Yes, the low price. Due to them being so low in price should I really complain about how they have basically fell apart over the space of 6 - 8 months. Well, yes, I should. Despite being cheap to buy, I did expect them to last longer than 6 months.
Didn't last long, despite me being very careful with them
I wasn't expecting this from a Panasonic branded product. I own quite a few Panasonic products, including 3 older Panasonic digital cameras, and all of them have been great, very reliable. So it has been quite disappointing owning these RP-HT225 headphones.
I'm not sure if mine are the normal 225, or the 225E-K model. I don't know the difference between the two models. However, mine just say RP-HT225, so I guess they are the normal ones.
My pair have had the following problems. One of the speakers, like the whole thing, is constantly falling out of its joint / connector, and both sides have had to be stuck with superglue to prevent the one side just falling off my ear and dangling while in use.
Totally Snapped
And then today I pick them up to put them on, and the plastic has bent and cracked. So now one side has snapped off from the arch that goes over the head. I'll see if I can also superglue that. But I'm not sure if it will stick properly due to the plastic being quite thin, and because it's snapped in the location that takes the brunt of the force / stretch as the headphones are pulled slightly apart and placed over my ears.
So it will always be vulnerable to breaking again. Not impressed. The Panasonic RP-HT225 certainly look the part, have very good reviews, and do sound pretty good, but for overall quality I would say give these headphones a miss. I'm now using a pair of Crabot headphones that I had stored away as a backup, and they seem better made than the Panasonic RP-HT225. The Crabot headphones are now sold out, but take a look at these, as they are very similar (more sturdy design than the Panasonics) and have great reviews.
2 comments:
I have had 2 pairs of these and both have broken just like the others illustrated at the base of the headband. These were presents to me and the sound quality is fine. On the second pair which broke I effected a repair by cutting a piece of thin sheet metal about 6cm long x 1.5cm wide and drilled through the metal and plastic and fixed a small pop rivet of about 1mm diameter in 6 places and it's been fine for about 2 years, but a few weeks ago the other side started to show signs of a plastic hinge forming (weakening of the plastic and deforming), so looks like I shall be doing the same on that side.
I am not careless with my head phones and, frankly, I am sure I am not on my own with this problem. You can't beat spring steel for the head band, the plastic which Panasonic use here cannot handle the flexing
Dont bother trying to use superglue you are wasting your time, I used a big lump of araldite and it worked for a while, but the plastic fractured again. I ended up pop riviting a 6cm x 1.5cm piece of thin sheet steel like a fish plate and it's held well. Poor quality plastic is the problem here.
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