I can not say enough about the Talk 45 or the Stealth items. If you get a phone call and pull the bluetooth out of your pocket and the flip gets caught on the edge of your pocket you will break the flip (this is what happened the second time). Also wish that the print actually lined up with the top and bottom piece But 9 is fine. Well worth the price and highly recommend them for a cheap quality set of earphones Only time will tell how durable they are. Only had for a few days but so far so good. Its minute but the differences make a large difference on my iphone xs max playing pubg mobile. We needed to haul some decking and this saved the day. It is thick and made of a material that should definitely hold up to kids twisting it, chewing on it and jerking it.