to compete in the current true wireless market.

To conclude. For me, with a price of about 2.7 million VND, LG TONE Free FN7 owns remarkable strengths such as compact design, balanced sound quality, IPX4 water resistance, and noise resistance. intelligent control, control and especially UV sterilization, which has never appeared on any true wireless headset before.

It will be a great option if you are looking for a headset that can balance all your needs

Regarding the downsides, the FN7 has a quite large headset, very uncomfortable wearing feeling, the case is made of unstable plastic, sweat and fingerprints. Especially the “eel eel” when equipped with decorative led lights is misleading. Those are the reasons that I decided not to buy this headset. If you are using an iPhone, the AirPods are definitely a much more affordable option.