Linklike Upgraded Quad Drivers 16H Playtime Bluetooth 5.0 Earphones with Microphone, IPX7 Waterproof Neckband Headphones In Ear, Sport Earbuds Wireless for Running iPhone/Android (Black/Red)

Credit where its due: For the price, these earphones are AMAZING.My father is a World-class sound engineer so I grew up fascinated by music, audio and hifi.I tend to spend most days working on a laptop/computer and long stretches on phone with clients - so I use headphones/earphones to block out ambient noise and to talk on the phone.Over the years, I've owned multiple pairs of the top Klipsch, Bose & Sony headphones/earphones, mid-grade earphones from Sennheiser & RHA and I also have hi-end Plantronics/Jabra bluetooth earpieces - and backup ones from Anker. I also have hi-end hifi kit from Mission / Sony / KEF / Cyrus.Overall - these headphones by LinkLike deserve 6 stars out of 5 for the price.- They SOUND GORGEOUS - bass goes all the way down to the bottom, the mid range is clear, they are comfortable to listen to for hours. They're not quite as "airy" as £200 Klipsch or Sony earphones - but the bass is more defined and the soundstage is too.- They're BRILLIANT AS A HEADSET - They work really well for long telephone conversations - even in windy-ish conditions. I can go on a walk and make a call and talk for an hour - equivalent to my Jabra or Plantronics headset - except that they never drop out.- BLUETOOTH IS SUPER STABLE - I can walk one or two rooms away - and they maintain connection. They've never dropped out during a call.- BATTERY LIFE IS GREAT - The battery lasts for ages - I only have to charge every few days at most.- NOISE ISOLATION IS DECENT - Noise isolation plus music works well - they do a decent job of blocking out (though not cancelling) ambient sound - especially when music is playing. For example, with music playing if someone in the room next door called my name, I might not hear them.- THEY'RE COMFORTABLE & LIGHT: I can wear them sitting, lying, or walking - and they stay in place well even on a rowing machine / gym.From all my headphones / earphones - my previous favourites were Bose Soundsport Bluetooth (with around the head wire / inline mic). I liked those because they sounded great, were light and comfortable, good for long conversations, and versatile. The Bose Soundsport Bluetooths don't sound as good as high-end klipsch or Sony Wi-1000X's - but overall were the ones I preferred for every day use.So I tested these Linklike Fly 9 Sports against against the Bose Soundsports. The Linklike Fly 9's sound better - no contest - the bass is richer / soundstage better. They're a tiny bit less open (i.e. less airy in mid/high end) but the defined bass makes up for that. Overall - I prefer these to my previous favourites.I highly recommend these. I bought a pair for my dad who really likes them too.Customer Service Note: I bought a second pair for myself - and the 2nd pair I bought didn't sound as good as the 1st - like the bass driver on the left ear was quieter than on the right. I contacted Linklike who immediately sent me out a replacement pair / didn't ask me to even return the 1st. The replacement pair sound as good as the 1st - so top marks for customer service too.So if you want the opinion of a fussy headphone / earphone / hifi guy - stop looking around at others and get a pair of these. Your ears will thank you, your music will dance you and you'll involuntarily groove more when walking along the street.UPDATE: Encouraged by these, which I use for hours each day working, I also bought a pair of Fly 10 Sports.These Fly 9 Sports have slightly shorter battery life but sound better - no contest - as well as being better value.I continue to give these Fly 9 Sports 6/5 overall.

