Great pair of cheap replacement earphones (Philips SHS3201)

Member Name: alexlea88

Product:	Philips SHS3201
Date:	16/05/09 (18 review reads)
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Advantages: Weather resistent, comfortable and sucure

Disadvantages: Wires get tangled, sound quality not amazing

I needed a replacement pair of headphones for my ipod whilst out running and saw these online for under a tenner so snapped them up. I was specifically looking for a pair of running earphones as my old ipod earphones had no chance staying in whilst I was running.

The Phillips pair a stylish, comfortable and the sound quality is fine. I decided agains a pair of wrap-around earphones as I've had them before and found them a bit odd - you always seem to know they're there.

Anyway, I've had these for over a year now, have run two half-marathons and a 36-mile cycle ride in the pouring rain in them and they're fine. I also wear them twice a day during my commute to work on my bike as well as at my desk during the day. There's no sign of wear or tear. They have discoloured slightly, but any general marks tend to wipe off. The actual wrap-around part is made of a softer plastic that the main part of the earphones, for comfort. The connecting jack has an angled flex to allow for a bit of movement at so it doesn't automatically full out if you drop it or pull on the cord.

The only disadvantage would be the actual wires - unlike the ipod earphones, there's no 'slider' between the individual earpeice wires, so the get really tangled if you leave them in your bag or pocket.

The sound quality is fine, I was hoping for something a bit better, but at the price, what do you expect. Treble is a bit over-pronounced, but otherwise, for a cheap ish pair to take running, you can't complain, especially when you think that you're not going to have the volume up too loud as you still need to hard traffic etc.

I also wear them

Summary: Active lifestyle? Need new earphones? You can't go wrong!

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