No velvet coming off on my clothes and boy do they still hold onto the clothes well. What made them great before was how thin the straps are, so they dont dig into the top of your foot. So by purchasing this color and then buying the renewed charging base separate I saved $$$. Even if youre not a fan of any of them, you mustve at least heard of them. Nic This thing is big-so big that would not fit under my king size bed frame (metal Amazon frame that is used without a box spring). These dont have that aesthetic Im looking for, but they do look like monitors, which kind of makes up for it. If the podcaster is soft-spoken, turning the volume to 100% did not do much, I still had trouble hearing the words, and it comes with the more noticeable vibration. Because they are so narrow I have to wear thinner cotton socks. Definitely not B width, but wider.