I started running recently and wanted some headphones to use while running. The standard apples ones keep falling out of my ears and that gets annoying very quickly.
I've seen review of the S9-HD headphones and while the reviews are mixed, decided to buy them. I paid 70 bucks in BestBuy. They said if I had problems then I could return them. The problems I've read about are they while they claim they are sweat proof (right on the box), I've seen countless web reviews claiming as soon as you sweat then the buttons on the phones start acting up. Time will tell.
On the first day, I'm very happy with them so far. Sound quality is ok, they are isolating to a degree also. They include a mic so you can easily take calls while wearing them and it works well for calls.
They are very light and you can forget you are wearing them. Battery life is 6 hours or so and they should be enough for what I want. No cable is very cool.
Pairing with my iPhone 3GS went ok but not smooth. They paired initially very easily but music wouldn't play through them for a few minutes and after I cycled the power on the headphones then it started working. They work fine now.
The right hand trio of buttons over the ear are supposed to be TOP (forward) middle (PLAY/PAUSE) and bottom is backward a song. The forward and backward buttons do not work on the 3GS. The left ear trio is volume on top and bottom and call answer/hangup in the middle. These all work fine.
They come with extra ear buds in a smaller size but the default larger ones work for me. I'll try running in them tomorrow and report later.
UPDATE: One major issue is forget watching videos with these. There is a 1/4 second or so lag which means the sound is always behind the video, this gets real irritating, real fast.
UPDATE: Exercising with these is interesting. Riding a bike with my phone in the side pocket on my shorts, the audio breaks up continually where it just doesnt work. Putting the phone in a arm band solves that but it still breaks up when there is a lot of tree cover it seems. I havent pinned it down yet but bluetooth seems super sensitive to the environment even when there is less than a foot between the phone and the set like on your arm.
UPDATE: Ran 6 miles with them today and was very happy with them. The break up problem only happens when the phone is on my right bicep. Moving it to my left bicep solves the problem. Besides that, they worked very well.
UPDATE: Walking this morning with my iphone in my left jeans pocket. Worked ok until I put my left hand in my pocket and then no signal. Take my hand out of my pocket and the signal returns. Put my hand over my pocket, no signal. Clearly, it doesn't take much to cause drop outs. Best advice is in your computer bag or on the left bicep.
I got a pair of these headsets and im pretty disappointed with the fact that i cant listen to music and have my phone in my pocket. So much for 33ft range. Personally they are crap compared to the low end dell bluetooth headphones i have which didnt have any problems in my pocket...
Iphone 3g
Posted by: al | August 12, 2009 at 04:54 PM
Good update thanks for this feedback, I have the same situation and the sound comes in and out when running, a bit frustrating.
Posted by: PT | September 27, 2009 at 08:34 PM
Yeah, same thing with me. They cut out when in my right and left fromt pocket. I guess it cannot go through my thick skull! Thick for buying these things. It does work in my back pocket and side pocket of my cargo shorts! What ever dog. Sorry, but did not pay 60 for mine. 11 on ebay!
Posted by: ms | September 28, 2009 at 01:55 PM
i have not noticed any of the cutting out or loss of signal with these headphones, i bought them a week ago and i keep the phone in my pocket and havnt had one issue with them losing signal at all, and i work in a machine shop on 4 cnc lathes with 2 wireless networked pcs and 2 robotic arms (that render any conventional wireless headphones absolutely worthless with all the interferance)
Posted by: matt | November 24, 2009 at 04:31 PM
I have found that if you go into your settings on your IPhone and turn off WI-FI you get much better range and less cut out with the Bluetooth operation...
Posted by: Steve Huff | December 07, 2009 at 10:43 PM
So much for the iPhone....I have an HTC and the sound never cuts out! I love them!!
Posted by: Dale | February 11, 2010 at 08:03 AM
I have the same situation and the sound comes in and out when running, a bit frustrating.
Posted by: cheap computers | February 15, 2010 at 03:16 AM
I wanna buy a Bluetooth headset, it's really cool and good.
Posted by: Cell phone tracker | July 27, 2010 at 09:17 AM