The headphones have a braided sleeve for the cord, rather than a plastic one for the audio jack. I LOVE FITLOPS! The description from SkullCandy says 6 hours, and I have found that to be more of a minimum. I cannot properly convey the joy I feel about this headset after going through numerous subpar headsets! Ideal for anyone with neuropathy. I always but Reef flip flops. I was like kind of on the not wanting to order side bc of the comments I was reading that they come too small etc . Overall a nice headset. No waiting for it to boot up or anything like that. Rating is based on fit and not performance.