Also, I ordered blue, but, as you can see in the picture, it looks more like blue-black or dark gray-blue. I recently purchased a pair of OluKai?s in the $120 range that look better and appear to be made better. My little loves these! You cannot control volume while on the move. First off the black finish is does not completely cover the silver metal underneath (see photo). These earphones are excellent,been using them nearly a week now and to be honest I couldnt be happier. I drilled it to the inside compartment of one of my computer desks, and Ive used it as a charging rack of a sort. Maybe they packaging had issues before but they seemed to have addressed them at this point. The bottom shelf of this lazy susan will hold all regular-sized spice bottles. Make sure you dont clamp on cables, water bottle bosses, or non-round tube sections, as would be the case with any stand using this type of clamp.