Skullcandy - Push Ultra In-Ear True Wireless Sport Headphones - Black

Skullcandy - Push In-Ear True Wireless Sport Headphones The version being tested is V1.5; Firmware V3.2.23, summer 2020 I’ve tried wireless (literally, no wires between earbuds or phone) earbuds before. Unfortunately, those previous efforts proved too frustrating to establish reliable Bluetooth connections. These Skullcandy earbuds are the easiest to connect of any other wireless earbuds I’ve used. Skullcandy’s App, is pretty limited in its functions, but it makes setup and achieving a reliable connection a breeze. I’ll get into details below, but spoiler …. very nice sound, but with comfort issues for me. SETUP: Before you do anything else, install the Skullcandy App on your phone (iOS or Android). The App provides the most readable, most convenient, and most complete instructions. You’ll be directed to connect to Bluetooth, and the result is quick and repeatable. Low frustration. There are 3 buttons on both earbuds that control every function. Redundancy that’s useful. It also means Skullcandy can enable a mono, single-earbud-only feature if you want to use only one earbud with full feature control. They both are fully functional as mono earbuds or stereo, and the earbuds know when one is being used, as long as you place the unused earbud back in the case. The case is reasonably sized, but it’s a bit bulky for a pocket. It’s soft-touch and zippered closed for a reliable storage and charging solution. The case can be charged by the included cable as well as a charging plate. Although a longer button press turns off the earbuds, simply placing them back in the case does the same thing, and begins the charging process. SOUND and COMFORT and USABILITY: Great and Not Great and Very Good I really liked the sound quality. Very nicely balanced, broad tonal range with no extraordinary emphasis on any frequency. A button sequence gives you a “Music or Movie or Podcast” sound contour. This is an easy to get used to earbud with everything I listened to sounding enjoyable. I can easily recommend the Skullcandy based on sound, and my wife’s very favorable response to these earbuds suggests to me that they will be liked by others, also. I really didn’t ever get completely comfortable with how these earbuds felt. They are very nicely designed and I love the way the supporting “hook” can be adjusted to ensure a snug and reliable fit. These earbuds, although unique in their style, remind me of the original wired Apple earbuds (if you add that “hook”). The material is a bit hard, designed to rest (as opposed to pushed) in the outer ear structure, and shaped so the sound is aimed down the ear canal without a tight fit. My wife has good luck with this design. Oddly, my left ear accommodated to the feel eventually. My right ear was never happy with the feel. I know; it’s me. My wife will lay claim to these. This is a reminder that personal comfort and a good return policy is important. My wife won’t let me send these back, but try them out for yourself. That very easy and fast Bluetooth connection was repeatable and reliable. I did have occasional, very brief (1-2 second) sound interruptions that needed no intervention from me to get back to normal playing. Other Features: Bluetooth Version 5.0 # IP67-rated for protection against water, dust, and sweat. # Skullcandy includes access to TILE software and you have a pretty effective “FIND MY EARBUDS” feature. For no added charge there is a basic TILE functionality to send a warbling sound to the earbuds so you can find where they’ve fallen. # Charging times:1 hour to charge earbuds in the case to 100%; 2 hours for the case to charge to 100%.. # Play Times: 6+ hours for earbuds; 10 minutes of charge provides 2+ hours’s of play time. Keep the charge/storage case with you because there is 34+ hours of additional playtime available in the case before it needs recharging. SUMMARY: There’s a lot to like about these earbuds. The sound quality is very pleasing and encourages long-term listening. Set-up and connectivity is fast and easy. TILE “Find My Earbuds” is thrown in as an added feature. The stability of that connection is mostly reliable, although I had some infrequent, very short, self-correcting, sound hiccups. If I have any reservations, it’s about comfort. But, this should not be a surprise. Earbuds especially, and especially of this design, are completely dependent on how your ear anatomy matches with this shape. Skullcandy has a one-size fits all design, that may not fit everyone. I can recommend them on sound quality, but you will want to try them on for fit.

