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"they have been a huge disappointment and i am returning them"

"however the biggest issue is the quality of the microphone when using to make receive calls the other user cannot make or anything said unless in a completely silent environment"

"i am not a great fan of the noise cancellation feature but that is a personal preference"

"it is much worse than for example the equivalently priced shure in ear phones"

"had some problems with these air pods mainly bluetooth connectivity got replacements for them still facing the same problem when listening to music the song sometimes suddenly starts breaking up usually happens when i open apps on the phone and the song keeps breaking up until i either turn off the app or turn the bluetooth off and back on again"

"it has connection issues with ipad and windows music control issue like play and pause"

"i bought the original apple airpods but really didn't use them much as they were uncomfortable and didn't stay in"

"waste of money"

"they have been a huge disappointment and i am returning them"

"really disappointed !"

"read lots of reviews and bought pros with caution"

"shocked and disappointed in amazon"

"the other big issue is the pressure change this was hugely uncomfortable especially when on a flight"

"after initial disappointment with uncomfortable fitting an d resultant bluetooth breakup i spent some time ensuring the silicone tips were of the correct size after which they worked perfectly andmy confidence in the product was completely restored"

"airpod pro is the worst product apple ever made in my opinion"

"too complicated battery?"

"chief negative were useless in a noisy environment"

"i absolutely love these airpods my only gripe is with the large size ear tips i have much better noise cancelling but my perfect fit is the mediums they stay in the best"

"so they don’t fit so the noise cancelling does not work well and the bass is not thya good"

"comfort fit i swapped to the smaller buds this improve comfort however the headphones are always creeping slowly towards falling out but didn’t ever get there"

"this constant creeping is distracting sound nothing special very neutral and if you use the equaliser on the iphone it introduces excessive changes for example bass boost just sounds muffled noise cancelling some sounds aren’t covered i noticed high pitched sounds like a gate squeaking"

"they block out ongoing dull sounds like the sound of being on the tube the bus crowded places traffic etc work particularly well when actually playing music and pretty well when just in your ears "

"chief negative were useless in a noisy environment"

"i was very sceptical having been a bose man for many years although sound quality is amazing!"

"can't really comment on battery life connection stability or noise cancellation ability because i haven't used them outdoors but they did a pretty good job at drowning out most indoors noise so while i expect these will not beat the noise cancellation prowess of established full size cans like bose or sony they are certainly a massive improvement over the previous generation that everybody and their dog wears on a tube bus etc despite the fact that they blocked nothing at all"

"you can move your head about as much as you like and they won't come out but the repetitive actions of running skipping and walking cause them to move about"

"sound closely resembles the standard airpods with slightly better bass not overly impressed"

"noise cancellation isn’t as good as my sony 1000xm2 but they are completely different products so for such small earphones they are superb"

"i hear a buzz when the feature is on and it feels uncomfortable"

"i’m just scared of losing them"

"pro: noise cancellation is great comfortable in ear easy pairing with iphone do need to manually switch if you have them paired to more than one phone for example work phone and personal phone cons: make a annoying noise if youre wearing a hat hood and they rub against the hood not great for the gym as they still fall out whenever you're jogging engaging in exercises such as crunches rotational cable row sounds quality is nowhere as good as the wf 1000xm3 which are cheaper doesn't seem to connect to my mac or ipad"

"i initially bought with some reluctance"

"it tones down things like ac units and constant drones but you can clearly hear people chatting and keyboards typing away if using it in an office environment"

"returned this"

"5h battery life average sound quality very slippery case needs a silicone rubber protection case you can get from aliexpress for £2 slightly overpriced lots of features missing on android such as accurate battery level gets a little bit uncomfortable after 2h+ because the white blob is too big relatively slippery case and earphones makes it easy to drop and scatch: a silicone case is mandatory the charging case could be 0"

"5h battery life average sound quality very slippery case needs a silicone rubber protection case you can get from aliexpress for £2 slightly overpriced lots of features missing on android such as accurate battery level gets a little bit uncomfortable after 2h+ because the white blob is too big relatively slippery case and earphones makes it easy to drop and scatch: a silicone case is mandatory the charging case could be 0"

"the double clicks and triple clicks used to control the playback i find very fiddly and although there is a feedback click heard through the headphones if you are listening to music you sometimes cannot hear it so the whole process is a bit hit or miss"

"this seems to be a design flaw as a number of other customers have reported the same problem"

"5h battery life average sound quality very slippery case needs a silicone rubber protection case you can get from aliexpress for £2 slightly overpriced lots of features missing on android such as accurate battery level gets a little bit uncomfortable after 2h+ because the white blob is too big relatively slippery case and earphones makes it easy to drop and scatch: a silicone case is mandatory the charging case could be 0"

"massively overpriced paying £250 i’d expect something of the same quality as the nuraphones or just below it considering the brand behind the airpods are apple"

"can't really comment on battery life connection stability or noise cancellation ability because i haven't used them outdoors but they did a pretty good job at drowning out most indoors noise so while i expect these will not beat the noise cancellation prowess of established full size cans like bose or sony they are certainly a massive improvement over the previous generation that everybody and their dog wears on a tube bus etc despite the fact that they blocked nothing at all"

"as a regular consumer i am not an audiophile but for £250 i expected more"

"after using the sony xf 1000xm3s for a few months and having issues with a number of things such as connectivity comfort and then being completely useless for phone calls i bought the airpod pro’s hoping they would be everything i hoped the sonys would be and they haven’t disappointed"

"absolutely disgusted to find that i received some £40 pound cheap earbuds from a completely unknown brand "

"but i don't regret buying them"

"the damage after drying them out for a day or so the battery pack and left earbud are fine but the right earbud has constant static noise with or without music"

"don't waste your money better take ur love one dinner and enjoy your time"

"i bought them because of the noise cancellation feature as the music at the gym is too loud and it worked great however for such a pricey pair of earbuds the fit needs to be dramatically improved"

"and they say maybe a by doing a return to factory settings which of course i would loose all my info it might help or wait for another software update"

"however in the gym or when i'm running they are rubbish"

"have been to an apple subie and they say nothing wrong with the airpods airpod pro and nothing wrong with my iphone!"

