These earphones provide a good amount of bang for the buck even though they are ridiculously cheap. At $25 I am surprised you can even make a set of in-ears that have the qualities that the PL30s have. Given they are not the best performing in-ears around but for the price they are damn hard to beat. If you are going for a cheap set of earphones for use on the move these are definitely the ones for you. The big bundle with cable clip, ear hooks and so forth means that you will not be bothered that much by microphonics.