Philips SHB4000/00 Bluetooth Headphones for Wireless Music with Call Control

These headphones are, in a word awesome. I paid £25 from Amazon and at that price they are a steal.I've tested them on an iPhone 4s, Ipod touch 3, windows 7 and xp.They work fantastically (with the exception of XP, BT 2, dongle) and you can forward, back and pause tracks on Spotify.The iPhone integration is excellent.If you don't read any further these are worth buying.XP doesn't work well with BT headsets, there are work arounds but that's not why you're here and life is too short!!!!On the whole these phones give pretty good sound reproduction. Certainly on a par with entry level wired headphones.There is good (enough) bass and treble. The midtones can be a little muddle if you are listening to dance music. Acoustic and rock, they are quite brilliant. Crisp vocals and substantial bass.Compared to my expensive wired Sennheiser headphones there is a discernible difference. They don't go to '11' and the sound isn't quite as "full".But I've been using these consistently in the kitchen, while torturing food, and freaking love them.The build isn't what you'd call quality but they are light and don't look too tacky.They are pretty robust but have no padding on the head band. Given the diminutive weight this isn't a problem.Prolonged wearing isn't an issue as they are very light and reasonably comfortable.Compared to a sound dock, when cooking, these give a much better reproduction of sound. I now know the words I've been singing are often wrong!!!!!Battery life is good lasting 5 or 6 hours between charges.The range is what you'd expect from BT. I can walk around the house and it only drops out when I get to the extremities. Entirely sufficient.The mic works for taking calls but isn't a projection mike... it works and isn't too bad given the physical constraints of the receptor. You can hear and be heard, enough said.Things I dislike, when you press the control buttons you can hear a pining noise as they click. Not a deal breaker for me.... I turn them up as loud as they go and that's it for me!!!!All in all a great headset for the money. If I'd paid the now asking of £45 I'd have given them 4 stars.Unless you are spending bigger money then you won't do better. At the £50 mark I'd maybe consider the LG Tones, as long as in-ear headies are your thing. If not buy with assurance that you won't be disappointed.

I was looking for a pair of Bluetooth headphones to use while watching the TV in bed so I didn't disturb my wife.The headphones synced very nicely with my iPhone and are great as they control the track play as well as the volume.Connecting to a PC was a little more difficult due to the fact that Windows 7 does not natively support audio over Bluetooth and needs to have the correct drivers which will automatically download with a Bluetooth dongle if you choose the right one.It took me a couple of hours to get these working on a PC with an old build, hunting down the relevant files yet installed first time on another PC so I think this issue is more Windows related than the fault of the headphones.When they are working the headphones are good enough for the money I paid, this was £25 which is half the RRP. I would have been slightly disappointed with the sound quality, particularly the base if I had paid the full price.The headphones are light and the batter last hours so its very comfortable to wear for long periods of time.Over all I think 4 stars represents a very good score for these headphones at £25, I would drop to 3 stars if they were £50

Nice headphones but have to keep charging even when not in use

Been using them for about two weeks.Firstly, they was delivered fast, and easy to set up.They are great. They arent the loudest, they probably dont have the best sound (I usually use earphones, but fancied something wireless - and these are decent enough) By no means is the sound bad, they go to a decent volume.They arent great at blocking out sound, but i suppose it depends on how much you concentrate on whats around you, and at what volume.For a decent pair of wireless headphones that probably last 10-15hours on a charge which is plenty (takes about two hours to charge) I would recommend these.**FEW MONTH DOWN THE LINE EDIT**Still use them, primairaly sat in the office and theyre fine.Only slight nag is the low battery warning is when its at about 3% so youre listening away then BEEP BEEP BEEP in your ear which happens intermittently for about 5 mins then they shut down waiting for a re-charge.Yes the light probably does change colour, but while youre listening to music you cant see it.Still, its not the biggest issue. Battery takes about 2 hours tops to charge and should easily last over 12 hours.Also the range you can step away from your device is immense. about 20M and 4 walls and it still works for me.

i bought these headphones for £20 the price that they were showing at the time when the product arrived they had put them Upto 26.99 so when they arrived they took the money out of my account 26.99. i didn't want to pay £20 but I thought I would try them. They have no umphhh at all just treble not worth the money. Get the nice white ones I forget the make but they are 16.99 they are quality

Very light, almost too light if that is such a thing with headphones.Nice feel and well thought out, the ear pads are angles forward to remove earlobe strain and really works, The braille on the left ear to easily identify in the dark. A well thought out design all around.Sound is good with a solid bass, but not DJ heavy bass.Good strong Bluetooth and the buttons work for play/pause, etc.Overall for the price very nice, only negative is that the cups have foam covers and I really am not a fan as they could rip.We will see as I know foam pads are cheap to buy third party should that be the case.Over all not s good as my Dr Dre's but a very simply elegant functional and light set of headphones for every day use.