Reviews for Klipsch IMAGE S5i Rugged All-weather, All-sport In-ear Headphones with Mic

These headphones have amazing sound and a crystal clear microphone! The large controls are both a blessing and a curse as they are easy to adjust while running or at the gym, but occasionally get in the way (when running it thumps against my chest so I tuck it under my collar, but when tucked under my collar I hit it while bicep curling a bar of bench pressing so I tuck it into the cavity behind my collar bone... sounds tricky but you don't even think about it).
If my first pair ever wears out (currently over a year old) I will happily buy a second without hesitation!

I have been looking for the perfect earbud style headphones for awhile now. Ive been through countless pairs and these are the ones that finally stood up to the challenge. I workout with them, snowboard with them and they have even been through the wash a couple times....they're unstoppable ! They are amazingly comfortable for long car and plane rides and have great sounding audio. Mine fit perfect to my ear shape and block out everything around me on my bus commute. I strongly recommend !

These earphones are really great, comfortable and the ear phones that shape into your ear makes its impossible to hear anything other than your music (which can be dangerous when purposely ignoring your husband talking)..very resistant in all sports. Only thing I wished I could do was control how high the remote is..as I find it a bit too high for me (lays right on my sternum).

Hi I am a filmmaker, biker and musician.

First: the sound of Klipsch is great. It is warm but plain, so you can hear everything the song/audio has to offer without any excessive bass boost up. If you push them in, they completely isolate, if you don't, you can hear external sounds - needed when biking.

Then: On a bike under the rain is quite good, but there are two problems:
1. The mic-remote is far from the mouth and has probably [when I bought the headphone 2 yrs ago] the microphone in the center or in the bottom side. This means people won't hear you well in the traffic o in an open space. I tried replacing the item but it was exactly the same. Bending or tying it in order to shorten the cable did somehow the trick. Not that pro anyway.
2. The rugged microphone seems to be too big for a tight pocket.

Final note:
I recently tried earphones who have some way to touch the back side of your ear, and they diffuse the sound in a better way. Try it yourself: if you put a finger and connect the earbud with the larger part of the ear, you will listen every sound warmer and more present. This is because our ear is made to capture the sound with all the ear shape, not just the ear hole. So I GUESS in average earphones having a contact with that part of the ear should work better compared with the same earphones without a connection to the full shape of the ear. This also explains why ear-covering earphones work better. But we want it all: little, easy to carry, amazing sound, perfect mike-remote and of course not falling earphones.
For a biker, hearing a little bit of external sound is safer.

After a little over a year of regular use, the volume and play button stopped working. Not worth the money for the lack of quality.

I bought these as an extra pair to wear them on snowy or rainy days. I have the Bose Mie2i for regular days.
A lot of people have talked all the good stuff about these headphones. I agree with most of the reviews.
Here is my 2 cents:
1. The do not stay put... they constantly fall out.
2. Not great for walking you hear the rubbing noise from the cord touching your clothes.
3. They shock you... Yes you read right... they frequently shock you especially on dry weather. I thought I had a faulty pair but after reading about it on the web I realized that this is something they do... It is not painful... it is uncomfortable especially when you do not expect it.

I'll probably go through this a little more specific so that people can get a grasp of my idea of what the headphones feel for ME.

Sound - The sound is on top premium quality, although there are muffles here and there everything is heard through out the song. Testing it, the highs were clear but there were a few cling and tangs that sounded out of order but still felt natural enough for me that it didn't really put me off. The Mids are perfect, without any distortion and with perfect comfort the Mids really played out well without any form of muffling or even vague ticks that i didn't prefer. The Lows although some people are very opinionated about the lows as it's an important part for many people it is perfect for me. It's balance with the music although some people don't understand that bass is not the most important thing, it's a perfect balance giving enough oomf that it doesn't distort or magnify anything you don't need. I give the sound 4/5

Quality - The quality gives it quite the gift, although it would've been nice for it to untangle more easily, it's made easily tangible for it to be portable. The build on it feels very natural and with the metal buds and quality of the ruggedness you can feel the protection in the rubber. The remote is perfect for me as i do a lot of sports including basketball, skipping, weight lifting, power lifting and just training in general; without any problem i was able to fall through all that without any form of problem as i put the headphones around my ear and have the clip on so that the vibration doesn't make the headphones fall out. 5/5

Build Design - Although the remote could've been smaller after some personal time with it, it's become perfect. I've never had the problem of it becoming accidentally pressed, the large size makes it almost impossible to press accidentally unless you're always touching your chest at a constant rate but the design of the actual buds are very well put into. If you clip the headphones and have them over the ear with the nice fit of the buds it makes it an absolute match. The buds because of their oval shape they are very comfortable and never fall out of my ears, sometimes though i feel it puts air in my ear but if i just pull the top of my ear upward it releases the air. The only problem i have with the concept is the way the headphones tangle and the remote could've been just a little bit smaller 4/5

With the casing that comes with strobe lighting and a flash light and it's a very hard rubber case it allows perfect holding material that i believe is klipsch quality. Without fail these headphones i got for $100 i feel very satisfied with and plan on becoming a loyal customer to klipsch. Even though i was skeptical at first because it was a company i was not familiar with physically i feel quite relieved that this satisfaction with them are high.

Worked for me as advertised.

My sweat on long bike rides or on an elliptical does not affect its performance despite having the cord and microphone/controller under my shirt on my bare skin.

I bought these earphones because of the huge controller on them and it works great. I found other controllers too small and difficult to find the right button. with these, there are 3 easy to find buttons ( +, - and a play button). so you don't even need to be looking at it to use them, you can just feel the difference between the buttons with is invaluable for a number of activities such as running, biking, skiing etc. and it will be great for the winter because you'll be able to use the controller with gloves on.
Sound is great as expected from Klipsch.

These headphones fall out of my ears constantly. The controls are so sensitive that sometimes brushing against my coat pauses the music. The sound is not very good, and they were more expensive than they need to be. Do not buy these - I completely regret it.