Description
The BERIBES WH202A is a folding over-ear Bluetooth headphone built around dual 40mm drivers, a published 500mAh battery quoted at more than 65 hours, six equalizer modes on a button, two-device connection, and a 3.5mm wired fallback. It has been on sale since November 16, 2021, shows a 4.5 star average across 35,745 ratings, and is ranked 43rd in Electronics and 1st in Over-Ear Headphones in the captured listing data. That is the strongest category position of any headphone in this batch.
It is also part of a pattern worth naming up front. This catalog contains at least three over-ear headphones sold under different brands with effectively the same published specification: 65 hours of playtime, 40mm drivers, Bluetooth 5.3, a 500mAh battery, six EQ modes and an included aux cable. The Glynzak WH207A and the KVIDIO over-ear headphone are the other two. They are not competing designs so much as the same design wearing different labels, and buyers comparing them should compare what actually differs rather than assuming three independent options.
Who this suits
BERIBES names home, office, travel and study. The design supports that: a folding frame, memory protein earmuffs, an adjustable headband and a listed weight of 6.08 ounces, which is about 172 grams. That is genuinely light for an over-ear headphone, and weight is the main comfort variable over a long day.
The claim attached to it, that these are “the most lightweight headphones in the market,” is an absolute superlative with nothing behind it, and it is not correct even within this catalog. Read the 172 grams as the useful number and the superlative as copy.
It is not a workout headphone despite one field suggesting otherwise, which the water section below covers.
Connection: two devices at once, and no codec named
Bluetooth 5.3 is listed with a 33 foot range and a stated pairing time of one to three seconds after switching on. The genuinely useful feature is stated plainly: “Two smart devices can be connected to Beribes over-ear headphones at the same time, makes you able to pick up a call from your phone when watching movie.” That is multipoint, and it is described in terms of what it actually does. Many headphones at this level leave it out entirely.
What is not named is any codec. There is no mention of SBC, AAC, aptX or LDAC anywhere in the record. The listing describes the headphone as “born for audiophiles” and claims “HiFi Stereo” in the product title, and neither claim is supported by any published transmission specification. SBC is the baseline every Bluetooth device supports and the only assumption available here. A codec only functions when both the phone and the headphone support it, and this page tells you about neither.
Transparency mode, wear detection and an app are all unmentioned, so treat them as absent. Correctly, the record does not claim active noise cancellation: the noise control field reads “Sound Isolation,” meaning the pads block sound and nothing more. That is honest, and it is more than several similar listings manage.
The wired mode is the practical part
BERIBES states that the included 3.5mm audio cable lets the headphone switch to wired mode “when powers off.” That removes codec and latency questions entirely and keeps the headphone usable when the battery is flat, which is a genuine advantage over models with no analog input such as the JBL Tune 510BT.
The box contents are contradictory, though. One bullet lists a foldable headphone, a 3.5mm backup audio cable, a USB charging cable and a user manual. The included components field lists only “Wireless Bluetooth Headphone, TPYE-C Charging Cable” with the connector name misspelled and no aux cable at all. Since the wired mode depends on that cable, confirm what ships before relying on it.
Battery: a capacity, a runtime and a standby figure
This listing publishes more battery information than most: a 500mAh cell, more than 65 hours of continuous playtime, more than 950 hours of standby, and a 2.5 hour full charge. Publishing the capacity alongside the runtime makes the claim at least internally consistent, and 65 hours is plausible for a headphone with no cancellation circuit drawing power in the background.
No volume level is stated for the 65 hour figure, and quoted playtimes are always measured at a moderate level. There is no fast charge claim. As a single headphone with no charging case, 65 hours is the whole figure; there is no bud runtime and case total to separate here.
The water field, and the fields that are wrong
The specification block says “Water Resistance Level = Waterproof” and publishes no IP code at all. Nothing in the marketing copy mentions water, sweat or rain in any form. There is no bullet to trace the claim back to and no rating to check it against. Treat this as an indoor headphone with no published water protection, because a word in a field is not a rating, and we will not translate one into a code that was never printed.
Three more fields do not survive scrutiny. “Impedance = 3215 Ohm” is not a credible figure for any consumer headphone, let alone one intended to be driven by a phone over a 3.5mm cable. “Carrying Case Material = Most likely a durable material such as nylon, polyester, or leather” is a hedged guess printed into a specification field, and no carrying case appears in the included components at all. And “Batteries = 1 Lithium Ion batteries required” sits beside a stated built-in 500mAh cell without clarifying that the battery is internal and not user replaceable.
The control fields say touch control while the copy never describes the controls at all, so how you change EQ modes, volume or tracks is effectively unpublished beyond the existence of an EQ button.
What is missing, and a note on younger listeners
Not published: codec, sensitivity, frequency response, microphone count or placement, charging port confirmation beyond one misspelled field, clamping force, or folded dimensions. The six EQ modes are named in the competing listings in this family as bass, pop, rock, classic, jazz and vocal; here they are described only as balanced, extra powerful bass and mid treble enhancement, so the full set is not itemized.
The age range field says “Teen and above,” which means this is being offered to younger listeners. No volume limiter is published on this product, there is no decibel cap and there is no app to set one. A headphone with no stated cap cannot be described as safe for a young person’s hearing, and any limit has to be set on the source device and checked that it cannot be switched off. The passive isolation here is also modest, which means a noisy bus pushes the volume up.
For alternatives with a documented cancellation system and an app, the Soundcore Q20i is the closest step up. Wider comparison sits in the wireless headphones section.
Who should buy it
Buy the WH202A if you want a light folding over-ear with a long published battery, genuine two-device connection, hardware EQ presets and a wired fallback. Skip it if you need a published IP code, a named codec, active noise cancellation, or a specification block you can trust field by field, and note that at least two other products in this catalog appear to be the same design under different names.
