Philips Bluetooth Neckband Headphones, Wireless Earbuds IPX5 Waterproof Sport Earphones, Lightweight, Deep Bass with Vibration Call Alert Neckband

This review is for PHILIPS Bluetooth Neckband Headphones. So, I've gone through 3 or 4 pair of bluetooth neckband earbuds trying to find something comparable to my old Leophile Eel, which still works perfectly fine. It's just that the protective rubber cord around the wiring is splitting up where it meets each earbud. I'm afraid this will compromise the durability. Other than that my Eel has been fantastic. Sounds really good and I've never had technical issues with them. However, they are almost impossible to find now, as it seems that Leophile no longer exists or they are under a different name now. I wouldn't be surprised if they went under from selling such great earbuds at too low of a price (usually around $40-$60).The earbuds I went through before the Philips were the 'FIIL Digital Noise Cancelling Headphones' and the 'Picun Wireless Headphones 35 Hours Playtime Neckband Bluetooth Headphones LED Light'. The FIIL tore my ears up out of the box with extremely tinny highs that irritated my ears. After adjusting the EQ in Spotify and practically turning the high frequencies almost all the way down they were acceptable. They still didn't sound nearly as smooth and good as my Leophile Eel though. They do look and feel nice. However, your ears immediately know the quality of sound by how irritating it does or doesn't become to your ears after several minutes of listening. The Picun buds straight up just didn't sound as good as my Eel no matter what I did with them.Philips... these are good. Very good. They sound every bit as good as my Eel, which really surprised me, and right out of the box. Nothing irritated my ears, the S's sounded nice and smooth on a good quality sound file. That's a good sign. Even the built in voice sounded nice and clear. Coast to Coast AM podcasts sounded great. I am real happy with the sound quality. Someone here complained about there not being enough bass. There is plenty of bass. If you really want to ruin your ears then maybe a few might ask for even more bass, but I did not require it. I do have the EQ adjusted for more bass though, and I set my iPhone to the 'bass' option, so yes I like bass and require a good amount. I listen to old school hip hop and rap, motown, disco, house, techno, trance, edm, etc., and I did not require more bass than what I'm getting here. It sounds great to me. Everything sounds smooth and doesn't irritate my ears after a while of listening. That's important to me and a good indicator of sound quality. They are light but not cheapy light. They look and feel good. It comes with a micro USB > 3.5mm cord so you can plug them into a jack to listen. That cord is long enough to reach your knees. I have not tested that cord out yet. They connected to my iPhone immediately with no issues. I haven't used them long enough to know how well they stay connected but I don't expect any issues. The cords from the buds are thicker than my Leophile Eel so I appreciate that added durability for the bud cords. Haven't gotten to test how long they last.Very happy purchase so far. Overall these are probably the best neckband buds on here under $100 as long as they continue to work as advertised.

First, my review is concerned with the ability of this headset to facilitate clear, effective communications for (long running) business calls. I am not comparing this headset to the best wired audiophile headphones ever created - there would be no comparison, of course. That said, they are surprisingly decent at reproducing music for what they are. But back to the point of my review - these are *excellent* for my usage case of comfort, battery life, and call quality (microphone in particular) on long conference calls, and quite frankly they are worth every penny. I have tried cheaper options and in some cases put them back in the box for a return after one test phone call - often because my test subject said my voice sounded like it was being recorded using a mic made out of tinfoil and scotch tape. The battery life is extremely good, and I've used them during back to back meetings spanning 6-8 hours before having to switch to my back-up HS, which is an older model LG headset (also excellent). Thank you LG, and please keep making professional-grade products even if they are higher cost than the majority of other "toys" on the market.

I've blown through a lot of earbuds, I tend to abuse them. Got two of these ones lasted a year before the first one died which is quite a bit better than average for me. I wear them in the shower, a little past what ipx5 intends. The little flap doesn't keep the charge port dry but if you wait a few hours to charge them it seems to be ok. Sound quality is decent, not great. Microphone gets wrecked when wet. The 14 hour playback is pushing it a little, I get a low battery warning after about 11 hours, the low battery warning is extremely annoying instead of a quiet beep or something it mutes your audio and shouts "LOW BATTERY" at you. I'm trying a different pair for my replacements but if I don't like them I would consider buying more of these.

Battery life on these is absolute bottom of the barrel. Plus they don't tell you they are getting low until they are almost dead. Also have to hild power button way too long to engage and volume up and down is reversed from most which makes it tedious to control. I expected more from this brand.. not even close to being on par with my old skullcandy set.

Initial thought of them are they feel nice ear buds are comfortable and sounds good. Please in that aspect but when it come to actually using the device the wires come down the side of your face to be expected but they bow out towards the front along your jaw then back down to the neckband. There's no way to adjust how much cable is Biggest problem is the buttons. The power button is a bit of a pain in the ass the use let alone hold down for 5 seconds to just turn it off and on that's too long 3 seconds is lone enough of a hold. The volume buttons are spaced out just far enough away that it's kind of awkward to use. The buttons in general are at a slight angle towards your collar bone so when you go to use them you have to literally twist your wrist to use any of the buttons. The "charging cable" that you get is only like 7 inches of cable. With that all being said I'll probably return these and look for something that doesn't bother me to literally to just turn it on