@IAmBroom I’d never pay full price for their stuff but 50% off made it worthwhile. Of all their products, their noise canceling headphones are truly the only product that I find to be way above the competition. The only other ones that came close are the Sony MDR’s. I have an older set of well regarded Able Planet NC headphones. While they’ve sufficed over the years, both the sound and the noise canceling of the QC35’s blow them away.
@IAmBroom having owned a pair of quiet comfort headphones as well as a competing pair from Klipsch and various other lesser brands I’ve encountered I can say without reservation that I agree with @cinoclav
@IAmBroom No arguments there. And I hate that they charge such a premium for their products. My step-brother’s pretty quiet about what they do there but I have to give them some credit as it sounds like they really do invest in a lot of research.
@njd Yeah I bought these partially based off of that link.
What’s interesting is that Meh even has the exact same link in their write-up saying “choosing these Que Bluetooth headphones over these similar-looking ones on Amazon.”
Meh, I love you guys, but this one just doesn’t pass the bar for me. Is there something I’m missing in this deal? Have I looked at the wrong product? I want to like these, but I just don’t see enough to make me pull that trigger.
@Squic I remember that Meh sold some very similar earbuds during their first ever Meh-rathon. ($5 IIRC, and looked absolutely identical). So it almost seems like Meh split the product you linked to into 2 separate offerings…
I bought two of these just because the price was low enough to justify it. I usually at least do the bare minimum of internet research first, but not this time. Hopefully I don’t regret it. For just under $20 these seem like a cromulent deal.
I need to get these since the Turtle Island 'phones that I bought from this very site refuse to pair with my Android phone. If these don’t pair too, there will be hell to pay, meh! And by “hell to pay,” I mean I will buy the next pair of over-ear Bluetooths you sell, because checking this site every 9 pm PST is one of the only things that distracts me from my pathetic existence.
Had me at “bluetooth” and “noise cancelling”. It took two tries, but I bought the blue ones. If they stink, then I’ll know to try “noise isolating” headphones next time.
I bought a purple set, because of course I did. These better actually fit over the ear. I get tired of buying ones that say they are, but really just sit on the ears uncomfortably.
@hafner My ears are quite normal, thank you. Well, except for the fact that they are kinda pointy at the top like elf ears. I wear hearing aids though, and have since I was a kid, so I’ve bought tons of sets claiming to be over the ear and they even sit ON my kids’ ears.
@sammydog01 I have the corded Sony’s (well, the radio signal ones or whatever where the base has to be plugged in) that were sold here a long while back and they worked great except for the cords. Need Bluetooth. Thanks, though!
These do look EXACTLY like the Cowin E7, which I own. While those do list at $70, I’ve seen them on sale (and bought they) at $39. They are well worth that price. They neither sound as good as the Bose (which I’ve also had and broke), nor do noise reduction as well, but they do a useful job don’t come with horrible remorse when you break or lose them.
If I knew for sure these were rebranded E7s, I’d buy another pair for inventory at this price.
@rlesieir@jrstinkfish they list active noise cancelling as a feature, model number probably relates to the bundle or something. Either way nearly $9 in shipping leaves Meh as the superior deal even without VMP.
@jrstinkfish@jbartus The actual headphone model listed in the specs is the same. Considering those come with the earbuds too that’s actually a pretty good deal, especially for those without VMP.
Classic meh! I would have bitten, except I already have far more bluetooth, noise-canceling, gluten-free, over-ear/on-ear/in-ear devices (most from meh) than I have ears.
I’ll stick with my 808 wireless headphones I bought here on May 11th, 2015 for 36 bucks superb sound …Dosen’t appear to be one of Meh’s deep, deep discounted item’s, no go tonight for me but TY anyway team Meh.
