For that reason I had to put a 4 star. I got these for my daughter and made the mistake of showing them to her, so I guess they wont go back. Not too sure how leak proof them are. I have no problem wearing these for a while when Im on playing games like Modern Warfare. But rest assured if you have a HyperX Cloud Alpha red headset or the limited Gold edition like mine it works right out of the box. I already like them better than my previous earbuds. Love it in my room! Were in the Upsidedown! For some reason, my initial thought when first taking to the floor on these wheels with the ABEC 7 bearings, was that I was skating over small pebbles. (Read reviews that they ran a little big & that was true.