I test out a $30 Chinese "TRAIN HORN" 

This video sucks I’m sorry. I didn't think it would get any views. I have some super sweet merch here though darkirondiesel.com

6:43 for you guys that don't want to waste your time.

There were TWO horns in the package, being that I live in the Colonies, It seems to me that you would want to connect BOTH horns, and test them together 🤔

No matter what horns you’re testing remember you need a pure DC current and voltage. A battery charger is not Pure DC. You need pure DC right off of battery to be fair to any test that uses DC voltages.

I bought those from the ad a couple months ago. One was broken on the bell. I put 12 volts to them and they sounded just like a regular car horn. I complained to the company and they said they couldn't take them back due to Covid and offered me a 30 percent refund. I told them they sure could send them out with Covid. Long story short, I had purchased them thru PayPal and reported it to them. PayPal ended up refunding me my money.

I'm glad I stumbled upon your video. You saved me a lot of money I was going to buy those horns. So thank you

Thanks. I was literally about to order these!

I have the same Horn Blasters on my 05 Cummins and run them at 150 PSI with a 7 gallon air tank and they sound Awesome! Thay truly work! They are the next best think to a Nathan Air Chime for the price that's for sure. I put 2 under the door outside the frame on the drivers side and 2 under the door on the passenger side. And the air compressor and tank in the bed of the truck in a custom made enclosure. Keep up the good work and stay warm brother...😎👍

sounded like a barge horn, still cool for 20 bucks usd. didnt even hear em in tandem.

Sounds better than what's on motorcycles these days... replacing the scooter horns on my bike with these

Thank you for posting this video. It helped a lot of people save money because they now know that the cheap horns are crap and aren't worth buying. I actually saw an ad for those horns today on facebook so I searched for a video review on those horns so I could see if they really sounded like they claim to. Clearly they don't. So thanks again for posting this video

Thanks you, I almost bought one to test out. Thanks for saving me $30

I am not defending the horns or the manufacturers, but to help others in the future, there are 3 things in this video that negatively effected the results. 1. A battery charger can supply the proper voltage, but not the current to properly drive the horns. 2. To function properly, the horns must be mounted on the metal straps provided in the kit; they must be able to vibrate in use. Clamping the stud in a vice will mute the volume considerably. 3. They are designed to be used in pairs, one high tone and one low. This will replicate the sound properly and double the sound output. Obviously these are not as good as air horns, but in motorcycle or scooter applications they are far better than the stock horns.

OL actually means Open Lead. Edit: I also saw a 600 db horn ad XD. For the record, the loudest possible sound in open air is 194 decibels

I wired a set of air horns on my Goldwing. I used the lead to the stock horn to power the relay. A quick push of the horn button would play the stock horns. A long push of the button, would also sound the air horns. It worked well.

He tested it with a battery charger...............unless it has a start mode, it won't sound right cause a charger pulses

"300 decibel train horn." *Considering a nuclear explosion is only 210 decibels ...*

"If your going to do this... use earplugs!" ha ha great advice! Thanks for the video too, saved me $30

there's two horns to be mounted and used together just like the other 4.... you took the low tone and left out the high ... shows deception

I have a similar set on my motorcycle. Way louder than stock and people definitely hear them.

O.L. means "open lead" 300 DB is actually lethal. great video.

In all fairness, have you heard a Chinese car horn? To them ,THIS does sound like a train horn. 😂

Did you try the two $30 specials together? They may have different tones that make them sound like a train......... or not.

5:53 - I love the dual tone sound just hooking the lead up to one horn. That commercial is hilariously hilarious. No way in hell some electric horns would sound like that nor would they be 300db...I mean that would probably be breaking some concrete at that point.

I've been researching horns for the past few months. I'm sick of people texting while driving & veering into my lane.

I'm all broken hearted 💔 😢 I was looking for a loud horn for my Harley. The Good thing is I wasn't holding my breath for it to be good n loud ! lol thxs for the video saved me some $$$

So, you tested all four of the air horns, but not both of the electric ones? Nice. Real scientific. And what a waste of over 6 minutes just to get to it.

Dog magically floats into passenger seat.