"chief negative were useless in a noisy environment"

"the ease of using them especially with apple products like my ipad pro iphone and macbook air just ridiculous!"

"the noise cancelling is good very good even but it's not up to the same standards set by the larger bose and sony over ear headphones but it still does what it advertises it'll eliminate background tv or radio noise for instance and ambient noise from a noisy environment people talking etc"

"the fit no matter what i do or what size of silicon piece i use the left one keeps falling out"

"you can use siri but the adjustment is very coarse"

"they are smaller they fit better in my ears they sound better and they cancel out some noise"

"didn’t dislike anything"

"i can't recommend these enough and even with the premium price tag you won't regret getting them "

"i found the noise cancelling feature on these strikes a good balance between you being completely unaware of your surroundings and letting in too much noise"

"5h battery life average sound quality very slippery case needs a silicone rubber protection case you can get from aliexpress for £2 slightly overpriced lots of features missing on android such as accurate battery level gets a little bit uncomfortable after 2h+ because the white blob is too big relatively slippery case and earphones makes it easy to drop and scatch: a silicone case is mandatory the charging case could be 0"

"i'm going to return to my idea of buying some bose sport earphones for the gym these are useless for that"

"after using the sony xf 1000xm3s for a few months and having issues with a number of things such as connectivity comfort and then being completely useless for phone calls i bought the airpod pro’s hoping they would be everything i hoped the sonys would be and they haven’t disappointed"

"after 10 minutes of use these airpods began to really hurt my ears especially at the cartilage area the rubber buds fitted the ear canal fine but the outer main plastic part of the airpod constantly rubbed and i found them too sore to wear a real shame so they’ve gone back and i’m still on the pain free generation 2"

"5hrs before needing to recharge even when noise cancelling turned off"

"have been to an apple subie and they say nothing wrong with the airpods airpod pro and nothing wrong with my iphone!"

"amazon sort out these issues is not the first time something of value has been left like this"

"i usually do a lot of running weight lifting and crossfit training and i have tried changing the bud size and even wearing them upside down and nothing works"

"i’m really pleased with the airpods the fit is perfect no chance of them falling out but this may not be the same for all"

"noise cancellation isn’t as good as my sony 1000xm2 but they are completely different products so for such small earphones they are superb"

"beats are overpriced junk"

"although i find these excellent working with ipads and sometimes with ipods but never with iphones!"

"the other big issue is the pressure change this was hugely uncomfortable especially when on a flight"

"comfort fit i swapped to the smaller buds this improve comfort however the headphones are always creeping slowly towards falling out but didn’t ever get there"

"well you can’t control volumn from airpods so have to ask siri or control via iphone or apple watch"

"downside the price"

"hiss in left ear radio wave and dull flat sound"

"with even mild motion the earpieces fall out either one at different times "

"if you are in apple ecosystem this is great as some apple features like audio sharing only share to apple h1 chip headphones airpods 2+ powerbeats pro+ airpods pro if you want to use it in android be try sony wf 1000xm3 or wh 1000xm3 finally everyone have different ears there are lots of people in the earth different people different ears no company can made in ear headphones fit everyone’s ear no matter sony like the wf 1000xm3 always drop out of my ears with one touch or bose"

"where these really fall down however is in the idea that they are suitable for exercise"

"the speaker grill itself is double or more the size of normal airpods as well!"

"or did i miss something?"

"i bought the original apple airpods but really didn't use them much as they were uncomfortable and didn't stay in"

"for listening in your own space when you just want to go loud and not disturb those asleep upstairs"

"hoping the airpods pro ii don’t hurt my ears!"

"let’s get it straight noise cancelling is not for getting rid of the sound of people talking right next to you its for fairly constant static noises like that of cars going bu public transport or aeroplanes"

"bought these for active noise cancelling and it was underwhelming"

"very very overrated"

"there is no volume control so if like me you wanted to use them whilst running and streaming music from your apple watch the only choice is using the digital crown and this is only usable from the music app on the watch"

"i was not planning to buy these earphones maybe the normal airpods"

"i'm going to return to my idea of buying some bose sport earphones for the gym these are useless for that"

"for short runs or sub 1 hr aerobic sessions i didn't have an issue"

"one thing i don’t like is the ease with which the case opens and the buds can fall out!"

"let’s get it straight noise cancelling is not for getting rid of the sound of people talking right next to you its for fairly constant static noises like that of cars going bu public transport or aeroplanes"

"i think if the current fit can’t fit your ears you should wait someone made the different ear tips to fit it"

"i don't usually take the time writing reviews but i was compelled to let people know how good these actually are from some who wouldn't usually look twice at expensive earphones like this"

"i’ve owned numerous high end earphones from shure 846 & 500 sennheiser ie800 b&o e8 and klipsh x10i"

"but on long runs they would work loose"

"the noise cancelling is good very good even but it's not up to the same standards set by the larger bose and sony over ear headphones but it still does what it advertises it'll eliminate background tv or radio noise for instance and ambient noise from a noisy environment people talking etc"

"it isn't that they fall out it's that they break the noise cancelling seal quite easily"

"under no circumstances but this product i did and they are 100% fake"

"any movement like running or even walking over time causes them to work loose"

"other earphones with noise cancelling tend to be quite bulky and so you can't wear a beanie hat with them comfortably"

"as i am in my eighties i find this incredible but i want to listen to my books in the apple clarity and tone note one software upgrade has been and gone no change!"

