Beats Flex Wireless Earbuds - Apple W1 Headphone Chip, Magnetic Earphones, Class 1 Bluetooth, 12 Hours of Listening Time, Built-in Microphone - Flame Blue

Best headphones ive owned to date hands down. only downside is they kinda suck if u wanna sleep with music on.The connectivity on these is stellar, better than skullcandy by miles also function better than any skull candys on the market.i borrowed these from my gf, and then when i noticed how good they were i bought 3 more pairs to swap out ALL skullcandy headphones.these dont break as easily as skullcandy. so if ur tired of wasting 45 every 3 months due to broken headphones get these.

Very good quality sound. They sometimes fall out my ear or make my ear very sweaty. Easy connection but I don’t like that I cannot check the battery life as with other Apple specific headphones. And they kill my phone battery very fast I don’t understand why. Very light weight you don’t even notice they’re around ur neck. Kind of long but that’s not the worst thing in the world.

Great! I use them daily and at night time in bed. I like that they are durable and I can't lose just one. The battery life is impressive. They are comforable in my ears unlike many harder ones. I now have 2 pairs and a neighbor bought one as well. I'm not sure about mike quality - I may need to enlist someone to test that out.

I love these more than my AirPods - they're easier to deal with if you're consistently taking them in and out of your ears as they dangle like a necklace - there's no case to return them to, and they don't get lost if you drop one. Sound is good enough for me (I'm no audiophile) - but I primarily bought these for running and the convenience of keeping them around your neck if you don't need them. The only reason I give it a four star rating is because they're a pain in the butt to turn on and off - there's a slim button that needs to held down to power on and off - and there's no way to know if thery're on or not unless you take them off from around your neck to see if the power led is on or not.

I purchased the Beats Flex in Flame Blue in July 2024 and as of this review May 1, 2025, these earbuds are still working well! I am a heavy user with them and I am not gentle with them either. Only thing now is that they are showing signs of wear and tear and takes slightly longer to charge but the battery is amazing. The earbuds are comfortable and stay in my ear while at the gym. The flex part makes its easy to put inside any size bag. Sound is still clear and loud. It connects rather quickly. I plan on purchasing another color. I did get this on sale for about 40 dollars.

I love these headphones. They hold a charge for so long and it only takes about an hour to an hour and a half to fully charge them. The sound quality is great. They aren't hard to use, they come with different sizes for the earbuds. Somewhat waterproof (my 9 year old spilled some water on my fiancees pair and they still work fine). Connect through Bluetooth which is also pretty simple. Overall they are definitely worth the price.

I prefer these compared to air pods and the ones that fall out and you lose ending up with one ear bud. Great piece. Great for the gym and work. You won't lose these. They are magnetic and clamp together around your neck

