G11 Bluetooth Earpiece Wireless Earbud Mini Invisible Headphone, 6 Hrs Playtime Magnetic USB Charger Smallest Headset Single Car Earphone with Mic for Samsung Galaxy (Beige-1 Piece)

I listen to a lot of books, usually two a day. I also have hearing issues (hyperacusis) so I didn't want to spend a ton of money trying out wireless earbuds. I ordered two brands with magnetic chargers because I read too many horror stories about tiny wires on chargers cracking on other brands. Yemeren was the other brand. The GoNovate was definitely better for me. It's easy to pair, easy to use, sounds pretty good, fits well, and doesn't easily drop signal when I move around. You can actually tell it's charging because blue lights come on to tell you it's in the charger correctly. I like the color as well because it's closer to skin tone and doesn't attract a lot of attention. As other reviewers have noted, the automated female voice is delightfully snarky. The Yemeren failed in many of these areas and I'll review it at a later date. Downsides: (1) The battery low announcement comes on several minutes before it dies and repeats over and over so you lose several minutes of time on a charge. (2) Why don't they offer extra ear pieces? Yes, it comes with two extras, but face it, earbuds spend time in pockets, purses, on desks, and of course in waxy ears. Offer 15 for $3.00 and everyone who buys an earbud and who uses it regularly would buy them. I do clean them regularly with alcohol wipes, but would appreciate the option of new ear pieces. I may eventually break down and buy more expensive buds, but in my opinion, $20.00 for what you get here is a pretty good deal.

TL;DRGoNovate make a good thing for cheap, but in most comparable ways it is also a cheap thing. Buyer beware.Where the G11 disappoints in features, GoNovate's priority is more clearly defined as the earbud they make, and they make it damn good. The experience of wearing this earbud blows plenty of the more expensive ones that I have tried out of the water. You already know what features you want, you already know why you are here. Still mulling over a purchase decision. Uncertain as to whether you will get bitten again by an earbud that is not your destiny. The G11 is a physically good earbud and pretty much nothing else. A dealbreaker for many, but if that sounds good to you, be you an effectively one-eared in-ear patron such as I, or a regular seeker of the mono audio, my humble opinion is that you will probably enjoy this product.This is a biased review, GoNovate have me hooked. But in a market rife with competitive BT earbuds GoNovate make a number of affordable tradeoffs for a spartan product that is perfect for the right buyer. That said, there are indeed caveats consequent.If you are reading this then you probably already know why you want a wireless mono earbud, so I wont dwell on potential use, merely my own as the backbone of my review. You people lucky enough to boast a common fit for both ears have little to worry about, but if you are like me and have oddly shaped ear canals, (normal right but obscenely small left in my case) GoNovate may yet become your salvation: a subversion of a particular consumer trap here on Amazon, sifting wearily through dozens of regular in-ear products looking for that perfect fit, ordering tips and trying them on to dissapointment. I simply gave up looking for a left earbud. Now if your right earhole is the small one, I say you no guarantee, go look for a left earbud. That said the G11 will sit in the left ear fairly well in a pinch, but is made for the right ear and is not as comfortable to use this way. In any case in terms of fit this is still the most versatile earbud I have found ever.The G11 is tiny, resting unobtrusively in the average outer ear, while the ear canal stem is short and rounded off like an eartip. You can forego the variously sized eartips included to essentially unlock from this stem design an extra small fitting tip difficult to find anywhere else. I dislike things digging in my ear, so I will wear the G11 like this for hours with no discomfort. Of course you then only have the plastic of the earbud in your ear. The fit becomes looser, shallower in the ear canal, liable to fall with moisture or sudden motion, and loses an in-ear seal, so no passive noise reduction. But when you want the snug fit, you can just get it from the eartips. The G11 offering such different fitting options for seemingly every demand, and furthermore as someone whose use case (lounging to various cardio) appreciates that ability, makes me adore GoNovate's design. The G11 is just so ergonomic, and so noninvasive if desired. But for those of you whose concern about sizing I have not broadly ruled out, your mileage here may vary significantly.The colors, too, black or sepia, embody discreet. The latter I prefer because it looks like a hearing aid if someone is to notice it on me, none the wiser that there is an audio source unless I say something to that effect. The reason I bought my first model or other of the G11 in 2017 was to sneak by entertainment in Chemistry. Mono audio already has that worldly alertness going for it, but this is at another level. A shame GoNovate does not do more skintones.As for the rest of this earbud, all I can say is that you get what you pay for. The G11 is focused, dead simple, a blessing and a curse at this price point, since you do not have to care about the product, yet if you are like me then you do. The sound can certainly be beat, but here you are already sacrificing one ear's attention, so, I mean, come on with that. A little tinny but not bad for music, which sounds better to me than what some premium earbuds will be tuned for straight out of the box, so I will say average sound. The EQ if I had to guess could be put in a "Smooth" preset somewhere, jack of all trades master of none. But I am no audiophile, my EQ analysis could be wildly incorrect. You will be happy with the sound if you are not one to dwell on this sort of thing and just want something that does not sound like wet crap.In the rest of the current landscape of wireless earbuds specs, this is arguably a weak buy. People tell me the microphone is bad, I avoid using it for calls. Even cheap BT earbuds now will come in their little convenient, manageable, magnetic homes of charging cases. Despite being only one bud to keep track of and super pocketable, these qualities about the G11 will yet see it always trying to slip away from you. Without having something akin to a case, the bud is just way too easy to lose, and I have been burned by this. Its magnetized charger is no substitute, since you cannot simply let it live on the charger without also unplugging the charger to prevent overcharging, annoyingly you must find somewhere to put the thing. Nowadays I will take advantage of the magnet by slapping it onto something magnetic when not in use. Avoids unplugging the charger so often.But off a charge the battery is not great. Between this and no fast charging, and the fact that you can overcharge, overcharging a few times is inevitable. Correlation and suspected causation, I noticed considerable decreases in battery performance and consistency early into the life of the most recent G11 I owned. Time will net 4 hours but after that you have a crapshoot. (But again, my analysis here is a crapshoot in that I did not acutely measure the battery performance of any of my G11s ever) Probably also a crapshoot on product lifespan, my first G11 weathered several years though. BT connectivity is good, no LOS break killing the connection type garbage, but the G11 is generally pretty dumb. For instance, the HUD battery readout on smartphones is inaccurate. (I use Android) It will jump down, or be at 20% directly before getting audio notified all of 10 seconds in advance that the earbud is going to die in the middle of whatever you are doing. So you generally have to keep track of that stuff in your head. This can make for exasperation when you forget, expecting to use your G11 for a while but with no certainty of when it will die on you.In a culmination of these relative shortcomings, how I lost my last G11: standing up from a balcony chair after a run and forgetting it was in my lap. Stupid? Sure. But human error is given. Maybe with a proper smart charging case it would have been a more natural motion for me to put the G11 in my pocket where it could charge safely, or made the package heavy enough that I would have felt its weight in my lap and avoided the mishap that way. Alas, this is a budget earbud and I can rest easy in the specter of such misfortune by cementing my brand loyalty by buying another one and writing a nice review.

