left this as an off-hand comment, but thought about all the stuff over those 12 or 13 years in my life -- graduated high school and college, moved across the country twice, worked at a lot of crazy companies, all the relationships, a pandemic... time flies. Hope all is well over there.

@@Prounounced I am almost positive (correct me if I'm wrong) I had you on my old personal Facebook account and we recently followed each other on Instagram (maybe not too recently, but relatively not that long ago). Don't want to dox you, obviously, but if I am not mistaken message me on the latter since I don't use the former anymore at the moment. Regardless, I really appreciate both of your responses and wanted to let you know it made my night yesterday so much that I even showed my wife (I recently got married to the love of my life who I met a couple of years after moving across the country myself all the way back in 2017 and we just relocated to my hometown for a bit so I could catch up and help out my folks but might eventually migrate again like you did as circumstances change and things take their course). Thank you for taking the time to comment not once, but twice and bothering to remember me since I'm nowhere near as relevant as I was even all the way back when you first subscribed and even then I was never a big shot and am a relatively small fish in a gigantic pond in terms of KZfaq creators. It really means a lot and I wouldn't trade your viewership or that of a few other old-timers from back when this channel was called "SketchTechThomas" who took the time, too, to leave a response on some of my recent uploads for all the money and fame that a website like this could offer in exchange. I've always been a "quality over quantity" type of person in my way of thinking (both have their pros / cons) and usually am as a consequence an all-or-nothing in terms of whatever venture or project I engage in. I regret not having had the time and space to consistently upload and going on what really was a horrendously long hiatus when it comes to publishing content since it really was people like you who made my original escapades on here the rewarding experience it was. I am about to get one of the new iPads tomorrow for my wife and also have a pretty significant sized backlog of content that I am gradually making my way into posting. Not to mention the unedited footage I have compiled when I lived in Florida and traveled across the country between 2015 - 2023 that I am still in the process of putting together into multiple segments that will (eventually and hopefully within the not-too-distant-future) roll out on this channel in the times ahead. My long-term goal is to figure out how to do this and also a podcast as well as a newsletter (that are of a different genre of content and still are being worked out) as a full-time thing but in between I plan on not completely vanishing again and putting out as much material as my limited availability affords me to. Altogether I got a lot planned down the pipeline and it's really due to you and other people like you who took the time from way back when to now to tune in that both motivates as well as inspires me to not quit cold turkey and I really look forward to doing so and along the way continuing to interact with everybody who takes the time out of their day to send feedback, whether completely positive or of a more critical nature. Time really does fly and it's something that bittersweet but at least for me convinces me to not taking anything in life for granted and to appreciate as well as make the most of things while we still can, despite whatever else is happening in this crazy world that we all reside in. Sorry for the huge wall of text, I wanted to express my sincere gratitude especially since nowadays compared to 13 years ago the YT Creators space has transformed quite a bit (for better and for worse) and it really did put a smile on my face to see and know there's people out here that cared enough to comment after all this time from back when I was originally a young, clueless kid shooting from the hip and making videos starting in middle school. Hope all is well with you, as well, and if you are who I think you might be (again, sorry if I got it wrong but I always try to make an effort to remember and value those who have come here and especially those who stuck around as long as you have) feel free to shoot me a message on Instagram and we can touch base. Cheers and have a great rest of your day! -Tom

Thanks for commenting and sorry for the delayed response -it depends on the device, but I assume you're trying to pair these earbuds to your phone whether it be iPhone or Android (correct me if I'm mistaken here). In either case this means you will need to visit the "Settings" app and then navigate to the particular section that has the controls for connectivity, in particular there should be an area for "Bluetooth." Turn the earbuds on (if you take them out of the portable charging case, they will by default be turned on thereafter unless left idle in which they will eventually turn off after a period of time without being paired and/or proactively used) and make sure that they aren't connected to anything else in case you or someone else already synced them prior. Provided they are not hooked up to anything else already, they should appear under the "available devices" area and their default name is "T08" (which at your own discretion you can alter and customize if you'd like to rename them). Proceed to tap on the aforementioned T08 and BOOM! You should be good to go and the headphones have a generic, female voice integrated into their setup which should go from saying "Pairing!" to "Connected!" Hopefully that clarifies things since I know if you're going from a wired to wireless headset it can be quite the upgrade of sorts and generally other true wireless earbuds should have a similar sort of setup process. Let me know if that worked. With any luck it did and now you're set to hear the audio as I do from mine. Enjoy!

Thanks for the rather critical feedback (to put it mildly, yet candidly). Although I can't give you the 12 minutes you took out of your day to watch this video back, if it's any consolation to you, least unlike the multitude of YT Creators (especially the most renowned heavyweights) who take their audience and viewers such as yourself for granted -I still appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. I'll also keep it real with you and concede that currently due to juggling a bunch of personal and professional obligations IRL that not only have I been unable to release as much of my content backlog (let alone get into creating a bunch of reviews and other material that definitely is more worthwhile then me opening boxes which at the moment has been the bulk of my recently published videos) and the stuff I have been releasing like this is admittedly rather mundane. I not only acknowledge but take full responsibility and plan on doing better in the future, or at least trying my best to raise the bar. I mean what can one really expect when I am opening a small box containing a knockoff version of the Apple AirPods (don't get me wrong, when I get to hopefully soon recording and uploading the review for this particular headset, I actually think for the price they are pretty solid and would personally recommend them as a more budget-friendly substitute depending what you're looking for in a pair of ear buds)? Also, I'd personally argue the bulk of what is KZfaq and social media in general nowadays is probably a waste of time, depending on who you are and what you're trying to accomplish. Of course there's noteworthy exceptions that compensate for that and I will aspire to eventually be among that select circle of filmmakers and publishers on here. Perhaps you beg to differ and haven't even bothered to read this response, but things are the way they are. I'll try to make sure going forward as I already planned to incrementally improve the quality of the video and invest into upgrading my studio equipment. It is what it is, but I am being genuine when I say I read and (try to) respond to all the forms of feedback (the good and the bad) in-between my day-to-day activities. I think that alone is far more than (unfortunately) can be said about too many of my fellow content creators. Have a good day and all the best. -Tom