"it is the most densely populated city in europe and my day to day environments are noisy"

"i am in a minority: i find the bass heavy sony wx 1000 ghastly and can't stand them"

"however not noise cancelling in my opinions compared to the sony’s"

"i was super worried about this as i don't usually like the bud earphones"

"everybody complained when i called people using the airpod pros they struggled to hear me"

"now isn't that amaz"

"sound isolation on the airpods is definitely good i drove my land rover defender and i could not here the engine"

"because of an earlier review i was a bit worried these won’t be the originals but mine were 100% the real thing i triple checked every little mark or function on them to make sure "

"if you are one of the unlucky few with ear canals that fall somewhere between the tree sizes the case with my poor bose earphone fitting you are out of luck and these will not work for you"

"if you're in search of headphone replacement because they're bulky and you have a few apple products already owned then it's a no brainer to go for a pair of these bad boys"

"for short runs or sub 1 hr aerobic sessions i didn't have an issue"

"they are dreadful"

"mic quality is awful"

"if you're in search of headphone replacement because they're bulky and you have a few apple products already owned then it's a no brainer to go for a pair of these bad boys"

"i originally had the 1st generation airpods but didn’t see the point in getting the 2nd generation as they aren’t much different"

"comfort fit i swapped to the smaller buds this improve comfort however the headphones are always creeping slowly towards falling out but didn’t ever get there"

"the only thing i don't like about them is the sound quality"

"at £250 they’re too expensive to leave behind in public!"

"the controls are ok although having to use the phone for volume adjustment seems a bit archaic"

"i like the portability battery life and anc but the lack of volume adjustment means they are not good enough to be my sole go to earphones"

"doesn’t fit my ears"

"but consistent noises will be cancelled out"

"i have to admit i'm not a great fan of the company apple i don't like their lack of features on premium devices their updates and also how expensive their products are"

"you can move your head about as much as you like and they won't come out but the repetitive actions of running skipping and walking cause them to move about"

"overall a definite do not buy if you have the old airpods keep them"

"bose offer a complete high value package with great nose cancellation and a good sound balance particularly at low volume thanks to dsp but if you value sound quality they are passable at best"

"i was super worried about this as i don't usually like the bud earphones"

"after using the sony xf 1000xm3s for a few months and having issues with a number of things such as connectivity comfort and then being completely useless for phone calls i bought the airpod pro’s hoping they would be everything i hoped the sonys would be and they haven’t disappointed"

"i wouldn’t say these compare to my over ear sony wh1000 xm2 by any means but they do block a lot of back ground noise"

"if you are in apple ecosystem this is great as some apple features like audio sharing only share to apple h1 chip headphones airpods 2+ powerbeats pro+ airpods pro if you want to use it in android be try sony wf 1000xm3 or wh 1000xm3 finally everyone have different ears there are lots of people in the earth different people different ears no company can made in ear headphones fit everyone’s ear no matter sony like the wf 1000xm3 always drop out of my ears with one touch or bose"

"they don’t always work"

"when going through the test i tried out the medium which come already not he headphones and the smaller ones and both had a good seal within my ears i am just wondering whether it comes up with the same results no matter size silicone tips you use?"

"i am ashamed to be british ashamed to be from a so called developing country were as animalistic as the animals who kill because we they have the power and authority to help stop it and make massive differences but instead they sell stupid plastic little things that you can put in your ears wtaf i'm at a loss for words"

"hiss totally gone"

"they’re also not massively loud but i guess that’s good to protect my hearing"

"have opted to return the headphones consider what sacrifices you want to make before buying these"

"there is children in the developing world that die of starvation every day not one or two or five or ten but hundreds of thousands and i truly believe that apple etc anyone who produces these and other similar products should be totally and utterly ashamed of them selves and everything they stand for my opinion is that they are as guilty of causing death and suffering of children women men etc so people who sit on death row for first degree murder because these people are dying as a direct result of their actions"

"the noise cancelling is really good like in a noisy shopping mall it can reduce the noise to nearly nobody is around you everyone have different needs if you don’t need the noise cancelling and the transparency mode you don’t need to update from 2nd version the transparency is perfect too don’t need to get it out to hear surroundings"

"however not noise cancelling in my opinions compared to the sony’s"

"overpriced i think"

"so with that reference in mind i think the pro's deliver something much closer to the recording than any of the above just as their homepods mocked and ignored by many because they are apple made and only work with apple music out of the box beat pretty much any smart speakers in their price range and quite a few above "

"i have no idea if this is because i use it on an android phone but perhaps a firmware update could fix it despite bluetooth 5"

"pro: noise cancellation is great comfortable in ear easy pairing with iphone do need to manually switch if you have them paired to more than one phone for example work phone and personal phone cons: make a annoying noise if youre wearing a hat hood and they rub against the hood not great for the gym as they still fall out whenever you're jogging engaging in exercises such as crunches rotational cable row sounds quality is nowhere as good as the wf 1000xm3 which are cheaper doesn't seem to connect to my mac or ipad"

"bose offer a complete high value package with great nose cancellation and a good sound balance particularly at low volume thanks to dsp but if you value sound quality they are passable at best"

