RED5 Black Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds and Rechargeable Speaker Charging Case Set

ear buds don’t work
ear buds,don’t work ,very dissapointed,as I bought 2nd thinking it will working,definately a manufacturing problem,won’t be buying again

When earbuds don’t charge
Good little system. I notice that some people are saying that the earbuds don’t work. I had this problem and then realised that you need to remove the small blue cellophane cover on each earbud charging points. Works perfectly after that.

Really interesting idea and very sturdy, but let down somewhat by poor playback times
This feels like a really tough and rugged little speaker set, ideal for camping or the beach, etc. I’ve never seen this kind of combo before, and was fascinated to see what it’d be like. It does have one big drawback, which is a pity, as in many ways I really like the idea.It came nicely boxed, with a slide-off slip-cover style box, which makes it very suitable for gift-giving. Out of the box it’s a fair bit larger than I thought, but that’s not necessarily a problem. It’s also a noticeable weight, though I’d happily take it away with me camping, as it really does feel like a robust unit.The two main sides are hard plastic but completely covered in black speaker-mesh fabric, whilst the two shorter side ends are a tough black plastic, one with the opening to the earphones and the other with power in/out, auxiliary and a micro-SD card slot to play MP3’s. The two longer ends (top and bottom) are rubberized silicon, with the bottom being a thick piece to render it non-slip, and the top having large push-press controls on it. The general feel is of quite a nice solid, sturdy piece of kit.The main two sides seem to both emit sound, and the sound is surprisingly good. It certainly has a good top volume, and the bass isn’t terrible. It did top out on the highs at full volume, but for the price it’s really not a bad speaker at all.That the speaker is also the charger case for a set of earphones is really novel. It’s one of those things where I’m not really sure that it’s actually saving any space, and I can’t really see where you’re benefiting from it, but it’s kinda interesting. The touch-sensitive earphones are a little shorter in the stem than any others I own, but reasonable in use, and light to wear. They don’t have a huge range at the lower end—but that’s true of any earphones in the price-point, so not really a criticism; it’s unfair to compare them to a pair of Denons or Bose. They’re reasonably clear for listening to podcasts and the like, as well as music. They connected up to my Android phone and my OH’s iphone with no problems, and can be used to answer calls. One thing I would say is that I cannot open the lid on the earphones section for love nor money, unless I use a knife or teaspoon or the like; it’s just too stiff! There’s not enough of an indent there to get a fingernail underneath, to get leverage.So…the drawback? Well, to me it’s a big one, and it’s playback time. On a full charge you get a little under three hours of speaker time, and that’s not much. You also then have to charge it for three hours to get a full charge back in. For a similar price, I can get a super-compact speaker with 6 hours of playtime for just a 45-minute full recharge time. I can get a wireless unit of about the same size offering two 3W speakers and 12-hours of playback for just ten quid, and that one’s also got a waterproof rating. This unit gives no speaker size, and mentions no waterproof rating, even though it has a carry-strap. Mostly though, I just think the speaker playback time is just too low for a unit of this size.Unfortunately the earphones, if anything, fair worse in the playback stakes. For sixteen quid I can get a pair of earphones with 30 or 40 hours playback. These earbuds offer a playback time of just three hours, and a charge time of one and a half. It’s particularly disappointing considering both the size and weight of the unit, which combine to make you believe that it really should be able to hold a fair-sized battery. So…a pity. Given their combined playback time, it’s really not worth taking them anywhere for even a day.There’s also no explanation of how the power is divided up when you’re charging the two separate 1200mAh and 300mAh batteries. There’s no switch to choose to put power to one or the other, the power just goes in, and you presumably have to wait until both batteries are powered at the same time, at a slightly reduced rate.Star-rating, then? That’s hard. I really love the idea of this, I just wish that they’d spent a little more time at the design/prototype stage to think about usage. The premise is intriguing enough that I would have been prepared to spend a little more to get something with more workable playback times. I feel like I should take one star off for the poor speaker playback time, and one star off for the poor earphone playback time, but then again that feels harsh, given the price of the unit. For eighteen pounds you’re getting an interesting little curio here. So I’m going to take one star off for combined poor battery time, as the general build quality feels good, and the unit look quite nice, if a little bulky.I hope the manufacturer will come back to this idea and spend some time making some tweaks.