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Creative Outlier Black Bluetooth Headset Review

Audio/Others by stefan @ 2018-05-20

After wearing the Outlier Black for a while, we were impressed how light it does feel and comfortable, given its choice of materials (mostly plastic). The custom-tuned 40mm Neodymium magnet drivers do sound really nice while playing music of different kinds and did not distort even at medium to high volume levels. The headset does use a SBC audio codec in Bluetooth mode; when you do choose to playback audio content only, you won’t have any quality issues, but as soon as we did enable the headset to take phone calls, the quality has dropped. We would recommend using the Creative Outlier Black with the AUX-in cable for phone calls, because you won’t have any quality drops this way.

Packaging, A Closer Look

One of the latest Creative headsets is the Outlier Black one and as the name suggests, it was designed with portability in mind; besides the Bluetooth 4.1 technology with the SBC codec, Outlier Black does also feature AUX-in analog connectivity and an advertised battery life of about 13 hours. The product does ship in a box with a similar design as we have seen with the Metallix Plus:

On one of the packaging sides, we will be able to see a description of the box contents:

Moving on, we will be able to spot the address of the manufacturer, but also the product name and serial number:

After unsealing the box, we will be able to spot on the top packaging area the connectivity cables:

Besides the supplied bundle, the headset is also accompanied by the needed documentation:

To be more exact, we are receiving the User Manual, a Safety and Regulatory information leaflet, but also a secondary leaflet with online resources:

The manual does display the functionality of the Outlier Black, how to pair the headset via wireless but also how to charge its internal battery:

The supplied USB cable will be used for charging purposes only, while the 3.5mm jack cable for connecting external audio sources:

We do really appreciate the inclusion of the soft carry pouch, which is quite handy during travel:

Outlier Black is quite light at about 190 grams and its chassis is mainly made of plastic; the cups can be folded inwards for easy transport:

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