"sold my left kidney for it and it is still trash"

"sound is ok it could be better for the price really it’s clear and has a good range but the low mid is not as punchy as some models and there no chance to increase that with the eq as it’s terrible on iphone"

"the noise cancelling is terrible it does not work at all unless your music is playing at a very loud level wherein it would’ve matter if you have noise cancelling or not due to the volume of the music if your music volume is quite low or no music is playing the noise cancellation feature just works as an annoying sound muffler you can still hear every sound just at a reduced volume"

"the reason for the 4 stars on noise cancellation is because i am comparing them to my bose quietcomfort qc35 ii but for earbuds they are very very good"

"i have a pair of jh custom iems focal stellia's hd800s etc"

"absolutely disgusted to find that i received some £40 pound cheap earbuds from a completely unknown brand "

"this constant creeping is distracting sound nothing special very neutral and if you use the equaliser on the iphone it introduces excessive changes for example bass boost just sounds muffled noise cancelling some sounds aren’t covered i noticed high pitched sounds like a gate squeaking"

"under no circumstances but this product i did and they are 100% fake"

"it got to the point that when i wore these outside i'd be constantly checking and adjusting the fit thinking they were going to drop out"

"the improvement in audio quality and audio level owing to better seal of ear canal and noise cancellation are stark couldn’t be happier with the improvement"

"i’ve been waiting for apple buds for a long time and now apple have nailed it!"

"perhaps it's just a faulty pair but i'm returning them"

"i think the biggest issue i've had is that there is a 1 second delay between the video and audio if i watch videos through my earphones"

"i found the sound to be really clear with the noise cancellation feature"

"the volume on these earphones is much worse than i expected"

"if however you want to watch videos with these as i do or now did you may hit the same problem as me"

"i was looking for true wireless buds but having recently spent £££ on samsung galaxy buds jabra 65t and creative outlier air's which all had poor quality audio or connection issues i came to realise the techs just not there yet"

"i've got to say i have been pleased with anker before particular for their battery products but after reading a review of anker soundcore wireless earbuds which places them as better than apple airpods i thought perhaps that quality is reflected even in their cheaper products"

"waste of money"

"it leads to this horrible imbalance where listening to music with one earphone is quite a miserable experience"

"i like to listen to music in bed sometimes to fall asleep to after nights but they are bulky in the ear and i comfy if you lie on them"

"it leads to this horrible imbalance where listening to music with one earphone is quite a miserable experience"

"at least a 2 second delay makes any lip sync vide unwatchable which is a great shame"

"lost them so bought them again as anything else in this price range is completely terrible compared to this"

"i replaced them with this "upgraded" version and i am very disappointed"

"the sound quality on these isn’t great and gets a bit of crackling not sure if a defective pair or just a bad bluetooth connection on these headphones"

"next i noticed whilst watching a youtube video the volume was quite bass y with the female presenter sound quite gravely"

"however the microphone is awful callers say i cut in and out all the time"

"absolutely terrible"

"awful awful product"

"when i connect these to my phone budget mid range 2017 the connection is great but there's a bit of a delay when pausing unpausing and spotify can sometimes skip a little"

"i'm very disappointed with the overpriced earphones which barely lasted for more than 6 months with a really deceitful warranty advertised and poor customer service"

"as good as many quality earphones"

"secondly as mentioned in the other reviews the microphone is pretty poor quality and you would have to hold in right in front of your mouth for the other person to hear"

"there's a constant clicking and crackling so it sounds like faulty wiring"

"these are amongst the worst earphones i have ever used"

"the sound was tinny it was truly awful"

"sound reproduction is incredibly artificial losing the bottom end under 120htz so no decent sub bass "

"i found the battery life to be poor sound quality awful and worse yet if my phone was in my jeans pocket the connection would drop in and out whilst walking or even sitting on the train"

"in comparison to my taotronic earphones that are very similar they have a better in ear fixed position as the mould does not twist and turn like the taotronics however there is a slight loss in suction which most consider as noise cancellation i however feel very sensitive to the audible sound made with in ear style buds so the trade off of annoying stompy noises when moving around and sensitivity to chewing when in the ear is a win for the anker earphones"

"i have several anker products and cannot say a bad word about the sound quality but these seriously fall short"

"really distorted sound quality"

"i bought these after my soundbuds surge earphones died on me after a year of owning not an awful lifespan considering how much i used them "

"the only real letdown with this device is that the weight of the play pause rocker makes the right earpiece fall out of my ear ever so easily"

"however what let this pair down for me and why im returning them is the appalling sound quality"

"the bass response is a little lacking and i have some concerns about the trebles the earphones produce a sometimes uncomfortable painful sound on some tracks"

"worked very well for 2 months then the right speaker died and amazon make it very difficult to return them"

"***the earphones that i received were a pair which had a defect which was causing the volume and connectivity issues"

"these had a great battery life which is what anker are renowned for and decent fit but they're just too quiet"

"until one time i was in a noisy place i found out that the mic augments the noises around me while it lowers my own voice"

"i previously owned an older version which endured two years of harsh punishment in wind rain and snow due to my job as an all weathers window cleaner and they have only just started malfunctioning one side stopped working "

"needless to say i'm returning these to try my luck with something else"

"my only issue is that there is a huge lack in being able to hear the bass in any song"

"the negatives even though they fit snug sometimes they would bruise inside of my ears due to the silicone causing friction"

"now i don't know if i was just unfortunate but the new pair certainly lack the sound quality of the lost one"

"however next time i'll be buying more expensive ones as these are lacking bass when compared to £6 wired headphones that i purchased before these"

