ANBES U13 Bluetooth Headphones

Ordered these to use with my Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music watch in the gym to listen to music.They were an inexpensive purchase and they reflect that.Build quality is ok. Everything feels a bit thin and breakable. Kind of to be expected.They paired with the Garmin with no problems and functionally have worked as expected. Although I do get some sound dropouts and skipping when walking and swinging my left arm (with watch) and wearing the headphones.I have trouble getting in-ear headsets to fit well and stay in and these are no different. They slip out. On the good side, the clips over the ears prevents them from falling, but I have to often reinsert them in my ears. The clips do not help them stay in for me. Also, the wire at times will pull as it sticks to my neck. And just turning my head back (sit ups, etc) can also cause them to loosen.Sound quality is mediocre at best. About the same as the ear buds that come with mobile phones. Certainly not high quality musically, but passable for the gym. Note I am a bit of an audio snob (my wired headphones are Oppo pm-3) so I enjoy high quality sound and did not expect much from these at less than twenty dollars. And they meet that expectations. The sound also changes quite a bit based on how tightly they are inserted in my ears. So as they slip out of my ears, the sound varies a lot.Battery life has been pretty good so far. I've gotten multiple hours of use and multiple days of sitting on the shelf without charging again.Hey, for the price, they serve their purpose and generally work. Functional, yes. Quality, no.UPDATE: Originally I had these at 3 stars. And I still think that is fair for the product. But since leaving the review, I have been spamed by the company every couple of days offering me various options to replace the item, get the new version or receive amazon gift cards for a value well over the price paid for the headphones. If you want to buy the headphones, I stand by my above comments above. If you do buy, don't leave a review. One or two emails seemed like a concerned company. 50 is obnoxious. Dropping to 1 star for the follow-on harassment.

UPDATE: Excellent customer service, Anbes has definitely gone above and beyond to improve my satisfaction, even if my first choice was not the right fit for me.Nothing makes me work out harder than listening to metal. Sure, that means I listen to my music loud, but not burst your eardrums loud.The sound quality of these headphones is atrocious. The static and muffled sound left much to be desired. Perhaps the more casual music enthusiast doesn't have this problem, but these were definitely not constructed with metal heads in mind. If you like your music loud, look elsewhere.

I like these earbuds VERY much. They have good sound quality for the price, and some with a really nice zippered clamshell case.But, two things that make them a good value rather than GREAT.For one, the unit's "noise cancellation" is more a matter of preventing the transfer of loud sounds both in and out. True "noise cancellation" requires that specific parts of the audio spectrum that interfere with desirable sounds are dynamically eliminated. While these earbuds do a GOOD job of this to a limited extent, background sounds over 100 dB are only reduced rather than eliminated, and very low volume noises are gated, rather than filtered. The result is that it can often be difficult to hear others speak without removing the earbuds. As expected, the audio fidelity is less than full-cover earphones, but still very good. The transferred audio from the wearer is still noticeable but certainly reduced compared to other earbuds of this design.As far as the fit of these earbuds, the clip that holds them onto the ears is a bit loose, and they can fall off unless firmly inserted in the wearer's ears.

Okay, these are great inexpensive headphones. Lets just start exactly there. For a set of Bluetooth sport earphones for less than $20, these would knock Beats' offerings the #$%@ out. I have a set of Powerbeats3 earbuds as well from when I used to be a supervisor at, lets just say, a large fruit company. Between you and me (and the world reading this), you don't get what you pay for with Beats. With these ANBES headphones, you get more than what you pay for. That's the nice thing. But now lets talk sound quality.I bought these for the gym. I'm not an EDM guy nor do I listen to hip-hop. No disrespect to either genre, but it's not for me. I take my focus away from the exertion I'm experiencing at the gym with good ol' prog rock, or metal. Counting time signatures and having "wtf" moments after a crazy transition is just my thing. That being said, these headphones are lousy with rock. The "deep bass" trend needs to end. Furthermore, these emit a bit of distortion in the lows and low-mids by all the frequencies competing for the single driver's power. That, and they really lack higher frequencies. It's like someone going up to a graphic EQ and pushing up the bass and low mids, sloping the rest down gradually to ∞ on the right most slider. That doesn't make for a 'great' listening experience. However, if you're an iOS user (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), you can go into your Settings (app) -> Music -> EQ. From there, you can have your way with the EQ presets to bring balance back. I've found that Apple's "Treble Booster" preset is the best one that makes these earbuds sound full and stellar. But, sadly this is a global EQ setting that effects the EQ of all songs played through the Music app. It'd be great if ANBES would just balance the frequencies so there's no fuss.A positive is how comfortable they are. My Powerbeats3 hurt my ears over time. These sit comfortably around my Dumbo ears with the ear hooks having enough flexibility to not dig into the top of my ear through extended wear. The adjoining cable that links the two earpieces together doesn't tangle up in my beard and is really soft and flexible. And, over a long period of use, these have never gradually fallen out of my ears. Their comfort is the absolute best. All in all, I do enjoy them.Lastly, I don't know how these have "noise cancelation," other than through isolation by sealing my ear canal with the earphone tips. Nothing is actually being canceled (no ANC), but is rather outside noise being 'somewhat' blocked, much like how shutting the front door filters out street noise (eg: not actual "canceling"). I still hear everything around me as I use them if I'm not already lost in the song.But again, for less than $20, it's really hard to truly complain. I was just hoping for a great set based on other Amazon reviews that would defy the "deep bass" common theme found everywhere else.