Flexible silicone earbud pads avoid nerve-rich areas in your ear for long-term listening
Sweat and water resistant
“QuikClik” magnets in the ear pieces connect earbuds for travel/storage
Kevlar cord with IPX 5 water-resistant coating
3-Button Control (compatible with Apple iPhones. Anecdotally, the play/pause/skip function works on @Moose’s Android Note 4 but not the volume control)
Reviews are bad ... but reviews of every open air, ambient sound allowing design are bad. Problem is, otherwise, you're going to get hit by a bus. So, choose your poison.
I bought this for $8.99 at Fry's on Black Friday. Decent sound. I was surprised by the price at Fry's as it was listed at $19.99 and I only paid $8.99. Overall, I'd only give these a 6.5/10. They are "open ear" which means you can hear background sound. The earbuds lock into your ear which is nice. They are designed for exercising.
@densa thanks for sharing! These are exactly the opposite of what I want in a headphone. I want mine to block out the sound of my lawnmower, and exercise? Don't get me started....
What do ENTs say about repeatedly shoving unsterilized items into our ears all of the time? Especially these that you insert and twist. Can't believe it's recommended.
Got these a month or so ago for about $7 on a stacked coupon/promo deal. They are adequate and pretty meh. $7 seemed about right...but no dice for anything over $10.
@opshannon You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing their Monster earbuds at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up. Where can you go from there? Where? @Morty_DiMonquee: I don't know. @Nigel_Goatnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do with yurbuds? Morty DiMonquee: Put it up to eleven. Nigel Goatnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder. @Marty_DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten a little louder? @Nigel_Goatnel: These are yurbuds. These go to eleven.
A)$14 brand new on ebay right now. B)I have the Bose earbuds. They were a panic purchase in an airport before a 13 hour flight. They are amazing. Worth what I paid? No. Better than 99% of headphones at their price point? Yes.
@givemeyoursoul I've had the Bose IE2 model for years. Sound is great and comfortable to wear for a while. Also good for running since they stay in my ear best. May not be worth for some, but been happy with those.
Yurbuds are the best ear buds I've ever owned. Don't need this particular pair (want woven cords and magnetic buds), but cannot recommend them enough for comfort and sound for the price.
Edit: was too quick to comment. These have woven cords and magnetic buds. Don't need volume control, but for this price I'll give it a shot.
@rjolly87 these are the only buds I buy anymore (I get the ones with the mic). Better than average sound, great fit, they don't fall out, and they're cheap so I don't feel bad when I lose them.
Enough with the negativity about earbuds in the description, Meh. If you buy cheap earbuds they will sound bad. If you choose a good brand and pay a reasonable amount of money you can get earbuds that sound really good. Same with headphones. There is nothing inherently bad about earbuds. They can use tiny drivers because they're so far inside your ear that they're acting almost directly on your ear drums. If they're designed and built well, earbuds can sound as good as comparably priced headphones.
@grazapin somebody who agrees. i paid $70 for Bose In-Ear headphones & theyre AWESOME. another factor is that earbuds are normally abused. yanked, twisted, knotted, swung around, but not mine. i wrap em around a magnetic case every time, and i've gotten more than my money's worth out of them.
In this price range il have a quadcopter, please. It's been, what? A week and a half or so since the last quadcopter sale...I'm starting to have withdrawal symptoms
Bought this at Fry's Electronics last Black Friday at a much lower price (gasp!). Ear fit was surprisingly good but the sound quality was only ok. In the end, I gave it away.
Why am I in for 3? Because 1, I'm a dad of two tweens who think "Beats" is the best. 2. My wife discovered recently the difference in dollar store headphones and a pringles can, and 3. BECAUSE HERE IS YOUR INTERNET SHIT, LEAVE MY SENNHEISER'S ALONE.
Ugh, why did you have to remind me about those awful metal earbuds? I thought someone had literally punched holes in my eardrums while listening with those.
I love the copy on the front of the package: "Guaranteed to Never Fall Out." If only it would extend that guarantee to an assortment of parts of my body...
Yeah, what are you smoking today, Meh? It doesn't matter if earbuds have "tiny, low-power drivers" because they're delivering most of their energy directly to your ear canal.