"i did have sync issues to begin with when paring this up with multiple phones and tablets i tried restarts and everything"

"the only one down side is that there is no option to skips songs not that i've figured out anyway it's not a major issue but it would be a nice feature"

"saw the reviews and thought they were fake reviews but needed these for running so though i could take a chance and buy them"

"when you turn the volume up it makes a little annoying beep that distracts from whatever you're listening to"

"also the sound that come out of the ear phones are not loud enough i just find it too quiet i have to put the volume up a lot which i find annoying because sometimes i wanna listen to music louder"

"i've heard much worse sound quality on more expensive headphones"

"somehow managed to lose the first play and then decided to try the pair by taotronics which in short were awful kept cutting out sound quality was sub par and maximum volume was really low"

"second pair has the same fault"

"i have anker power cells and they are quite good so though i would try these"

"i bought these today and already i am disappointed"

"trying to use them on a video conference failed totally and they just made a horrible sound"

"i'm very disappointed with the overpriced earphones which barely lasted for more than 6 months with a really deceitful warranty advertised and poor customer service"

"decent sound but terrible hardware"

"trying to use them on a video conference failed totally and they just made a horrible sound"

"i contacted ankar to see what the issue was temporary software issue fixed now "

"only reason these didn’t get a 5 star rating is because if i use the rubber buds that fit me best it sounds like the driver is struggling to breathe and the sound becomes distorted"

"the clarity is not bad but proportionally it offers nothing in the lower range"

"they admitted all the connection problems they said they are already in contact with the factory and changed the product "

"initially these sounded quite good but about a week in i am getting distortion in the left earbud and all the bass seems to have left the building"

"good product but only lasted about a week before one of the headphones stopped working and amazon customer service weren’t helpful"

"main issue is sound quality not what i was expecting for the price"

"after a disastrous time with a pair of jaybird x3 i tried anker buds for the first time last year"

"i must admit i am really surprised at the quality of the sound these little babies produce good bass and crystal clear"

"also the sound quality is pretty poor super tiny sound so i have to turn the volume up which is pretty painful for my ears"

"don't ignore them"

"this led to distorted sound which for me rendered it unusable"

"i got this pair for the ~5th time not because they break but because their so good and everyone who uses them wants them and for ~20gbp their a steal and i know if anything happens i can contact anker and they would replace it right away"

"using the product for music when running the only problem with this is that they are too good blocking out all sound around me which isn’t always a bad thing but i often run through traffic"

"in comparison to my taotronic earphones that are very similar they have a better in ear fixed position as the mould does not twist and turn like the taotronics however there is a slight loss in suction which most consider as noise cancellation i however feel very sensitive to the audible sound made with in ear style buds so the trade off of annoying stompy noises when moving around and sensitivity to chewing when in the ear is a win for the anker earphones"

"very disappointed as my last pair different brand were cheaper and didn't have this glaring flaw"

"i bought 4 pairs costed between £20 £60 and all falled apart within 2 months and had very limited battery life"

"it's really unfortunate because this is also the piece where the charger cable is inserted into"

"my only complaint was the short low battery warning"

"given the intermittent frequency i find myself not fully relaxed when listening to music and the buzzing sound is much louder it seems than current music volume level"

"i'll start off with i was never a fan of wireless phones was just another thing to charge and often means left with low battery"

"i wanted to review this product to point out one major fault but not the end of the world with this headphone"

"my oh has a very expensive pair of wireless headphones and i think that these are much better!"

"i really don't understand why there are some negative reviews as at less than £20 is almost a throwaway amount"

"downsides they've been sometimes problematic with pairing to the phone and as others have mentioned the audio low battery warning only comes a few minutes ahead of the battery running out completely"

"issues: the one tiny issue i've found: the battery level reading for the headphones when connected to my phone is inaccurate and often displays 100% until it's about to die when i get 5 to 10% readings"

"i bought this for a second time after my other anker earphones lost volume in one ear"

"being fussy"

"i mean is 90% for awhile then gives a warning low battery"

"it's quite a minor issue but still an issue nonetheless hence the knock off a start and happens probably once in every 5 times i've started up the headphones"

"absolutely shocking package came unsealed looks like it was already opened and there is old tape residue on the opening but obviously no tape headphones don't actually work "

"i'll update if they break early or if something goes wrong"

"the sound is decent when listening to music on spotify however i find it very hollow and echo sounding when listening to tv shows on netflix"

"i'm probably gonna get a usb type c to headphone jack converter soon because honestly these headphones are more hassle than it's worth"

"nice build quality great sound look good and are very functional"

"my plan is to use them for aqua jogging where head is kept above the water line but there are splashes and they will get wet to some degree though not often immersed i will be using bluetooth to connect to my iphone to listen to podcast or music"

"i'm probably the least technical person that you've known"

"washed out mids no bass whatsoever and hissing trebles"

"sadly this is a company that is going downhill"

"would definitely recommended these to anyone who gets annoyed with cables and don't want to spend too much"

"the most important thing for me with wireless headphones is that there is no connection drops outs and there has not been one connection drop out had a pair of similar taotronics and they were rubbish "

"sound quality and fit a significant drop in quality from previous version"

"this is a very strange issue that i have never encountered before"

"this is slightly annoying as you don't seem to get an indication every time that the battery is dying"

"maybe at 10 or lower and nowhere near as loud scared me half to death have no idea how long or whether it repeats this however "

"i have trouble with ear buds like the apple ones falling out or just being very uncomfortable theses however are probably the most comfortable ear buds i have ever worn"

