( 21 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 26 2009
I have been searching for an inexpensive, light, foldable, padded headphone, with inline volume adjustment for years, tried koss(radio shack) big and heavy, Maxell ligghter byt still heavy - I do not like ear buds, or the like not good for the ears. These headphones are great for the weight, the inline vol control, and they sound ok too. Are they the best, no but for the price - I feel they are super!!!!
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Posted: May 20 2009
Was looking for an inexpensive alternative to go with my Bose Quiet Comfort headphones and definitely found it with these. Great sound, comfortable, long cord so you're able to move around without restriction. Use these mainly at my office, very pleased. Panasonic has always been a reliable company for me for all my electronic needs.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: May 4 2009
For my purposes, I absolutely love these headphones. I spend a lot of time on planes (sadly, much of that on British Airways), and I bought these headphones for 1) the compactness/foldability, 2) the inline volume control, 3) the fact that they would cover my ears rather than jam uncomfortably in them. Note that I did not buy these with a first priority on sound quality; sound quality on a loud plane, or even in a loud airport, becomes compromised to some degree regardless of the headset, even with noise-reducing sets. With that caveat, I can say these headphones are serving me perfectly well. 1) They fold up into a discreet little package; I sewed a small denim drawstring bag (5"x6" laid flat) for the headphones, and there is still ample room for my ipod shuffle, a 2-headphone splitter, and an an extra set of ear buds in the bag as well. 2) The inline volume control is a must for plugging into the jack in your plane seat when listening to in-flight movies. Not having to reach to the armrest volume controls on a long flight is a comfort. 3) These ear phones sit on the outer rim of my ears which I thought would make me ache after a couple of hours; but the padding is generous, and I have worn these back and forth on 11-hr flights for 13 months now and have not experienced great discomfort. I stabilise my head with a U-pillow, and I can even go to sleep for several hours on a plane with these ear phones on. Note that they are much too bulky to wear while lying on your side (though who would try that anyway?). As for the sound quality, these ear phones are certainly excellent for my purposes. I am not using them for exquisite music listening; I am using them to survive my long-distance flights. I will never use the headphones provided by airlines, as 1) the sound of my trusty Panasonic RP-HT277 travel phones is infinitely superior to any airline phones, and 2) the idea of used headphones kind of grosses me out. I have found the sound quality of these phones more than ample to the task of playing in-flight entertainment as well as excellent for playing my ipod music and podcasts while I'm waiting in the airports. A note on durability: I have had these phones for a little over 13 months and have used them many times per week within that time. I have packed them into many a travel bag, have plugged and unplugged them, have run them through countless airport security X-ray machines. They are going strong, no muffling of sound, no shorting out of wires, no funkiness of any kind. They perform just as they did when I first got them. I highly recommend these head phones for anyone looking for a solid set of compact travel phones with some extra comforts like in-line volume control and cushy ear pads. They sound perfectly fine and they've been my trusty travel ally on many a long trip.
