Anker SoundBuds Curve Wireless Headphones, Bluetooth 4.1 Sports Earphones with aptX Audio, Nano Coating, 14H Battery, CVC Noise Cancellation, Headsets (red)

My wife is a scientist and works in a fresh water laboratory. She depends on her earbuds to get her through the day. These are the best value for the money and the battery life is fantastic!(UPDATE)TLDR: Anker products and services are the very best. Shelly in customer service is fantastic! Anker has a lifelong customer.I had to contact Anker for the only issue I had with these earbuds. One of them stopped working after nearly 8 months of daily use. I had to write about my experience.Contacting Anker was easy. Tech support was the first step and was extremely easy to follow. Unfortunately that did not solve the problem. The next part is where it becomes even better.Shelly handled my warranty claim. They made it easy, professional, friendly, courteous, and absolutely hassle free. To make a long story short, they apologized for the inconvenience. They immediately took steps to fix the problem. When they couldn't solve the problem, they made it easy and comfortable making the situation right while standing behind their products. I was sent a brand new, updated version of the earbuds I purchased.Earlier I mentioned that my wife uses them; and that she uses them in wet conditions. What I didn't mention is that my wife has some hearing problems from her time in the U.S. Army. These earbuds are so good that she is able to notice the sound quality! She used to be able to use them for a few days before she had to recharge them. With the updated version, it has been a full week of daily use!The cons? The original pair was red and black. This pair is only black. (For which Anker and Shelly also apologized). If that is a drawback, it's the only drawback. Plus I love the Henry Ford concept of color choice, who said in 1909, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." I know it's not the same thing as a car. I know this because if it were a car, I would have experienced products and services at the opposite end of the spectrum.Our lives haven't been easy. My wife will be the first in her family to receive a PhD. With all the problems in this world and all of the things that go wrong, Anker isn't one of those. They are dependable products. They employ fantastic people like Shelly. They make it better.Anker has earned customers for life.I thank them.

I've been using this for several weeks now and its quite comfortable. Easily wearable for a couple hours before feeling any soreness but I have wore it for close to 5 during work and had to take it off as the back of my ears were a little sore. Sound Quality is good and the battery lasts for a good amount of time. The reason why I'm only putting two stars is because the mic is really bad. Everyone complains that they can't hear me or the volume is too low or when they can hear me there's this strange, unbearable buzzing/ringing noise with my voice. At least this is what I'm told as I never tried it out myself. Either my voice is being criticized for unusual and spontaneous behavior or the mic is completely unusable.EDIT: I was contacted swiftly after posting this review in early January to be sent a replacement! I received it and used it for a good month now and can say that I'm quite pleased with the product now. The replacement came in black and I'm a bit sad its not red like I ordered but the usability is great. Thanks Anker!

The Anker S Curve ReviewPros🔺 Excellent Sound quality especially the Bass punch. The highs are somewhat muted or not as crisp🔺 Fit is excellent with little adjustment needed right out of the box. They stay in thru multiple workouts. They are very comfortable and light. Great colors🔺 The button placement is outstanding. They are easy to reach and adjust.🔺 The battery life is superb lasting several workouts or all day listening.🔺 Excellent Customer service🔺 Outstanding 18 month WarrantyNegatives🔺 Charging port doesn't always pick up cable connection. You have to move the cable around to get a good connection. It shows easy wear on metal contact points🔺 The annoying beeping every time you turn up or down the volume. It repeats itself on the number of times you press. If you hit the button 10 times you get 10 beeps in a row.🔵 Suggested Features⚠️ Adjustable strap for even more secure fit.⚠️ The ability to use Voice commands that work with the Phone... Like Google

I have written very few reviews, however the customer service obligated me to write this one.I purchased these headphones in January and unfortunately they died in August. They would not turn on would not charge or just flat dead.I contacted customer service via email through the Amazon order, they responded within a day with some troubleshooting tips. After those did not work a couple of days later I received an email stating that a brand new pair of headphones would be shipped out at no cost to me. Incredible customer service.About the headphones:I use these headphones primarily for running. I chose the headphones with the over the ear hook to ensure they don't fall out. Which they don't. They come with several earbuds sizes to fit your ear but I kept the one that was on the headphones because they don't seal perfectly which is exactly what I need when I'm running so I can hear cars around me.I also uses for watching movies while I'm washing dishes including numerous sippy cups. The range on these headphones is far better than the previous headphones that I had. And much lighter.The sound quality on these are really good even while running. Audiophiles may find them slightly lacking, but if that's the problem go buy yourself a $300 pair of Bose.The battery last a very long time on these. The only time I've had issues is when I forget to turn the headphones off after listening to them. I've left them on overnight and they still have to charge the next day.For $20, these are incredible headphones.Hopefully The fact that these died after 8 months was just a one-off problem and these last much longer. But then again I guess you get what you pay for.

It stays in your ear well; perfect for working out especially if you're a runner, and if it doesn't fit they give you lots of sizes so you got a lot of options to choose from.Battery life: so far, I've used it for 5 hours since its full charge and its still working.Sound quality: amazing!! you're literally in your on world because you don't hear anything form outside, it's all blocked. I had my sister yell some words to test it out and I guarantee you, you can't hear anything if the music is on.For those who don't know, there's a small clip that they give and I THINK, not sure though, is for when you run or any workout out in general, you can clip the back cord to your shirt or hair so it doesn't get in the way of the back of your neck.