"i don't particularly like wireless earphones such as the apple airpods or the huawei free buds since i'm such a clumsy person"

"volume up and down buttons can be held down for a second to skip or rewind tracks"

"when running unless they are jammed into your ear the speaker looses all bass and you can barely hear any drum sounds"

"only snag is the sound advert states the headphones have a high end sound but some songs sound is poor and tinny sound"

"the sound cancellation was okay but they do leak sound at the higher volumes"

"have tried many earphones for workout this is absolutely the lightest weighted and longest lasting with a strong battery"

"overly heavy ear buds that vibrate horribly"

"1st update: way too much static now and there are weird high frequency noises in the background"

"these are actually the second pair of these earphones after the original developed a synchronisation fault with video"

"this is because they do not have that feature but are able to block out a large percentage of background noise through the correct fitment of the rubber in ear cups"

"just as good as more expensive brands which i compared against"

"noise isolation = not incredible but better than i expected"

"clip bad points ill fitting ear tips limited noise isolation lacks dynamic range flat cable personal preference weak magnets so as you may or may not know i have done a few review of bt headphones in the past https: www"

"i had a little trouble getting them to work with my iphone they don't always automatically connect and play the music for some reason and need some switching on off at times to get the sound coming through"

"poor noise cancellation you can hear the environment around you and the volume control is just confusing even at max volume it's just too low you need to have your phone volume high in order to be able to just about hear your audio"

"most budget earphones don’t have noise cancellation so just stick the volume up"

"bought these after returning bomow noise cancelling in ear headphones due to poor sound and completely ineffective noise cancelling although to be fair i may have been unlucky as that product does have many good reviews and the supplier did offer to assist me but i'd already returned them "

"the person who emailed me from their team was really kind and friendly and helpful and i wouldn’t have bothered trying to return or replace my broken ones so i’m very happy that they reached out"

"maybe i am clumsy or i have distorted ears i find these impossibly fiddly to use"

"the one downside is that there is no counter weight on the left side so the wire tends to pull to the right there is a clip you can attach to the wire that will hold it in place but not ideal really a counterweight would be better"

"less chance of losing"

"sound is good much better than other similar earphones we have tried but i can't for he life of me sfigure out how to change songs"

"this means when walking next to a road i have to turn them up much louder and the tinny treble quickly gets uncomfortable"

"it's how they're designed there's not much wiggle room for you to find a comfortable position as if you take them out a bit you lose the bass and noise cancellation if you push them in you risk feeling pain"

"sadly i lost them which prompted me to buy a second pair of the same model"

"however after less than 2 weeks of use it has already failed"

"i don't need to be reminded i have low battery twice every song"

"these are very comfortable in the ear even with a full face crash helmet on and also act as ear buds to quieten wind noise"

"i did look through reviews before buying but those pointing this out only came up now when i searched for the specific issue in questions"

"my only downside is that they maybe cancel out noise too much giving a strange feeling of having earplugs in or being underwater"

"bought these after returning bomow noise cancelling in ear headphones due to poor sound and completely ineffective noise cancelling although to be fair i may have been unlucky as that product does have many good reviews and the supplier did offer to assist me but i'd already returned them "

"i can't imagine them staying in my ears if i were running or working out though as they never felt like a sold fit no matter how many of the spare modifiers i tried"

"if speaking by phone isn't a major concern of yours then these may be ok for you but if you want some headphones for hands free speaking these may not be a good option"

"i really like these for listening to music however they have a major syncing issue for watching video"

"i bought 4 pairs costed between £20 £60 and all falled apart within 2 months and had very limited battery life"

"i listen at a lower volume now as there's much less sound leakage"

"the noise cancellation is ok but definitely not that of much higher end buds"

"i've had two pairs of these from anker in the past and i don't know what's happened but these new ones for 2020 are absolutely rubbish"

"sound quality isnt crisp and bass is very little but for comfort and use for every day they are very good for and cheap version "

"short notice battery low like many have said"

"i wish i'd realised all of this before the 30 day return window was up"

"i would be really happy but this is a major flaw that should be mentioned"

"as i say i've not tested them thoroughly i've had them an hour maybe but they seem to not budge in the ear after throwing my head around with them on"

"the short cord should mean it doesn’t move around as much i did find that it did and i am not sure if this is due to the thin flat cable which i am not a fan of"

"so i was looking for a cheap replacement for my second faulty pair of beats x"

"this is because they do not have that feature but are able to block out a large percentage of background noise through the correct fitment of the rubber in ear cups"

"also practically unusable if trying to use microphone for phone calls i’ve had nothing but complaints from the third party"

"i previously owned an older version which endured two years of harsh punishment in wind rain and snow due to my job as an all weathers window cleaner and they have only just started malfunctioning one side stopped working "

"however this was a minor setback as i feel it was more of a issue with samsung products than the headphones"

"" the battery itself has lasted almost two days work time of constant music and podcasting which is pretty impressive!"

"the weight of the volume control on the right hand side can be of a slight occasional hindrance but in comparison to my old plug in phones it’s a no brainer"

"one thing i found a bit annoying is the button pad hitting my neck while running did not really affect that much they come with 4 other extra earbud sizes would fit any ear size and the rubber holders that keep them in place were unnoticeable to me they also come in 2 other sizes a carry pouch is also provided however the matte texture of it did pick up a lot of dust again it doesn't affect the earbuds in anyway"

"multiple rubber seals for your ear canal are supplied but the stupid shape means you have to really force them in"

"the rubber fins further hold the earbud in place"

"just nearly had a heart attack though as the news featured sound effects which scared the daylights out of me !"

