Dime 2

This is my second time getting these, as I lost one of the earbuds to my last pair. Audio quality is great, comfortable in ear, doesn’t fall out. The battery lifespan isn’t the greatest, i’ve had much better, but it is average. However the charging time is quick! When dead, they take about 40 mins to fully recharge. Highly recommend. 😁

I bought a set of Dime Black earbuds about a year and a half ago, if not longer, for working landscaping. As I told a coworker, I bought "cheap earplugs that happen to play music." When I got them, I wasn't sure what to expect considering they were all of twenty bucks, which usually means major compromises in the Bluetooth audio world. However, they blew me away when I put them in and played some music. Everything was fairly clear, even if not as good as a fairly expensive pair of Sony Bluetooth headphones (my other, "leisure" pair is a set of Sony MDR-XB950N1 headphones). Now, this review is going to primarily focus on the Dime 2 because that is what I am using now after replacing the initial set of Dimes (after, erm... Misplacing them.)The first thing to know is these are VERY comfortable earbuds. I typically hate wearing earbuds, especially for long periods. They make my ears itchy and start to get uncomfortable for extended periods, but I would wear these for hours at a time (sometimes pushing the extent of the threeish-hour battery life) and they wouldn't bother me anywhere near as much as others. While I still favor my Sony headphones, those were refurbished and cost five times as much as these earbuds. These are genuinely the most comfortable earbuds I have ever worn. To give this a numbered scale, I would put them at overall comfort 8/10, but for earbuds, it would be 10/10.Now, sound quality? I utilize two songs to test any audio - Always In My Head by Coldplay and I Just Wanna Know by NF. The former is great for putting extreme highs and lows at the same time where poorer sound systems will show how cheap they are, and the latter utilizes a lot of mids and bass at the same time that catches where some audio equipment will cheap out on the mids. Both songs were fairly clear. While the bass was okay (in my opinion), it makes up for it with very, very clear mids. They are NOT going to blow you away, but in the realm of this price point? They are phenomenal. 8/10Tile is a very useful tool that I have made use of. Part of why I ended up buying these instead of something higher-end is that I am very, very prone to misplacing things that are small, and... Wireless earbuds are small. I did not want cables connecting them due to them being very annoying (I tried), and I wanted something cheap enough that if it broke, I lost it, or whatever might happen, I could replace them easily. Tile removed one of these issues - If I lose them, it will both show them on a map and play an audio chime at max volume. I'm going to go ahead and say the chime is useless on these - they are -not- that loud. The map is great for finding a general location if you're a college student or out and about a lot. They can show you where to look and have saved me the price of a new pair on more than one occasion.Battery life is probably the weakest point, in my opinion. But I also admit I am spoiled. The case has enough charge for a few recharge sessions, and the earbuds are approximately capable of three-hour bursts of battery life. While it was rarely an issue, I also had to make sure to recharge them almost every night because during a shift of work, I would use almost the entire charge. The Dime 3's SHOULD fix that based upon the specs on Amazon, but I have no idea how they are. I just know the Dime 1 and Dime 2. 6/10Build quality is, for the money, great as well. Don't expect metal hinges or anything at this price. However, they feel solid and I have dropped them on more than one occasion and they don't ever seem phased. I did get one set (I may have bought more than one...) where the magnet that holds it closed was not glued properly, and have had one other that kept glitching when trying to connect to my phone (but that also could have been my phone, but if anyone else has experienced this I would love to know!) until I ran it and my phone dead and charged them both back to full. Don't run them through the washer, though. They will not survive that. 8/10Overall, if you are looking for some inexpensive earbuds that are excellent at blocking sound and great at making (good) sounds, these are the ones to get.

I had the previous generation of these before, and I loved them. They fit well and sounded good, and they consistently shut off when you put them in their charging case, so the battery would last a really long time. The new ones I bought don’t shut off consistently in their charging case, and the battery doesn’t last nearly as long. I have to triple check them to make sure they’re off and disconnected. I bought this version because they work with the Tile app, but I was disappointed that it’s so quiet it’s practically useless. That said, they’re comfortable, stay in my ears, and have a good volume, so they do the most important things well.

Light and fit snug in my ears. Sound quality isn't the best, but it is loud so if you wanna block out sound it's good for that. The mic sounds cheap and has a bit of static but if the person calling doesn't mind then I wouldn't worry. Quality is pretty good for the price, I tend to buy Skull Candy because of this. No charging issues.

I've been getting Skullcandy earphones since I was in high school, so more than a decade ago. They're solid standby's when I wanted something cheap, readily available, and with decent sound quality.I got these after I lost another set of an older model of wireless Skullcandy earbuds. Shipping was quick, something I needed since I was going on a month long trip. I have small ears so even the smallest ear gel was still a bit big for me. To remedy that, I would switch the buds to the opposite ear and kind of flip it so the tail would be pointing up? It was a trick I learned from my husband and so far it's been working really well and they haven't fallen off as opposed to if I wore them properly.I also only wear one earbud at a time. Even with one in your ear it can get hard to listen to someone else so I don't wear the other to compensate for that. The world is a cruel, cruel place where predators prey on the weak so it always pays to be vigilant specially if others perceive you as an easy target. That or there's a lot of dangerous situations you can easily avoid if you heard it so you don't get blindsided.The connectivity is pretty fast, faster than the older model I had but it interferes with our car's Bluetooth for a bit. My husband has the same model and if it's connected to his phone then tries to connect to the car it doesn't play audio until you turn the phone's Bluetooth off then on.The battery life though. I'm not complaining about the advertised 3.5 hours listening time. It drives me nuts when I only use it for an hour, put it back in it's case, then take it out again when I need it only for it to say low battery after another 30 mins or so of use. It doesn't even matter that it charges in its case because it'll drain fast either way so I have to completely drain the battery until empty then charge it again.