I own the Cowen E-7, which appear identical and find noise cancelling good, but sound in either regular mode or nc to be quite muffled. Also they make your ears sweat.
sigh. I just bought the Cowen E-7’s last week on an Amazon lightning deal for $39. Also they look to be going on lightning deal again today in an hour (for prime members). These do look almost identical, makes you wonder…
Finally, the Cowen’s, which appear identical are not designed for a large head; my hat size is 7 7/8 and the phones start to become very uncomfortable in 30 minutes or so.
Are these updated to prevent the Bliebourne virus that can travel from Bluetooth to Bluetooth device?
My understanding is that even though you’re phone (or other Bluetooth device) may be updated, it can still get through on a older Bluetooth device. Blutooth LE is apparently immune from this particular virus. Can someone confirm or maybe I’m just talking crazy here?
They sound pretty awful on either the bluetooth or the noise cancelling settings. I guess the NC will be good enough on an airplane, but here in the office it just turns background noise into white noise and very poorly EQs the music.
With BT and NC off and the headphones analog wired into my Mac, they sound acceptable for $20 cans.
I tried them on BT and they sounded decent-ish. I tried them with just Nice Canceling and they did a good job with consistent sounds like a window AC unit. Then I tried them with Noise Cancelling and music playing and threw them at the wall. Not sure who quality tested that and said “yeah, that sounds ok”.
Got mine and BT sounds ok, but with NC on, my right earcup has these strange rhythmic pulses that distort the noise and also flutter against my ear. Doesn’t happen all the time, but still very annoying. It does seem to do a decent job of reducing background noise. I’d say that someone who is on a budget, wants over-the-ear BT and ANC, these might fit the bill.
FYI, no have playback controls, just volume. Power and mode controls are with a dinky little switch which I know will eventually break, but hey, 20 bucks.
I just tried mine. I’m confused. If I have it on “on” I can hear my stuff but it is echoey. If I have it on “BT” all I get is a weird annoying fluttery sound. “Off” works with a cord.
That’s not right, is it? Isn’t “BT” supposed to give me sound without noise cancellation?
Specs
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1x Headphones
1x Micro USB to USB
1x AUX cable
1x Plane adapter
1x Case
Pictures
Colors
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Red
White
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Folded
Buttons
Included
Switch
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Meh. So many headsets.
at least there is purple?
also
BLUETOOTHS MODO NOW OPEN!
I need another pair of crappy headsets like I need a hole in my head, but these come in purple so they shall be mine.
@heartny These will replace the boxes of crappy headsets I just put in the Goodwill pile. I got purple too.
Nope. I am happy with the mPulse ones I bought at Morningsave.
@mfladd yep, me too…the mpulse have been great…i’d buy them again in a heartbeat…
@mfladd Thanks for the tip, just bought a pair.
@Myrrick nice! The controls take a little getting use to. The are very touch sensitive.
Black sold out in 2 secs? Does that mean there was only a quantity of one?
Meh. My stepbrother works for Bose so I just got a new QC35 for employee pricing (50% off). Worth the extra money.
@cinoclav Hook it up then.
@Kross Still over $160 (I used BB for price sample).
@cinoclav “Bose … Worth the extra money.”
Those words have never appeared in a paragraph together.
@IAmBroom I’d never pay full price for their stuff but 50% off made it worthwhile. Of all their products, their noise canceling headphones are truly the only product that I find to be way above the competition. The only other ones that came close are the Sony MDR’s. I have an older set of well regarded Able Planet NC headphones. While they’ve sufficed over the years, both the sound and the noise canceling of the QC35’s blow them away.
@cinoclav OK, I’ll take your word for it. I’ve always hated the Bose marketing attitude, and resistance to quantitative comparison analysis.
@IAmBroom having owned a pair of quiet comfort headphones as well as a competing pair from Klipsch and various other lesser brands I’ve encountered I can say without reservation that I agree with @cinoclav
@IAmBroom No arguments there. And I hate that they charge such a premium for their products. My step-brother’s pretty quiet about what they do there but I have to give them some credit as it sounds like they really do invest in a lot of research.
