Closer Examination, Build Quality and Comfort

The 1MORE Dual Driver ANC Pro Wireless Headphones are based on a neckband design. The earpieces are connected by a wire which loops through a thick, bendable silicone band.


The band comfortably sits around your neck, and the earpieces are either in your ears or resting on your chest, clamped together by a pair of strong magnets. This is one of the areas where the Dual Driver ANC Pro was improved compared to the predecessor: the magnets are noticeably stronger, so the earpieces are even less likely to dangle around when not used.


1MORE stayed true to their dual driver design, so each earpiece is equipped with a standard dynamic speaker driver backed with a balanced armature. We'll examine this design more closely in the sound quality section of this review.


The earpiece casings are for the most part made out of a metal alloy, which makes them very sturdy. Even though I only used these headphones for about a month, I have no reason to believe they won't last for years to come. During my time with them, they didn't show any signs of wear and tear.


Even though they're oval and not round, the earpieces fit inside the ear canal snugly as long as you find the best-fitting pair of ear tips. This time around, 1MORE seems to be so confident in their design that they skipped providing additional silicone holders. I'm not complaining as I didn't have any issues with the earpieces falling out, even when using the headphones in the gym and on a treadmill. In case you aren't perfectly happy with the stock ear tips—comfort, fit, or performance-wise—there are three other replacement ear tips you can try out. All of them are made out of silicone and come in three different sizes: 11 mm, 13 mm, and 15.5 mm.


The controls are on the left side of the neckband. Here, you'll find an oval button whose edges can be pressed to control the volume. For some reason, 1MORE decided to swap their functionality around, so now the "inner" side of the button increases the volume, while the "outer" side lowers it. I preferred it the other way around, but adjusted to the new scheme in a matter of days. Next to the volume button is a round multipurpose button. By pressing it once, you can pause whatever is currently playing or answer/hang up a phone call. If you want to decline a phone call altogether, simply hold this button. Double-clicking it will make you jump to the next song, while triple-clicking it takes you to the previous song (or the beginning of the one currently playing). Pressing and holding it for two seconds activates your phone's voice assistant (Google Assistant or Apple Siri).


Three more clicky buttons are on the upper edge of the left side of the neckband. The first is the ANC button, which cycles between two available levels of active noise cancellation or turns it off altogether. When you press it, a corresponding notification tone played through the headphones will tell you which level of ANC is active. The second button activates or deactivates "Wind Noise Resistance" mode. This mode uses a lower level of active noise canceling with only the inner ANC microphone active in each earpiece—that's the one that detects and counters any in-ear noise. According to 1MORE, the idea is to suppress the microphonics caused by wind. My hometown didn't see much wind while I was testing these headphones, so I can't say I found much use for the WNR feature. I can't really comment on how effective it is, either. What I can say, though, is that WNR mode replaces the previously available pass-through mode, which made us more aware of our surroundings by using the built-in microphones to pick up and reproduce whatever is happening around us. I'm not convinced this is a good trade off. While I've found no particular use for WNR mode, pass-through mode made me more comfortable when using my headphones on a bike.


The power button is used to turn the headphones on and off. If there's nothing playing and you're not in a phone call, pressing it twice will activate the voice assistant.


The USB-C charging port is hidden behind a small plastic flap. I wasn't a fan of this flap when I first saw it on the 1MORE Triple Driver BT, nor did I like it on the Dual Driver BT ANC. My opinion on it remains the same. It's the only part of the 1MORE Dual Driver ANC Pro I'd describe as finicky in terms of construction quality. Even though I no longer think the flap will break and fall off, leaving you with an ugly-looking hole, because it managed to survive almost a full year of regular use and counting on the Dual Driver BT ANC, it's harder to close than before and can be annoying to deal with.


The 1MORE Dual Driver ANC Pro wireless headphones carry an IPX5 rating for water and swear resistance. They can safely be worn when working out or when it's raining.


If you don't like the idea of carrying your headphones around in your pocket, 1MORE got you covered with their supplied soft carrying pouch.


Also provided in the box are two cables. One is a standard USB-C cable to charge the built-in battery, and the other is actually a USB-C to 3.5-mm audio adapter you'll use when you want to establish a wired connection to the sound source. This is something you might be interested in if you own a high-quality DAP (Digital Audio Player), whose DAC and headphone amplifier will in theory offer better performance compared to what you can get by using the headphone's own electronics. The headphones can't be used in wired mode if their battery is empty, which would be a much more useful feature of the optional wired connectivity. When the battery runs dry, the music stops regardless of the connectivity to the sound source. You can still use the ANC and Wind Noise Resistance features when using the headphones in wired mode.

Battery Life

The 1MORE Dual Driver ANC Pro wireless headphones are equipped with a 160 mAh rechargeable lithium battery. Fast charging is supported—10 minutes of charging will provide them with enough juice to play for another 3 hours, and a full charge only takes an hour. You can check the remaining percentage of the battery, presented in 10% increments, in the Bluetooth settings of your smartphone at any time, or within the 1MORE Music mobile app.

Exact battery life will highly depend on a couple of factors: listening volume, whether you're using active noise canceling, and which Bluetooth codec is being used. In fact, the latter seems to have the biggest impact on overall battery life. Here's how things look according to 1MORE's official specifications.


As you can see, using the LDAC codec at the maximum available bitrate (990 kbps), which in theory results in the best sound quality, takes a heavy toll on the battery—it will last around 8 hours as opposed to 17–20 hours with a lower quality Bluetooth audio codec, such as SBC or AAC. Active noise canceling (as well as Wind Noise Resistance) reduces battery life by a couple of hours.


With that in mind, if you aim to recharge your headphones as infrequently as possible and your Android phone supports the LDAC Bluetooth codec (many mid-range and most higher-end models do), you'll have to manually switch to SBC as the connection between your phone and the 1MORE Dual Driver ANC Pro headphones will otherwise default to LDAC. This is done by visiting the Bluetooth settings of your phone, tapping on the cogwheel next to the 1MORE Dual Driver ANC Pro (while they're connected), and unchecking the "HD audio: LDAC" toggle. You'll only have to do this once—your phone will remember your selection and use the SBC codec in the future. If you're using an iPhone or iPad, just skip this step altogether; they don't support LDAC and always default to AAC.

During my time with the 1MORE Dual Driver ANC Pro wireless headphones I got 8.5 hours of playtime when I used the high-quality LDAC codec and around 12 hours of playtime with the SBC codec. Volume was usually set to 80%–90%, and I used the headphones for music listening (Spotify) and phone calls. These are values you can reliably count on, but do keep in mind that they'll be somewhat lower when active noise cancellation is thrown into the mix.

Once battery life is very low, you'll hear a corresponding sound through the headphones to let you know it's time to recharge. If you're using the LDAC codec, you only have a couple of minutes of playtime left after you hear the sound. When the SBC codec is being used, you'll have around 30 minutes to plug the headphones in and charge them. Either way, an earlier notification would be useful.

Microphone Performance

1MORE claims that the built-in ENC (Environmental Noise Canceling) microphones utilize the DNN (Deep Neural Network) algorithm to analyze and filter out ambient noise for perfectly clear phone calls in even noisy environments. This isn't something I'm able to verify, but I did extensively use their headphones for phone calls and voice commands. They worked great, both indoors and outdoors, while driving and in the busy streets of my hometown. People I talked to had absolutely no trouble hearing and understanding me. In fact, not a single person even asked if I'm talking on something other than my phone, which is always a clear sign of good headphone microphone quality.