I have been wanting to upgrade from my fifteen to twenty five dollar earbuds/headphones, so when I saw these Beats Flex at a good price point, I jumped at the chance, and ordered them. I also have an iPhone, and while I am not particularly knowledgeable about tech-y stuff, I know that Beats are an Apple product, so I was looking forward to the headphones and my iPhone hopefully working well together to give me a good sound experience.The Beats Flex physical design is fine. The rubbery neck cord thing is sturdy. The headset holds itself in a kind of natural loop under the chin. On one of the long plastic things attached to the cords- the one marked with an "L" for "Left”- is a raised dot button thing, a mesh screen, which must be the microphone, a long skinny bar that controls the volume, and the charging port. On the other long plastic thing (marked with an "R" for "Right") is the teeny tiny power button.In the package, along with the headset itself, you get a short charging cable, and a little box containing info about the earbuds. Now here is one thing I really hate when you buy new stuff these days. Instead of ONE simple booklet, or a single piece of paper with the schematics/instructions, inside of the little box you get a cutesy little cluster of teeny little loose pages. Two are flimsy little booklets inscribed in what appears to be 1.5 pt font. One of these booklets (as far as I can tell), is about a limited warranty. The other one (I think) talks about the dangers of batteries and Bluetooth. Neither is an instruction manual, or a “how to,” or contains a schematic of the Beats Flex earbuds. Then there are two loose pieces of paper. There is also a sticker, which you can put on your skateboard. Or on your whatever.One of the loose pieces of paper has a diagram on it that shows how to turn the headphones on, and how to sync them with your iPhone via Bluetooth. The earbuds synced immediately- they arrived all charged up- which was great. In fact, when you press the power button, an image of the Beats Flex headset appears on the iPhone screen with a handy little button bar beneath them that says "Connect." You tap on it, and you're all connected. Cool.But nowhere in the falling all over the place happy fun package of "information" that came with the headphones was anything that told me what the raised round button on the L plastic thing was for, and what pressing it would do. Would pressing it- disconnect a phone call? Would pressing it- order a pizza from two states over? Would it enable you to- contact the International Space Station? Would pressing it- order a pizza from the International Space Station? Who knows.So I jumped on the Internet, and googled "Beats Flex schematic.” I found out that the long flat plastic things attached onto the cords are called "control modules." And that, on the left "control module," the little round mystery button is for answering phone calls, for disconnecting phone calls, for putting one call on hold in order to answer an incoming call, etc. Maybe this information is someplace within the annoying loose batch of all over the desk and floor pieces of paper, in one of the two requires-an-electron-microscope-to-read-them "manuals” that came enclosed with the headphones. If so, I sure couldn't find it.I did hear from everyone I called while wearing the Beats Flex earbuds that the quality of my voice during the phone calls was very good. I was told the Beats provided a vast improvement in terms of fidelity and clarity in communication over the cheapies I had been using previously. I also found the person I was talking to sounded very clear, and there was a minimum of background noise and static. As I make a lot of phone calls, this was good to know.I have a couple of very old and battered sets of JBL JBud wireless headsets. As these Beats Flex headphones are more expensive than those were, I figured the new Beats would be a significant improvement in terms of sound when listening to music or other media. That's why I was a bit shocked at the rather poor quality of sound coming out of the Beats when doing so. It isn’t horrible, but I was expecting more from a Beats brand product. The Beats are only slightly superior to my eight dollar big box cheapies in terms of sound quality.Their bass output ranges from minimal to non-existent. I play bass, so I do like my music a bit bass-heavy, but not to a ridiculous degree. However, these things are just really lacking in the bass department. Not only is everything too trebly, but the higher tones often border on downright screechy. I was shocked, really, by their caliber of sound. On the whole, the audio they put out has a “thin” quality to it.I tried to compensate for the uneven sound by attempting to use the built-in EQ on my iPhone. But these earbuds, although they are an Apple product, seem to only respond to a couple of the EQ settings, or even to just one- "Late Night." Which is ok, as it increased the overall volume output of the Beats Flex, which, to an old punk rocker like me, is lacking. But this EQ setting doesn't make their sound any less tinny, and hitting “Bass Boost” or “Treble Reduce” doesn’t make any difference.I usually listen to YouTube stuff- lectures, movie reviews, etc.- on my headsets. Without the ability to influence the highs and lows, I found myself scrambling constantly to jab at the volume bar to turn the media down because the thin, caustic nature of the sound these Beats Flex will unexpectedly put out was hurting my ears. I thought to check the App store to see if there was a Beats app with an equalizer that could maybe help. And yes- there is a Beats app, and- you have to pay for it. (No thanks.) I switched over to an old pair of the JBL earbuds to compare, and their sound was much richer and fuller, even though they are several years old now, and had cost around fifteen dollars cheaper.I was bummed. I had really been looking forward to finally owning a pair of Beats, and to enjoying any small, but noticeable, upgrade in sound quality. Yes, they were better on phone calls, but I was really hoping for a better sound experience across the board. If I could afford to spend another 75-200 dollars, I’m sure the sound of Beats earbuds at that price point would be amazing. But for someone on a fixed income like me, buying that pricey a pair of earbuds just isn’t going to be happening.I was going to buy a backup pair of these Beats Flex had their sound quality in general been good enough, as they had performed so well during phone calls. But after my experience with their poor sound while listening to music and other media, and without access to a free EQ to use with them, I won’t be doing that. Unless you find these at an extremely reduced price, or unless you plan to use them just for phone calls, I cannot recommend them. There are too many less pricey options out there that will provide a better listening experience in terms of sound caliber.Some pros: They are quite comfortable to wear, as they come with a wide range of earbud tips to choose from. I fell asleep in them several times, and didn’t find them irritating or cumbersome at all. They appear to be sturdily made. They have a reasonably long battery life- seemed to be around 8-9 hours. They charge up pretty quickly.