These are much more comfortable than headphones that look like rubber plugs that you stick in your ears. In low noise environments they work very well with lots of good sound. If I work with power tools, I simply wear them under industrial hearing protectors - this keeps the volume low (not hearing-damaging), yet still hears content well even when standing next to a compressor. running air. But, these are not good for noisy environments without the hearing protection sleeves, like walking beside a street, because you would need to turn up the volume to dangerous levels to hear the content on the noise of traffic - but not being able to use these in some noisy environments are worth it, to me, for the extra comfort they offer over rubber plug-style headphones.
I used to buy them from Target and was really happy to find them on Amazon as I ran out of the ones I bought from Target. I never had a problem with these over the years I had bought them until the last batch I bought at Target which they had on clearance - I bought four pairs, and two were DOA (recently discovered). So I checked all the ones I bought on Amazon when they arrived, and they all worked fine. But, after this latest Target experience, I recommend checking out all pairs, right away, if you're buying more than one.
The packaging of Amazon's ones is also much more manageable than Target's sealed plastic tubes β Amazon's ones ship in a small, easy-to-open cardboard box. The price on Amazon is also better than what Target was selling them for.
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