They are really smooth and soft. The ear pads must be compressed to fit into the case and I worry about damage One complaint: The holes provided for installation are less than 12 inches apart. El diseño esta super bonito, es grande, si ocupa bastante espacio, pero vale la pena, la estrene con unas papas a la francesa para 2 personas y con 12 minutos estuvieron listas, lo que me confunde un poco es que para apagarla por completo la tienes que desconectar, el stop es abriendo la charola, pero solo es cuestión de acostumbrarme, en cuanto al paquete llego un día antes del tiempo estipulado y con 3ple caja. I find them very useful. Got these headphones for the office to better drown out the annoying sounds of my co-workers phone calls. Ive now thrown these Vero Monte away and have gone back to Snoozies . That is very unfortunate durability and even if this is a "budget" headset, it still is quite expensive in comparison with many other headsets readily available on Amazon and with Prime shipping, I paid a slight premium excpecting more premium quality but I guess I was wrong. 2 stars since they are decently built My son is 10 months old now and it is still big on him.