▷Skullcandy Push review: the big brother left behind 🥇

Skullcandy, a famous American brand of streetwear-style headphones, has been on the market for almost a year now earbuds truly wireless, thanks to the introduction of the Skullcandy push. The company has since expanded its line of pods, first with the Indy and then with the Sesh, both models much cheaper but on paper not too different from the much more expensive Push. So is there a reason why someone should choose the latter model? What are the characteristics, if any, that make this product more interesting for a consumer? To answer these questions, we put them to the test:

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Skullcandy Push review: connectivity issues

The first thing that catches the eye of these headphones, as in general of all Skullcandy products, is theaesthetic appearance. The model we tested is a nice one dark cyan, almost a green beetle, defined by the company as Psycho Tropical Teal. They are however also available, as colors, too Grey (GRAY DAY), dark gray (DARK GRAY) blu (INDIGO) is dark red (DEEP RED). Regardless, also thanks to the oval shape and the small black skull, the company logo, you will certainly not go unnoticed with these headphones.

Taking them out of the case, di color matched, the headphones will turn on automatically, trying to connect with the last paired device. Precisely as regards the Bluetooth connection, both with our computer / phone and between the two pods, we are faced with a weakness of this product: when extracting the earphones, from the case, the automatic pairing between the two halves, on some occasions, does not go well, leaving us with only one active earphone (the left, the master) until we can reactivate the right one (the slave). And even once the connection has been made, especially in very 'crowded' environments with electronic devices with active Bluetooth (such as a press room), it may happen that the connection is intermittent or that it completely fails.

Also the connection with the device, based on Bluetooth 4.2 instead of the more modern 5.0, it is not always exactly optimal: however much it is indeed stable and working a several meters and / or a couple of rooms away, sometimes has noticeable delays when playing a video. Nothing dramatic, but it can still be annoying to have audio and visuals slightly out of sync.

But are they comfortable?

Once taken out of the case and connected, the headphones must then also be worn: this brings us to a vital question when it comes to buds, namely the fit. The way in which the headphones are inserted into the ear is in fact fundamental both for one's own comfort but above all for a matter of stability. Thanks be to the gel FitFin of which the internal arch is composed and the possibility to choose between rubber pads of various sizes, the Skullcandy Push remain firm even when we are moving.

Having said that, however, both because the fit is good but not top and because this device is defined as 'water resistant' but without any certification. IP to validate it, we do not think it is appropriate to consider them as headphones suitable for sports use.

As the name Push suggests, two buttons are available to interact on this headset, one for each headset. With them we will be able to fully control the volume, la reproduction, calls and even thevoice assistant of our phone. The buttons are large, easy to find and responsive to touch, perhaps even a little too much: often, even just by adjusting the headset, I found myself interacting with the headphones by mistake, stopping playback or closing a call.

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The acoustic experience

We now come to probably the most important part of a pair of headphones, namely theaudio, where the Push really managed to surprise me. The fit we talked about above guarantees excellent isolation acoustic, although obviously not at the level of an over-ear headphone. As for the quality of reproduction, the sound comes out in an extremely clear and immersive way. Despite the size, the bass is also more than satisfactory.

Calls are also of good quality, thanks to the microphones on both earphones capable of capturing the voice clearly and clearly. However, it lacks advanced ambient noise reduction features like on the Samsung Galaxy Buds.

The declared autonomy is of 12 hours, divided into 6 hours in the headphone battery and 6 hours in the case battery. Although this is, in practice, a fairly optimistic figure, it is still very close to the real value, made even less relevant by the possibility of charging the case autonomously even while using headphones.

Skullncady Push review: an all too important price

Summing up for a moment in terms of features, the Skullcandy Push are certainly a fairly complete product, with all the basic features that we could expect from a couple of modern buds. However, their list price, at least in Europe, is really high: we are talking about €129.99, much more, remaining in Skullcandy's offering, of the Sesh (€59.99) and Indy (€79.99), which offer, on paper, very similar characteristics in terms of fit and aesthetics, with some improvements: the Sesh in fact have the controls touch instead of physical, which allow him to have a true certification IP55 against dust and sweat, while the Indys to these upgrades also add 16 hours of battery life.

Not having been able to make a real comparison between these three models, the musical quality may not necessarily be equivalent. However, being the more recent Sesh and Indy of the Push, it is likely that Skullcandy has used the experience gained in the latter to offer the same audio experience at a lower price.

Sorry to say, but if you like it aesthetic philosophy of the Skullcandy Push and trust our opinion regarding the musical quality, we can give you only one advice: rather than the Push, consider the Sesh or the Indy (or both, since together they come only 10 euros more of the former).