At the high end, earbuds (or in music snob terms, "in-ear monitors") sound really good. Like, nearly indistinguishable from noise-isolating headphones in the same price range. The pint-sized drivers have near perfect fidelity, even in the lows.
Sure, north of $200, they're all overpriced. But at that point, you're not going "always get better-sounding headphones" because headphones also hit diminishing returns. And both earbuds and headphones are quite affordable on the secondary market, unlike other equipment like hi-fi speaker systems.
Now, about these Yurbuds: They may be built like tanks, but the consensus is they suck for actually listening to stuff. For $7, Monoprice make some astonishingly decent earbuds that cost half as much as the Yurbuds but will run circles around them in performance. They've even been endorsed by true snobs.
@looseneck i ended up getting my pair of ironman yurbuds from a site that used to do deal marathons (not woot) but they too had a monkey. however i forgot the name of the site as it like woot has diminished...anyways I paid $5 for mine and they are by far the best I've had. They are comfortable, and don't move once in the ears. I recently ran a half marathon (my first at 2hr12min) and they didn't bother me at all....also for runners they do allow a bit of outside noise in which is beneficial to know the surroundings.
I have some Yurbuds and hate them, one of the worst purchases I've ever made at any price. They are cheap round in-ear headphones that are very uncomfortable. The only difference is the silicone (?) sleeves that go on top of them to "channel" sound into your ear and supposedly lock them into place. Total failure of design and comfort. I now use JayBirds Bluebuds X for my workouts and am very happy with those.
I never used to buy headphones till I started keeping up with Meh. For years, I've bought $18 Skullcandy Ink'd Mic'd Whatever'd earbuds and used 'em till they fell apart in about a year, usually after the third accidental trip through the wash or the second time the cord snagged on a door handle. Decent sound quality, probably overactive bass or whatever, maybe murdering my eardrums. Beats the headache from trying to wear over-ear headphones over glasses.
But the Meh savings! I bought the 808 headphones, but was frustrated by the lack of iPhone mic. I bought those Able Planet ones with the mic, but in-line resistor-based volume controls are worse than nothing. So I keep coming back to the Skullcandy, because they keep me from hearing plebes who try to talk to me.
These look like a good spare pair for walking the dog, and at $14 I've definitely bought worse headphones for more. I'll give 'em a go. Eligible-dull-steam.
My "just buy it" threshold is anything sub $15. I had these ready to check out. Darn tax pushed it over $15... backed away slowly. :-( damn you meh for making me save $$ and be responsible.
@RedOak my insta-buy instinct prefers round numbers (no coinage here) and sub-$15... It just seems easier for me to pull the trigger on rounded numbers. Probably a blessing. My rent is increasing by $400 so I need the cash!
@communist Probably not considering the lifestyle the which I've become accustom. Definitely putting the cart before the horse here or however the saying goes. Actively looking for different employment with more lucrative prospects.
When these came up at midnite, I thought "meh" and went to bed. I heard 'yerbuds so much the weeks before Christmas, I didn't want to hear about them any more. But now that I read the review today, I got to say I think this is the best review Mr. Meh has done. Three cheers!
I tried using this once while running. They stayed in my ears for five steps before falling out. That was the longest they stayed in. Just awful design.
I tried to write the company to get one of the smaller sets of silicone tips as I felt they might fit better. The first email, to the address printed in the brochure, bounced.
Next I went to their site and found another method to reach them. Submitted my request with photos and address and all as the instructions said. Didn't hear back from them, but about a week later got a canned "we hope we've resolved your problem, closing ticket" response. I wrote back to them saying I did get this but did not get the response they are referring to, to please send it again. I also did not get anything back from that request.
Bottom line, if I'd have paid anywhere close to retail I'd have been very frustrated that they didn't include forty cents worth of silicone in my package and wouldn't send it to me as easily as they state in their brochure. As it stands I have some ok buds that could probably fit better, but they were cheap, and the knowledge that I might think twice before buying Harman's goods in the future.
