No their not waterproof so you cant go stand in water but they have a water resistant coating on the outside fabric so the danner online description shows. The mic is nothing exceptional, but it works as expected and Ive never had anyone in a chat room complain about sound quality or bothersome scratching or feedback noises. Guess they want to save it for potential sequel. Watching the Youtube Toyota OEM install video mentioned in these reviews, I notice the torque on the big bolts fastening the feet to the roof is 12 Nm (which I convert to 8. I was skeptical on buying this as it was not an OEM controller but seems to be ok. Fortunately these showed up, and I took a chance on the pre-order. After purchasing a couple other lightning audio cables, I only use this one for 2 reasons;1 no buzzing- audio is clean and clear. I ordered a size larger than I usually wear because several people indicated they run small, and because they have a sheep skin lining. Works very well in rain sleet and snow as well in rain in the summer. Especially so with acoustic music.