I could not be happier with this! Sound is excellent within reason of what it is. It is NOT Beats by Dre, or BOSE. It does have a bit of base, and is extremely clear. Lasts 5-6hours for me, jumps right onto the magnetic prongs and have no issues with it charging. I wear it at work and listen to tunes throughout my day.Calling I am told is very good, and callers can hear me clearly, although those observing me must think I have totally lost my mind having a conversation with no visable earpiece or phone!It appears to be a hearing aid, or a white noise generator. White noise generator is what I told a boss at work when he finally noticed it since earpieces are banned.Overall I could not be happier. I can use it in either ear, although it is intended for the right ear. I use it most often in the left.If there is a down side to it, the rubber tip can come off the ear piece pretty easily and stay in your ear. Not a big deal, you can pull it out or if you cant grab it a pen tip will help move it out to where you can grab it. I use the small size as the large fatigued my ear. wish there was a little rim and groove to help hold the tips to the earpiece.I am looking for ways to make the tip stick better to the earpiece.

UPDATE: So TWO of these have completely quit working on me since I ordered the first one, September 1st, 2017. 2 in 9 months? Buyer beware. I was happy with the sound quality, and the range on these things, and the battery life was pretty good, but having to replace them every 4-5 months? The seller happily replaced the first one free of charge. It's just a hassle to have to do that every few months. No thanks. From 4 to 1 star.Fantastic product. Would definitely buy another one if I have to in the future. The battery listening at around 60-70% (Work in a loud area) lasts me close to 6 hours of music, with around 30-40 minutes of being paused in there as well. Better than I had expected, honestly. It fits in my ear nicely, and the charger works great.My only problem with this is the earpiece (and the reason for 1 star being dropped) simply slips on the device and has no way of being retained, so it will sometimes slip off. I nearly lost it once time, and have had to dig it out of my ear a few times. A small drop of superglue would solve the issue, though I wish this wasn't necessary.