Francois et Mimi Elite Wireless Bluetooth 4.1 Noise Isolating Stereo Waterproof Headphones

**UPDATE** : The bluetooth range I complain about below was only a one time occurrence. The actual range after multiple tests is quite good, around 30 feet. For that, I added another star.These headphones should be priced at about $20-$25. They do not fit my ears well, the bluetooth range is terrible, and the speakers sound like they are blown out when the volume is turned up all the way. The noise cancelling aspect is not good either.First of all, none of the ear tips that come with this case fit well in my ears. I had to use a larger set from a different pair of headphones I had lying around. The ear hooks do not function as normal ear hooks do. Usually, gravity assists with keeping the headphones clinging in place to the backside of your ears, but these hooks rise above the backside of mine due to the hooks having a longer radius from the headphone tip to edge of hook than the radius of the headphone tip to the backside of my ear, if that makes any sense. Basically, the only thing keeping these headphones from falling out of my ears are the ear tips, rendering the hook aspect merely aesthetic.Second, the bluetooth range. It is not impressive. I have owned 3 different sets of IEM bluetooth headphones now, and even though this pair is the most expensive, they are the worst in terms of bluetooth range. To give some perspective, while at the gym, if I am standing up doing a set of overhead military presses or something, I don't like to have anything in my pockets so I set my phone on the floor. The distance from my ears (almost 6 feet off the ground) to the floor where my phone is is apparently too much for these headphones to handle and cuts in and out. 6 feet!Finally, the sound. The sound seemed really decent at first. I could actually hear the bass (which is an accomplishment on its own for being sub $50 IEM bluetooth headphones) and while I'm no audiophile, the sound was crisp and sounded pretty great. Then I took them to the gym. The gym is a naturally noisy environment so I turned the volume up almost all of the way. That is when the speakers sound like they have blown out. Maybe I have a defective pair, I'm not sure. But I'd rather listen to Justin Bieber over the gym ceiling speakers than my music sounding all distorted with these headphones.These headphones look nice. But even if the sound quality was top notch, the fact that these don't stay in my ears well remains. So I give them 2/5 stars and will be returning them.

Pros:You do definitely get what you pay for. The value is there and they are an excellent pair of headphones for light waterproof exercise, recreation. The battery is the most impressive thing on the device. It arrived 4 days ago, I charged it the first day to 100%, and with 3-4 hours of use each day playing music with a percentage being on idle either with my computer or my phone, it has yet to die, or even show warning sings of losing its charge below the accepted threshold before recharging is needed. In addition to all of this, the phones also sound great when they stay completely in your ear (see below) and the mic is pretty good for the form factor. Range is also between 8-12 feet practically while only dropping the signal in excess of this distance. Signal latency is also very unnoticeable, for sending commands to the phone, receiving audio, and for voice. Bluetooth has come a very long way in the last few years.Cons: are not all that great for staying on. The clip that it came with is also cheap and fell apart after a few uses. I was able to put it back together, but they could have thrown in a more elegant clip solution for the money. The headphones themselves also are not all that great for staying on and in your ears. The ear locks are just too flimsy to support a whole lot of movement.

Used them a couple of time, they were okay. Then one day when I picked them up, the earphone housing had separated into two pieces. I didn't bang them, step on them, punch them in the face, hire a hit man to rough them up. They just decide to split.The entire assembly is made out of plastic, and it split apart right along a seam. Not sure if the glue joining the sections was poor, or if it actually cracked apart, but the quality build is very low, even lower than you'd expect from such a product. They're disappointing even considering the relatively low price point.If they simply held together without spontaneously breaking (remember, I only used them a couple times for jogging and elliptical, so they weren't beat up), I'd probably give them 4 stars. But since they broke for absolutely no reason, that makes them a unserviceable product, worthy of 1 star.

Good headphones for moderate work out. I don't think they stay in the ear as well when you run a lot, but I use them for weight training and they work great. Seem to have a long battery life as well, easy to charge.UPDATE: my above statement is still true, but I recently have been experiencing an issue where the headphones just turn off while I am wearing them. It seems to happen at certain angles, like when I am lying down to do bench press. I thought it was just the battery, but after it happened a couple of times I think there may be a wiring issue. There is a good possibility that it is just something with my individual headphones, but I wanted to share the issue in case others are having the same problem. I reduced my review by one star since they are still good for basic use, but if you are doing any kind of exercise I would probably go with some other headphones.

Pros:Price, Durability-they have held up fine after 5 months of light use, Sound - good clarity. They don't have the bass response of some cheap wired earbuds that I also use, but this may also be due to normal losses from using bluetooth.Cons:Reception - the headset will work at up to 30 ft, but the headset fails to receive signal if something blocks the line of sight (such as by your arm) pretty easily. This means the headset is fine for casual use, but a problem for running, unless you use an armband.Fitment - they fit okay for casual use, but tend to work their way out of my ear pretty easily when running. Using different size earbuds doesn't help.