Great pair of headphones have been my everyday pair for the last 1-2 years now.This is actually the second pair I've bought because my first set are starting to show some wear and tear, well, I may have tried to clean them to roughly and pulled it apart slightly. That being said they still work but I want a back up pair for when they do give up on life.The Pros:Battery life. I have only been caught out maybe three times with the battery dying on me. Simply because it lasts for well over 10 hours and even with 2 hours of use a day at the gym or on a run I find an opportunity sometime in the week to give them a charge. They do this annoying little beep to let you know when they are low on battery, probably half an hour or so left at that point, but it's on pretty well spaced intervals so I don't mind it's death throw wails and get on with my business. That being said I do try and hurry so that I'm not left in the middle of a set with silence in my ears.They hang on your ears. I have been through a good few headphones that fulfil the requirement of both Bluetooth and can secure themselves on your ears. The requirement to fill is simple. When I am running I do not what to have to be repositioning earphones every 10 minutes. These have both foam and rubber earbud tips to suit your preference, a little on those is the plastic slip our easier when sweating heavily and the foam get dirtier easier. Also you get better sound from the plastic I find. However, these bad boys hold onto my ears with the hooky things, accepting that all ears are different here, so when the buds do eventually slip out they are held nice and close in place and I can still hear my music just fine and they won't every fully fall out. For me that is the compromise that clinched them for me. They can fall out but as long as they hover in my ear canal I'm a happy sailor.Connectivity. I don't care so much about this as I normally don't take phone calls in the gym. But I'll give them props for their microphone and sound quality for calls. I went through a period of listening to podcasts in the car with these and whenever I got a phone call they were an unexpected perfect hands free set.Cons:I may have broke one earphone by being a little heavy handed while cleaning them and pulled it apart. Still clicks into place but way less secure than the other side. So be gentle. After X hours of use they can potentially become slightly delicate.The foam ear bud tips (well tip I had one foam and one plastic...asymmetric ears and best fit) The foam broke off its internal plastic bushing. It had a good life though and was pretty manky at this point. Replaced it with a spare I had from a different set I had. So ya. Foam are comfortable but have a shorter lifespan than the rubber.They're good headphone, respectable price for the amount of usage, wear and tear they suffer and sound quality.Some justification for rating.Sound quality 4 - There probably is better sound quality. I don't care so much. I'm not really paying attention to what I'm listening to most of the time. They are good in my opinion but I can't hold a tune, never mind tell a viola from a violin so I'm not gonna tell anyone what the best or worst of sound quality is.Battery life 4 - It's good. There is stuff advertised that has long. So if max battery life possible is our time go else where. But these boys are honest they say what 12.5 hours? Ya, they do that, can't attest they do that after 2 years...I could but I want to get the review done in one sitting.Working out 5 - They go with me everywhere. Working out, travelling, car journeys.

I was very sceptic about the sound quality. Just ordered the product by viewing the reviews. But after listening to it for the first time I got completely satisfied. ANKER makes really good stuff.

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!!! Habe unten ein Update geschrieben, Ankers Support hat sich gemeldet und die Sache elegant gerettet. !!!!Hatte mir die Dinger bestellt und mich erst riesig gefreut: Lieferumfang ist beeindruckend ... zig verschiedene Plugs. Tolle Optik. Alles super.Dann die Ernüchterung: an meinem Macbook Air wollte das Ding ums Verrecken nicht koppeln. Nach langen Versuchen erschien dann das Headset am Notebook. Schlag 2: Aussetzer und Rauschen. Echt jetzt? Wie schafft man das mit Bluetooth? Ich hab dann aufgegeben.Am iPhoneX meldete sich das Gerät sofort. Aber auch hier Aussetzer und Störungen. Noch besser: das Headset meldet sich alle paar Sekunden ab und wieder an.Ich hab dann den Bluetooth abgeschaltet und neu gestartet. Danach ging's besser, aber perfekt ist was anderes.Das Teil macht keinen Spass. Optik und Haptik sind Spitze. Die Technik anscheinend nur Müll.Schade. Sonst bin ich von Anker Qualität gewohnt.Selbst wenn es funktionieren würde: ich hätte gerne eine Anzeige oder Ansage für den Ladezustand. Hier kann man nur raten und hoffen.-----Update: Ankers Support hat sich aufgrund meiner Rezension bei mir gemeldet. Der Mitarbeiter dort hat sich für das Gerät entschuldigt und so quasi ein "Montagsgerät" angenommen. Mir wurde eine umgehende Ersatzlieferung angeboten, alternativ als "Entschuldigung" sogar das neue Spirit X. Die haben sich nicht lumpen lassen, das wollte Anker nicht so im Raum stehen lassen. Für mich würde dadurch sogar der Soundbuds eine Kaufempfehlung, weil wenn etwas ist, der Hersteller sich kümmert.Mit dem Spirit X bin ich gut zufrieden, der koppelte sofort, sitzt wirklich gut (und da war der Soundbuds nicht merklich schlechter). Sound-Qualität entspricht meiner Erwartung. Klar, es ist kein 200€ Kopfhörer, aber wie schon bei den Soundcores: Anker schafft "bemerkenswert gut" schon für kleines Geld.Ich bin überzeugt vom Produkt und überzeugt vom Service und mittlerweile überzeugt dass ich mit der ersten Lieferung nur einfach Pech hatte und die "Niete aus Tausend" gezogen habe.Mittlerweile bevorzuge ich Anker-Sachen wenn ich hier einkaufe, weil der Support sich kümmert wenn es mal klemmt und es klemmt nun bei jedem mal. Ich hatte nie damit gerechnet für einen 30€ Ohrstöpsel so einen Support zu bekommen. In einer Zeit in der Support in den meisten Wortschätzen mit "Antik" assoziiert wird, ist das angenehm überraschend. Danke dafür und danke für den Spirit X, tolles Teil!