Panasonic Wireless Bluetooth In-Ear Headphones with Sound Mic Controller & Quick Charge Function Black (RP-HJE120B-K)

It was okay at first. Not most comfortable but it was good price, decent sound quality. Now, the charging Light is broken. Don’t know when it’s fully charged. Hopefully the battery lasts more than a year

For years, I have had a favorable opinion of all things Panasonic. I have never had a Panasonic device that was made in Japan that ever disappointed me. The Panasonic VCR I purchased in 1996 still works.

In the past, I have purchased the inexpensive, in-ear, wired headphones that Panasonic sells a ton of here on Amazon, for instance the RP-TCM125-K. This RP-HJE120B-K is very nearly the wireless/Bluetooth version of those wired phones in every way. They sound identical.

UNIT FACTS
MODEL: Panasonic Ergofit Wireless In-Ear Headphones with Built-in Mic RP-HJE120B-K
DESIGN: In-ear
WEIGHT: 0.4 oz.
DRIVERS: 9mm neodymium drivers
FREQUENCY RESPONSE: Not listed
SENSITIVITY: Not listed
CONNECTIVITY: Bluetooth 4.1, SBC codec, 10-meter / 33-ft. range (claimed)
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY LIFE: 4 hours, 20 minutes hours (claimed), Battery type not noted, sealed, not intended for replacement.
CHARGE TIMES: 90 minutes to full charge, 20 minutes to 1-hour charge
MADE IN: China
WARRANTY: 90 days
IN THE BOX: Phones, Manual, USB / Micro USB cable, three pairs of earpiece sizes for adjustable fit
MANUAL: One-sheet, U.S./Canada information + French/Spanish language in separate manual
MSRP: $39.99 (at the time of this review)

COMPONENTS
The general construction of the phones is OK. They are inexpensive in-ear headphones. Nothing fancy.

COMFORT
Very comfortable, you can forget you have them on—when worn dangling the cord under your chin. But that is not how Panasonic tends to show them worn. Instead the pics of the product show them worn with the cord behind the users neck. And this is the way I would have preferred except the little plastic box mid-cable (which I assume holds the wireless electronics) tends to shift from behind the neck and to the right, toward where the right-side controllers are. This pulls on the left earpiece and also overly weights the right side of the neck, which is annoying.

BATTERY LIFE
Charged from fully drained to operational in about 20 minutes, as claimed. Seemed to get a full charge in just over 4 hours, so no irregularities from claims. Unit charges through a covered Micro-USB port in the controller.

CONTROLS
Three buttons on controller next to right ear: Power on/off + play/pause/answer + Bluetooth pairing button, volume up + next track button, volume down + rewind track button. Worked as claimed.

MICROPHONE
Included as part of the controller assembly near the right ear. Worked as advertised, with no complaints from those who heard me talk through it.

WIRELESS
For the most part, the unit paired and connected flawlessly EXCEPT it would not pair with my old Android phone running v5.0. Not sure why. The cell phone never showed it as an option. Other devices located the headphones easily. The claimed distance of about 30 feet is more like 20 feet in your typical home with walls. Outdoors, the reach better approaches claims.

GENERAL SOUND IMPRESSIONS
Again, these phones are pretty much the wireless version of similar Panasonic phones that Amazon sells here costing between $10-$20. The extra cost for these is not funneled into the sound but the Bluetooth capability. I put these headphones through the headphone and ear bud test at AudioCheck.net, and everything passed. The binaural knocking test was particularly impressive. Overall, for what they are, they sound good and have decent bass response.

PROS
+ Ready to use out of the box
+ In most cases, Bluetooth pairs quickly and easily
+ Simple controls work and can easily be operated by feel
+ Lightweight, unobtrusive—a great “listen while you’re working/exercising” headphones
+ Excellent sound, presence, and soundstage for such small, inexpensive phones

CONS
– With so little to them, these phones can be misplaced easily or covered with another item
– Failure to pair and connect with an Android 5.0 Samsung cellphone is puzzling, as they paired with everything else easily
– Shifting weight of the mid-cable box is annoying when worn behind the neck, as it tends to flop to the right side and pull on the left earpiece
– Panasonic U.S. does not have the manual in PDF form, though it claims it’s on the Japan HQ site, which also lacks it 🙁
– Warrantied for 90 days—Panasonic, you’re slipping

MIXED
– Made in China

IN SUMMARY
This is a great pair of everyday, every-use, wireless headphones. Most of the complaints are quibbles, and I find myself using these Panasonics far more often than my “pro” Wearhaus Arc wireless headphones.

Se escucha demaciado ruido con cualquier rose con la ropa y se atora un poco en la ropa.

Very confortable into the ears but uncomfortable counter weight through back. The battery power has very low durability. I guess normal according to the price.

Battery tilts to the right side.Troublesome to pair headphone again and again as it switches off automatically after 3-4 mins of inactivity. Swift delivery