i have small or weird-shaped ears, and in-ear earbuds are almost always painful. i’ve tried over 20 different kinds of earbuds in the past few years. these were the first open-ear design earbuds i’ve tried. i absolutely LOVE them. the noise-cancelling was better than i thought it would be with this design. they stay in place for my entire workout. i haven’t needed to charge them yet, and i’ve been using them consistently for about a month now. i didn’t have any issues when connecting to my phone’s bluetooth. the sound quality is good. i’ve used them for calls, and i haven’t had any complaints about the microphone quality. i would absolutely recommend these to anyone who has a similar issue as i do trying to find earbuds that don’t make your ears sore.