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Matthew Lazarowitz·April 27, 2019
1.0 out of 5 stars
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Lots of paring issues, a terrible manual, and a lack of online help means you should skip these and go with a reputable manufacturer with a website and some sort of support infrastructure.
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Jeff·November 13, 2019
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unless you only need these for about a song or 2 a day, look elsewhere
The good: they sound decent, and they sync nicely for stereo.
The bad: they are really pretty much unusable. Battery life is less than 30 minutes after charging over night. Completely worthless.
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VNN·November 3, 2019
1.0 out of 5 stars
You get what you pay for…disappointment
Both earplugs won’t work at the same time.
@mehrk I do wonder why meh doesn’t read reviews on amazon before making some purchases. They may be able to get them dirt cheap, but somethings aren’t worth buying regardless of the price.
@dangerweasel I researched wireless earbuds for a month and decided on the Jabra Elite 65t pair.
Got em from Best buy and they wouldn’t fit in my ear without hurting.
Returned them and got good old over-ear Sony H900Ns.
@dangerweasel These types will stay in my ears, but I don’t get acceptable bass unless I lightly push on them with my fingers to get a good seal. Not terribly comfortable or convenient, so they sit on the shelf and I use my wired ones.
Once again Meh is discriminating against the hearing impaired. I’m 100% deaf in my right ear. Where are the mono ear buds? Where are the woman’s socks? Oh wait, that’s another issue.
@Mehrocco_Mole Actually – these would be perfect for people that only want to use one earbud. From the reviews on Amazon, they only work 1 at a time anyway
FFS, whoever writes the Meh descriptions…the word “led” is the past tense of “lead”, which is pronounced “leed”. I don’t make up the rules, I just enforce them!
@goldnectar I have been thinking the same thing over the past few months. Is VMP really worth it for me anymore. I am a sucker for a cheap item and pull the trigger on so many items on MEH I probably shouldn’t have. Used to buy several things a month. I have not seen anything worth buying, not even as a gamble in the last 3 - 4 months! Seems like all they sell now are socks and crappy jewelry that is really ugly! Charter VMP member getting ready to throw in the towel!
@fredmavis You used to be able to pay a monthly fee (Was it $5?) to be a Very Meh Person (VMP) member, which gave you free shipping for the month. Meh.com stopped offering this a few years ago but allowed those that have it to keep it. Once you cancel it, you can’t get it back.
@fredmavis Also, they also use to do special deals exclusive for VMP members or give out special gifts (usually crap that didn’t sell). Not so much anymore. I think they still do some exclusive to VMP members only stuff during the mehathon, but I rarely see it.
@Bogie@fredmavis either they didn’t stop offering it or I somehow got grandfathered in, because I have it, and/but I’ve only had it for … idk. 6 months? something like that.
Mashed the MEH button so hard today that I dented my screen. Made the mistake of buying these a month or two ago. COMPLETE and total garbage. Battery life is a little bit more than 15 minutes. Don’t waste your time.
@hchavers Typically, it means, “you turn on the earbuds and as long as the Bluetooth on your phone is on, they should pair automatically.” However, with some of the reviews I’ve read, you can take that with a grain of salt.
I bought these the last Meh go around. Reviews are right. While they can play in stereo when listening to music, they can’t play stereo on a telephone call. Only one earbud will work on a call. I found this unbelievable until researching this issue.
Who would have thought that’d you’d have to research whether both earbud will work on a call?
Save you money, don’t buy these. I’d rather use my $5 wired headsets than these pieces or crapola.
@misobrilliant not defending these at all, but most wireless earbusds only play sound in 1 ear on a call. These each have a microphone, so having both active would result in bad audio pickup.
I have yet to try any earbuds that will stay in my ears and are comfortable for more than 10 minutes. I use over ear headphones at work and a bone conductive unit with my phone. I love not having my ears covered so I can still hear things like cars or people if I’m out for a walk. I’ll use old school ear plugs if I want to block that stuff out.
If this helps anybody else, I did get a set of these when last offered as well as a set of Rowkin, and while I liked the Rowkin ten times more, the Rowkin quit working while these Ideations are still going.
Also, I wouldn’t recommend these for music or movies, but they’re acceptable for audiobooks.
@cajun I think the sole purpose of that port is for charging the case, which then charges the individual earbuds. (Have to charge them somehow! OTOH, they could have made them completely wireless by having you change out a battery whenever it was depleted, but you probably wouldn’t have liked that either!) At any rate, the waste-of-a-tiny-piece-of-paper crap manual doesn’t give any other use.
I have two pair of these (but different designs, the Van Gogh art repros) that I use quite a bit (one charges while other gets used) and find them OK for use with my laptop (for music and videos). I don’t do music on my phone (not worth the battery usage, to me), so have no idea of whether I would like them for a phone.
I was considering getting another pair of these, but decided “Naw, they’ll probably come up again, and be cheaper then”.
