Bang & Olufsen Earset Premium Wireless Earphones - White

Quality sound despite effectively being outside of the ear. Great retro styling and high quality materials. No chance of falling off once hooked over the ears.

Awful. The most uncomfortable earphones ever

I’m delighted with these earpieces. I have small ears and buds are both uncomfortable and keep falling out. These are comfortable, stay in place, allow me to hear what’s going on around me (important for me), and give really good sound quality. In fact I’m choosing to use these for some family phone calls where sound quality has often been poor the other end. The battery life is quite adequate for me, but I probably don’t use them as much as many people would. Overall really pleased.

Before I bought these headphones on Amazon for £59 I took the trouble to read the tech press reviews. The first thing that emerged from that exercise was how gouging the pricing can be for a product such as this. Initially they were on the market for a nearly unbelievable £250. Then about £150. Both ludicrous. I have some in ear wireless headphones from Amazon which cost under £10 and work very well. If you are just going to listen to speech then probably as much as you need to fork out.At £59 these are on the upper margin of what you might want or need to pay so what, if anything, makes them worthwhile? Other than the B&O branding.First+, and probably the most important, but very personal, aspect is that they sit in the boundary of the ear and not shoved down the ear canal. That makes them comfortable for a lot longer as far as I am concerned. Maybe not you.Second+, the loops not only look stylish but are also really functional. These things neither fall out and off nor feel that they are tugging on you. That "damn it" moment, "slipped out again" does not happen.Third+, I really like the sound. Also, I really like NOT being cut off from the world around me. No more "wait a moment while I unplug myself" if someone speaks to you. The app, once you can get it to work, does not seem to me to make a lot of difference when sound stages are changed. At least on classical music.Fourth+, I would defy anyone to suggest that these things are not classy. From the packaging through to the look of them.Fifth+, charging is by USB-C. But see below.However, they are not perfect. Now for the - signs after the numbers.First-, the three button controller is no piece of ergonomic brilliance. The buttons are too small. They are not tactile. There is little if any feedback. Mind you, they felt even worse at first. Until I realised that there was a near invisible piece of plastic protection over the whole assembly. Which was hard to get. I suspect some who have written even more critically about the controls might have failed to notice that.Second-, the battery is, no other word for it, lousy. It takes a very, very long time to charge up. Then it does not last very long. I have not made measurements, but you really do not need to in order to be aware that this is an achilleas heel. It defeats me why, with the size of the units, B&O did not do better in this important aspect.Third-, as the supplied soft pouch signals, these take up a deal of pocket space.Fourth-, the cloth "condoms" that go over the ear pieces are a fiddle to get on.On balance, and at the sensible price charged for the white ones (the brown ones are massively more) these are a satisfying but imperfect impulse buy. Go for it if the design grabs you more than VFM.

Nice headset, but obviously has open speakers

Earpieces are huge and barely stay in my ear, they definitely wouldn't stay in if I wore them out running which was what I intended to use them for

I ordered two and had to return one because one didn’t connect properly now the second one I kept and it did connect however the sound quality isn’t the best it is quite mediocre but if you are looking for decent headphones (the bass and acoustics isn’t all that great, phone calls isn’t HD neither) that the battery life can stand for around 2.5-3hrs then it is fine l but I wouldn’t recommend this to a heavy music listener, just someone who needs it occasionally.

All in all the headphone does it’s job, the sound is too quiet for me however, the sound quality is reasonable yet not what I’d expect from B&OProsQuite cheapReasonable battery lifeGood sound qualityConsExtremely awkward to put onMove a lot when onToo bulky to lay on your side withNot really very comfyNot loud enoughWould I buy them again NO!I’d do yourself a favour and buy the Bose ones for £125 they walk all over these