Not designed for players with wide feet, [probably] hence the splitting. If I werent needing them tomorrow, I would return them for the color I had ordered. These looked like a quality set of earbuds, so I bought them. I sent an email explaining the problem and received an answer within hours! Does the job as expected. The furry ball popped off in less than a week and the case is two pieces. It works with Apple Car Play, I installed it a couple of days ago and it has worked as expected so far. I was trying not to like these because I had just spent $100 on shoes the week before and I had planned to send these back. The bench was missing a piece necessary to assemble it. These earbuds are amazing for the price.