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

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'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.

So, I'm not sure about this cord noise people talk about because the reason I use headphones is for gym workouts, and I'm too busy working out and listening to my music to notice any possible "cord noise." That being said, I've always wanted an iPhone-compatible headphone that had some sweat resistance since I've broken almost every headphone I've had that had a built-in mic/track controls due to sweat (S4i's, Apple's iPhone headphones and in-ear bud headphones, Sony iPhone headphones, etc.). These have so far stood up to my sweat without a problem. I can still skip tracks, answer calls, etc. even though the control unit is somewhat drenched. The headphones are very noise-isolating just because they provide a good seal in your ear canal... some may complain that it's too much noise cancellation, and I'd just respond by saying well don't use these in a car or riding a bike on the street (unless you have the volume turned way down). There are plenty of headphones out there that don't have good ear seals that will have less noise isolation but you'll also get a less impressive sound profile from them (less bass comes to mind). Anyway, I love these headphones for the purposes they were made for (adding sweat/moisture resistance to the S4i's). Hopefully they'll continue to work for a very long time.

I had been using Shure headphones for a few years (the SE110 and now the upgrade of the SE115K) and had the music phone adaptor that Shure made that I had bought with it. The Shure's I would say block out 98% of noise where these only about 90%. These are however more comfortable to wear and the sound otherwise is just as good. I switched to the Klipsch because the Shure's would break every 6 or so months. Shure was really good if they broke to send a replacement for no charge so hoping the same with these Klipsch ones (although my big reason for choosing these now is the "rugged" tag on them, which I am hoping will avoid this from happening).

Phone functionality is good on these, although I have been told that you can tell I am on a headset when using them for phone calls. I would have ideally expected perfect quality being that these are a wired headset and not bluetooth.