The EC Technology Bluetooth 4.1 Wireless Sports Headset with Apt-X Stereo come in a plain brown box wrapped in a white cardboard sleeve with the outline drawing of the headphones on them. In the box are the headphones, Mini USB cord, and extra ear buds and instructions.
The call these the “SHINE” and I am guessing that is because these are made with a hard shiny black plastic for the ear pieces. Does make them look a little high end or someone may say they look like cheap plastic depending on your take on it. I could see both sides of it.
I try these right out before charging them and they turned on and worked right out the box before charging them. Later it took about two hours to charge them the first time. The charging cord (mini) is really short, so I used my own.
Their headphones are built differently than most other headphones. These have the LED status light on the top of the left ear piece that turns red during charging and blue when completed. This light also flashes blue/red when in pairing mode. The left earpiece also has the multifunction (on/off) button on it along with the volume up and volume down buttons. So you have to use the left ear piece to do everything instead of the right earpiece like most headsets. Not that is a bad thing, but it is different and takes some getting used to.
This didn’t take long to pair with my phone and showed up right away when I scanned for it. Once paired, it connects automatically now when I turn them on. Surprisingly this headset doesn’t have any voices notifications and only gives you different beeps when you pair, connect and turn on and off. Almost all headsets have that now.
The ear pieces are surprisingly nice and fit in my ear really well and are comfortable to wear while I am working out. There are extra ear pieces if you need to find the right size for you. The wings that are built into these go around your ears to help hold them on. These are soft and flexible but aren’t bendable and cannot be form fitted to your ears like some other do.
I didn’t have any problem with the Bluetooth dropping or getting choppy when wearing these. The sound, even at full volume, sound great. The volume is loud enough I did have to turn it down a little not to hurt my ears.
If you have an equalizer app on your phone (Apple now has that built in) with a little tweaking, the bass and overall sound is superb. I have these for listening to music while I am working out and not really to use for making phone calls, so I didn’t test that part of it, but based on listening to the music, I would bet these work just fine to make phone calls on. These are not noise cancelling, so they do allow some noise leakage at lower volumes.
These are a really nice somewhat cheap sports earphones and would be great for anyone looking for a Bluetooth headset. For the price, these meet or beat other headphones in this price range and I would recommend these.
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My Rating: 5 Stars
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