I had the Howard Leight (and still do) but I picked these up as well and theyre definitely worth the extra money for the comfort. It would really be better if you could just order the actual size. He wore is other slippers out and is in need of a new pair. My wife ordered at least 10 dresses in an effort to find the perfect dress for her company holiday party. Along with your user manual you receive a quick guide which tells you about control function, ear hook replace, auto pairing and auto power off. In fact, if not for this, I may have kept them despite the other issues. It gets very loud for the size and the mids and highs are very crisp. I got the box from the mail and I didnt even realize that it was my earphones. They connected just fine, but always reported either 85% or 100% battery to my phone screen, even when they were dying from a lack of charge, so that feature just outright doesnt work. They worked for a little while.