Specs
Condition: New
Warranty: Lifetime Yurbuds
Estimated Delivery: 1/11 - 1/13
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
1x Yurbuds Venture Pro Earbuds
1x Pair of large earbud pads
1x Pair of small earbud pads
1x Cord shirt clip
1x Zippered carry pouch
Pictures
Earbuds
Retail box
Everything included
Earpieces
Flowers
Price Comparison
$99 List, $79 at Amazon (13 reviews, fulfilled by Amazon)
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Warranty
90 days
No. Reviews suck too
@Stallion
Look like they're made by Home Depot.
And looks like Laird Hamilton on the box.
Reviews are bad ... but reviews of every open air, ambient sound allowing design are bad. Problem is, otherwise, you're going to get hit by a bus. So, choose your poison.
@MehnofLaMehncha I honestly thought Hansel at first. (so hot right now)
I bought this for $8.99 at Fry's on Black Friday. Decent sound. I was surprised by the price at Fry's as it was listed at $19.99 and I only paid $8.99. Overall, I'd only give these a 6.5/10. They are "open ear" which means you can hear background sound. The earbuds lock into your ear which is nice. They are designed for exercising.
@densa thanks for sharing! These are exactly the opposite of what I want in a headphone. I want mine to block out the sound of my lawnmower, and exercise? Don't get me started....
What do ENTs say about repeatedly shoving unsterilized items into our ears all of the time? Especially these that you insert and twist. Can't believe it's recommended.
@mehdaf If you don't mind over-the-ear earphones and don't want to spend a small fortune, give these a try. Definitely one of the 'better for the price' noise cancelling earphone companies. I use mine all the time when mowing my lawn. http://www.amazon.com/AblePlanet-NC180BMM-Black-Canceling-Headphones/dp/B0067WBJS2/
Wow those are some bad reviews
Wait, why no comment about the model number being a perfectly acceptable length?
@mehdaf Thanks, wasn't sure anyone was reading our model number reviews. I'll try to get back into it.
These buds are not for me, they are yurbuds.
@jml326
These buds were made for you and me.
(Sing it, Woody.)
i need a spare pair, so i'm in. Really getting my moneys worth of vmp this month
Color scheme makes them look like they are a power tool or something.
@The_Tim Goes with the "power tool" pictured on the box
2.5 stars. Even for $15 that's pretty bad. Considering you can get some Meelectronics for the same price, that's utterly atrocious.
Got these a month or so ago for about $7 on a stacked coupon/promo deal. They are adequate and pretty meh. $7 seemed about right...but no dice for anything over $10.
I'd like to meh twice please.
@opivp99
Pat, I'd like to buy a Meh.
@opivp99 I did meh them. Tonight I noticed no face showed. Had to remeh to keep my streak alive.
Reviews all say these are shit. Pass.
@opshannon these are THE shit. You are totally missing out, brah.
@opshannon You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing their Monster earbuds at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up. Where can you go from there? Where?
@Morty_DiMonquee: I don't know.
@Nigel_Goatnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do with yurbuds?
Morty DiMonquee: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Goatnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
@Marty_DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten a little louder?
@Nigel_Goatnel: These are yurbuds. These go to eleven.
Hear now is a deal that sounds meh for sure
Got these for $5 on Black Friday. No thank you.
I like 'em. Much better than the earbuds I had, anyway.
@Moose you might be biased.
A)$14 brand new on ebay right now.
B)I have the Bose earbuds. They were a panic purchase in an airport before a 13 hour flight. They are amazing. Worth what I paid? No. Better than 99% of headphones at their price point? Yes.
@givemeyoursoul I've had the Bose IE2 model for years. Sound is great and comfortable to wear for a while. Also good for running since they stay in my ear best. May not be worth for some, but been happy with those.
Earbuds with a "magnetic " personality- or so it seems
Yurbuds are the best ear buds I've ever owned. Don't need this particular pair (want woven cords and magnetic buds), but cannot recommend them enough for comfort and sound for the price.
Edit: was too quick to comment. These have woven cords and magnetic buds. Don't need volume control, but for this price I'll give it a shot.
Willing to give them a try. My current ear buds fell out repeatedly as I used the snow blower today. ambitious-vexing-hose, indeed:
I have no experience with the listed earbuds, but I am pretty sick of wasting money on cheap earbuds that sound crappy, and completely agree you should not overpay. These please my ears, and the ears of many others, and they are half the price: http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-RPHJE120K-In-Ear-Headphone-Black/dp/B003EM8008/ref=sr_1_1?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1451452794&sr=1-1&keywords=panasonic+earbuds
@rjolly87 but those Pany's have only 27,433 reviews - how can you be sure their very nice rating isn't due to shills?
