SoundPEATS Q35 HD Neckband Bluetooth Headphones

These headphones are to replace Bolutone headphones that I had for years which were simply splendid until I washed them and there is most certainly a difference between water resistance and waterproof, let's put it that way. Anyway, I have showered with these and had absolutely no problem, listening to my sermons and teaching MP3s, whatsoever. The design for the recharge is ingenious because the goldplated electrical interface plates on the body of the main interface unit on the headphones will not rust and are impervious to water and also will not wear down after repeated charging like a micro or C type charger female socket on the item being charged, always has in the past. It's the closest thing to having wireless charging by simple contact without it actually being wireless charging. There is a magnetic locking feature that holds the body of the interface unit onto the charger. The interface unit itself has two (1 up/1 down) volume buttons controlled with short presses and the same buttons, easy to feel and discern which button you're touching with the fingers. These two + / - shaped volume buttons can also be used to give reverse or fast forward capability (defined by your audio player app's rewind / fast forward second count parameters), for your current MP3 with a long press on either the (-) button to rewind or the plus (+) button to fast forward.In between the volume / rew-ffd buttons is your typical arrow shaped mp3 play/stop or answer call/hang up call or on/off button. This button requires a long press for on and off and a short press for the rest. It gives you a distinct ring when the phone indicates an incoming call by your listening to your mp3 and simply press the answer button and your mp3 will be paused while you're talking to your caller. The interface device with the buttons is about 2 inches from the right earbud, hanging in the perfect place to simply reach your right hand up and manifest any control you need with the appropriate press. The interface device is about Pen -sized in diameter and about an inch and three quarters long. Very easy to use and to pair, in fact it automatically pairs instead of having to go into pairing mode.The sound quality is excellent for what I use it for, with clarity of voice, even coming from mp3s made from old tapes from the '90s which really delighted me.Good sound, excellent features, charging method ingenious and very resilient in that it will not corrode as micro USB and C class USB male and female plugs often do in time. Great piece of audio equipment for the price. Enjoy!

I love this form factor (much moreso than separated earbuds that have a bulky case, fall out, and get lost), so it's a pity that it's going out of fashion. At this point, I've tried basically all of the available options on the market, and these are the only ones that are as good as the ones that were around in 2018 for a similar price point. The sound is perfectly passable, the microphone is good, and the controls are functional. The only real problem is that they require a dumb proprietary charger, but that's what you get at this point I guess. Hopefully these stick around!

Improved sound quality and battery life over previous models. Bluetooth 5.0 is much better than previous versions (although still suffers compression loss for hi fi music compared to wired and wifi setups). It is understandable at the price point despite the drawbacks of bluetooth given that its wireless and uses much less battery than wifi.Slight con that they send 5 sizes of rounded ear pieces and dont offer any of the tapered flange style. I swapped mine out with some from Etomotic research and they are much more comfortable, seal better, and most importantly dont fall out like the ones provided will unless you are lucky enough that one of the provided pieces are a perfect fit.Moderate Con: I hate the propritary charging connector. You cannot replace this with anything you will find locally and it is very easy to lose. It is also very short and falls off easily. I understand why they used this design to help with water resistance, however it is extremely hard to keep track of if you charge it on the go.

You're probably reading these reviews and, like me, thinking that the complaints about how tedious it is to charge these don't outweigh the cost/quality factor. It probably ultimately doesn't; these sound better than commensurate cheap-ish headphones for sure, though they're a little less comfortable to me.But the charging thing is just so, so tedious. You have to use the cord they send along, and it's quite short - so you have pretty much no choice but to let the cord dangle while it charges. Okay, but since it's requiring a (very light) magent to hold the headphones there, you're hoping that while the cord's dangling, the connection is remaining exactly right so that it charges. I don't know how many times I've set these to charge, walked away, walked back 5 min later to see that the charge isn't working at all and needs to be adjusted. Over and over I'll "charge" overnight to see that I still have dead headphones in the morning.Additionally, either the battery light stopped working properly or it just takes forever to get a truly full charge - it will charge for hours and hours and never go from red to blue or green to show it's charged.When you turn the headphones on, there's no battery indicator ("battery high" "battery medium" "battery low") so I'll often take off for a run with these only to have them die mid-run. The battery life overall isn't bad, don't get me wrong, but the lack of indicator combined with the dicey charging means that I run with a pair of backup headphones all the time now. Kind of not ideal unless you're using these at your desk or something.UPDATE: I'm making an update to this review to note that not only is the unique charger frustrating to use for all the reasons I already outlined, but I'm pretty sure it just fried even a new set of these and now I have two broken sets of these earbuds. Absolutely worthless. My own fault for going in and buying another one (thinking it was more or less sunk cost fallacy - I wanted an extra set for the gym) but yeesh. This is just not worth it and it's all because of this charging system.