Immediately after my face felt fresher. It has the bits that youll need the most if you get stuck on the side of the road, and the bag is large enough to shove your keys and phone in, as well, which is a nice bonus. Love them so much I bought 2 pair, brown and black. UPDATE: Just been using them for over a week. Very easy to put together, good strong design. As I had hoped, most of it fleshed out the story a little more instead of just adding extra material for the sake of it. Nomad and Belkin. However, I have read other reviews from customers saying the shoes werent comfortable. It is a noticeable difference with my old headphones; although I dont think the old ones were specifically noise blocking, they did muffle noise while these AKGs do not. Waist of time !