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Ten bucks for a couple of little pieces of plastic? Why would I want that?Both my wife and I go to the gym regularly. I use my iPhone earbuds and they work just fine for me. They stay in and rarely tend to fall even partway out.On the other hand, my wife's ears are differently shaped or sized or something. She can't keep her iPhone earbuds in. She has had to result to some fairly bulky over-the-ear phones, but they're not comfortable.So we saw an ad for Earbudi in MacLife, and decided they were worth the risk. It comes down to being a simple, well-designed product that does one thing but does it very well. It fits the new (iPhone 5) style as well as the old (iPhone 4 and before) earbuds.I've tried them and they're comfortable, but I don't really need them on my earbuds. But for my wife...it's what she's been needing. Comfortable, ensures the best sound these earbuds can provide, and they keep the earbuds in for her.I've seen the concerns about durability. So far, so good...they're sturdy enough to hold up, and flexible enough not to break if bumped around in a gym bag with shoes. We're happy customers!

I bought this product because I like to exercise with music, and the iPhone 5 earbuds would fall off. Smart design, I like the softness of the over the ear part, feels like you don't have anything on. and keeps the buds in the ear well. It works by snapping around the shaft of the iPhone earbud, so you can remove the clips on and off.Which is where the problem arose. It looks like the plastic from which the clip is made from (not the over the ear part, but the part that snaps into the post of the earbud) is made from a brittle plastic. It snapped off within 20 days of using these. This seems to be one of these products out there that is well designed but cheaply made using inferior materials.I solved the problem by putting a drop of crazy glue in the clips and attaching the earbuds permanently to the clips. I suspect this will void the Apple warranty, but I wasn't about to purchase another set up clips and since I already threw away the packaging, so I couldn't return it back to Amazon.The Moral: Keep original packaging for at least the duration of the return period.

After looking for several weeks for an over the ear pair of headphones that supported the iPhone remote control scheme I discovered these. They fit the bill perfectly in that they made the existing iPhone headphones hang over the ears which makes them stay in better for excercise. I have a pair of the Sennheiser PMX680 that work fantastic for running but not much else. While the Sennheisers produce better sound these work better for the weigh bench at my gym, I can use them while laying down because they don't have the behind the neck bar which also makes them perfect for lounging around.The down side is that the plastic piece that actually clips to the earPods is pretty weak and cracked after about 5 months of usage, they still work but tend to pop out easily. For $10 it's still a great deal that to me cannot be beat, there are products that have the clips built in but either don't have an apple style remote (play/pause,volume,mic) or are a lot more expensive and have to many inconsistent reviews for the price to be justifiable.

I have relied for a long time on the same pair of over-the-ear headphones which finally died on me. Ear buds don't stay in my ears, and the latest "earpods" were no exception. I commute daily for 2 hours with headphones in, plus a good 30-40 minute run at lunch. The trouble with the earpods was that in order to stay in my ears, I'd have to jam them in so that they hurt after a while, and then I'd have to sit perfectly still, hold my breath, and face North-Northeast; then they'd stay in for a while. I saw these things and figured that the $10 was worth the risk. If they were terrible, then it didn't hurt the bank as much as the $60 alternative headphones I was considering. Having tried them now, I'd gladly have paid more. $15-20 would be a reasonable price. The clips are hard plastic, and it seems you have to slide the stem of the earpods into the clips after dropping the wire through first. Then, you can slide the clips up and down the earpod as you like, I suppose for the unique shape of your ear. You can also swivel them on the axis or angle them in or out, although I'm not sure this angling would make much of a difference, other than helping them be more flexible to different ears. The rubber hooks are soft and I don't feel them over or behind my ear in the slightest. They're also very quick to put on (I start with the earbud in place, then wrap the hook over the ear). When taking them off, I haven't had them come apart like other reviewers. After a while, I develop a little pain in my right ear, but I think that's because I just don't have the earpod positioned correctly, which has nothing to do with the earbudi.They do stick out from the ears slightly. The clip is on the back of the earpods, and the rubber is on the back of the clip. But, it doesn't catch your attention unless you're really examining the person's headphones. This might be a concern if you wear something over your ears, like a helmet or hat. Then again, if you do that, you probably don't use over-the-ear headphones, or you've probably already got some other accommodation worked out.What stands out most to me is the pressure it puts to keep them in place. The earpods, I think, put out some good sound. You don't need them jammed into your skull to hear them or to hear the (semi-) full range of sound coming from them. These things put just enough pressure to hold them in place. It's not so much that they hurt, and it's not so little that you're concerned they'll fall out. I'm not even concerned that they'll move around, although it's easy to re-tilt the pods if I want to adjust them in my ear. I have ran with music and with spoken word tracks, and have no trouble hearing at a moderate volume. It does not isolate the sound from the headphones, so you'll also hear your companion talking or the road noise or whatever else is going on around you.I won't penalize my rating to 4 stars because I can think of improvements -- especially with the $10 price tag, these are worthy of 5 stars -- but, I can think of some improvements. Like another reviewer, it seems odd that the clip connects to the rubber with a peg, with a slight bulb on the end. This helps the adjustability, I understand, but it seems that there might be a way to cap it from the outer side. Then again, mine has not fallen out yet, either, so why fix it? The "Patent pending" labeling seems a little low-brow to me, too. Labeling or branding them seems like a far better marketing plan than just stamping them that a patent is pending. And, the packaging design is nice, but the paper inserts in the packaging should list that they're designed for earpods rather than ear buds.Update: after several months of using these daily, I still like them a lot. The plastic ball end that I mentioned, holding the ear hook on, is not a problem at all. But, the plastic clip that snaps onto the ear buds has cracked. I had to tape it with duct tape. Perhaps I might have used something less unsightly, but for my purposes, I'm still rather satisfied.