Anybody else having trouble pairing them together? Mine only pair individually, so one will play until I click the other, at which point they switch. No stereo…
@bpokorny1 I had that trouble…oh wait you posted this months ago sorry…anyway, I got them to work as a pair if I take them out of the base as close to “simultaneously” as possible. I actually like them so far, unlike everyone else
I am surprised at all the crappy reviews. At home, in my car, and on planes, all my listening is done with Bose products. For $15, I decided to get these just to throw in my bag or keep at work because for $15, I didn’t care if they turned out to be crap. I am actually very presently surprised by how much I like them. Until Bose comes out with their noise-canceling blue tooth earbuds next year, I am enjoying using these at work and being free of wires while I listen to whatever it is I am listening to.
Specs
Battery:
What’s in the Box?
1x Pair of Bluetooth earbuds
1x Charging case
3x Pairs of ear caps
1x USB to micro USB cable
Price Comparison
$79.47 (for Rose Gold) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
I seem to remember considering these last time until I came here to read the comments.
Below from amazon. Pretty discouraging
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Matthew Lazarowitz·April 27, 2019
1.0 out of 5 stars
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Lots of paring issues, a terrible manual, and a lack of online help means you should skip these and go with a reputable manufacturer with a website and some sort of support infrastructure.
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Jeff·November 13, 2019
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unless you only need these for about a song or 2 a day, look elsewhere
The good: they sound decent, and they sync nicely for stereo.
The bad: they are really pretty much unusable. Battery life is less than 30 minutes after charging over night. Completely worthless.
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VNN·November 3, 2019
1.0 out of 5 stars
You get what you pay for…disappointment
Both earplugs won’t work at the same time.
@mehrk I do wonder why meh doesn’t read reviews on amazon before making some purchases. They may be able to get them dirt cheap, but somethings aren’t worth buying regardless of the price.
@Kidsandliz yet look how many they sold. Apparently all the sheep never read the comments
/giphy again?
I may have strangely shaped ears, but this style of headphones do NOT stay in my ears.
@dangerweasel I researched wireless earbuds for a month and decided on the Jabra Elite 65t pair.
Got em from Best buy and they wouldn’t fit in my ear without hurting.
Returned them and got good old over-ear Sony H900Ns.
@dangerweasel These types will stay in my ears, but I don’t get acceptable bass unless I lightly push on them with my fingers to get a good seal. Not terribly comfortable or convenient, so they sit on the shelf and I use my wired ones.
I just now realized that my phone doesn’t have a headphone jack.
Once again Meh is discriminating against the hearing impaired. I’m 100% deaf in my right ear. Where are the mono ear buds? Where are the woman’s socks? Oh wait, that’s another issue.
So what do you think: should I change my user name to Mehrocco_Troll?
@Mehrocco_Mole Actually – these would be perfect for people that only want to use one earbud. From the reviews on Amazon, they only work 1 at a time anyway
@capguncowboy @Mehrocco_Mole With the kind of luck that can come with a meh purchase it would probably only work in the wrong ear.
Interesting day to pimp Casemates. Just $999 for a case, huh?
/giphy it’s a bargain
FFS, whoever writes the Meh descriptions…the word “led” is the past tense of “lead”, which is pronounced “leed”. I don’t make up the rules, I just enforce them!
Knee-highs, floor three.
Meh. I’d rather put this $15 toward AirPods.
The gold doesn’t look like the same gold tone as my new Escobar phone. I’m not sure I can roll like that.
geezus. how long has it been since meh sold something worth buying?
@goldnectar My VMP is going to waste. Usually I can find some cheap crap that I can enjoy or give to my kids, but it has been a while. Maybe tomorrow…
@goldnectar @OutbackJon The VMPers are revolting!
I resemble that remark.
@goldnectar I have been thinking the same thing over the past few months. Is VMP really worth it for me anymore. I am a sucker for a cheap item and pull the trigger on so many items on MEH I probably shouldn’t have. Used to buy several things a month. I have not seen anything worth buying, not even as a gamble in the last 3 - 4 months! Seems like all they sell now are socks and crappy jewelry that is really ugly! Charter VMP member getting ready to throw in the towel!
@goldnectar So, my only question now is “what the heck is a VMP?” (Apparently, it’s my first day on the internet.)
@fredmavis You used to be able to pay a monthly fee (Was it $5?) to be a Very Meh Person (VMP) member, which gave you free shipping for the month. Meh.com stopped offering this a few years ago but allowed those that have it to keep it. Once you cancel it, you can’t get it back.
@fredmavis Also, they also use to do special deals exclusive for VMP members or give out special gifts (usually crap that didn’t sell). Not so much anymore. I think they still do some exclusive to VMP members only stuff during the mehathon, but I rarely see it.
@fredmavis @goldnectar “Used to” is the operative phrase. The mehathron exclusive to VMP tends to be around 3 or 4pm central if I recall correctly.
@Bogie @fredmavis either they didn’t stop offering it or I somehow got grandfathered in, because I have it, and/but I’ve only had it for … idk. 6 months? something like that.
Does this write up remind anyone else of Twelve Monkeys?
