Skullcandy Rail ANC Review: Best Budget Earbuds

The Skullcandy Rail ANC True Wireless earbuds are a plastic build, with a lot of features like IPX4 sweat & water resistant, Tile™ Finding Technology, Custom Button Functions and many more. These earbuds provide adaptability with adjustable sound profiles via a graphic EQ preset & Custom EQ Modes (Music, Bass Boost, Podcast) and the convenience of Skull-iQ voice commands. However, these earbuds have 4 noise-cancellation microphones and manage background noises very precisely, let look into all aspects of these earbuds.

Design of Skullcandy Rail ANC:

The build of Skullcandy Rail ANC earphones is unique 2 tone combinations of black and transparent plastic. The design is smooth simple without sharpe edges, with touch sensor control. Rail ANC fits comfortably and securely in ear, with available 3 sizes of eargels (S, M, L) you can choose your comfort size fit. The waterproof rating of Skullcandy Rail ANC is certified IPX4 Sweat & Water Resistant.

Control of Skullcandy Rail ANC:

The Skullcandy Rail ANC earbuds have touch sensor on each bud which is quite easy to operate, the touch sensor is on top of each earbud under the skull logo.

A single tap controls play/pause and answering a call, double tap skip forward a music track, and triple taps cycle through ANC On/Off, and Stay Aware mode On/Off, Long tap (1 sec) reject/end call, or Spotify Tap. However, you can remap this arrangement as you like via the Skull-iQ app, Such as enabling volume controls and disabling the Spotify Tap option.

In addition to touch control, with companion app Skull-iQ, you can have full control of your earbuds with voice commands, For that, you have to say ‘Hey, Skullcandy’ before each command, like play, pause, accept, reject, next, take photo, and many more.

Skullcandy Rail ANC: Sound performance

The Skullcandy Rail ANC has 12mm dynamic drivers in each earpiece capability of delivering sound pressure level of 97dB ± 3dB with a frequency range of 20Hz to 20kHz, guaranteeing a broad spectrum of sound. The default audio profile features a minor focus on bass, providing that desired bang and rumble without overpowering other aspects. With Preset & Custom EQ Modes (Music, Bass Boost, Podcast) you can customize your sound according to desire prefences.

Skullcandy Rail ANC: Microphone Quality

The Skullcandy Rail ANC has 4 noise cancellation microphones, the microphone recoding quality is good, and background noise management is also top notch. You can take calls either in windy, couded and high traffic situation and other person barely notice your background noise.

Skullcandy Rail ANC: Connectivity

The Skullcandy Rail ANC has satisfactory Bluetooth connectivity, with Bluetooth 5.2 compatibility promising a stable wireless connection, also these earbuds supports Multipoint Pairing. To make sure you never lose your earbuds, Skull candy embed Tile™ finding technology in its each earbud.

Skullcandy Rail ANC: Battery life

Skullcandy promised that Rail ANC earbuds deliver up to 10 hours of continuous playtime with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) turned off, and 7 hours with ANC turned on. The charging case provides an additional 28 hours of playtime with ANC off, which brings the total battery life to approximately 38 hours with ANC off and 27 hours with ANC on.

Skullcandy’s Rail ANC earbuds offer a fast charging feature, taking only 1 hour to reach full charge from 0%. Furthermore, the charging case supports both wireless charging and USB-C cable charging, offering flexibility and convenience for users.

Final Verdict

In conclusion, the Skullcandy Rail ANC earbuds provide a comfortable in-ear fit with three different sizes of ear-tips. Sound of these earbuds is a little bass forward but also has 3 Preset EQ Modes: Music, Movie, and Podcast and also provides custom settings through graphic EQ via Skull-iQ ap. These earbuds have 4 mics for noise handling, and the recording quality is very high. In terms of battery life, these headphones have a total battery life of about 38 hours, and charging case can be fully charged within 2 hour via USB-C cable, and less than 1 hour to fully charge earbuds. Additionally, they feature fast charging, though only 10 minutes of charge gives you 2+ hours of playtime. The charging case support wireless charging and can also be charged through USB-C. Regarding connectivity, these earbuds also support multi-device pairing, and overall, the Bluetooth connection is relatively stable.