BANIGIPA Open Ear Headphones Wireless Bluetooth, Upgraded 5.3 Bluetooth Headphones with Microphone for Cell Phones, Waterproof Wireless Headset fo...

TL/DR: Theyre great. Theyre affordable. Buy them. I bought these in March 2023 and its now June of 2024, so I thought Id review them since theyve held up! I wanted these for use only at work, but they were so convenient I quickly started to wear them when out and about, and even for calls/discord convos while at home. -They are lightweight. I legit forget Im even wearing them. -Sturdy and durable. My job was in a manufacturing plant that was hot AF(110F+) in the summer and cold in the winter. These things have gotten sweaty and a little grimy, but I would just wipe them off when I got home and they were good to go again. Like I said, I got them 15 months ago and theyre still going after nearly DAILY use in that environment. -The battery life is incredibly good. Constant music at max volume is about 6 hours, but unless youre in loud environment, you probably wont need max volume. With intermittent use around mid volume, I consistently listened to music/podcasts up to 10-12 hours a day. I have also been on 7hr discord chats plenty of times and never got the low battery warning. -Audio is clear and mostly balanced across multiple genres. Sound quality is very good. -The touch pad on the right ear is very handy. Double tap to play/pause and to answer a call. Hold for Siri on iPhone. -They only take 1-2 hours to charge from being completely dead. Not bad. Overall, I think these exceed the value of their price point. Absolutely would buy these again. Cheers!

I like this headset and would recommend it. Sound quality is more than acceptable to me. I mostly use it for podcasts, conferencing and audio books. It's great for that - I barely use it for music, sounded ok to me the 2 times I did. I was looking for a headset that is helmet compatible and that I don't have to take off when talking to somebody, like earbuds. I looked at bone conduction but then saw this one which seems mechanically similar. It was on sale for $20 and I went for it. It solves the biggest problems I was facing except for the wind noise issue. If you go faster than 12 mph, the wind noise starts getting loud enough to cancel out what comes from the phones... that is true for earphones as well, even the in-ear type. Btw, even for bone conducting, maybe bone-conducting plus earplugs? But then you have the earplugs to deal with. Skullcap over ears works - that takes most the wind noise off, also with these, but then you have to wear the cap... in winter no problem... in summer, well - so there's no helmet compatible solution I found to deal with that problem. 3 things that could use improvement maybe: 1) the buttons seem to do on/off, volume up/down. I wish there was a button for play/pause... if there is that functionality, I have not found it. It would be great if there was as it would be nice to pause and start without getting the phone out. 2) The magnetic charging: first, it works well and it comes with 2 charging cables (a spare one!) - and that is awesome! However, it is still proprietary. It would be nice if I could just charge it with a usb-C cable, the current gold standard of charging. With this mag port, I still have to have this proprietary cable on me to cahrge them, one more thing to have on me... if I had a choice I would take the usb-c option even though it is not as slick as the mag-charging port. 3) I can't tell whether they are on or off by looking at them. There is no light that says they are on. That is probably great for battery efficiency, but it becomes an endeavor if you need to know if they are on or off, one basically has to put them on, press the power button and wait for the voice to say powering-on or powering-off. I gave them 5 stars - that's a round up from maybe 4.3 because other than the 3 things I mentioned they work well for me and they where only $20.-. I find I got my moneys worth even though they are not absolutely perfect 4 me. Manufacturing quality seems good as well and as I said, proprietary charging I find sub-optimal even when slick - BUT at least it works well and they included a second cable!! Amendment: In the mean time I found out that one can tell whether they are on - if one presses the power button and they are on - there is a little beep. There's also a little blinking light - hard to see in daylight and you have to hold them right to see it. Very low power probably to preserve battery. After getting used to them more they work even better for me. For my purpose, podcasts and audiobooks with bicycle helmet or hat, not isolating me too much from the environment, pretty close to perfect