I hate these headphones. First things first the discomfort of these headphones is ridiculous, the hard ear peices makes it hard for me to keep these on for very long. The sound quality is average for the price of these headphones. I bought these maybe 3 months ago and the right flap is literally about to break off, and the left ear flap won't even bend around my ear anymore. Basically making both of these impossible to even wear anymore! I knew I should have bought the galaxy buds on black Friday.. whenever my new headphones come in setting this garbage on FIRE.

I didn't find them to be comfortable for extended wear. I found after more than an hour caused a small amount of pain where they came in contact with my ear. One of them broke and I haven't had them for 30 days.

I have been looking for a reasonable good sounding under $100 dollars.skullcandy push Utra in ear true wireless Sport fits this bill.at $79.00 dollars.The sound is good won’t make you deaf,and very easy to use.The phone works great with true hands free.The other big plus is its water proof,and comfortable to wear Easy to charge,love the charge o case fast charge easy to carry.

I've had these headphones for 2 months exactly with normal everyday use at work, on the go, doing chores, being active. They've been great so far but just a day ago one of the bendable ear hooks has broken inside the silicone wrap causing a weak point. This is very poor quality and really hinders the ability to form the bendable hook comfortably around my ear. I can't believe it only lasted two months before breaking!

Skullcandy push ultra comes in to a market that's already flooded with so many competitors that are trying to push true wireless earbuds for everyday activities and workouts. In a market so saturated with quality and affordability these earbuds crashed and burned at their attempt with this flagship. Lets dive in and see what they attempted and if the execution matched the attempt. First off let's talk about the basics, which are what you can expect to receive out of the box and my first impressions. Out of the box your going to receive the earbuds, case/charging dock, usb-c cable, and a set of basic instructions. My first impression of these buds was that i actually thought they looked simplistic yet still carried a slight elegance about them so that they didn't appear to be too cheap. I was a little disappointed to see that they were not actual ear buds, as in they go inside the ear canal, but rather they sit outside the ear canal resting on the bridge instead. Once i saw this set up i already knew audio quality wouldn't be superb, but that's ok cause i don't expect studio quality from wireless ear buds anyways. Set up was very easy and you are provided a free app to assist in this category. The earbuds did fit very securely around the ear and were probably one of the best fitting earbuds i have worn during a gym workout. Battery life was good and yielded me about 2 hours of run time pending my settings and how i used them. Audio quality was just what i expected it to be. It was decent. High hats and mids along with my vocals came through just fine with decent clarity and bass was not there as was to be expected. During a workout at the gym i got a lot of noise pollution entering through the earbuds. Since this set up doesn't actually fit inside the ear canal or cover your ears completely like a over the ear set up, you get a lot of noise pollution coming in and drowning out your music. All i know is that i heard less of the music i was playing and more of what Tony at the gym was planning after work. So why the 1 star review? When testing this product i put it up against 5 other "true wireless earbuds" and tested it against functionality and performance. First off lets talk about this app and how it feels like its still in Alpha stage. As of writing this review there is almost no point in having the app and is personally a waste of space. It basically is a place to go if you need instructions or wanna buy more Skullcandy product. There is no built in audio pre-sets, no equalizer, no HUD, no volume controls, heck you can't even see current battery health. But hey who needs a app to help fine tune a product anyways right? I mean after all it should be battle ready out of the box right? First off there were two big issues i noticed right away. The Bluetooth audio kept losing connection. And yes i checked all my pre-requisites on my end when trying to keep the connection. One earbud would be connected to my music while the other would be dropping out. Since most earbuds piggyback off the other i knew this had to be a issue with earbuds themselves vs a issue with my device. When my earbuds finally gave out and it came time to charge them this is were i noticed my second issue and big headache. I went to put the earbuds in the case to charge and you could feel the magnets pull the charging tabs to meet so they could charge the earbuds. The earbuds would light up red for a few minutes then they would cut out. I noticed they were not making good connection and that i actually had to physically apply slight pressure in order to get them to register so they could charge. The charging ports on the earbuds are these two tiny holes that the case needles have to thread through in order to make a good contact point. What i don't understand is why they didn't use a strip instead of two tiny holes making contact an obvious issue for the buds as charging could only be done if slight pressure was applied to help keep the connection. Oh and you cant charge the unit with the case closed, it has to be opened or it won't charge at all. It became so annoying that i eventually gave up on them the next time they died out and ended up just grabbing another earbud set i owned. Since these earbuds don't actually go in the earbud there is no earbud adapters to fit your ear size. This unit is basically a one size fits all kinda deal. Here's the bottom line guys. I like Skullcandy alot. One of their best headsets and one i still use alot to this day is their Skullcandy Crusher noise canceling headset. I really wanted to like this set up but when you go from their previous push design to this, you can see a very big difference in quality. This wireless earbud set almost feels incomplete and doesn't hold a torch to the previous push design. Besides the fact that audio quality is average at best and you get lots of noise pollution entering through. Its hard to ignore the lack of a useful app set up and a horrible charging dock. If your ok with random dropouts, noise pollution and the occasional struggle just to get it to charge, then grab yourself a set. But for those of us on the go who just got home from a long day of work and is just trying to get a workout or run in to help unwind, the last you want is aggravation from your headset. Listen at this price point there are plenty of other earbuds out there that sound better and function better. Heck pick up Skullcandy's previous push earbuds. Those ones worked and sounded better. For me this is a hard pass.

