They were. If youve never used noise cancelling headphones before these will change your life. Not big deal, maybe its because the heat. I have been using Aftershokz headphones for some time now after running with normal in ear headphones and nearly not hearing a car and nearly ending under it along a country lane so I carried out some research and found this company. Orange light on earbuds says its charging and when disappearing it means its full ??On the case itself another light detector to show you when case is filly charged. Range seems good too but I havent tried to use it all the way up front yet and hold a conversation. The quality of these are great! DANKE Teva für dieses großartige Schuhwerk! fitted like a 12 ! Only colors that use exclusively red and green can be displayed by these keys.