I ordered similar horns from amazon.. got a 2 pack of red and black car horns labelled as 'train horns' but when I ordered them I knew I was getting car horns. Obviously! And yea of course the advertised decibel rating I expected to be exagerated (lied about), just like they lie about flashlight lumens. transmitter ranges, magnet strengths, etc. whenever it's coming straight from china. Anyways, to get to the point... the 2 pack of horns that I got cost me roughly $18 canadian in total including shipping. Mine are actually quite loud, each one sounds just like a standard car horn in frequency and loudness. Advertised as 300 decibels, obviously nowhere near that loud.. perhaps if measuring both horns blown together it might be closer to that value, but still likely below 200 by quite a ways. Individually I'm gonna estimate they are probably around 80 db or something like that, perhaps even quite a bit lower as I'm no expert in decibel values and I really haven't looked up much data to compare these numbers to. They sound just like your standard car horn in volume. Thats the best way for you to understand how loud these are, and when combined, they simply sound like 2 car horns going off together. Obviously lol. I don't think I will use both together as it's not really necessary and might be overkill. I'm satisfied with my purchase as I'm using them for my bicycle in place of a bell. I'm sick of cars coming close to killing me and having to scream at them to get their attention. Pedestrians are also quite the hazard these days as a large percentage of people walk around with their earphones in with the volume cranked as they simply don't hear anything going on around them. These people don't hear me screaming at them to get out of the way until I'm litterally a foot away from them, and then they get pissed off because they think I'm being rude for yelling at them when I'm only a foot away from them and scaring them.. when in reality I usually start trying to get their attention as soon as I realize we will be crossing eachothers paths, which can be upwards of 40 feet away sometimes.. I'll ring my bell insesintly and if they don't respond, I'll start using my voice, and if they don't respond I'll get louder and louder until many times I'm screaming "HEY DUDE, COMING UP ON YOUR LEFT!!" over and over at top volume, and the dumbest of the dumbies won't respond until I'm a foot away and they get startled! Anyways.. Enjoy your dud of a horn... you'll enjoy those super loud semi-truck style horns much more!!! Overkill IMO tho but enjoy either way!!!

Your 12v horn had a buzz that matched 60hz. Likely because you used a battery charger to test it instead of using a DC battery. If you still have them, try them with DC current from a battery.

I put a $30 horn on my 2500 HD and I'm impressed by it. Definitely worth $30. Sorry, but it seems to me that you're just trying to sell these more expensive horns.

Dog has “horn shock” now.

I wish I'd seen this before I bought my "train horn". But will test them out anyway.

I got a cheap mini "air horn" and it's pretty impressive

Actually it has a far lower tone than I expected. I would say the pair together on a proper power source are at least $30 impressive.

Never disrespect a product with no directions if your not gonna switch the polarity to see if it’s louder.

*sees transmission fluid in the snow under vehicle* - it aint drippin right now, looks fine.😆

Each horn has a different tone, you gotta test both at one. We know it's not gone sound too loud ...

Thanks for the review as I bought them already (2) for my golf cart and after viewing your video review I wasn't disappointed as I figured it was a scam,but I think they will be better than my current horn in the golf cart.

OL?? Not overload. Open loop for resistance (ohms) measurements or over limit for voltage or current.

Bro you are freaking hilarious. Loved the vid, thanks for the laugh..

Dang I bought 2 of the red ones and they sat on a shelf. Got the harness kit so I might hit the store for an upgrade. Thanks bro 😮

Your battery charger is way under-powered for this (car battery chargers are usually 2.5 - 4 Amps). These snail horns draws A LOT of amps. I blew a 10 amp fuse testing one horn (they come in pairs). So If you plan on rigging them in pairs (for two different tones), you'll need to run them through a >40 amp relay. If they're not supplied with sufficient current, they'll sound bad and sort of broken. Also, all modern battery chargers are switch-mode (not heavy old-school transformers), so there is a lot of ripple (AC). You need "pure" 12V DC to make a nice tone. My horns sounds like butter :)

Hey macho truckie dude, your battery charger doesn't have enough capacity to power a car horn. The "dual sound" you were hearing was the 60 hz component of the crappy half wave rectifier in your charger. While a 12 volt horn will never sound like an air horn you should have hooked it up to a car battery. They are as loud as any Fiamm OEM horns, and the pair together ain't too wimpy. They aren't the typical F and A notes common to American autos, but are a more irritating chord. The pair will likely blow a fuse or eat the horn relay in most sedans. A secondary horn relay, #14 minimum wire and 20A fuse right from the battery is a good idea. Worth $30 with free shipping? Possibly. Definitely if compared to auto parts store stock. And hey, they are macho red! A scam? Probably not, compared to the other manboosters you have bolted on your truckie!

You’ll have to skip to 6:43 to finally get to see and hear the dang horn. Dude drags ass in this video.

This channel is underrated that was hilarious

Thanks for posting about the air horns. I saw the ad for those goofy horns, and figured they were little more than toots, but its nice to know for sure to steer clear of that junk. Great video, great info.

Have seen those "300db train horn" ads YT shorts & it's just Hilarious! That #4 horn sounds close to shipboard marine horn! Was searching for Loud horn that i could mount on my E-bike & found Sowuno 126db horn, which is Perfect...Small, compact(looks like tuna can) & Loud enough to attract attention!

OL = Infinite resistance (open line)

Has anyone who works on the railways, you know, installed actual locomotive horns from a real locomotive?

Those air horns are tuned so well. Nice… the Chinese jobs sound like a fog horn you’d put on a 12 foot jon boat to go down the creek 😂😂😂

I would definitely installed that too My truck if I get one 2 horns the regular Horn and the train horn for Road Ragers

The real scam is the price Hornblasters charge. Good product but not worth 1-2k.

They got me for 2 of them as well. Showed a bicycle scaring little kids then hooked it to a battery and realized my car horn was louder than the one i bought.

Will always sound worse on a battery charger.

