It's anybody using a hard case for their headphones? If so, which one?

Thanks 

Is anybody using a hard case for their headphones? If so, which one?

Thanks 

Lycanthrope wrote:

To quantify is difficult, but on a 25 minute walk I can recall the signal cutting or skipping slightly, missing a small section of music, between 10-20 times, but each event lasting a split second.

Tried mine yesterday, 35 mins walk to grocery store and back with 11 dropouts. That's once per song let's say. 🙂

No, I won't say this is unacceptable taking into the account it is bluetooth afterall and sometimes my Apple Trackpad loses BT connection with Mac Mini sitting at the same desk. Still, not 100% happy because I find myself more waiting and anticipating next skip than listening to the playlist. This might change once I get used to it.

Yesterday's walk was with the iPhone6 in the right pocket of my sweatpants, iPhone in original silicone cover. Today I'll try putting the phone in the right pocket of the jacket (closer to headphones, even if still in pocket) and see if it changes anything. H8's FW is updated to the last version. I'll share my findouts.

And I've just been out for a 1 hour walk with my baggy air-force trousers and didn't experience a single cut-out 🙂

I got a GoCase (F2?) for mine, H8s fit nicely and the charging/audio cable fit in the little pouch inside the D loop.
It's a tad expensive but has a good level of quality. Couldnt justify the Hard Graft leather pouch, however nice it is.

http://www.gocase.com/products/f2-case-for-fold-flat-headphones

Unfortunately my second testing went very bad - even if I was actually walking down the same route as first time. Putting my iPhone in the left pocket not only caused dropouts, but actually completely broke the BT connection between H8 and the phone so they needed to reconnect. Dropouts also very frequent in other pockets, so the headphones aree effectively unusable.

It is clear that Beoplay H8 is a faulty product and only a handful of random lucky people got a properly working product, rest of us need to deal with annoying replacements (for possibly another faulty ones) or cash refund for those luckier.

I will definitely try to get my money back as it is an unfinished product with serious functionality issues. In normal circumstances, B&O should have been sued for not recalling such product.

A shame really. I wanted to buy a pair of these now but will look elsewhere. 

I assume the story is the same with the H7's?

Wow thanks Roger. This is incredibly helpful. I've had significant bluetooth issues with my 1st pair of H8 (2495XXXX) and with the replacement I got from B&O (serial number 2499XXXX). I guess it's time for a 2nd replacement.

My Gray Hazel pair was SN 25124272 and I had to return them for a refund (constant dropouts). So it fits into this story.

Hope this info is accurate btw, for other people shopping in retail. Not only I was disappointed, but it is also a hassle to organize a return and refund if you live elsewhere.