I will start off my saying I love these headphones. My previous pair were the Bose in-ears and they lasted me 2 years until the cord-to-jack started coming loose.. The sound was unbeatable believe me. Ill give you some pros and cons for the Bose:

PROS(Bose):
-Lots of bass, to where I had to used treble booster for EQ
-The sound quality beat all other in-ears I've ever tried.
-The soft, cushiony tips are a great design; Some people hate the whole "ear plug" design. These are comfortable to where you forget they're there.
-Durable, long lasting. (if you take care of them)

CONS(Bose):
-Very long, rubbery cord that tangles
-Not very stylish
-Won't stay put if you're jogging or something like that. (didnt for me atleast)
-Didn't block enough sound for me. But surprisingly blocked a lot more than I thought- seriously.

Okay so the Bose's quality and sound pretty much make up for all the CONS so for $100 bucks, you can't beat it. Here's some pros and cons for the Skullcandy FMJ's:

PROS(FullMetalJackets):
-Cord is made of a sort of fabric material that never tangles
-Has a mic and call button. (You can pay $120 for Bose in-ears with mic)
-The cord length is perfect
-Look great!
-They really stay put in the ear..I never have to adjust them, Ever!
-Durable, metal design
-Sound iight. Can't complain to much.

CONS(FullMetalJackets):
-Not nearly enough bass for me. (Bose has like 3x more/ the Skullcandy Ink'd budds have a lil more than these)
-Sound quality isn't worth $70 at all.

Okay so my only issue with the FMJ's is the sound- it could be better. If your looking for a good solid pair of headphones that stay in your ear, look way cool, sound okay, and don't bother you to much, get these.

If you want incredible sound quality with A LOT of bass (which i love!) and don't mind paying an extra $30 dollars, then I'd HIGHLY recommend the Bose. They don't look 'cool' but its Bose, what do you expect?..

I have these in chrome. I mountain bike in them all the time, and go to the gym. Whatever the wires are coated in - it makes them never knot up. And the sound quality is amazing.

Got these for my dad to use on his business trip. I tried them out and I almost didn't give them back, the sound is awesome, the coating on the wires made them much easier to work with than my other buds and the color selection is impressive. Plus you can't beat the lifetime warranty.

I have the Black ones, with metallic cable, and the inline mic/toggle, and use it with my iPhone.

Bought these at an airport when my normal earbuds totally flaked out two months ago. GREAT BASS sound. Nice style.. These stay in my ear better than the type that sit in the groove on your ear (maybe it's just me, I don't see anyone else have issues, but if I move around much the other type never stay in).

Once again it may be just be, but I am able to turn these up louder on the bus to work without requests from people to turn my music down.. That equals a more enjoyable music experience for me, AND the people around me. With my old earbuds outside noise would get through to me, and my "irritating" hi-hats would get through to 50 somethings on the commuter bus, and despite turning them way up I couldn't hear as much, and bass? Forget about it.

I see some are not happy about the quality... well I've only had them two months so far, so I can't say too much.. hope they stay in good shape.

I stuff them in a small pocket on top of my backpack, and they don't get tangled too bad either..

Why not 5 stars? I can't stand the toggle sometimes.. with my apple earbuds, the toggle worked flawless: single tap is pause, double tap to next track, triple to go back.

With these:
The button is "jerky" so It's sometimes harder to get the same sensitivity (easier to mistakenly press twice instead of a clean triple tap)

Its one tiny button to locate (a pain in the neck when wearing gloves. The whole mic is like one big button with the apple ones),

And a lot of times the unit arbitrarily decides what your button taps mean: Like I may mean to double tap, but it's not quick enough, and it treats it as a triple tap??? Never if I try to do that on purpose though.

Verdict: Good sound quality, but not so great mechanics on the toggle. But you buy earphones for sound in the end right?.. by that measure it trumps any I've ever used.

I picked these up on Brociety for less than $40 with shipping. They're going back.

Just sitting at my desk typing, these headphones (the 11mm) were okay. The sound was mediocre, good bass, okay highs and muddy mids. I can deal with that for $40 headphones.

What I can't deal with is the random static noise that I got. I could be sitting completely still and they'd crackle. I'd try moving them around and they wouldn't crackle. I gave them an 8 hour work day and they crackled about every other song.

Save your money for something better.

These are good headphones for the money - got mine for 30 bucks on Brociety. The sound quality is very good for the most part. There are a few irritating things, though. First, the plastic ear pieces (a selection of different sizes come with the phones) come apart from the main part very easily (i.e. in your pocket), and I'm expecting to lose mine. There is some wire noise when you move your head around, and you get a lot of wind noise if you're riding a bike and not wearing a hat. All in all, I like them. Mine don't crackle or give static as mentioned below.

these earbuds are great. look cool. and you can slap really well. but they broke on me after about 3 months. i know i didn't blow them out or damage them. i know have the skullcandy holua and for the extra 30$ i'd definitely go for them

These are frequently on whiskeymilitia.com for about $30, which is where I picked mine up. I think these are the best sounding ear buds I've ever used, great bass and no tinny highs, very full sound. I discovered after I bought these that I have tiny ears (random and strange, I know) because I can't wear them for very long w/out my ears becoming irritated, even with the smallest covers on. So, if you already know that you have small ears, I would say don't get them, which again is highly random, but I just wanted to put that out there.

The headphones seem alright. I have a pair of SkullCandy Titans that are at the manufacturer for warranty issues. SkullCandy has great customer service. These arrived in a ziplock bag. There was no carrying case for them. Steap and Cheap has never done me wrong like that. But for thirty bucks, I guess that was a gamble I took. They are 100 times better than stock IPOD headphones. They have a little more bass and a little better sound quality than the Titans.

Agree with the sound quality, nice look, useful in the gym, etc. etc. But unfortunately (and consistent with many other reviews) something about these headphones are poorly engineered.

3GS comments (maybe applicable to other devices):
o For whatever reason, when the plug is fully inserted, iPhone 3GS skips between recognizing the headphone mic and not -- result is constant clicking and the sound adjusts between volume settings
o The mic button doesn't seem to do anything
o No volume control

My solution over the weekend -- before deciding to return -- was to slightly pull the headphone connector out such that 3GS is forced into one mode of operation. Using this hack, the headphones produce great sound (full bass and clear high ranges). That said, I can get even better sound quality and more confident engineering (no mic) with etymotics for the same price.

The new foam pads are RAD! They are like ear plugs, which mold to your ear. I use these for biking and running and with these new pads they don't fall out. Sound quality is good for buds, the inline mic is slick and the cord tends not to knot. Good buy.

These just showed up last night much to my delight. First thing I noticed is that the covers that go over the speaker into your ear (rubber as well as foam) go on and off the earbuds super easy. This concerned me a little. So I popped on the foam covers (causes the rubber ones completely suck) and started rocking out to some of my favorite jams. After about 15 minutes of listening I took the ear buds out, however when I took them out the foam tips were no longer on the earbuds, but rather still stuck in my ear canal. The only way I was able to get these out of my ears was by using a pair of tweezers. Thankfully I didn’t push them any deeper into my ear canal or damage my ear by having to stick a metal object deep into my ear to pull these out.

These “WERE” my 3rd pair of earbuds from Skull Candy and I have never had this problem with any others (Smokin Buds and Titanium Buds). Though the sound quality of the Full Metal Jacket buds are good, the risk of having something stuck in my ear canal each time I take them out and possibly damaging my ear drum trying to get them out is not worth the risk. I ABOSLUTLEY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THESE TO ANYONE. Save yourself a few bucks and go for the Titanium buds.