The shoes had form fitting padding, to keep their shape and placed in protective wrapping before being placed inside of a shoe box. With a good amount of bending it flexes very well and doesnt hold bent shape. To the companies credit they refunded my account as the product was not in stock. Take your pick. If you turn your volume up high enough, your jams will be audible, albeit on a low scale and quite muffled. The clamping mechanism delivered adequate clamping force to firmly hold a piece of 2x4 while I cut it with a hand saw. It leaves one ear free as is required by law. Nice looking comfortable fit. In comparison to the Lametric Time, which is only coloured on a quarter of the display on the left (the rest being white pixels only for text), this is an absolute steal. Putting on the case takes a bit of time to squish and maneuver around the case to get it to fit properly.