It first started happening on the left ear, the soft black plastic covering came apart at the seams and exposed the foam underneath

I popped out of the box (which was very easy to open, nicely and safely packaged.. no crazy ties or annoying plastic

I had several flimsy plastic headphones that seem to break after pulling on them the wrong way

And the cheap plastic began cracking around the buttons on week 1.Worst of all: the vocal battery warning starts when the battery is at about 50%, and repeats continuously

The faux leather padding is made from a cheap plastic material that started falling appart after 8months of use

Upon opening the box, there is a slightly noxious "new electronics/plastics" fume that dissipates after about 10 minutes.

The plastics feel robust

Speaking of speaking, the microphone portion of this unit is not as great as it could be, tucked away as it is in the left earpiece, callers said I sounded a bit

I mainly use them paired with my Android phone for listening to music and podcasts, as well as for making calls

Bass extension is ample and deep but not quite as fast or tight as I'm accustomed to

I'd press the play button, but it would get confused as to which device it wants to play

I like that they can be used with a wire as well as with bluetooth

It's unfortunate as I was really enjoying these.

► Listen to your tunes and never miss a

For 60 bucks these are a rock solid pair of Bluetooth head phones they are not as loud as the JBL’s but they do block out office noise

Headphones are very subjective and personal devices to people - very hard for one to review without pointing that out - I personally own several pairs for various purposes including wireless / bluetooth models - SONY with LDAC streaming (in ear), B&W PX (over ear) with APTX-HD and AAC in ear sets (AIrPods and the excellent Jabra Elite Active 65t).

I like physical buttons, easy to use and kids friendly.

Another positive I have not mentioned is the surprising longevity of the headphones