Michael wrote:

I haven't had a single dropout yet, in three days. Which I´d say would be different with my old pair, but some days they actually worked well so I'll evaluate for a few more days before I give my thumbs up! 🙂

They look great Mike 

I picked up my new pair on Saturday (new serial number range) and, so far, no dropouts at all. I'm very happy.

jonnyb wrote:

I picked up my new pair on Saturday (new serial number range) and, so far, no dropouts at all. I'm very happy.

I experienced five drop outs last friday when I went home from work. This was in a very busy intersection in Malmö, Sweden and I didn't see any other bluetooth headsets but there was probably a lot of interference in the "air". It might have been my phone that was lagging behind but I don't think so. 

Other than that I've had no dropouts on the new headphones. I commute daily with busses, trains and walking with tons of people so they are at least a very good improvement over the old ones. My serial number starts with 2570. 

I'm enjoying my new dropout-free H8s. The difference is remarkable. I can cross a road without my audio dropping out when I look left and right!

This is weird though: I started using them fully charged yesterday morning and today (Tuesday) the Bluetooth battery indicator on my iPhone has still not moved from 100%. Has anyone else experienced this? There seems to be a software bug.

I also noticed the battery level indicator stays rather high, but I always assumed it was because I charged them regularly. I'll use the for a few days without charging and report back.

The indicator on the iPhone home screen isn't so easy to see, but on the Today screen it's much more visible.

Regarding drop-outs, I do get them when I turn my head depending on what I'm wearing, where my arms are positioned and where the phone is situated. However, this is a similar experience to other Bluetooth headphones I've used, so although annoying, I don't consider it a fault. Mind you, could be they've improved them further, I have S/N 25470432

Hmm...when I went to use them this lunch time, the indicator had jumped from 100% to 70%. So, maybe the H8s can only report their battery life in broad chunks rather than in a more detailed way.

maybe offtopic

but when i'm using my beoplay A2 with my macbook under mac os everything works fine (in windows it will not work)

so that is strange why the H8 is not working with bluetooth and the A2 is working perfect...

kronzilla wrote:

maybe offtopic

but when i'm using my beoplay A2 with my macbook under mac os everything works fine (in windows it will not work)

so that is strange why the H8 is not working with bluetooth and the A2 is working perfect...

It is a completely different product. The A2 is mainly made out of plastic and it has space for a longer (better) antenna than the smaller H8 with metal caps. 

Anyway, I have to say I was worried about the black version looking cheaper but it actually looks really good. It blends much better with my style and it´s really, really nice! The only thing I don't really like is that the L and R lettering on the inside of the earmuffs are now white instead of grey but thats a real small issue :D. 

I'm getting constant dropouts on my gold H8's. Do you think there's any chance B&O will replace them with the new black or natural color?

justlikepoison wrote:

I'm getting constant dropouts on my gold H8's. Do you think there's any chance B&O will replace them with the new black or natural color?

Absolutely.  Others have either returned them to the store the bought them from or contacted beocare directly.