Reviews for Urbanears Medis PLUS Headphones - Black

I love the fitting of this headphone. Its crystal clear and the sound and design is amazing!! Love it!!

2 of 2 people found this useful

I bought these because of all the positive reviews. I don't know what others compared these to, but they are possibly the worst-sounding in-ear phones I've ever owned. Worst of all is the exaggerated lower mids. They sound like an old-school landline phone. They also get uncomfortable after a while and are not noise-isolating whatsoever.

15 of 19 people found this useful

For an average 5 6 adult - my perfect fit is the XL for the ear click.
If you are around 6 ft - this might be too small for you.

Design flaws:
The ear click is soft-sharp edged. Because the inner back of the ear is sensitive where you put it, it is quite painful. Perhaps they should've gone with a more smooth-rounded edge.

Solution:
One time I accidentally wore the left earphone to my right vice versa and it felt comfortable. The inner front where the ear click is suppose to be is not sensitive to the edge.

Moving (pro):
Stays in ear, I tested this while dancing with a lot of head movement.

Moving (con):
It is very light-weight and always feels like it's not on your ear and gives that earphones are about to fall off sensation.

Sound: Some of us like the volume really high - but this does not have that capacity. The overall music starts to crack. Though if you just lower the volume a tidbit down, it's pretty good.

Price: Too steep for a flawed design. Perhaps $40 is more fair.

*Good if you wear glasses, move a lot.

12 of 13 people found this useful

I bought these headphones mainly for bicycling around town so that I could hear my surroundings. They were great for that! The sound quality wasn't phenomenal but when I'm cruising on my bike I don't particularly care about that. The wind noise was quite loud but once again, not really a huge problem.

Where I have a BIG problem is that after only using these for a couple months the sound began to cut out intermittently. The problem is that where the cord connects to the device, the string type cord bends so much that it allows the internal wires to bend and break with very little wear and tear. I am very careful about bending the wires too, but when my iphone is in my pocket and I am biking around I can't help it sometimes that my iphone turns sideways in my pocket thus causing stress on the connection.

If it weren't for this I would have given these headphones 5 stars since they do exactly what they describe, but if they aren't going to last then what's the point? Too bad that these headphones have such a fatal flaw. 2 stars, one for each month that they worked.

7 of 7 people found this useful

The sound quality of these earphones is average at best. Base is very basic and the range is limited. They do hook to my ears well and are don't slip off.

The big issue I have with these earphones is that without fail, after every workout I do, the remote control stops working. The volume controls either stop working completely or start messing up sound volume randomly. This lasts for half a day before they start working again. For earphones that are supposed to be designed for workouts, this is a big disappointment.

Having said that, I do use them as my primary earphones, despite this frustrating flaw.

2 of 2 people found this useful

I bought a pair of these. One side had no sound and none of the earpads came close to being the right size. A complete failure as far as I'm concerned. The only bright side was that Apple refunded my money with apologies.

The sound from the working side did sound good.

3 of 5 people found this useful

Great material, great sound, great fit.

2 of 2 people found this useful

First off, these headphones sound excellent for everything. From music, to phone calls, to games, the sound is superb compared to other headsets.

On the BICYCLE bit. There's a lot of drag on them in the wind, meaning it creates a little wind tunnel outside your ears when getting up to 7MPH or so. Increase in speed, and the airflow noise increases as well. at 25MPH it's like you have your head out the window of a moving car at 50. Luckily they sound good enough to overpower the airflow noise, but do you really want that? This is my only complaint however. If it weren't for the bicycle, I would have given them a 5, but I ride almost 20 miles a day, which is what I primarily bought them for. As others mentioned, you can hear outside sounds fine, which was my primary concern. I can't have the full ear inserts as I want to hear my surroundings on a bike.

It's only my first day using them, and the click-fit feels a bit weird, but I know I'll get used to it. The microphone quality is great! one thing I found over trying different headphones with mics, is that some don't have a good quality mic, with noise cancellation. Some headsets if there's any noise outside or wind/airflow (on a bike or running) the person on the other end only hears the wind/noise, and can't hear you. These work just as good as Apple's technology in that category; perfect outgoing audio.

Packaging is amazing! heh, 6 out of 5 stars on that one. Even a logo sticker that matches the color of your headset. These guys care about what they're doing, or just make it look that way at least, as the info book is outstanding!

Overall, a great headset, but for the biking it may not cut it just for the airflow noise. I'm going to give it a few days though.
Anyone have other suggestions for a bicyclist, under $50, hear outside sound, great mic/controls, and comfortable? (I know someones gonna say the Apple earphones at $30). 8)

10 of 10 people found this useful

The reason why I hate the apple ear buds is because i swear they give me a headache when i'm using them. Maybe the person who reviewed these headphones was right. They're not for smallish ears (I don't think my ears are tiny either). If you don't like apple headphones, you may not like these.

I changed out the nubby piece so it doesn't hurt being in my ear...and these SOB's fall out when I'm working out non stop. So much so that I had to listen to the crumby gym music instead. I was sooo frustrated. I hate these headphones.

I bought them because my previous two pairs of jelly types eventually broke, I should just stick to those and spend a little more.

2 of 2 people found this useful