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Review on 🎧 LG Tone Flex HBS-XL7 Neckband Earbuds with HiFi DAC Tune by Meridian Audio, Bluetooth Wireless, Black by Darryel Tokarczyk

Revainrating 3 out of 5

If you mainly listen to podcasts.?

You probably don't need this. My other 4 sets over the years have had 2 sets of buttons. Volume +/- and FW/REV skip or scroll. XL7, the latest version, only has volume and a awkward "skip to the next track" that doesn't seem to work. If I press and hold one of the "Vol +/-" buttons as instructed, the audio just toggles down. So the option to scroll ads in podcasts isn't left. Before, I just grabbed the neck and scrolled. Now I have to use my phone to scroll. Since I play podcasts 8-12 hours a day while I'm at work, that means I'm taking out my phone 60-90 times a day just to get ahead. The Tone & Talk app offers some customization for button usage. But not everything that allows you to change volume +/- to scroll +/-. This feature would be ideal. Let your users change the function of the button as they like. I think most users would ditch the volume buttons to have other features on previous models. positive moment. The sound is cleaner than my old models. I also like the multifunctional on/off button instead of the toggle switch found on older models. The new on/off method is to hold the pause button for 2 seconds.

Pros
  • New
Cons
  • Slightly torn