Skullcandy  Smokin' Buds True Wireless Earbuds

This worked pretty well when I first bought it, up until a year in, where connection issues between the earbud and charger start to appear and progressively get worse. This includes the earbuds thinking they got removed after you put them in the case, so they connect to your device despite being in the case (and then their battery drains). Other times the earbuds disconnect randomly when no music is playing, and I doubt it's a feature because of the inconsistent timing. Or when the earbuds are in the case but don't charge. And then 1 year and 9 months later one of the earbuds completely stopped having audio, so it is no longer usable.

I can’t with good conciseness leave a good review on these buds, I recently bought my second pair and they have malfunctioned in the exact same way; one of the earbuds does not charge while in the case, leaving only one functioning earbud. I bought mine on the skull candy official website and it’s madness to make a warranty claim, DO NOT BUY FROM THE SKULLCANDY WEBSITE! The customer has to PAY for the return and it’s 10-20 euros minimum since you’d need ti make your return able to track, I lost MORE money returning a faulty product and I just think it’s mad.

These buds don't always connect when removed from case and don't always disconnect from phone when placed back into the case, as they are supposed to do. Function works 5% of the time currently. They weren't like this when I first got them

I haven't had any issues with these after using for several months. They connect and charge easily. I use them outside and indoors when I am exercising. Temp range 20-90 F. Listening time is an hour or two before needing a charge. I can't say anything about making phone calls or call quality with them because I don't use them in this way.

Bought these in mid-February. By mid-September, the right earbud was dead. These are also bad if you use for calls. I live in a city and walk most of my commutes. When using for a call, they pick up every single noise, even slight breezes. Probably the least favorite headphones I've ever had.

This worked pretty well when I first bought it, up until a few months ago, where issues start to appear and progressively get worse, and now it is sometimes frustrating. I have dropped the case every now and then so that is also something to factor in. Some day 1 problems that were minor: - If your case happened to have no more battery, the earbuds would think they aren't in the case and drain their own battery, especially if it successfully connects to some device you paired it to. - The connected and disconnected voice/indicator is quite loud. Some problems after ~1 year: - they would sometimes auto-disconnect if received no sounds in a minutes, it's supposed to last like 20-30 min before doing that. - when putting them back in the case, it would consistently disconnect from the device it was paired to, and stay that way. Nowadays, it will often stay connected, or disconnect and reconnect, despite being in the case. Forcing you do turn bluetooth off on the device to keep them off. - the above problem might be a charger connection issue, but it also meant that every once in a while, one or both of the earbuds wouldn't be charging when you thought it was.

They’re ok for music, but Siri and any voice assistant activation sound horrible.

Honestly, these are the worst ear buds I have ever used. I bought these because REI is around the corner from where I work, and I forgot my other headphones at home. They don't bind together correctly most of the time. They also stay connected in the case when they are supposed to be off. They are dead every time I have to go use them, usually when I forget my other headphones charging at home. Then, they never correctly bind to the phone, putting sound only through one ear. Somehow, even following the instructions (which are badly made with symbols and explanations that make only some sense) doesn't work. The headphones are supposed to turn off as soon as they are placed in the case, but don't, and stay bound to my phone. Also, you're supposed to tap 6 times on each ear bud's touch button in order to get them to bind together, without being connected to the phone, then connect them to the phone... And even this doesn't work. I consistently have to spend an hour going through the motions of trying to get these to bind together, and then they seem to work okay... But if I put them back in the case while I do something like using the bathroom, they unbind from each other and refuse to reconnect until I delete all trace of them from my phone and spend an hour dealing with the binding process again. I will never buy another SkullCandy product again after this. I found an old set of wireless headphones I got for $5, and they consistently work, every single time, whenever I try to use them. They never have issues with only one side receiving sound. They sound fine, too.