What is the maximum number of reviews on Amazon anyway?
@RedOak Fire TV Stick has 78K+ http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-W87CUN-Fire-TV-Stick/dp/B00GDQ0RMG/#customerReviews
@rjolly87 Totally the earbuds I would've recommended. Have them in orange and they really are exceptional for the price.
@rjolly87 these are the only buds I buy anymore (I get the ones with the mic). Better than average sound, great fit, they don't fall out, and they're cheap so I don't feel bad when I lose them.
Enough with the negativity about earbuds in the description, Meh. If you buy cheap earbuds they will sound bad. If you choose a good brand and pay a reasonable amount of money you can get earbuds that sound really good. Same with headphones. There is nothing inherently bad about earbuds. They can use tiny drivers because they're so far inside your ear that they're acting almost directly on your ear drums. If they're designed and built well, earbuds can sound as good as comparably priced headphones.
@grazapin somebody who agrees. i paid $70 for Bose In-Ear headphones & theyre AWESOME. another factor is that earbuds are normally abused. yanked, twisted, knotted, swung around, but not mine. i wrap em around a magnetic case every time, and i've gotten more than my money's worth out of them.
@grazapin yes, i'm a big fan of my Etymotics.
@grazapin Klipsch is my earbud brand of choice. They are fantastic.
In this price range il have a quadcopter, please. It's been, what? A week and a half or so since the last quadcopter sale...I'm starting to have withdrawal symptoms
@chriskoehn And I've gotten thank-yous from everyone I gave quadcopters to for Christmas. Time to turn 'em into Mehricans.
@sligett No, we don't need the Fuku competition anymore! Just keep buying everyone stuff!
@sligett within a week they'll be MEHddicted!!
I wish you guys had that deal for a bajillion cheap earbuds.
I need new replacement sets after loosing all the others.
@WilhelmScreamer Maybe you should tighten them up?
Bought this at Fry's Electronics last Black Friday at a much lower price (gasp!). Ear fit was surprisingly good but the sound quality was only ok. In the end, I gave it away.
I'll pass.
Love the magnets though!
Why am I in for 3? Because 1, I'm a dad of two tweens who think "Beats" is the best. 2. My wife discovered recently the difference in dollar store headphones and a pringles can, and 3. BECAUSE HERE IS YOUR INTERNET SHIT, LEAVE MY SENNHEISER'S ALONE.
@h1p1n3 I say the same when colleagues want to listen to my Bowers & Wilkins.
@h1p1n3
Ugh, why did you have to remind me about those awful metal earbuds? I thought someone had literally punched holes in my eardrums while listening with those.
I love the copy on the front of the package: "Guaranteed to Never Fall Out." If only it would extend that guarantee to an assortment of parts of my body...
@gertiestn what... what parts of your body are randomly falling out? You know what? Nevermind.
Yeah, what are you smoking today, Meh? It doesn't matter if earbuds have "tiny, low-power drivers" because they're delivering most of their energy directly to your ear canal.
At the high end, earbuds (or in music snob terms, "in-ear monitors") sound really good. Like, nearly indistinguishable from noise-isolating headphones in the same price range. The pint-sized drivers have near perfect fidelity, even in the lows.
Sure, north of $200, they're all overpriced. But at that point, you're not going "always get better-sounding headphones" because headphones also hit diminishing returns. And both earbuds and headphones are quite affordable on the secondary market, unlike other equipment like hi-fi speaker systems.
Now, about these Yurbuds: They may be built like tanks, but the consensus is they suck for actually listening to stuff. For $7, Monoprice make some astonishingly decent earbuds that cost half as much as the Yurbuds but will run circles around them in performance. They've even been endorsed by true snobs.
Almost bought a pair till I read the reviews. People who bought them obviously didn't read the reviews! Lol
@shaine228 ditto.
I have a pair of Ironman Yurbuds I use for working out. Paid about $35 and I'm very happy with them. Bought a pair of these for backup.
