N-ear 360 Flexo Dynamic Single Ear Earpiece (3.5mm Connector, 22")

Background: I work in a prison. So it can get loud in a pod full of inmates. I also have moderate tinnitus. So I can hear the radio but not what's being said without having the radio turned up so loud that the whole pod can hear the radio. Not good. So I have tried several ear pieces over time and have some experience with wearing them for 12 to 16 hour days. The Good: So to start off with, now that I have messed with this for a month and have tried it a few different ways here is what I think. This ear piece is super small. It fits inside your ear canal. I was never worried about the visibility of the ear piece but having it not so visible has been nice. Most important the sound is crystal clear! Other ear pieces I have had to have my radio turned up half way. Not a big deal really. But this one on the first que up of the mic at halfway it about blew out my ear! So down the volume went. This ear piece stays in place all day when worn properly ( more about that later). This ear piece does not block sound I can put a phone up to my ear and hear just fine without discomfort. I have total spatial awareness when wearing the piece properly. The wire being so thin and so light eliminates any weird pressures on the ear that I have had with tube style ear pieces. Tips and Hints: Okay so when I first got my ear piece I used the small cushion that comes on it. Yes I watched the video. I liked the piece then but it kept falling out all day, especially if I was chewing my lunch. So I thought maybe the bigger cushion was for me. I tried it the next day and used it for a week. I found that it seemed to block sound. made me feel like I had a head cold. messing with it one day I pushed it further into my ear than I have before and I found the sound came back. but there was discomfort. so I tried the small piece and pushed it all the way into the ear canal. So the secret here is yes that thing goes all the way into the ear canal. There is some getting used to it. It feels like a small itch inside your ear for awhile. but that goes away and I forget I got it in until I it out at the end of the day. very comfortable. If it seems to block sound it probably needs to be pushed in a bit more. if its falling out probably needs pushed in a bit more. Don't just shove it in as far as you can. This will cause discomfort. What I do is put it in the ear canal and then apply slight gentle pressure with my finger and let the ear piece find its way into the ear canal. I find if I am in a hurry and push it in I definitely feel uncomfortable pressures. However, if I just let it slide in with gentle pressure it will go all the way in with no uncomfortable pressure. Then you forget its even in place its so unobtrusive anyway, now I love this piece. So Is It Worth The $$$?: I don't know yet. Its a neat little piece and at this time yes I am glad I bought it. However I have only had it a month and longevity is going to be the key here. I can buy a lot of the tube style ear pieces at 2 for $15 at this price. But they seem to fail anywhere between 3 and 6 months. I am hoping this will last 2 to 3 years. If that is the case I will say absolutely it is worth the $$$. I will update this review when enough time passes or the thing fails. Update March 2023: I have had this 5 months and it works like new still. I have only replaced the ear wax filter once. the sound started to get muffled and so I replaced the filter and like new again. SO far still worth the money. Update November 2023: I purchased this in October 2022, This has been an excellent piece. I have had only on issue that happened today. The outer shell came off in my ear. I have seen at least one other review for this happening. This was a little concerning but my girlfriend pulled it out with tweezers. To be honest I had an incident a while back where this thing got ripped out of my ear and may have weakened the shell/base connection. I cleaned everything with rubbing alcohol and super glued the piece back together. Still WORKS! super crisp and clear sound and still the most comfortable piece I have worn. So here I am a little over a year and still satisfied with it. So far my experience has been worth the money. I am hoping to get at least another year from this and at this time I don't see any signs of it stopping.

Lasted maybe 8 months? The coating on the wire part that goes over the ear cracked, peeled, and started coming off. I expected way more from something that costs $100. The sound quality was great, super comfortable, but virtually useless because it breaks. Wasn't pulled, never run through the washer accidentally, and wasn't left in a car or outside in direct sunlight for anything other than when it was on my head.

