This is the English edition of a review from my Japanese YouTube channel, iestaLife. I review gadgets from my home studio in Japan, so product links go to Amazon Japan.
Quick take
The ELECOM earphone pouch in size L (TWS-EP23PLBK) is a light, padded pouch with a carabiner. I hoped the "L" meant room for three earbud cases. In practice it holds two, and big cases make it a very tight fit. It is well padded and only 27.8 g, but the single zipper that opens from the bottom makes it risky to open while clipped to your belt.
What I tested
- ELECOM earphone pouch, size L, puffer material, black (TWS-EP23PLBK), sold mainly in Japan
- Measured size and weight
- Packed it with the earbuds I actually carry: AirPods Pro 3 in a leather case, an ear-cuff style open earbud, Sony WF-1000XM6 (in a wooden case), Sennheiser MOMENTUM True Wireless 4 and a Technics pair
What I found
- Size and weight: about 106 by 82 by 50 mm, 27.8 g including the carabiner. The padding is about 1 cm thick.
- Two cases is the realistic limit: AirPods Pro 3 plus the ear-cuff buds just fit. Adding the Sony made three impossible. Three small cases barely fit.
- Big cases are a squeeze: the Sony in a wooden case plus the Sennheiser closed, but it felt like the zipper might break if I did it often.
- Shape matters: the pouch is not very tall, so tall cases are hard; wide, flat cases fit side by side more easily.
- One zipper, opening from the bottom: clipped to a belt, the pouch flops open and whatever is not in the small inner pocket could fall out.
- Inner pocket: one pair in the inner pocket stays put even when the pouch is wide open.
| What I packed | Result |
|---|---|
| AirPods Pro 3 (leather case) | Fits easily |
| AirPods Pro 3 + ear-cuff earbuds | Just fits |
| Those two + Sony WF-1000XM6 | Three do not fit |
| Sony (wooden case) + Sennheiser | Fits, but very tight |
| Three small cases | Barely fits |
Who it's for
- People who carry two pairs of earbuds in a bag and keep losing them
- Not ideal if you want to clip it to your belt and carry more than one pair, or if your cases are large
Watch the review
The video is in Japanese. The packing test starts around 3:12.
Limitations
I tried only the puffer version in size L, with the cases I own. I did not test water resistance. In the video I mention a list price of about ¥2,000, often discounted to under ¥1,500 at the time of recording; similar pouches are also available at 100-yen shops in Japan.
Products
ELECOM earphone pouch, size L, puffer, black (TWS-EP23PLBK): on Amazon Japan
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