I am not a fan of wireless anything. I hate bluetooth so I was not happy about having to switch to wireless headphones. These helped to change my mind because of the ease of connecting them.
SET-UP: My biggest gripe with wireless is that it takes more time to connect everything and get it syched and that it's faster to just plug in a wire. Well, these headphones are just as easy as plugging in a wire. Once you connected them once then any other time you use them it's as easy as flipping a switch to turn them on. And the initial setup wasn't actually bad at all. It took maybe 2 minutes tops to go into my bluetooth settings and add the headset.
VOLUME: I was a little concerned that they wouldn't be loud enough because they aren't noise-canceling and they don't completely incase the ear but rather rest on the ear itself. Volume is not an issue. These get loud enough to listen to with them on the table. They may not be noise canceling but if you blast your music you aren't going to hear anything else. Also, listening to a podcast on a crowded train was no issue. I could hear the podcast clearly.
SOUND QUALITY: Next issue with wireless is that sound quality suffers but this was not an issue either. Music sounds amazing. There is no way you could tell these headphones from a wired pair of headphones. The sound quality is incredible.
BATTERY LIFE: I thought it would suck to have to charge my headphones constantly but you actually don't have to charge them often. I have had my headphones about a month and I think I charged them twice. They charge very fast. They actually shipped charged which was nice. I don't know how long the battery life actually is but that is because I've never had them die on me. So you can easily listen to your headphones for an hour or more on your way to work then an hour or more on the way home from work without having to charge in the middle. I don't know if these stats will last as the battery ages or if I'm just getting lucky based on my usage but I hope they stay this good.
PHONE CALLS: So to my surprise this headset allows you to answer phone calls. I didn't think it would since there is no microphone dangling from a cord near my jawline, so I was pleasantly surprised. Not only can you make and receive calls with the headset but they actually sound great. The person I spoke to said my voice was clear and it didn't sound like I was on a speaker phone or anything like that. On my end, I heard the caller clearly. So, great for handsfree calling.
COST: Great value. Most headsets like this cost well over $100 and close to $200 so at $45 these are a steal.
DURABILITY: This is the one area I ding the headphones for. They feel kinda cheap and plastic. I haven't had an issue with them breaking in any way yet but it feels like they could easily get crushed or they could break if handled aggressively. I mean they aren't complete garbage though. You can drop them on the floor from head height (like I did by accident) and they didn't break when hitting the wood floor. They also fold up into themselves nicely so they can easily fit in a briefcase or bag, which is a huge plus. They can handle being tossed around in my bag all day but I do feel like if I had something heavy in the bag or if I dropped the bag hard I could possibly break the headset.
OVERALL: Great pair of wireless headphones that I would highly recommend.
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| connectivity tech | Bluetooth 4.1 | Wireless | Bluetooth 5.0 | Wireless | Wireless | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| headphones form factor | On Ear | On Ear | On Ear | On Ear | Over Ear | In Ear |
| connector type | Bluetooth 4.1 or Wired | Bluetooth® 5.2 | usb,wireless | USB Type C | wireless | Bluetooth 5.0 |
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Broken After 2 Years
Be forewarned this will be a little bit of a lengthily review. The Skullcandy Riff Wireless On-Ear Headphones worked sufficiently well for a little over two years for me. Today—they broke in two on the left-side inner headband. I did not stress the headband any more than for typical everyday use. When they broke I was simply picking them up and lightly pulling them apart to place on my head just as I have done with them for over two years. The foam on the left ear also came off about 6 months ago, but I reattached it with superglue and that was effective. These are very affordable headphones at an entry level price point, so you can be the judge of if a little over 2 years of usability qualifies as value at that price.As for the quality outside of the durability issue—I would call them average for the price. The sound quality was passable for audio, but the voice (mic) quality left much to be desired in my experience. I also had some connectivity oddities when pairing with my Windows 10 PC. For instance the headphones seemed to have two device profiles, one called Riff Wireless Stereo (No Voice) and one called Riff Wireless Hands-Free AG Audio (w/ Voice). In my experience you cannot use both profiles and need to select only one. So basically you cannot have stereo audio and voice capability together. The Hands-Free AG Audio is mono and frankly sounds terrible. So if you're planning to game with these I would look for different headphones.So baring in mind those issues you can decide whether these would work for your specific use case scenario. Based on my experience I feel like Skullcandy has decreased in quality. I have a pair of Skullcandy Uprock wired headphones from the early 2000s that still work very well and sound very good for the price—which was around $20 if I recall.
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These are great head phones EXCEPT that the band that goes over the head snapped after being used for about 3 or 4 weeks SO THEY ARE NOW USESLESS AND GOING IN THE GARBAGE. I bought two pairs and one has already broken, so now I am having to be excessively careful with the other pair which is silly to have to be so careful with them like this because the others simply broke when being removed from my head. I would not buy them again.
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Be forewarned this will be a little bit of a lengthily review. The Skullcandy Riff Wireless On-Ear Headphones worked sufficiently well for a little over two years for me. Today—they broke in two on the left-side inner headband. I did not stress the headband any more than for typical everyday use. When they broke I was simply picking them up and lightly pulling them apart to place on my head just as I have done with them for over two years. The foam on the left ear also came off about 6 months ago, but I reattached it with superglue and that was effective. These are very affordable headphones at an entry level price point, so you can be the judge of if a little over 2 years of usability qualifies as value at that price.
As for the quality outside of the durability issue—I would call them average for the price. The sound quality was passable for audio, but the voice (mic) quality left much to be desired in my experience. I also had some connectivity oddities when pairing with my Windows 10 PC. For instance the headphones seemed to have two device profiles, one called Riff Wireless Stereo (No Voice) and one called Riff Wireless Hands-Free AG Audio (w/ Voice). In my experience you cannot use both profiles and need to select only one. So basically you cannot have stereo audio and voice capability together. The Hands-Free AG Audio is mono and frankly sounds terrible. So if you're planning to game with these I would look for different headphones.
So baring in mind those issues you can decide whether these would work for your specific use case scenario. Based on my experience I feel like Skullcandy has decreased in quality. I have a pair of Skullcandy Uprock wired headphones from the early 2000s that still work very well and sound very good for the price—which was around $20 if I recall.
As for the quality outside of the durability issue—I would call them average for the price. The sound quality was passable for audio, but the voice (mic) quality left much to be desired in my experience. I also had some connectivity oddities when pairing with my Windows 10 PC. For instance the headphones seemed to have two device profiles, one called Riff Wireless Stereo (No Voice) and one called Riff Wireless Hands-Free AG Audio (w/ Voice). In my experience you cannot use both profiles and need to select only one. So basically you cannot have stereo audio and voice capability together. The Hands-Free AG Audio is mono and frankly sounds terrible. So if you're planning to game with these I would look for different headphones.
So baring in mind those issues you can decide whether these would work for your specific use case scenario. Based on my experience I feel like Skullcandy has decreased in quality. I have a pair of Skullcandy Uprock wired headphones from the early 2000s that still work very well and sound very good for the price—which was around $20 if I recall.
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