I havent been able to wear sandals in the summer as my orthodics show, and I dont want to look like a dork. The bright color is an added plus since the charging case is small and can be hard to find at the bottom of a backpack. but once I put them on, I wasnt concerned about all the effort required. It works great for me but results may vary. Worse, putting these on actually dampens/muddies the AirPods sound quite a bit, so you have to turn the volume up even HIGHER to get the same sound level as just bare AirPods. Quality looks good. Wires too short for earbuds. The look is dressy. Read it, you will not be disappointed. I am so happy to know that engineers actually engineered this microphone, unlike 99% of the other microphones out there in this price range which appear to be random accidents, and have no ability to recreate the Human voice.