Hey, the link to Amazon seems to be for aesthetically similar headphones from a different company?
@njd Yeah I bought these partially based off of that link.
What’s interesting is that Meh even has the exact same link in their write-up saying “choosing these Que Bluetooth headphones over these similar-looking ones on Amazon.”
Hmm… Meh, c’mon.
@njd You’re right, I meant to put (for similar) in but decided to remove it completely now.
@Nexar Sorry about that. Feel free to cancel (via meh.com/orders or write in to customer support).
Hmm, looks a lot like the Cowin E7: https://www.amazon.com/Cowin-Wireless-Bluetooth-Over-ear-Headphones/dp/B01CZNLRLK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1507176372&sr=8-3&keywords=cowin+bluetooth
@Mistertedster I own the E7, not a bad headphone, and noise canceling is great
@Mistertedster that’s what I thought. The question is: which one is the knockoff?
@Mistertedster They are both made in the same factory somewhere and printed with whatever logo sound fun.
noise cancelling for 19 bucks? lmao
I think I see the same ones for $35 at Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Que-Design-E228184-WHT-Rechargeable-Microphone/dp/B074GHXSGX
So… looking at the model number, these things look to be going for between $21.95 (ebay - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Que-Design-Rechargeable-Bluetooth-Wireless-Headphone-Wireless-Earbuds-E228184-/352128511343 ) and $35.28 (amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Que-Design-E228184-WHT-Rechargeable-Microphone/dp/B074GHXSGX ), depending on color, and paired with an additional set of bluetooth earbuds.
Meh, I love you guys, but this one just doesn’t pass the bar for me. Is there something I’m missing in this deal? Have I looked at the wrong product? I want to like these, but I just don’t see enough to make me pull that trigger.
@Squic I remember that Meh sold some very similar earbuds during their first ever Meh-rathon. ($5 IIRC, and looked absolutely identical). So it almost seems like Meh split the product you linked to into 2 separate offerings…
@Squic You missed the purple. PURPLE!
I bought two of these just because the price was low enough to justify it. I usually at least do the bare minimum of internet research first, but not this time. Hopefully I don’t regret it. For just under $20 these seem like a cromulent deal.
/giphy cromulent
I need to get these since the Turtle Island 'phones that I bought from this very site refuse to pair with my Android phone. If these don’t pair too, there will be hell to pay, meh! And by “hell to pay,” I mean I will buy the next pair of over-ear Bluetooths you sell, because checking this site every 9 pm PST is one of the only things that distracts me from my pathetic existence.
Had me at “bluetooth” and “noise cancelling”. It took two tries, but I bought the blue ones. If they stink, then I’ll know to try “noise isolating” headphones next time.
/giphy slippery-obstinate-grass
@JT954 thank you for your service!
/giphy thank you for your service
If only these were, in fact, as good a crock pot chili, but without the noxious side effects.
/giphy crock pot chili
/buy blue
@tinkleondabeach Sorry, this deal contains 5 unique items and I’m not sure which one you want. You can review how to pick one, or just try ordering from the checkout page.
Black and blue are gone…sigh. Now if they had mauve…
BTW, where are all the purple fanatics??
@eeterrific Fine. I’ll go and buy purple. JUST FOR YOU.
@eeterrific I bought purple.
@eeterrific luckily my daughter loves purple
@dptalia wonderful! I feel so fulfilled!
List price/amazon link item isn’t the same thing you’re selling. In for one hoping they’re good.
/buy --color blue
@tinkleondabeach Oops, sorry. We sold out of some of those items.
Perfect to dress up like power rangers upcoming hallowean.
What else can I say besides purple?
/giphy enduring-electric-lunch
@butterflys This is one of my favorite “nope” gifs out there.
@butterflys Thanks for the bouncy Llama. You got my day started on the right foot. It’s going to be a great day now!
I bought a purple set, because of course I did. These better actually fit over the ear. I get tired of buying ones that say they are, but really just sit on the ears uncomfortably.
