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Bang and Olufsen B&O BeoPlay H5 Wireless In-Ear Earphones (Dusty Rose)
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Alison Davey –
Sound quality is outstanding as expected. You will struggle to match this.The Design, is outstanding again, as expected.Love the charger, love the pouch, and the packaging was great too.Haven’t had any issues with calls or people not hearing me – it’s been fine, and I love the app that comes with it allowing you to adjust the sound.The only reason this is a 4 star, and not a 5 – is the level of “microphonics” sounds, which are produced due to the cable rubbing against your clothes. It’s noticeable, so you have to either stay quite still – or wear t-shirts, soft cotton based clothing. A work shirt will be quite noisy in your ears.
Gill Richards –
Bought these on Black Friday and have been waiting a few months before writing a review. I was slightly apprehensive from reading other reviews and left it about a year before pulling the trigger. So glad I did. Sound quality is very impressive. These are replacing some ageing Sennheiser IE6 which I thought couldn’t be better for the sound/value but the H5s trump them in every respect. For commuting they are perfect.I’ve used Comply Isolation tips for years so quickly got some to fit these – they give a big improvement on sound and fit.When you first use them, you can sometimes hear some rustling from the fabric cord brushing your clothing, but once you are actively listening to music or podcasts that rustling disappears. Battery life is good, I’ve never been caught short, and they charge up quickly. The only thing I’m not a fan of is the charging station, it would be so much easier if you could simply plug a micro USB straight in. The other niggle is the B&O app – its great to be able adapt the soundscape and works really well, but you have to open the app each time and manually activate – it would be better if the headphones remembered the previous settings. Other than that, I highly recommend Beoplay H5s.
Middle8 –
I’ve had these since December ’16 (now Jun ’18) and feel that I can give them a pretty good review. I initially got the B&O H3 ANC, these were a bit rubbish, so I returned them and upgraded to the H5. Again it didn’t start brilliantly with these. The set I had had a balance issue (one head phone louder than the other). I call B&O and went over some diagnostics with them but no joy. They went back with a prepaid RMA, a week later a new pair arrived and all was good.I use the headphones mainly for running, as that is what they are advertised for, and just listening around the house. I listen to audiobooks and music so I need the headphones to be good to hear what is being said while plodding along. I have used them for a good 150 hours running in all weathers (more on that later) and never had a problem with them falling out (even on uneven cross country runs). It did take a little testing to get the right Comply ear tip, after experimenting I am a small sports one for general use and running and a small comfort one for mowing the lawn (better isolation on that one). The Comply tips are very good and need to be put in correctly (there are youtube videos out there), but they do wear out, so much so (a pair a month at £10) that they are like a consumable for the headphones! (This is probably down to the sports use so if you are just using the headphones for commuting then you’ll get more life out of them).One of the features that I love about the headphones is that you can switch them off by just clipping them together around your neck. This keeps them a lot safer than just having them dangling and I do find myself wearing them like this, around the house, when not using them. I normally pop them in a pocket when I’m out.The app that goes with them is also really good as you can change the sound presets and save ones you like. It took me months before I realised you could use a two finger zoom to control the bass!I did have a problem with my headphones after about 11months. I had been out on a very rainy run (so rainy that my shoes filled with water!), and the three button controller started working intermittently. I put up with this for a bit then contacted B&O again. The headphones went back with a prepaid RMA again and a week later a new pair turned up with a new 2 year warranty.Really pleased with them and would definitely recommend them for the sound quality and on going support.
Binura –
Now that I have used these headphones for some time I can give a better review. These are very good headphones depending on why you need them. for everyday use they are great with some great sound. The main problem is the short battery life and also if you are into running this might pose a few problems. The sound quality is only good with the sound isolation foam. When your foam is good these headphones are exceptional and you won’t find many that can beat the sound. Problem comes when you run or set. When you run the foam fills in with sweat and becomes slippery and comes out of the ear and you have to occasionally remold the foam and that can be disturbing when you are running. After a few weeks you have to put in new sets of foam and the headphones come with 3 pairs which is ok but then you have to start buying the foam when the 3 pairs run out and that’s like an extra £13 probably every 3-4 months if you use them every day. These are supposed to be the higher end of headphones but become even more expensive as you need to keep buying the foam to enjoy the great sound. The other things these headphones come with are not very helpful as the bass can only be head with properly with the noise cancellation foam.Considering what you pay for them this doesn’t sound like a good buy after all.
R Chambers –
Love these
Tanya10312000 –
Good not Great, especially for the money
TempleofDoom –
Good sounding headphones, great for running and brilliant support from B&O
Marion Rudd –
Great sound, but much lager than I expected them to be. You have to use a separate charger for these, there is no USB port on the headphones themselves. If the 5 hour playtime is sufficient and you don’t need to travel with them, that might be fine for you.The charger block is ungainly large and has a long USB cable permanently attached, so for me that was already putting me off them. I wanted to use the ear hook attachments to help them stay in my ears. But you cannot charge the headphones with the hooks attached – you have to remove the hook to fit them in the charger. And you can’t remove the hook without removing the rubber ear bud.That’s too much faff and likely to cause the rubber components to fail quickly. Returned 🙁
S. brooke –
Fantastic for sound. Not for video
An ClickElectronics User –
I’ll just sum it up:Good:* Great Sound* Great that magnets (when touching) turn earphones offDisappointing:* Does not fully pair with older Bluetooth devices (2013 iPod nano touch). Meaning I have to go to Bluetooth settings each time to connect. Works perfectly with iPhone X.* Not loud enough (NoNot good noise cancellation)* Battery life is poor in comparison to competitors.A little over 3hrs – 4hrs* Proprietary charger* Be sure to apply the firmware update to make these livable