Powerbeats Pro: Can they stand the test with water?

Powerbeats Pro wireless headphones that excited the mobile community and turned out to be many of us

interesting, as we know, gotimproved design and improved resistance to water and sweat. According to official information, the waterproof rating of the headphones is IPX4. What does it mean? That headphones can withstand a fairly decent amount of moisture. Check together!

Water Resistance Test

Responsibility for the Powerbeats Pro water testone foreign blogger took over, and he kindly shared his observations and results with the others. It is worth noting that earlier, some users of Powerbeats 3 complained about the malfunction of the headphones due to the effects of sweat, so they decided not to pull with testing the new Powerbeats Pro.

IPX4 water and sweat rating means thatPowerbeats Pro can withstand splashing water for at least 10 minutes. This is a pretty good indicator for headphones, given that sweat buckets do not flow for a long period with an athlete.

As part of testing was modeledseveral scenarios: splashing water, a jet of water and even prolonged immersion in water. So, here are some details of what has been done with the new Powerbeats Pro.

  • Imitation of falling in the kitchen sink with strong splashes of water.
  • Powerbeats Pro in the shower for a few minutes to simulate heavy rain.
  • Powerbeats Pro short plunge into the toilet.
  • Immerse Powerbeats Pro in a one-minute water bowl.
  • Immerse PowerBeats Pro in a bowl of water for five minutes.
  • Immerse Powerbeats Pro in a bowl of water for 20 minutes.

What do you think the results were? Pretty convincing. After each scenario, the sound emanating from Powerbeats Pro is first muted. But after the water was pulled out, the headphones again showed normal sound.

Wireless headphones Powerbeats Pro weatheredall tests for water. The sound has not changed, the buttons continued to work, charging was also in order. This suggests that Powerbeats Pro does indeed have excellent water resistance compared to Powerbeats 3 and must be sweat resistant.

Despite successful passing the test with water,We do not recommend you take a shower with Powerbeats Pro, use them in the rain, swim with them or expose them to other exposure to high humidity. Even with water protection, water resistance may deteriorate over time, so it’s best to keep Powerbeats Pro as dry as possible.