@PurplePawprints hey if you have huge elephant ears it isnt the headphone makers’ fault
@PurplePawprints Those Jlab ones they had here and on Morning Save have kind of a triangular shape and might work for you. They have wires though.
@hafner My ears are quite normal, thank you. Well, except for the fact that they are kinda pointy at the top like elf ears. I wear hearing aids though, and have since I was a kid, so I’ve bought tons of sets claiming to be over the ear and they even sit ON my kids’ ears.
@sammydog01 I have the corded Sony’s (well, the radio signal ones or whatever where the base has to be plugged in) that were sold here a long while back and they worked great except for the cords. Need Bluetooth. Thanks, though!
These do look EXACTLY like the Cowin E7, which I own. While those do list at $70, I’ve seen them on sale (and bought they) at $39. They are well worth that price. They neither sound as good as the Bose (which I’ve also had and broke), nor do noise reduction as well, but they do a useful job don’t come with horrible remorse when you break or lose them.
If I knew for sure these were rebranded E7s, I’d buy another pair for inventory at this price.
Not a great deal. Here are the white with ear buds lumped in for less https://www.outletpc.com/gj6560-que-design-e228184wht-rechargeable-bluetooth.html
@rlesueur Different model number, I’m guessing those are not noise canceling.
@rlesieir @jrstinkfish they list active noise cancelling as a feature, model number probably relates to the bundle or something. Either way nearly $9 in shipping leaves Meh as the superior deal even without VMP.
@jrstinkfish @jbartus The actual headphone model listed in the specs is the same. Considering those come with the earbuds too that’s actually a pretty good deal, especially for those without VMP.
@cinoclav what is VMP?
@fastharry https://meh.com/vmp
@cinoclav yeah I dunno how to value the earbuds.
@jbartus Considering most halfway decent bluetooth earbuds go for about $15-$25, I’d say these are certainly worth the couple of extra bucks.
@cinoclav assuming they’re halfway decent.
@jbartus Well, you get the other half from the headphones. Together you have one whole decent!
@cinoclav I’d rather trade a pile of half decents for a set of QC35s at the employee rate.
Outlet PC has these in White for 16.17 plus shipping so 25 total. Sorry meh but I’m not impressed. https://www.outletpc.com/gj6560-que-design-e228184wht-rechargeable-bluetooth.html
@bleedmichigan Tanga - $28. Still not as good of a deal.
https://www.tanga.com/deals/00db18f3a592/que-design-wireless-bluetooth-noise-cancelling-over-ear-headphones
Just made it in before the paused. Haven’t bought anything since June, but felt like gotta get something for the sake of VMP membership.
@tchan LOL I am the exact same! You have to buy 12 things a year for VMP membership to work out. I know I’m way behind.
Classic meh! I would have bitten, except I already have far more bluetooth, noise-canceling, gluten-free, over-ear/on-ear/in-ear devices (most from meh) than I have ears.
@mehcuda67 but are they made with quinoa?
@mehcuda67 or vegan leather?
Could you hold one for me and I will pay for it Monday?
@lenea9011
I’ll stick with my 808 wireless headphones I bought here on May 11th, 2015 for 36 bucks superb sound …Dosen’t appear to be one of Meh’s deep, deep discounted item’s, no go tonight for me but TY anyway team Meh.
Que?
@Jetlag ¿por qué?
@Thumperchick
/giphy parkay
@djslack
/giphy parkour
@dave Thanks, I had to download that one.
Edit… Oh, and
/giphy porky
wonder if these have a MIC like the Cowans on Amazon do?
@fastharry the specs section above is your friend.
@RedOak DOH!..I looked at the specs 50 times, lol…Thanks!