There is a good sound,the only thing is don't have a good reception they disconnect if you are 4ft away it's a little bulky I wish they can make it little smaller and I have a pain on the ear bone after having for a couple hours of use besides of all this everything work fine.

The Skullcandy was a fresh change from your average in-ear headphones that are on the market now-a-days, the one thing that stood out to me about these headphones is that they do not have the little silicon bits that go into the ear canal. I have several pairs of that type, and can get a little annoying wearing them for long periods of time. The Push Ultra were easy to pair and at first sat a little odd on my ear, this is mostly my fault as you can really bend the ear hook to fit your ear! Once I started playing with this hook the fit became a lot more comfortable. I do prefer this sort of headphones because I can listen to music for long periods while working, which is typically one at a time. Audio quality overall is decent, that is the one difference between these and those that sit in canal, has it's ups and down, but if you are looking into this sorta headphone you aren't expecting noise cancelling. For me I use them a bit while sitting at my workstation so it helps to not disconnect me from what I am doing, while keeping my music to myself. The one thing that kinda bugs me is the skullcandy app, the app searches for your headphones every time I open it, instead of keeping paired headphones known(At least in my experience). It does find my headphones, only a couple times has it hiccuped and tried to make me re-pair my headphones, I just close the app and reopen it. Other than that, when you go into the app it says equalizer and shows you the mode, but does not allow you to change anything about this mode or create a custom if you would like. For the most part I am simply just going to use the headphones and keep the app closed leaving it in my app drawer. I do like that once paired, you can have a controls walk through which helps if you're curious about the buttons. Speaking of, that made me think of the fact that there is no customizing the buttons(that I can see), just in case you may have that question. Lastly the case, which charges your headphones, I do like that it zips up and keeps your headphones safe and clean, for me I toss the case into my backpack, but it's nice to know they are sealed. The case is nice and compact, the headphones fit right in, there just isn't any wiggle room, so putting them back in the case will change the mold on the earhooks a little causing me to remold them again, this isn't that big of a deal, it just brings up the thought in the back of my head is how many times can I remold them, would there be an eventual wear and tear on these that cause the hook to become flimsy? So far no signs of that but it is a question. Overall I really like the headphones, they really work for my purpose and are light enough that they do not bother me over a long period of time. As mentioned before, I love that these are in ear, not in the canal like most headphones now. Skullcandy does have some slighlty less expensive in-ear headphone with that if you are looking for, the price on this whole line of new headphones is great, I honestly wouldn't mind trying the others at their price point! I would definitely recommend to my friend checking out the skullcandy headphones and see which fits their needs as they will likely find one at a great price!