"but the sound levels are very low if a car passes by you it will drown out the music"

"just a downer that one had all the important bits missing :"

"tested this over a couple of days to make sure it wasn't something else causing the issue but whenever these are connected to my phone my wifi slows down and then eventually starts losing the signal altogether"

"avoid at all costs"

"battery percentage shows 80 or 90% in the device connected to but depletes to zero immediately"

"tested this over a couple of days to make sure it wasn't something else causing the issue but whenever these are connected to my phone my wifi slows down and then eventually starts losing the signal altogether"

"but they either don't stay embedded or it becomes too uncomfortable for any length of time"

"once the disconnect happens the device seems to reset itself and reconnect again but the distrurbing interruption has already ruined my listening experience until the next random moment : that apart these headphones are total value for money so please help me to resolve this issue asap"

"so i was looking for a cheap replacement for my second faulty pair of beats x"

"however i have purchased i phone 11 pro and when i tried to connect my earphones there seems a problem as the its getting identified in the bluetooth list but while trying to connect it just keeps loading and tries to establish the connection"

"given the intermittent frequency i find myself not fully relaxed when listening to music and the buzzing sound is much louder it seems than current music volume level"

"but overall i'm not unhappy with £20 as they are really quite clear and high quality sound for the money"

"very unhappy with them and wish i’d gone for the £25 ones now although confidence in the quality has gone now"

"completely unusable"

"i disliked the standard apple earphones so tried a few before finding these"

"overall: good product if you don’t want to splurge on the really expensive ones!"

"not enough bass for my liking volume control is odd just lets me press 3 times then beeps as at maximum but still very low have to then use volume on phone to increase volume"

"i use the largest size wings and have had little to no problems with them falling out when running"

"i expected this new model to be much better in terms of sound but as it turns out it is actually worse"

"when speakers are cheaply manufactured they amplify the bass to drown out the poor quality of the treble"

"i purchased these for the sole purpose of watching tv and films on bbc iplayer and netflix whilst in bed not wanting to disturb the wife!"

"after two days i am fed up with them and am going to buy a replacement pair probably the same ones i got last time"

"0 earphones in the last month and alas this pair has noticeably less stereo separation compared to the other one i've swapped between them multiple times to hear the difference and as a result music is less enjoyable so i'll be keeping this pair at work for occasional usage and taking the other pair everywhere else to maximise my enjoyment of music & video on the go"

"connection dropping on wifi and cell the main issue and why i had to return the device is due what's probably a faulty device"

"i rushed to buy this after owning several anker products"

"the only setback i have for these is when syncing my samsung phone or tablet the second device paired will have audio lag for videos"

"the one downside is that there is no counter weight on the left side so the wire tends to pull to the right there is a clip you can attach to the wire that will hold it in place but not ideal really a counterweight would be better"

"uk gp customer reviews r1z3yr8etlexzuref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp this is partly due to me losing many of them"

"it doesnt really bother me though"

"there is that loud anouding voice that battery low"

"also there seems to be no bass with these just quite a tinny sound when listening to rock music"

"they look expensive sound good and they are backed by an anker warranty which is great"

"i just ended up stepping up and buying airpods!"

"the only slight negative is the connecting cable which can get in the way sometimes"

"also the slim's volume control acts seperatly to the phone's volume control unlike the lite's which changed the volume on the phone itself rather than just the headphones saving them from getting out of sync with each other"

"or the reviews are from people who really don't mind the negatives and just look at the cheap price"

"i'm a little disappointed with these as anker usually produce great quality products"

"and the battery died within the hour"

"connection is at best flaky too much crinkling noise for no reason when sat within 10 inches of the connected laptop"

"if you want to get something that lasts longer than 90 days don’t buy these as i’ve wasted a lot of money on them already"

"however i lost a pair and was very quick to order a replacement"

"i mentioned googling a solution for me none of them worked"

"also the sound that come out of the ear phones are not loud enough i just find it too quiet i have to put the volume up a lot which i find annoying because sometimes i wanna listen to music louder"

"i'm more annoyed than anything"

"i bought these to listen to music but they're totally unusable for this"

"i’ve lost all hope in anker selling quality stuff anymore"

"so decided to buy these as i lost my jaybirds after the parkrun"

"no depth of audio even when using an equilizer to try and circumvent this issue they're still uncomfortable to listen to"

"however in terms of sound quality they are definitely a downgrade rather than an upgrade"

"the audio quality was very poor lacking of bass"

"the little rubber "nipple" above the earphone somehow makes them only fallout under the most strenuous activity and there sports proof"

"didnt hold much hope for these cheap headphones but i was very surprised how ok they was "

"you also can't really wear them in only one ear as the one that you're not using will drag on the cable"

"the buttons don't stick out enough so i find it difficult to press when i'm not looking but everyone has different niggles battery life seems to last for ages"

"that being said the battery life can be a bit confusing a cell shows up on my phone next to the headphone icon and will say that they are nearly fully charged but they will act missing out music like they’re stop starting like they’re running out of power"

"very tinny sound which actually hurts my ears"

"after on 2 hours of use and running into these problems i'd rather not deal with them"

"the only real letdown with this device is that the weight of the play pause rocker makes the right earpiece fall out of my ear ever so easily"

"the bluetooth connects quicky and the battery life is good at a long day's worth of listening before running dry"

"the previous one had the bass but lacked the clarity"

"i lost a pair that i had bought a year ago and i found them after 3 weeks outside while it's been raining heavily and had been in the mud"

"it was extremely difficult to locate the correct "side up" in order to make adjustments to the volume and moreover when you are working blind "

