After just over a year of use from my last headset, I pulled on the earbuds and one arm cracked. I didn't think much of it and planned to glue it back together when I got home from work.Plugged it in as I settled in from a long day at work.... and.... NOTHING. ? I fiddled with it and quickly realized it was not turning on. Seems the crack affected the charging system. ?Time to get a new headset. I looked at the same one because it wasn't a bad headset, was certainly rather great for a road cyclist as it had a feature where it let in some ambient noise for one to hear an approaching car... or a yelling spouse... Lol ?Bargain hunther that I am, I almost NEVER buy the most expensive anything, that's for moneybags that like to show off.I don't believe any but the most discerning ear can tell the difference between a 150 headset and this one. I know I can't. I've had 90 dollar Sennheiser earbuds and they were solid, but the range wasn't to my liking, it played heavily in the bass, great if Rap music is your thing, but I'm a Gen X New Wave guy that did listens to everything from the 60s on up.I took a chance on these BearTwo 990s and as soon as I plugged them in I was satisfied. Angels and Airwaves play a wide range of sonic songs and these units have just the right amout of bass but great mid-range and the right amount of treble, they don't hurt your ear or sound tinny.The music sounds as if I'm in a hall somewhere and the music app I use (Muzio Player) really make these BearTwo 990s sing.I wasn't keen on the look at first because the previous ones were every skin and light for what they look like but that was an illusion. Though these look bigger and thicker they are LIGHTER than the other ones. Neat engineering tricks with materials.The other device has a pull/pull operation, these you pull then hit a button on the front to retract them. EZ PeeZee. The mechanism didn't seem to have that solid a feeling completed to the other device, but thinking in it, because of the pull pull design I guess the spring had to be stronger. It's prolly a non issue but I'm anal and notice EVERYTHING. ? After all, I was a product reviewer for dirt bike magazines where I HAD to notice shall details in comfort and performance of the products.I gave the working of the BearTwo BT headset a solid 5. It works very well. I'm more than satisfied, I'm HAPPY ??? I gave the overall a 4 because I don't know it yet, have no idea on promised battery life or quality she longevity. I'll do a follow-up update in a few months.Oh yeah, excelling point, the company makes it very easy to register the product on their website via bar code scan and they offer A FREE 2 year warranty to fix or exchange the unit. Now THAT'S belief in it's product. ??????????***UPDATE***These earphones are A SOLID 5. The battery life is RIDICULOUS. I change this thing maybe one every 4 days. It's not continuous use but in a normal work day.In a previous job when I listed not if the day I could get 2 days use before needing to charge it.A side not. The voice you hear on turning on and pairing the unit is....an ASIAN woman. I'm so used to hearing an American or British voice on devices like this it took me a full 2 weeks before I stopped being annoyed. While the lady who did the recurring is trying her best, IT'S IMMEDIATELY NOTICABLE that English is NOT her first language... LolThink woman in the movie Full Metal Jacket, "Me love you long time..." Yeah, she kinda sounds like that. NO DISRESPECT AT ALL, is just unusual not to hear an American.I gotta say these are the BEST, most did BT headsets I have ever owned. Way 2 Go, BearTwo on the 992. I plan on writing the city itself in so pleased with unit.?????