PROS:
*PRICE – at the time, the black ones were $25 with an $8 off coupon!
*SOUND QUALITY – The clarity , for being budget headphones , is actually REALLY good. NOT the best, but compared to other cheapy $20 to $50 head phones I’ve owned (about 10 over the past 10 years or so) , these have the best clarity, hands down! The bass is decent without being over powering , but its not weak either. I think its just right. However, the bass could use a TINY bit more “richness” . With discount headphones , even the ones that have heavier bass, the problem is that the bass thumps, but its like a muddled thump, not clear, rich and deep. Here, its fairly clear, not super rich, but not muddled either, perfectly serviceable! and you could crank a bit more, with your app.
*THE BUTTON LAYOUT – ok seriously, EVERY headphone should have this layout. First the buttons are on the outside of the ear part! there are 5 buttons and they are all very well separated from each other so you don’t accidently press something you don’t want. They are all on the left ear… this is important because the volume up/next button, faces forward, forward makes sense because the next track, the next video etc is you … going forward and the button faces forward. Same for the volume down/previous button which is to the back of the ear piece. The center button is big and is the pause/play/phone button which makes sense, since it will be the most used…. perfect layout.
*TYPE-C usb connection – This is self explanatory. Lots of these cheaper headsets still use micro usb type connection and it’s just annoying, when everything now is type-c.
*THE LOOKS/STYLE – These look pretty good! On the black and gold color ones, the gold looks more like rose gold. Maybe they don’t look like $100+ headphones, but they certainly don’t look like $20 ones. These could (for the most part) easily pass for $50-ish (maybe even a bit more) headphones.
*FUNCTIONALITY – everything functions the way it should. Battery life seems pretty good too. I’ve gotten 20hrs so far on a charge, haven’t tried to see if it goes to the advertised 40, but for me, even if its just 20, that’s more than enough.
———- WHAT’S “SO – SO” ———-
Here are somethings I think are kinda “so so” :
*QUALITY OF MATERIALS – Some quality seems good, like the stitching on the pads and the pads feel good, but then when you fold the headphones, everything is plastic and sometimes when you try to fold them back open, it feels like something might break. Also when you press in the play/pause/phone button, it feels cheap and makes a very cheap clicky plastic sound, but not a big deal, it still works. There is no metal band, that goes from one ear piece, across the top and to the other ear piece on the other side, its all plastic.
———–CONS—————
*THE “FOLDING” – As mentioned above, I wouldn’t feel confident using the folding feature regularly on these things. If you plan on using that a lot, you might want to reconsider. It just feels like their gonna break if you keep folding them. I always leave my folding headphones open anyway so no biggie for me, but this could be a deal breaker for someone else
*THE RE-PAIRING BUTTON – Ok this might be minor , but a little annoying for me. With pretty much every other headset, you hold down the power button when turning on, to go into pairing mode. With these you turn them on, after that, THEN you hold the Equalizer/M button for 3 seconds to go into pair mode. I know, first world problem, but why not do this with the power button?
*THE PLAY PAUSE PHONE BUTTON PAINT – So these headphones look really nice for the price, look more expensive, that’s good! buuuuut then you have the play/pause/phone button with the big bright yellow play/pause/phone symbols on it, and it looks really cheap! There’s no need to have those symbols painted on anyway, but why not choose a more subdued color… not neon yellow! lol
*THE PACKAGING – the box they come in, is pretty flimsy, and the headphones themselves are in a very ultra thin like bubble wrap pouch thing , that does nothing to pad them. And the box itself looks cheap, but none of that affects the head phones.
—— OVERALL———-
I think these could be one of the best bang for the buck headsets out there! The only one of my cons that really carries any weight, is the whole folding thing, which I don’t use, aside from that, overall, I am so pleased , that I ordered another set for me, the first ones were for my wife. The pros (for a budget set of headphones) far out weigh the cons here, at least for me.
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