However, as another reviewer mentioned, there is a crease that is already developing on the top of the shoe that goes around to the side. Audio quality is fine for audio books. Also, there is a rubber band around the front of the shoe, is this for style? All I know is that the rubber band does what rubber bands do, SQUISH! If you want to pinch pennies continue to do that, but sooner or later you will hear about PWAH & you will finally buy it & you will wonder why it took you so long. Its also nice because it helps me keep my devices all together in one place, and has some space for me to put in the charger. A note - the brackets are slightly different from each other. BTW it?s an 8S iPhone with a protective case and back pocket with credit cards and depth (thickness) of phone fits fine with the side brackets alone and to add the security of brackets is GREAT! This is my favorite hearing aid cleaning tool. I have never purchased a product which is so tight/small for the size listed. - Waterproof: Ive tested the waterproofing of the headphones and can testify that it does work.