Maxell HP/NC-III Foldable Lightweight Noise Cancellation Headphones

These headphones do what they say they will do, and the quality, etc. is fine. The PROBLEM is that the battery case hangs heavily on the cord, and at a very inconvenient location. If I am wearing a shirt with a pocket or a button up shirt, I can slide the battery compartment into those, although it makes me look like a doofus. You can't just let them hang loose, because they catch on everything. The reason 9 out of 10 headphones break is that the wires get pulled slowly from their connection to the ear pieces. Even if these don't eventually catch on something and get ripped out at once (which is what I am expecting to happen), they WILL eventually pull themselves free just by dint of the weight of the battery compartment. If I am lucky and careful, these things might last a few months. If it wasn't for that stupid battery compartment, they might last for years. Think of these as a really great chair that comes complete with a fat guy sitting in it that you have to ask to move every...Read more

The earpiece broke after th 3rd use. It is now trash and $39.95 down the drain. I would never recommend this headphone.

I am usually wary of products that propose that they are able to compete with other products of the same category, all while being a fifth of the price. Well, I fell for this one, and I encourage all those looking for real noise-cancelling headphones out there to avoid this product.

The headphones themselves aren't that bad, but don't let their pseudo-noise-cancelling abilities sway you from another product in the same price range. When they can't even cancel the sound of a computer fan, I highly doubt they'll be applicable in any situations in which you have envisioned their use.