I own the Cowen E-7, which appear identical and find noise cancelling good, but sound in either regular mode or nc to be quite muffled. Also they make your ears sweat.
sigh. I just bought the Cowen E-7’s last week on an Amazon lightning deal for $39. Also they look to be going on lightning deal again today in an hour (for prime members). These do look almost identical, makes you wonder…
Finally, the Cowen’s, which appear identical are not designed for a large head; my hat size is 7 7/8 and the phones start to become very uncomfortable in 30 minutes or so.
Are these updated to prevent the Bliebourne virus that can travel from Bluetooth to Bluetooth device?
My understanding is that even though you’re phone (or other Bluetooth device) may be updated, it can still get through on a older Bluetooth device. Blutooth LE is apparently immune from this particular virus. Can someone confirm or maybe I’m just talking crazy here?
these shall be okay stocking stuffers for the mini-me’s.
/giphy walloping-unique-yogurt
I can tell from the picture that the ear padding will come out within 1-2 months.
Hmmm… Walmart also sells these same headsets for $17.04
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Que-Design-E228184-BLU-Rechargeable-Bluetooth-Wireless-Headphone-Wireless-Earbuds-w-Microphone-3x-Eartips-Blue/434895334
@rbruce sold out though…and it’s a third-party
What, only white left? Ah what the hell. (Heartbreaking-frosty-drum) Look ma, look, probably another great giffy…
/buy --color white
@ManBehindPlan It worked! Your order number is: totally-chipper-toddy
/image totally chipper toddy
@mediocrebot What?!? No Fargo reference?
/giphy fargo wood chipper
@ManBehindPlan I bought the white…but then again I’m a Trump supporter so it might have been a freudian slip up.
meh… why not.
/giphy agreeable-frightened-measure
cat gif = like my own comment
Bought these and the Cowens that people are mentioning as they are a lightning deal for the next 15, and will do a comparison
Meh sad. Meh wanted. Meh not willing to get up so early for second chance.
Meh.
Damn it. CC security code got me. Sold out by the time I got my wallet out.
what’s all this noise!
are these really good?
or people were just excited for something better than all the recent offerings
Eesh. Got mine yesterday.
They sound pretty awful on either the bluetooth or the noise cancelling settings. I guess the NC will be good enough on an airplane, but here in the office it just turns background noise into white noise and very poorly EQs the music.
With BT and NC off and the headphones analog wired into my Mac, they sound acceptable for $20 cans.
I guess I can’t complain too much for ~$20.
I’m a headphone snob on a budget, with a $300 wired Sony set. I need a backup pair, and these are perfectly acceptable. Not great, but not horrible.
I tried them on BT and they sounded decent-ish. I tried them with just Nice Canceling and they did a good job with consistent sounds like a window AC unit. Then I tried them with Noise Cancelling and music playing and threw them at the wall. Not sure who quality tested that and said “yeah, that sounds ok”.
Got mine and BT sounds ok, but with NC on, my right earcup has these strange rhythmic pulses that distort the noise and also flutter against my ear. Doesn’t happen all the time, but still very annoying. It does seem to do a decent job of reducing background noise. I’d say that someone who is on a budget, wants over-the-ear BT and ANC, these might fit the bill.
FYI, no have playback controls, just volume. Power and mode controls are with a dinky little switch which I know will eventually break, but hey, 20 bucks.
@zxinfinity Also, the top padding is a little stiff for my tastes, can’t wear these all day (or for longer than 30 minutes) like I can with my Sony’s.
I just tried mine. I’m confused. If I have it on “on” I can hear my stuff but it is echoey. If I have it on “BT” all I get is a weird annoying fluttery sound. “Off” works with a cord.
That’s not right, is it? Isn’t “BT” supposed to give me sound without noise cancellation?
And something about the noise cancellation gives me vertigo. I’m fine corded. WTF?
Fuck. At least they’re a nice purple color.
https://gizmodo.com/355678/noise-canceling-headphones-might-make-you-motion-sick
@sammydog01 I love purple.
@Barney I hate vertigo.
@sammydog01 Yeah, vertigo is no fun. So sorry.
@Barney It went away quickly.