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[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Sony LinkBuds have a unique and innovative open ring, donut-shaped design that allows you to hear the outside world in addition to your music. Included in the box, are a handful of detachable silicone ear fins of different sizes. After some experimentation, I found the fins that fit my ears best. The lightweight buds feel soft but are still quite durable. Even after several straight hours of wearing, the compact and discreet buds felt very comfortable in my ears. Despite the buds small size, they deliver strong audio quality with a well-balanced, crisp and clear sound. However, the bass could be a bit deeper. The battery life of 5.5 hours on a single charge is good but not great. The voice call quality is suberb with excellent clarity. I love the ear-detection sensors that automatically pause my music when I remove a bud from my ear, and then resumes the music when I put the bud back in my ear. I also appreciate the buds' Wide Area Tap feature which allows me to tap my cheek to control playback. Although, these water-resistant buds don't offer noise cancellation and do allow environmental noise in, I don't mind so much. As someone who for personal safety reasons wants to be extra alert with an increased awareness of my surroundings, these earbuds achieve what they're designed to do and perfectly fit my needs.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] These Sony Linkbuds are Ahhhmazing! Crystal clear sound, connect effortlessly to my Galaxy phone and stay connected until I disconnect when needed, fit comfortably and securely with no ear irritation at all. This is the first time I've ever seen the open end, I'm used to the buds you jam in your ear canal and before that the big bulky headphones that make your head itch. I'm really enjoying the Linkbuds because my ear canal is open, no worrying about germs or yuck being pushed into my ear, BUT also the freedom of hearing what is going on around me without messing around taking them out. And being able to tap on my cheekbone or any area around the ear is so much easier than tapping the traditional buds I normally used, no loosening or knocking them out and onto the floor for the cats to play with lol. Finally and I can't express this enough...play around in the app! Do the ear analysis for proper fit and wing tip size, before I changed tips I didn't hear the bass as strong and they just didn't sound and great as I was expecting BUT once I found the analysis and saw I needed a smaller wing tip(super easy to swap out the included various sized ones) I seriously experienced the concert quality I crave. Even though the other tip fit well it wasn't "right"...so take the time to truly get it right before thinking these are subpar for Sony standard. Oh and also in the app you have so many customizable settings, equalizer, presets, bass boosting, the surround optimizer, your music apps, seriously so many things you can personalize to rock your world- literally. I honestly didn't think I would enjoy this style of buds because seriously I like blocking out the world with music, but these actually do give me that escape when I turn the volume up to mind deafening levels...and they still stay crystal clear! Truly a game changer in this boomer's listening life :)