Sounds like a toy train horn; "I think I can". 😀

It sounds like my grandpas broken garbage disposal

Thanks for your video you just saved me money on those cheap Chinese horns

They’re sold on EBay for about 30 bucks like you said. Thanks for the video, you saved me 30 bucks for my bike

Those little red ebay horns might not be much in a decent sized truck, but I'd bet they'd be a real hoot on a motorcycle or in a VW...

Hahaha that was epic😂 I was excited to hear what it sounded like you touch the positive and the you had so much power the fan just locked up I guess. hahaha that buzzing.

In all fairness, mounting the cheap Chinese horn by the tuning screw is going to attenuate the output level.

I saw the ad for this product as well. But I knew they were fake. Was curious to see if any YT'rs had gotten one of these to review. Thanks, I found you. Just to clarify, 180 dB is the maximum that we as humans can take before we are gambling that we have damaged our ears. Between 181 and 193 you have a great chance at damaging your hearing. At 194 dBs, sound waves become shock waves and can damage concrete, bones, and the poor puppy's ears - dog would be deaf. So, 300 dBs, really?!? I know - I know, people are gullible! Anything to rip someone else off. On another note, did anyone else notice that the Tone, of the horn had the similar Tone sound of an actual train horn?

I highly suspect that even IF you had hooked up both horns, it'd still sound like someone choking 1,000 geese. Glad I saw this video.

Like your video , I have a 1956 single long air horn from a Peterbuilt truck this thing loud but it needs a compressor.

"Subscribe or you're 68RFE will blow up." Hahaha, awesome

Does anybody have a link to them being tested correctly together?

I just change my scooter horn on my Indian Chieftain for a FIAM (130db/405hz) in sale at Princess Auto ($14.99ca SKU: 8237786) I like it a lot! PIAA and FIAM have a great selection of standard and air horn replacement. They are affordable, no need to waste your money on crappy made one.

Love the dogs enthusiasm.

As a Chinese it's so awkward to see my country people make something like this... That's TOTALLY A SCAM

You should title this truck about your block heater instead of the horns

Harbor freight tools has 1 with 2 pvc trumpets red Sounds awesome $15 bucks

You should have swapped the connections round it would have made a,slightly better sound! I've got these on my Vespa and they are loud not train or truck loud but still loud. Also using bow horns does help. However a steibler would be much better

The red horns from china Those horns needs 24 voltage it’s suitable for Trucks and six wheelers cars and buses and trailers only and wont work with small vehicles even with relay switch because the horn power is 24 Volts

I purchased 2 sets of these. I was also disappointed getting scammed. I contacted them to get my money back. They gave me a run around, so I contacted PayPal and filed a dispute. Next thing you know I got a full refund, and they did not want the horns back. Total Scam!

The horns work in pair, one low pitch and one high. When evaluate a product, one should evaluate the price and the performance...

Dark Iron Diesel: I don't think I've ever seen more than 2 cars in the drive thru at Little Caesar's. Me: I've never seen a Little Caesar's with a drive thru, or any pizza place with a Drive Thru. 😐

Hearing loss is cumulative over the years and it doesn't come back. Then comes the tinnitus. Which drives you crazy.

Had a real horn blasters unit and loved it, saw the ad you did and thought it was garbage…looked up your video and you confirmed my suspicions

Hey least it sounds louder than the 2019 international truck city horn. (beep beep) 😂

I agree with the comments about 300 db is deadly ! Military has a sound weapon that is the strongest type sound that can stop you in your tracks and literally destroy you

that thing isn't an air horn. thats why it sounds differently.

A battery charger will not push enough voltage to properly activate a horn. Try it directly from the battery

YOU ROCK DUDE KEEP UP THE TRAIN HORN VIDS EVERYONE DIGS THEM

Tune the horn with the screw... most car horns have a screw on the back to adjust the pitch

As those also seen ads for Chinese train horns on facebook when they spent over $30 for horns that was to replace the factory horns when it was almost as loud as real train horns those can get from horn blasters.

My grandma queefs louder than that

Thanks for the video! 👍👍. I bought the same pair from Amazon for £3-99 (GBP). I was going to swap the existing horns on my Mitsubishi Shogun, however, after seeing your demo on RU-vid I think I’m going to install them in parallel to the existing horns! Comments welcome! 😂😂🇬🇧

If they came from the land of COVID, your customs agents would have opened it when it came to Canadia.

If you get a real good air compressor your horns will be a lot louder. I have the air horns on my truck there great . I even put a air chuck on it so I can fill my tires when needed .

You should put them in a package for some one that buys a hat from you!

To be fair, maybe this is what train horns sound like in china

Oh, and the reason why Little Caesar's is so busy is because the shop across the way was selling weed. Munchies....

You only tested one of the $30 horns I'm thinking the 2nd one is lower tone

The fact that you received anything at all is what amazes me....

Thanx was about to buy one for my Honda, will go with horn blaster 👍

That is the perfect sound for my coal mine hoist buzzer project thanks!

"Weed is legal in Canada" *wires only one horn 🙄

BATTERY CHARGER wouldn't be able to supply enough power. use battery instead and you should test a pair of horn

Train horns! Road Runner (cartoon) is louder than these! Thanks for the heads-up though.