Before I go any further: I wouldn’t class myself as an audiophile, but I do work in the sound recording and live sound industry, so hopefully that lends a bit of weight to the opinion I’m about to give.Having used these Fly9 earphones for a couple of weeks and compared them directly to several other sets of earphones, I can honestly say I’m blown away by the sound quality. The bass is plentiful (if a little over-hyped), but unlike most other earphones in this price range, is tightly controlled and precise. There’s also lots of midrange, which again is usually lacking in similarly priced Bluetooth earphones; vocals and instruments like guitars cut through clearly and with lots of detail. The high frequencies are crisp without sounding harsh.What all this means is that if, like me, you then choose to use your device’s settings, or say, Spotify’s settings to EQ the sound to your liking, these earphones are able to accommodate that easily. When, by comparison, I tried to raise the midrange with EQ on other headphones that started off sounding very “scooped”, I just couldn’t achieve what I wanted because they simply weren’t capable of producing those frequencies sufficiently. I think a lot of this comes down to the Fly9’s having two smaller drivers vs one big driver in each earbud.Prior to getting these earphones, I tried models from both Boltune and SoundPEATS. The Linklike Fly9’s are in a different league when it comes to sound quality. Interestingly, Linklike’s customer service offered to send me some Fly10 earphones, which are meant to be their new and improved model, to try out for free. These certainly look a bit slicker than the Fly9’s as they don’t have the gold rings on the earbuds, but I found the sound disappointing by comparison. They’re still much better than the other two sets I mentioned, but Linklike seemed to have hyped the bass even more and given them a warmer, less detailed midrange. They’re also slightly bulkier so don’t fit as well under a hat. I decided to stick with the Fly9’s, and I’d recommend saving yourself a few quid if you’re trying to decide between the two.I’ve only used the earphones for one full charge so far, but I’m more than impressed with the battery life. The only annoying thing is the repeated “battery low” message when there’s still around 15-20 minutes listening time left. This could be much less frequent.I can’t comment on call quality as I haven’t used them for that as yet.One really important thing with these earphones is using the right ear tips with them. If you don’t get a really good seal, then you miss out on the deepest, richest parts of the bass and sub-bass frequencies. Foam ear tips normally work great for this, but I found a the included pair too small for my ears. I had to use some Comply foam tips I already had to get a good seal. I’ve actually ended up settling on a pair of large, spherical shaped silicon tips from another set of earphones, as these give the best combination of sound quality, comfort and convenience for my ears and listening habits.The only real downsides with the Fly 9 earphones are the lack of an included carry case, and also the fact that they don’t use the more advanced bluetooth codecs like AptX or AAC. Maybe Linklike will add this to a future model (and maybe they’ll let me try those for free too!)I must say as well that the seller goes above and beyond in their customer service; they emailed me to check I was happy with the product, and when I mentioned that I had to use third party ear tips, they offered to send me the Fly10 model free to see if I liked it better. They also said they would send out a case when they started offering one. Elsa is the person I dealt with, and she did a great job!For a budget of under £30 (possibly even £40 or £50), you won’t find a better pair of Bluetooth earphones.

EDIT: I have now bought this product twice. The first time was on Jan 25, 2020. The most recent time was October 21, 2020. It is now June 23, 2021. Both times, the headphones gave out the same way: The left earbud just decides to stop working. Or at least, stops working as hard, which creates a disorienting feeling - not unusable, just uncomfortable.But man. In its price range, this thing has crazy good endurance. I run it basically all day every day. I rarely need to "rest" from it, as it fits my ears very well. And as a computer scientist and an online tutor, I am basically always at my desk. Always listening to something, up until I fall asleep. And it just keeps up with me for all but the most insomniac of days.I think I really love these earbuds - for the price. I might buy them a third time, if none of these other earbud orders actually produce a good set that I like.---Original Review Below---So, major complaint: There's around a 0.25 to 0.5 second delay between sound being sent the headphones playing the sounds. And this includes when the sounds stop, where it just blasts static for a bit. This can make watching video with a person speaking be actually nauseating.But this is the first wireless headset I've ever had so maybe that's inherent to literally all wireless headsets, so it's unfair to criticism it for being what it is. So, I'm only taking 1 star off for such a failing.But on the same point about this being my first wireless headset, it's incredibly liberating to not be tied to anything I listen to, and still have the privacy of earbuds. I left my phone to charge on a dinky public charger, and didn't need to finagle it at all. Not to mention I can actually get up from the computer and do stuff without stopping youtube, or risking missing a student wanting to come in for an online session. The freedom of wireless is fantastic.To move on to things probably less innately tied to "just being wireless," the sound quality is perfectly acceptable. When it's not blasting static, which happens only a little bit after it stops getting signals to produce sounds.It is incredibly light and portable. Having it around your neck all day is not an impairment at all. Then again, I also just wear a lanyard with my keys and ID around my neck, because my pockets are full of my other stuff. So it's probably less alien to me than others.And the battery. My god. I've had it going from late this morning, to about 10 PM right now, and when I last checked it by linking it to my phone, it was at 90% charge. It's probably at 80% right now. But damn. That's impressive.The "noise isolation" that it boasts? Eh....No. No more than sticking any other earbud in your ears would. Although it does a disproportionate "isolation" from high pitched noise over low, which makes use in the car absolutely terrifying.There's one final issue that's probably uniquely mine, so, take this or leave it. After I've had the buds in my ears, I started feeling a dull pain in the front of my neck, like I had caught my shirt on my jacket, and it was choking me. Check it, and nope, nothing even touching it, but the strange feeling remained. It was only after removing the set from my body did the feeling start to fade.Very strange. Incredibly so. I mean, I've still got a metal rod in my neck and the scar from the surgery that happened about a year ago in the same spot as the feeling. I've just got absolutely no idea how these earbuds could even be interacting with a scar. Maybe it's just in my mind. Maybe it's the fact that they wrap around most of the neck, and just lie there, and my mind's just filling in the gap in sensation? Dunno.