"can be annoying at work"

"bought these after returning bomow noise cancelling in ear headphones due to poor sound and completely ineffective noise cancelling although to be fair i may have been unlucky as that product does have many good reviews and the supplier did offer to assist me but i'd already returned them "

"however there is a noticeable delay on the audio when playing games such as pubg mobile so if that's an issue then don't buy"

"clip bad points ill fitting ear tips limited noise isolation lacks dynamic range flat cable personal preference weak magnets so as you may or may not know i have done a few review of bt headphones in the past https: www"

"my old panasonic rp hje125e are much cheaper and give a more natural better sound"

"for instance i tried them first with the second medium size ear bud which were too loose within my ear allowing too much air in and therefore although i could hear the sound it was very tinny with zero base"

"sound is good quality i'm not an audiophile so i can't comment on anything intricate they fit well and generally don't come loose although i do find myself pushing them deeper into my ears every now and then while running the bad: after extended periods of time the buds can be a little uncomfortable i've tried using the different silicon attachments to suit my ears "

"the only little gripes i have is that the battery life isn't great make sure to turn them off when you're done with them and because the controls are on the one side that side tends to pull a bit when running which i need to keep fixing but it's not a major issue"

"i have a half marathon on sunday so bought another pair but found the package was damp and dirty when it arrived"

"multiple rubber seals for your ear canal are supplied but the stupid shape means you have to really force them in"

"sound can de sync on videos on certain apps so i would mainly use these for audio only needs unless you're smart enough to figure out video delay on apps as the sound usually arrives before the footage but i use wired if i'm watching video on phones"

"bought these to replace a stolen pair of headphones until they were back in stock"

"perhaps it's just a faulty pair but i'm returning them"

"but unfortunately these headphones under preformed and actually sound worse than my water damaged flows"

"sound reproduction is incredibly artificial losing the bottom end under 120htz so no decent sub bass "

"original review: i gave these a four could have been more i bought these to sleep in bose sleepbuds have been recalled by bose but they do project quite a lot outside the ear others use a seperate bluetooth sound cancelling module so you can not 'sleep' in them as they are too uncomfortable to lie upon i feel this also causes an issue at speed running cycling when they generate a bit of in ear wind noise"

"i do not have any hearing issues and am middle aged"

"it doesnt really bother me though"

"update: for whatever reason the delay has disappeared two days later still worth bearing in mind compared to the older version purchased these as i had the previous version which were superb however these have worse audio quality and when using them to stream video there is always a 1 3s delay"

"i wanted to buy some bluetooth earphones to work with my samsung galaxy watch so i can leave my phone at home whilst in the gym"

"battery life is better on this model but sound is lower and tinny compared to previous ones which i still have "

"i was looking for true wireless buds but having recently spent £££ on samsung galaxy buds jabra 65t and creative outlier air's which all had poor quality audio or connection issues i came to realise the techs just not there yet"

"no faulting the sound quality but these are simply useless to me as they push themselves out of my ears after a few seconds even when i’m just led in bed"

"i purchased a pair of these a few months ago that broke within a couple weeks i left a pretty negative review then and decided bluetooth headphones weren’t worth it"

"unfortunately i lost the documents to return them otherwise i would have done"

"i was looking for earphones that activated siri and were comfortable and with long playing time"

"the cable is quite grippy and tends to cling to my neck and some clothing so when i move my head the cable doesn't move with me and one of the buds gets pulled from an ear"

"the only real flaw i’d give these if i had to is that i don’t feel the max sound output is loud enough for someone who needs to drown out loud gym speakers playing their own music my apple earphones that come in the box put out a louder sound but that’s expected"

"the head phones are heavy compare to the other headphones these were the most annoying they keep sliding off my shoulder you’ve got to keep both headphones in your ear which is annoying if your are only using them to make calls"

"in conclusion these headphones are ok and i have decided to keep them with the aim to add some foam tips purchase separately and if that solves my audio quality issues then everything else can be forgiven"

"the build quality is good but compared to the original pair the sound quality is awful very flat and tinny and they don't block external sound anywhere near as well"

"edit to 4* the left side earbud has died within a week i'm just gonna put this down as my fault and buy replacement if you've ever had a pair of anker earbuds like this before the main difference is the mega battery life"

"the second purchase had a volume down button that didn’t work and finally the 3rd works"

"actually a little bit more my previous earphones were sold under the mpow brand although being shenzhen generics you could have probably seen them under different brands as well and actually had someone sensible do the eq for them when playing music these ones massively over egg the bass making midtones and trebles terrible to middling"

"i also worry about the build quality as the wiring looks rather fragile although again as entry level i suppose that’s inevitable but rough handling will i think give them a short life"

"so there i was stuck with music that wasnt as loud until i realised the earphones have their own volume setting separate from the device connected"

"i miss my lites with their longer battery life the neckband sitting balanced on my neck rather than weighted on one side with the control buttons and slipping to the right like these ones do and the small ear pieces of the lites compared to the bulkier heavier ear pieces of the slim which can become uncomfortable to wear for long periods"

"also there's alot of included accesories from tips and wingtips to a storage pouch and others"

"after buying this product i had a very bad experience with it read my old review below "

"overall i would recommend these headphones as a cheaper alternative to the airpods or for a pair of headphones you can take to the gym and not worry about sweating on too much thanks to the ipx7 waterproofing giving you that peace of mind something other sports headphones such as the beats x which cost 4 5x as much lack any sort of ip rating"

"set up at 2pm and return back to seller at 5"

"it took me 4 tries just now to get them connected"

"it sounds a little flat"