The earphones provided with my Ipod keep falling out so I prefer earbuds like this with silicone pads. I needed a spare pair because my Nexus 7 also takes earphones when I want to watch movies and I don't want to keep swapping them from the Ipod to the Nexus. So when I got an email for these at £2.99 with free delivery I thought I'd try them. They're great. Sound is easily as good as the genuine Sonys I bought off ebay (and much better than the fakes I go from there!) In fact this is the second pair I'm buying as at this price I want some spares for when I tread on one of the other pairs I've got. Only drawback is that the L and R are so small and there's no colour coding that I have to put a dab of nail varnish on the Left one so I can see what goes where.