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1.0 out of 5 starsDO NOT BUY THESE FOR ANY SORT OF WORKOUT!
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2017
The first pair I was shipped lasted about 35 days - just long enough that Amazon would not accept a return and referred me to Apple Support for warranty repair. Apple did not repair them. They simply sent me a new pair. "Good deal," I thought... The new pair made it through ONE charge cycle before exhibiting the same defects as the first pair.
It seems that any time I sweat while wearing these it causes the electronics to go haywire. Randomly turning the sound all the way up or down. Sometimes they will stop playing back sound altogether. Sometimes they will stop one song, jump to the next one for a second or two, then jump back to the previous song for a few seconds, then bounce to the next one.
The volume buttons, play/pause button and power button on the unit are rendered useless when they start to act up. Today, during my workout, I could not stop playback via the Powerbeats, so turned off the music playback directly from my iPhone. Within two minutes the headphones started playback again, at full volume. Fortunately, it only lasted a few seconds before they randomly decreased the volume until they could no longer be heard... but then they turned themselves back up and started skipping songs again. I disconnected the Bluetooth pairing and put them in my pocket. Upon returning home from the workout they would not power off. They are currently sitting on my countertop, powered on, wasting my $200.
I absolutely would NOT recommend these headphones - but if you really want to buy them, I'll be glad to sell you a the next replacement set that Apple sends me.