@looseneck i ended up getting my pair of ironman yurbuds from a site that used to do deal marathons (not woot) but they too had a monkey. however i forgot the name of the site as it like woot has diminished...anyways I paid $5 for mine and they are by far the best I've had. They are comfortable, and don't move once in the ears. I recently ran a half marathon (my first at 2hr12min) and they didn't bother me at all....also for runners they do allow a bit of outside noise in which is beneficial to know the surroundings.
it was daily steals and in a steal a thon....
@brdubb I just bookmarked daily steals a couple weeks ago. Like I need another shopping site to look at every day :)
I have some Yurbuds and hate them, one of the worst purchases I've ever made at any price. They are cheap round in-ear headphones that are very uncomfortable. The only difference is the silicone (?) sleeves that go on top of them to "channel" sound into your ear and supposedly lock them into place. Total failure of design and comfort. I now use JayBirds Bluebuds X for my workouts and am very happy with those.
Terrible reviews across multiple sites.
Bud, fud, crud, dud...
You guys need to try some better earbuds. There are some good sounding ones out there. They will cost more than $7, but you get more.
@adr5 Not necessarily. Two really good ones for around $7 are linked above in separate comments. The Panasonics and the Monoprice buds...
I never used to buy headphones till I started keeping up with Meh. For years, I've bought $18 Skullcandy Ink'd Mic'd Whatever'd earbuds and used 'em till they fell apart in about a year, usually after the third accidental trip through the wash or the second time the cord snagged on a door handle. Decent sound quality, probably overactive bass or whatever, maybe murdering my eardrums. Beats the headache from trying to wear over-ear headphones over glasses.
But the Meh savings! I bought the 808 headphones, but was frustrated by the lack of iPhone mic. I bought those Able Planet ones with the mic, but in-line resistor-based volume controls are worse than nothing. So I keep coming back to the Skullcandy, because they keep me from hearing plebes who try to talk to me.
These look like a good spare pair for walking the dog, and at $14 I've definitely bought worse headphones for more. I'll give 'em a go. Eligible-dull-steam.
My "just buy it" threshold is anything sub $15. I had these ready to check out. Darn tax pushed it over $15... backed away slowly. :-( damn you meh for making me save $$ and be responsible.
@connorbush kudos on your impressive self discipline.
@RedOak my insta-buy instinct prefers round numbers (no coinage here) and sub-$15... It just seems easier for me to pull the trigger on rounded numbers. Probably a blessing. My rent is increasing by $400 so I need the cash!
@connorbush that is a crazy rent hike. That would be a 50% hike for a basic (not fancy) one bedroom apartment around us. You must live in CA.
Either that your your landlord doesn't want you living there anymore ;-)
@RedOak CA ;-) but also my living situation is changing. soo yeah, expected increase but still no fun.
@connorbush do you make enough at your job to justify the high living expenses?
@communist Probably not considering the lifestyle the which I've become accustom. Definitely putting the cart before the horse here or however the saying goes. Actively looking for different employment with more lucrative prospects.
@connorbush My autobuy trigger varies wildly and is not dependable.
When these came up at midnite, I thought "meh" and went to bed. I heard 'yerbuds so much the weeks before Christmas, I didn't want to hear about them any more. But now that I read the review today, I got to say I think this is the best review Mr. Meh has done. Three cheers!
@wew I always thought of Meh as a universal entity/being/God-like-woman... hmmm...... She giveth joy but can taketh away.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, not.
I tried using this once while running. They stayed in my ears for five steps before falling out. That was the longest they stayed in. Just awful design.
I tried to write the company to get one of the smaller sets of silicone tips as I felt they might fit better. The first email, to the address printed in the brochure, bounced.
Next I went to their site and found another method to reach them. Submitted my request with photos and address and all as the instructions said. Didn't hear back from them, but about a week later got a canned "we hope we've resolved your problem, closing ticket" response. I wrote back to them saying I did get this but did not get the response they are referring to, to please send it again. I also did not get anything back from that request.
Bottom line, if I'd have paid anywhere close to retail I'd have been very frustrated that they didn't include forty cents worth of silicone in my package and wouldn't send it to me as easily as they state in their brochure. As it stands I have some ok buds that could probably fit better, but they were cheap, and the knowledge that I might think twice before buying Harman's goods in the future.