• Reviews around background noise (2.65 of 5)

    Samsung Gear IconX 2016 Cordfree Fitness Earbuds with Activity Tracker - Black - Discontinued by Manufacturer

    • The microphone is really good at filtering out background noise
    • They also block out background noise!
    • If you work, exercise, or plan to use these in a setting with background noise, you are going to be very disappointed
    • while using these the background noise has been blocked and the volume can be down at a reasonable level, thus saving your hearing
    • I'd give it a B+, but because there's no wires, it's worth it IMO
    • Surprisingly easy to set up as well as in their use; intuitive, consistent controls, with useful feedback; well laid out - much better (simpler) approach than any similar buds.2
    • this is very important, the tips that these headphones come with suck, they are horrible, so look into foam tips and trust me, you will be shocked as to how good these sound, because they
    • However, as mentioned above they are not meant to be headphone replacements for extended time as they died in 1 hour 45 minutes just streaming music
    • There are bluetooth headphones with longer battery life that sit on the back of your neck or have ear pieces connected by a cord - Ive tried and dislike both as they are uncomfortable and even short cords can still get in the way
    • If you like R&B/Rap/Hip-Hop for working out you should be fine but don't count on great Bass.
    • The ambient sounds feature is cool, but very loud wind when moving at any speed over a leisurely walk makes it more "neat-o" than anything else
    • Samsung needs to do a better R&D on these.
    • The ambient sounds feature is cool, but very loud wind when moving at any speed over a leisurely walk makes it more "neat-o" than anything else
    • And sometimes the touch pad doesn't work as well as I like
    • So, as much as I like them and appreciate the long list of well-conceived features, without iOS compatibility I'm left with a lot of expensive features that I can't access.
    • And sometimes the touch pad doesn't work as well as I like
    • You can also get S health info and works as a stand alone product that you can download 1000 songs to it from your phone.