They offer nice ankle support. Nikes. It?s a cute and works as expected! With the volume turned up all the way you?ll hear some crackling but I wasn?t expecting perfect sound quality at full volume and I didn?t buy it to DJ with or anything - I bought it because playing music in your hotel room when you?re away is great and I wanted something this size or so to travel with. Its a ridiculous amount of work. Am using this as a drying rack for my laundry room. The Other thing I really like about them is the boom on the microphone is extra long so its not in your mouth like some headsets. These adjusted and made space for all that mess. 5, so I gave them to her to try. I would, however, recommend these for anyone with normal feet and no knee or hip issues.