Ultra-Cord 59-inch 3.5 mm Retractable Stereo Earphones

Comment:
These are not the best earphones you will ever have. They ARE the best earphones you'll ever have for only 5 bucks. I have tried other retractable ear buds in the 15-20 dollar range, and they didn't perform any better than these. The sound is great, but if you're hard on them, they will wear out. I usually go through one every six months or so. I use them at least once a day every day, and I love them. Whenever I order some other items, I will throw in another set of these low priced beauties and keep them on hand. A great value in my opinion.

Comment:
These earphones sound pretty good but they are a little large for your ear-holes. My biggest complaint is that they stopped retracting almost immediately. They didn't lock out, don't retract in and eventually came off of the spring mechanism, altogether. This defeated the purpose of the main reason for buying them, and unfortunately I purchased two sets.

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I thought these would keep my earphones from getting all tangled up. It does but the ear buds don't fit my ears. The GF can use them. The coiling device could use a little clip to keep the weight off the ears, it's fine sitting still but with activity it pulls on the ears. Sound is good and the price is right. Doesn't work for me so a 3 is all I'll give it. Maybe it's just my ears.

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Well, I bought these a few months ago, because I needed some headphones and these were pretty cheap. Sadly, it looks like I got what I paid for. The earphones worked quite well for a month or two, not very strong or sturdy, but they kept together. Then, it suddenly started getting distorted in one-earphone through all sound. A few weeks later, I lost the entire right earphone. Mind you, this was from simple MP3 player use over the course of two months. Heavy use, though. A good hour every day. So, if you want some portable earphones you want to have on you 'just in case', these are pretty good. The cable length was decent, and the retractable thing was pretty cool, even though that snapped off after a month. Just don't use them very often or very loudly if you want to keep them working.