Mashed the MEH button so hard today that I dented my screen. Made the mistake of buying these a month or two ago. COMPLETE and total garbage. Battery life is a little bit more than 15 minutes. Don’t waste your time.
@crimsonwingz agreed! Horrible.
As an added benefit, you get 100% one star ratings from Amazon!
What is “auto pairing”?
@hchavers Typically, it means, “you turn on the earbuds and as long as the Bluetooth on your phone is on, they should pair automatically.” However, with some of the reviews I’ve read, you can take that with a grain of salt.
@fredmavis how does it know which phone is mine?
not according to reviews
@fastharrydotcom how hard did you pinch?
@hchavers i don’t know…Thats MEH’s quote from the write up,
These get a 1 star rating on Amazon. Buy these at your own risk
I bought these the last Meh go around. Reviews are right. While they can play in stereo when listening to music, they can’t play stereo on a telephone call. Only one earbud will work on a call. I found this unbelievable until researching this issue.
Who would have thought that’d you’d have to research whether both earbud will work on a call?
Save you money, don’t buy these. I’d rather use my $5 wired headsets than these pieces or crapola.
AO
@misobrilliant Lol - this is honestly unbelievable, I would react the same way. Thanks for saving me $15. I’ll buy you a beer next time I see you out.
@atx85 The next time I see you out, I’ll give you these earbuds!
@misobrilliant not defending these at all, but most wireless earbusds only play sound in 1 ear on a call. These each have a microphone, so having both active would result in bad audio pickup.
@tightwad That’s good to know. Another reason that I’ll stick to my $5 wired headphones.
@misobrilliant to be fair my air pod knockoffs have the same “feature” and are also terrible in so many ways…I miss my wireless LG Force headset
After seeing these multiple times I figured I’d read the comments and pull the trigger since I don’t have much to lose.
Apparently I’d lose exactly $15, to be precise. Thanks for all the garbage reviews to help me avoid wasting even more money on junk.
@atx85
Let’s not forget shipping. You’d lose $20.
The only thing wrong with these esrbuds is the price. They’re only $20 too much.
It’s hard to have a product with only 3 reviews, and all of them being 1 star.
@tgpowell these are another item they should put straight in the dumpster, along with (fill in the blank) those shitty tiles they keep selling.
Meh has no shame!
I have yet to try any earbuds that will stay in my ears and are comfortable for more than 10 minutes. I use over ear headphones at work and a bone conductive unit with my phone. I love not having my ears covered so I can still hear things like cars or people if I’m out for a walk. I’ll use old school ear plugs if I want to block that stuff out.
/giphy no-eww-no
If this helps anybody else, I did get a set of these when last offered as well as a set of Rowkin, and while I liked the Rowkin ten times more, the Rowkin quit working while these Ideations are still going.
Also, I wouldn’t recommend these for music or movies, but they’re acceptable for audiobooks.
@tssorrells How often do you have to recharge?
Solid 1 star reviews = PASS!
Truly wireless! Pay no attention to the USB cable port on the side of the case!
@cajun I think the sole purpose of that port is for charging the case, which then charges the individual earbuds. (Have to charge them somehow! OTOH, they could have made them completely wireless by having you change out a battery whenever it was depleted, but you probably wouldn’t have liked that either!) At any rate, the waste-of-a-tiny-piece-of-paper crap manual doesn’t give any other use.
I have two pair of these (but different designs, the Van Gogh art repros) that I use quite a bit (one charges while other gets used) and find them OK for use with my laptop (for music and videos). I don’t do music on my phone (not worth the battery usage, to me), so have no idea of whether I would like them for a phone.
I was considering getting another pair of these, but decided “Naw, they’ll probably come up again, and be cheaper then”.
@phendrick Today’s your lucky day! You can get a pair of pairs of these!
Congratulations!
With a 100% rating on Amazon… of 1-star… i think these are a hard pass. $15 is over priced for cr@p.
just when i thought I had seen it all…MEH sold 796 of these crap earbuds…
PT Barnum was right
Anybody else having trouble pairing them together? Mine only pair individually, so one will play until I click the other, at which point they switch. No stereo…
@bpokorny1 I had that trouble…oh wait you posted this months ago
sorry…anyway, I got them to work as a pair if I take them out of the base as close to “simultaneously” as possible. I actually like them so far, unlike everyone else
I am surprised at all the crappy reviews. At home, in my car, and on planes, all my listening is done with Bose products. For $15, I decided to get these just to throw in my bag or keep at work because for $15, I didn’t care if they turned out to be crap. I am actually very presently surprised by how much I like them. Until Bose comes out with their noise-canceling blue tooth earbuds next year, I am enjoying using these at work and being free of wires while I listen to whatever it is I am listening to.
Do not buy. Spend your money on quality. I ordered these and they suck.
Mine never arrived
I would like to quibble with the “truly” wireless claim, but I’m tired.
/meh
Worked for a while then broke. Now only one works. Recommend better ones, however if they fall out and you lose them you are not out that much money.