Its perfect for my other shoes. And, by the way, I have some pretty high windows. The traction is very food and prevents slipping. No downside I see. Straight out of the box, where are these on the spectrum defined above? Build quality is good. Edit : After about a month the sound sounded distorted and was not usable. Edit: Ive now had this headset for 6 months. This is a very attractive shoe. Hard to believe these headphones are so inexpensive. When I grabbed the jacket in the middle of my chest and pulled out there was 5 to 6 inches of extra room.