Now that my vacation's over and I've had a chance to put my gifts to the test, I have to say I am totally blown away by how utterly amazing everything sounds with these earphones! I don't think I've ever spent more than $15 on earbuds, and I always claimed mine sounded just fine, but apparently I'd never actually heard good sound quality before.

I mostly listen to my music when I'm vacuuming at work, and while I could tell these blocked outside noise better than my cheapo ones, the vacuum obviously drowns out most of the sound unless I want to kill my eardrums. I didn't get a chance to really try them until I went on a long car ride with my family a few days ago.

Oh. My. God. Hearing Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor through these was like having a religious experience!

Also, a purse made of car seat belt material? Genius! It has a cute pattern in some of my favorite patterns, but most of all, it's durable! No more fake leather (have you figured out I'm cheap yet?) peeling/cracking, no more straps giving out and tearing, etc. It looks pretty stain-resistant, too.

Also, coincidentally, my laptop suddenly stopped producing any sound last month, and I couldn't fix the problem no matter what I tried. I got into playing Overwatch in the meantime, and my sound randomly started working again a few days ago. I connected the earbuds today, started a game, and wow. Turns out the game is waaaaay easier when you can hear what's going on...