Ho comprato questi auricolari per effettuare telefonate e si sono rivelati un disastro.Nel momento in cui si avvia la chiamata inizia un fastidioso e persistente ronzio. Dal momento della risposta la voce dell'interlocutore perviene confusa e "molleggiata" peggiorando col passare del tempo e costringendo e disconnettere e riconnettere gli auricolari per riottenere un audio decente.Ascoltando musica non ci sono particolari problemi, ma per me le difficoltà in chiamata compensano eventuali altri vantaggi (comunque non ho riscontrato la qualità di suono eccezionale decantata in altre recensioni).

Originally I had poor use of the model 6 after a few weeks. I wrote a review of the issues and Customer Service contacted me and sent me 2 updated models to check out. The 6 model didn't work out for me. The 9 model is great and the 10 model delivers everything I need. Below is the original review of the 6, an update after I used the 9 for a month and a second update after using the 10 after a month.ORIGINAL REVIEW ON THE 6 MODEL. after 3 weeks started getting 1) static on 1 earbud; 2) when plugged in didn't fully charge or at all on occasions even when over night and light was showing it charging, 3) unpairs from phone often, and has to repair before continuing 4) never got more than 8 hrs battery life when listening music. conclusion: not buying this again UPDATE Model 9 After the previous review I was contacted by Miss Elsa - out of the blue. she sent me an updated model from a 6 to a 9 for my review as well as a model 10. She is the example of great customer service as well as standing behind their product! After using the model 9 I found no issues - just great sound, good connections every time, and feels good in the ear.UPDATE 11/29/2020 ON 10 MODEL I have now used the new 10 earbuds for a month and I'm extremely satisfied with the product. Battery lasts a very long time as claimed, clear music/calls and callers have no problems hearing my side of conversation, Connects easily and securely with phone every time. I wear these mainly (70% of the time) in a very noisy environment under either 23 or 30 dbh headphones, no issues with rubbing or ill fitting with headphones. Miss Elsa at customer service is wonderful to work with, stands behind their product to confirm their company is providing a worthy product as well as making sure the consumer is happy. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL DIFFERENT BRANDS OF EARBUDS - I PLAN FOR LINKLIKE TO BE MY GO TO FOR ALL FUTURE PURCHASES!!!!!

