Philips SHB5250BK Wireless Bluetooth Earphones with Microphone, Volume Control, Light, Rich Bass, ideal for Sports - Black

Before buying my first Philips pair I was buying really cheap wireless earphones of a similar form factor, costing around £12 a pair. Upon upgrading to these I instantly saw a quality difference. Not only is the sound quality extraordinary for the price! Im sure some audiophiles will still prefer much more expensive earphones for their performance. And the battery life is perfect, i'm able to charge them overnight unplug them and connect them around 8am and the battery will last from around 8am to around 5pm with more or less constant listening of music throughout the day in work. I have noticed, likely to the amount of sound it has to convert due to dialog, SFX and background music, that the battery does not last so long if you are watching a lot of video media. Still i have managed a 4hour trip without issues.The main negative i see people complain about on Amazon is that these earphones fall out easily, which they do. However you can easily buy silicon earpod hooks that nicely cover the earphones and comfortably hold them within your ear. These cost around £5 for multiple pairs and easily solves any problem of them falling out of your ears from my experience.

I bought this as a replacement for a pair I previously had and was shocked and the good quality sound for such a low price. I go walking and like to block out the street sounds and this works well

Not bad, sound quality is ok, I use them at home , main reason for not giving a higher score is range within the house is poor, I have many cheap no name brands that have better range, also battery is heavier than expected and pulls at ears, I think this is due to it being slightly offset to one side, battery life is also only around 4 or 5 hrs for such a large battery.

I picked this up as in-ears are very uncomfortable for me. Unfortunately the alternatives are not even close to my wired Sennheiser MX170So many things not thought out on this one.--Sound--It's not the worst, but I wouldn't call it OK. High is overblown - I ended up putting some spare foam covers on it, which helps. But the base is also bad - it has more bass that my MX170, but it's not even. They tried to compensate for the lack of bass inherent to non-in-ear buds, but they ruined the frequency spectrum.Detail is lost. It's like the sound was compressed, but I have other older bluetooth receivers (basic A2DP, no lossless or fancy codec) and those don't neuter the sound like this one. Much of the dynamics of the music are killed and I don't know why. Maybe a side effect of processing trying to blow the base higher.The little pipes coming down from the buds? Other manufacturers use those tubes to improve the sound, here those are solid plastic.-- Comfort--They slide out. I had some foam cover replacement lying around and they do fit, but it might be a bit big until the foam compresses to your ear. I've not had too much problems with the weight, but the buttons on the side are very hard to press - they appear big they only work if you press them in the middle.-- Connectivity--Doesn't work outside. Funny right? Well, the receiver is in the little box where the buttons are. This means if you try to press a button, you'll block the antenna and the sound will drop out. But because it's on the left and most peopl have their phone in their right pocket, you will be right between the line of sight. As long as you're on a subway or bus, the signal will bounce around, but in a park or just walking about, you will get a LOT of crackles and breaks in the music. They really should have bigger/more antennas.-- Volume--Volume is low, so on a bus or subway they are barely acceptable. And they don't work outside those places.Oh and it forgets the volume setting, so you have to keep pressing the volume up every time you turn it on.-- Usability--The LED indicator for pairing, turning on/off is.... on the bottom of the battery. The only place you can't see it normally. And it takes ages to turn on or off, you have to press for like 5 seconds at least.Bad buttons... can't really think of else, so I'll end my rant here. I barely use it so I don't know battery life, if I can I use my wired buds.

You simple have to select the right product to fit your needs. This is not a earphone for running and intense training. It is engineered to plug into your ears in a simple and fast way, not to glue into your ears while your are jumping.Great sound. Listening music becomes an experience. I can use them while I'm cooking and moving around kitchen (with an iPhone 7) without loosing connectivity.If it could be better? Probably. But for 35£ is a bang for buck.Final note: I've tried two more expensive earphones and I wasn't happy with sound quality. These ones match my expectations.If I loose then, I would definitly buy another pair.

I really like these earphones because they have amazing quality and a long battery life. A lot of people are reviewing saying that the earphones do not fit and keep falling out. This is true, the battery does weigh the earphones down, causing them to fall out a lot of the time, however, I don't experience this problem most of the time. I tend to wear shirts with collars or coats a lot of the time and have the battery behind my neck. The battery is then supported and I never find that my earphones fall out because I find the actual buds a very comfortable fit. On the other hand, doing any kind of exercise like running or jogging is almost impossible to do without having to readjust the earphones every 5 seconds to stop them falling out. Which is a real negative because this is what most people use wireless earphones for.The biggest negative of this product is the fact that they break within a few months. I bought these earphones initially at the start of this year under a year guarantee. This guarantee was ultimately incredibly necessary as I am now on my forth pair. The first I had replaced by Philips themselves, but the times after that I have had to come to Amazon because I had to do any further replacements and refunds with my initial seller because of protection laws. Each time, I had them replaced because the left earphone had completely lost function out of nowhere. I have treated each pair I have had with care but every pair keeps breaking. I don't know how this malfunction keeps happening but Philips have got to sort it out because it can't be a one off thing if it's happened to me three times in under a year.