Klein Tools AESEB1S Situational Awareness Bluetooth Earbuds

Fairly okay experience

Would highly recommend! After shopping around for earbuds for the jobsite I decided to try out the Klein AESEB1S situational earbuds, and they turned out perfect! I work on construction sites and needed a way to be able to hear people whenever they try to talk to me but also have hearing protection from all the loud tools. We have a jobsite radio that plays all day so most of the time I don't have anything playing on the actual earbuds. I just turn on the situational awareness and that way I can hear the radio and also participate in any conversation without removing my hear protection, it's great! I have tried listening to music on the earbuds and also hearing someone talk with the awareness mode but even at the lowest volume it is still hard to hear people talking. However, this is not an issue for me. I am also very impressed with the sound reduction of loud noises when the situational awareness is on. It is not perfect but whenever I turn on a saw or compressor I am the only one that can still hear the radio. My biggest complaint is probably the case. It is a little bulky but still fits in my pockets no problem. What I dislike most is the charging. Since there is only one light, I can't tell how charged the case is very accurately. It's just green until it's not, I'd like to have a row of LEDs or something or even an app to check battery percent on my phone would be great. The other downside of having only one charging light is that I have no way to check if both earbuds are charging. What if some dirt got in the way of the charging contact? I'll never know until I try to use them and one is not charged. All that being said, I still love these earbuds and will definitely be buying them again in the future!

The case is horrible quality for such expensive headphones, and bulky. This review is just as headphones have not tested on site yet. The audio quality is not great, though most cost was probably spent on ppe. The leds look corny, the case feels like cheaply made plastic, and a bit uncomfortable

So I purchased the Klein AESEB1S jobsite situational awareness earbuds, and I really like them! I am an apprentice mechanic at a dealership. The sound quality on these Kleins are pretty incredible. Comparing them to other earbuds I have owned, I would say the clarity is better than even my Galaxy Buds 2, or my Shure 215 IEMs. Incredibly impressed. Their situational awareness mode is pretty cool. With it on, it it compresses the ambient noise around you. The quieter noises are louder, the louder noises are quieter. With the right earbud you can adjust the volume of the ambient noise that gets through. I think there's multiple different volume levels from quietest to loudest. It doesn't block out ambient noise unfortunately. When I use the situational awareness mode, sometimes I'll find that even at the lowest setting, I will take my earbuds off and it'll actually be quieter with them off. That being said though, if you turn "situational awareness" mode off. The earbuds act like regular foam earplugs and that will block out enough ambient noise for me. The shop I work in is pretty echoey, the situational awareness mode actually allows me to hear people better when they are in my ears. In terms of directional awareness, These are really good. Way better than my Galaxy Buds 2. I can very clearly tell where things are happening around me as if I was hearing it with my naked ear. I am really happy with the situational awareness mode although I wish it would block out the ambient ongoing noises like fans, or pressure washers, but when I want those noises blocked out I just turn situational awareness off and use them like regular hearing protection with music playing. As a side note: my coworker told me he's going to try and use his earbuds for noise diagnosis cause of how it compresses sound and because the directional awareness is so good. Phone calls: Pretty good to me. Don't take many phone calls. I ignore people who call me. I did have a few though and the quality was pretty good. Battery life: They have not died on me yet. I wear them for most of my 8 hour day and I've never had one die. I'll usually plug them in at the end of the day or during my lunch or whenever I am not using them. Also, it is so satisfying putting them in their case. They just pop right in Controls: Got that capacitive touch thing going on. Left does Play, Next, and Back, and your phone controls. Right does Situational Awareness on/off, and then the volume levels of the ambient noise. The "smart sense" volume is not tied in any way to your phones volume. Completely separate. There are also no music volume controls. That all has to be done on your phone. I would trade phone controls for music volume controls. I do not care about phone calls. Don't call me. I am incredibly happy with these earbuds. Best pair of earbuds that I own. If you need CSA/ANSI rated hearing protection, and want music these are the way to go. Very likely the best jobsite earbud out there. Highly recommend.