Finally, I was not nice to my pulse headsets, but I babied the golds because of reviews that mentioned weak hinges.

There is just one thing that makes me furious and it is the terrible quality plastic hinges that allow for folding.

I had these for about 9-10 months and then the hinge broke on the left

Just browse the net and you will find countless reviews either complaining about hinge design or loss of sound

The hinge always breaks because it's held by a weak plastic housing

Less than 6 months of purchasing this item, the right hinge broke as my wife wasplacing the unit on her head

The concerns from other reviews about the hinges frequently breaking seems to no longer be an issue, at least it hasnt for me, though i also dont often fold them, perhaps reguarly folding and unfolding would stress the hinges more

Bad hinge like other have concerned.

I loved thus headset, the sound, portability, and ease of use.... however after about 2 months the hinge for folding wore out and broke

Tonight the hinge broke just like many reviewers have pointed out

The reason it gets two stars is because the same issue every low rating of these headphones received- the hinge.

The extremely weak hinges on the left cup broke

The hinges are not very robust and they should have just gotten rid of the folding feature of the headphones altogether.

Sony have again released a headphone where parts, especially the hinges have been made to break

I had the hinges go bad about 6 months after purchase.

The same hinge problem as noted by others

Sound quality is great for price, plus it's fully wireless, but the hinges on these things are trash

I had to use duct tape to keep the right side together because the hinge was completely blown and then the right

Cheap plastic hinges

My only concern is that the hinges don't seem very sturdy and it doesn't feel like the headset would hold up for very long.

and I don't think the hinges will break as long as I respect them

The hinges still fall apart after a time.

Unfortunately all of that is nullified by the absolutely horrendous hinge design that will eventually fail

I am on my third pair, however, since I find the hinge to be more fragile than acceptable and breaks off

If you treat it with care, you shouldn't have any issues, but if you drop it or sling it open, you may break the plastic hinges that hold it together

First thing the right hinge around the speaker broke

Was a good headset for the past year but the left earpiece broke off the hinge

Where this thing flies off the rails is that the hinges are going to break

Less than 6 months of purchasing this item, the right hinge broke as my wife wasplacing the unit on her head

Those cans also fold into the center on well-defined hinges and loosely click into place, making it easier to store all of the controls are comfortably located on the left earpiece, including the power switch that also lets you swap between two customizable audio profiles

The second set just broke a hinge

After 3 weeks of use, the hinge were the headset bends, broke

They have a tendency to crack at the top hinge point.

The hinges broken

As many others have mentioned the hinges on these things are garbage.

I take great care of my stuff, and had read all of the negative reviews about the hinge supports breaking, and I chalked it up to "those people" actually being bad at taking care of their things

My only concern is the hinges that seem pretty weak, which is why I never fold them up.

And then it literally snapped in 2 places, one just above the right headphone hinge, where the padding turns into plastic, and the other right about the middle of the band, making it basically trash at that point

First, the hinge on one of the sides began to fail (the thin medal bar is held into place with these two very weak plastic joints, so one side had started to fail)

Bought this at launch and the hinges just started breaking apart.

The hinges where they fold broke and I've been reading sony won't honor the replacement

After almost two years with the headset, the hinges finally broke

Then the hinge broke

(We don't have anything in the house that creates EM interference besides a wifi router).Finally, these headphones have a very cheap plastic hinge, which on me after about 6 months

This is my 3rd headset that the left speaker has broken off of because of the weak plastic hinges.

It was his fault for not being careful, but if I would have known it was that delicate I probably would not have purchased this brand.

first, the volume, it doesnt get as loud as I