I bought a pair of earbuds from my phone manufacturer and paid about two hundred bucks for them. I'm afraid to use them for any activity more strenuous than walking, as they don't stay in my ears that well, even after trying several different . I have visions of them falling out while I'm running, bicycling, or mowing the lawn and getting damaged or destroyed.
I don't like corded headphones, either, as the cord always seems to get in the way between my ears and my pocket where the phone resides.
I decided to give these a try and am very happy with them. The short cord and neck band don't bother me at all and the earbuds actually fit more securely in my mutant ear canals than any I've previously purchased. If they were to fall out, the neck band would hold them in place, rather than allowing them to end up under a bicycle wheel.
Performance-wise, they paired quickly with my phone. The sound is pretty good for the price. I grew up driving a car with an AM radio and a speaker in the dash. Although I appreciate the luxury of surround sound, I'm happy being able to sing along and mangle the lyrics, and focus my pace on the beat as I exercise. They don't have noise cancellation, but if I'm bicycling near traffic some sound getting through is a good thing. I just mess up all of the functions on my high-end buds, skipping forward and pausing and adjusting the volume and asking Alexa what the temperature is. The volume adjustment is all I need and it works. I don't have any friends and nobody ever calls me except the car warranty people, so I haven't taken any phone calls on these headphones.
For what I'm asking them to do, they're pretty good!
February 2024: They didn't last a year of light use: walking the elderly dog in the afternoon, boring weekly meetings at work for an hour a week, and occasional yard work.
I was mowing the lawn the other day. They started telling me the battery was low. My phone displayed the headphones' battery status at about 10%. And then they stopped working. I put them on the charger overnight. I tried them the next day. They came on for about a minute, connected to my phone, where the battery meter still showed 10%, and then powered off. I can't get them to charge any longer.
I have an inline USB voltage tester (https://www.amazon.com/UNI-T-Detector-Digital-Voltmeter-Capacity/dp/B0B8YW541N?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1&psc=1) My 2-y-o wireless keyboard is currently charging with the same cord that won't charge my headphones.
4.99 V, 0.21A, on the keyboard.
0.00 Amps on the headphones.
I renounce my positive review from nine months ago.
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