Jensen JW150 900Mhz Wireless Stereo Headphones

Rating:
Summary: Decent product with a couple minor production issues.
Review: First, the good part. These are the second set of Jensen headphones I've purchased. They're a very good value compared to some of the others I've tried. The downside is that the signal will very slowly drift over the life of the batteries, but usually a slight tap of the tuning knob will bring it back. The newer models like this one appear to have better signal aquisition, so this may solve some of the drift problems I saw in older models. Battery life is pretty good, I usually went through a set every 6-7 days on the old one. (The old model required 3 AAA's instead of 2 however)

Now the bad, The production values are rather poor on the electronics in these headphones. My first pair started going rather glitchy on me, sometimes I'd have to lightly hit the side to get them to find the signal again, and the battery life started going down drastically. It also would rapidly lose signal when it had this problem. I took them apart and noticed that the soldering job was quite substandard, and there were several uninsulated speaker wires that were shorting out. After putting some insulation in on the board, the headphones started working perfectly. I took these apart after I recieved them and noticed the same problem. The headphone was also popped loose from its plastic fitting due to substandard glue. Both easily fixable if you're good with electronics.

Rating:
Summary: Cool Headphones
Review: The are very good headphones for your money. They have a little bit of static at the maximum range but it still sound pretty good.

Rating:
Summary: Better than expected performance.
Review: The sound quality is very good, better than one might expect given that it uses FM radio transmission. The headphones run on two AAA penlight batteries and last me about five days at 2-3 hours per day. Rechargeable batteries would make a lot of sense if you intend frequent use. The receiver (base unit) is small, much less conspicuous than others I've seen advertised.