A:Answer When they're in the case they're either charging and turned off, or if fully charged, turned off. I had my case fully charged, and then put in the buds. I came back three days later and they were fully charged. I used them until they died, put them back in the case and they were again fully charged within a couple hours without the case being plugged into a charger. Overall, the charging case works great, but I think the 6 hours is a bit short because I've had them in for hours and they work fine.