NEGATIVES:(* NOTE: May not be bad enough to be dealbreakers, though Product Development at Linklike might want to address ALL of these issues for future versions. I remember reading some of these criticisms in other reviews, so I want to mention them again for extra emphasis, since they’re things that can be improved upon.)- Sound for keyboard too sharp and punctuated (like a POPPING sound), and is too loud (it irritates my ears), and should ideally be softer/muted and lower-pitched (Apple does a good job with their sound). Makes me wince a bit, the way one might feel when anticipating a balloon being popped by a needle.- Not necessary for low-battery warning to go off CONTINUOUSLY for 20 min., until battery dies. As other customers have noted, ONCE is enough...let us enjoy the last minutes in peace.- Noise isolation is nearly non-existent with these, for those who are accustomed to earbuds being able to block out ambient sounds, even when no sound is passing through headphones. With music playing at a moderate volume, I can still hear people speaking clearly. Hopefully, this isn’t a necessary trade-off to having a lightweight product. I wouldn’t mind a little extra weight, if these could block out more noise.- This might be a semi-dealbreaker because it could become really annoying after a short while, but the AUDIO IS NEVER SYNCED TO THE VIDEO. I’ve tried to go back 10 seconds in the video to reset/recalibrate it, but it never remedies the problem. (* UPDATE: It might be the YouTube app that’s the issue. If I watch the same videos in a browser, the audio and video are synced perfectly.)- Volume doesn’t go down low enough before muting completely, for those who might want to use headphones to listen to something to fall asleep to. It’s about 40% too loud for that purpose.- When power is turned back on, volume goes back up pretty high...a bit of a shock to your system, since you might not be expecting it. I’m guessing that the designers at Linklike must like everything to be extra LOUD, almost all of the time.POSITIVES:- Both earbuds and neckband are SO comfortable and lightweight that I forget I’m using them, even as I’m watching/listening to media. It just feels like I’m a bionic being with built-in headphones.- Sound is balanced and clear. I don’t like intensely bass-heavy music like dubstep, but still like to hear some low-end for that full sonic range.- LONG battery life. Won’t need to charge during the day.- Easy pairing.- Long usage range. I forgot that I had them in my ears, and walked to the garage to take care of my laundry. My TREBLAB J1 pair would break up at that distance, but the Fly 9 reception remained solid and clear. FREEDOM!UPDATE: June 29, 2020 (Mon.) — It’s been about 8 months, and yesterday the POWER BUTTON (center) stopped working. The volume buttons (top & bottom) are fine, but now I’m not able to turn the headphones on or off. I will contact the company and see if I can get a replacement pair.I take care of all my things, and I don’t think the middle button has been used very often, but at least now the company knows where the vulnerabilities are, and how they can improve their product for the future. Will follow up with outcome.UPDATE: July 4, 2020 (Sat.) — As with the experience of others, Elsa in customer service was eager to help resolve the issue as painlessly as possible—she inspires trust and comfort in knowing that you WILL be taken care of. I greatly appreciate Linklike’s ethos of INTEGRITY. They want to do right by the customer, and I plan on being a repeat one, both for their quality product line and excellent customer care.I asked for a replacement of the Fly 9, and I just happened to mention in my message that my next purchase would be a Fly 10, which is their most recent model of the same headphones. Elsa upgraded me to a replacement pair of the Fly 10, which has a 24 hr run time (8 hrs more than Fly 9), so for others like me who wear their Bluetooth headphones like an extension of their body, unless you plan on being awake for more than an entire day STRAIGHT, you will always have enough charge on your headphones. And charge time is pretty much the same as with the Fly 9 (3 hrs).Thank you, Elsa & everyone at Linklike! I’m so happy Amazon connected us! Great value for the money. I highly recommend your product line to audiophiles on a budget...or even if they COULD spend more. Very happy with my Linklike experience. :)

Prior to purchasing these products, I had tested out Beats & Samsung earbuds. Had problems with both (Beats buds fell out and Samsung buds hurt my ears) and given the cost, returned them. I tried out the Linklike version 9 because the reviews were good and the price very reasonable. I found the mic failed and battery life not as advertised. I contacted the seller. They sent the next iteration of the product (version 10) and it is excellent--no problems whatsoever. So I'm very happy with the product and frankly amazed at the awesome customer service. Maybe for my troubles, they also sent me some earbuds that I've yet to try but look really cool. Great company. Solid products!Update on the earbuds: Linklike also makes Classic 8 wireless earbuds. After I had problems with my first order (the Fly 9), they sent me the Fly 10 (worked out well) and also threw in another product, this Classic 8 (similar to Samsung earbuds). These earbuds are comfortable, sound is good but sound cuts out on each earbud at various times so this is a big performance issue. Also the range is very limited. You basically need to be standing by your phone. Mic seems good. I'd give this product 2 stars.Update on both Classic 8 earbuds and the Fly 10: I downgraded my review because both these earphones fluctuate from mono to stereo. It is incredibly annoying. Also people say they can't hear me well. Finally, the Classic 8 wouldn't pair with my android phone after initially pairing quickly. If I could send back all these products and get a refund I would (including the free product they sent). Waste of time and money. I'm sorry to say these because customer service tried (but now I'm seeing they were possibly trying to curry favor with me for a good review...it worked at first and now with further and daily testing/use of the products, I can't endorse them).Last update: After revising my Amazon review based on a few weeks trialing the products, I downgraded my review (see above). The company responded with a full refund. This I did not expect and am very happy about. It makes the purchase of this product line no risk so while they didn't work out for me, it might for you. The company stands by their products with above-and-beyond customer service and for that I give them 5 stars.