After reading some of the reviews I was hesitant, however I have been using it for about three weeks with no issues. The audio is clear and I don’t even notice that I have it in. Super comfortable. I love the product and you even forget that you have it in your ear it’s some small and easy to wear. However two months into using it, it stopped working. The speaker blew. I called N-Ear who advised that they are not the company selling these on Amazon so it was not under manufacturer warranty. This is very disappointing considering the seller provides N-ear.com as the support page which you can’t put in the warranty info since it’s an Amazon order not their companies order number. I would recommend purchasing direct from N-ear and being sure to have that full warranty.

I bought this in January 2023 and have used it every work day since. The sound and clarity is outstanding. It’s comfortable and has been reliable. I even got their PTT a months afterward. I order their fin ear pieces which changed the whole game for the better. Despite only offering the fins directly through N-Ear at a ridiculous shipping rate for what would cost the price of a stamp to ship. Regardless, I like them. Ive used this set up in freezing weather, extreme heat, rain, snow and hail and it’s done the job and did it well. Even sold co workers on it. Fast forward to 05/10/2024, I noticed the costing on the wire is fraying. Mind you I keep this ear piece permanently mounted to an outer carrier and I am very cautious with it so there is no abuse what so ever. Can’t really determine how it happened, but it did. Still works but I imagine that section is now weakened and will eventually break. I am of course out the 1 year warranty, not that the would honor it since it was purchased through Amazon. Keep that in mind. I will likely try other brands that have tubeless options just because I feel I can get similar results for half the cost and getting only a year and a half out this one wasn’t part of the plan. Is what it is. Update 08/02 - The aforementioned fraying got worse but it kept working. The bare wire it exposed now so I ordered something else. My experience though other people I recommended N-Ear to wasn’t good. From their lack of support when purchasing through Amazon to their unreasonable shipping costs of ear pieces that would fit in an envelope. Then the fraying of the wire. I’m going to try Klein Dark Series and hope for a solid two years. That said, this one did make it almost two years so I can’t fault them for that.

Great sound quality and probably one of the best devices for those who wear an earpiece at their job. However, I bought one in September and by November I had to ordered a second one because it stopped working. It is now March and the one from November stopped working. The small earpiece became hot for like 5 seconds while in my ear and now the sound is horrible.

Probably the best ear piece out there. A little pricey but worth it. Easy to use, small enough to be hidden, great fit, and very good clarity. EMS tones blew out my earpiece but I ordered another one. I probably could have contacted N-Ear for warranty though.

Look, I loved this thing and used it for work. It is slim and comfortable. One good yank, boom! Trashed out. There is no warranty for it. It's cheaply made in some aspects, but man, it was good while I was using it. Oh yeah, their actual page. Good luck; they do not have an email to send it to. You have to live and connect with someone. I can't find it; I could be wrong as well. This product is good, but not worth the cheapness and price. Do not purchase this product

The earpiece is crystal clear and incredibly comfortable. The clarity is unmatched allowing me to run my radio at about 1/4 volume instead of the 3/4 volume that I have to run a traditional tube earpiece at. It’s so clear I can hear the radio connecting when turning it on. I have big ears so I had to purchase the larger earpieces for it to fit properly, but after that I had no issues with the earpiece staying in. The 3.5mm is plug and play with no modification required. The fit of the longer cable is preferred as the short cable didn’t reach from my chest to ear without stretching. The longer cable had to wrapped around my PTT but once that was done, it was good to go. With that being said, quality is where the unit takes a hit. My earpiece only lasted a couple of months. Last night, the earpiece turned all traffic into extremely low static forcing me to crank the radio to even hear it keyed up. With the volume cranked up, the volume didn’t help as radio traffic became garbled and hard to understand. I unplugged the earpiece and my radio works as intended, isolating the issue to the earpiece itself. I changed the white earwax filter and cleaned the earpiece to no avail. Unfortunately I can’t recommend this for long term use.

Loud, crisp, clear sound, thin and discrete look. A huge step up from acoustic tubes and other ear pieces. But pricey but worth the investment in the long term.

Used the ear piece for a few months at work then one day it sounded like a blown speaker. Expected more from this product.