Skullcandy - Hesh Evo

Hey Op. Been trying out some headphones for pretty much the same reason you are. [Airplanes and overall work noise or quiet time]  I have to sleep with headphones on bc of noise anxiety, so i depend on the sets having insulated sound and high comfort. Bass is a must.  My current wireless set is Hesh3 Evo from skullcandy. They have not failed me ever when it comes to sound quality, noise suppressiom, hands free app and music control, and voice to text or calling accessibility of which i love. Most importantly  they fit over the ear nicely and have soft leather cushioning with a plastic chassis that snugs tight. I have 2 pairs of these baddies. Also the led light isnt visible during use. So no worries about any flashing lights at night. Pros were the above.  Cons are as follows.  - ive noticed that due to lack of support for Right to Repair  the earpads can tear the lining at the attachment point and would need repair to be fixed as its only lightly glued to a plastic base rather than clipped in and isnt readily accessible for replacement.  - when its at 10% itll pause any sound and go "battery low" every 5min then at 5% itll be every 2min and at near 1 itll spam or disconnect. Which i find always annoying.  Im in the process of buying a new pair of headphones and am looking for repair shops to fix my pads so i dont throw these out. im considering getting the Crusher Evo

I can even vouch for the Hesh Evo headphones too if price is a factor.

**Overview of the Breakdown** I have used quite a bit of Skullcandies over the years, from the Hesh series, to the Crusher series, and even the Riff series headphones. I haven't tried very many of their earbuds, since I'm not really an earbud person myself (I don't find them very comfortable, and whenever I talk I always get this voice inside my head feeling when wearing them more than when I wear any closed-back over-ear headphone). So, this will focus more on some of Skullcandy's over-ear headphones. I have realised that while I have reviewed some of Skullcandy's headphones and shared my thoughts on them in some comments, I have never done a full breakdown of every one I have owned, which is what this post aims to do. The Skullcandy headphones I'm covering will only be ones I have personally owned. This will include the Hesh ANC, Hesh Evo, Crusher Wireless, Crusher Evo, Crusher ANC 2, and the Crusher 540 Active. Unfortunately, I cannot speak on some of the other new models Skullcandy came out with, which includes the Crusher PLYR 720, the Aviator 900 ANC, the Hesh 540 ANC, or the Hesh 360, since I don't currently own any of them. If I ever do get them in the future, I will do a review of them. Nonetheless, in this breakdown, the headphones I will be covering will be scored on these categories: **1:** Design & Build Quality **2:** Fit & Comfort **3:** The Listening Experience (Will include the Crusher bass from the Crusher series headphones) **4:** Features & Functionality (Will include any noise cancelling features from headphones with noise cancelling) **5:** Price to Performance Ratio The scores of each criteria will be averaged into a total score, I will have a list of the 6 headphones I'm covering from worst to best in the **bottom** part of the post. Remember that this is just my opinion, and your experience with these headphones might be different from mine, so take this with a grain of salt if you must. **Total Scores** **5: Crusher Wireless: 4.9/10** **4: Hesh Evo:** **5.7/10** **3: Hesh ANC: 6.7/10** **2: Crusher Evo & Crusher ANC 2: 7.4/10** **1: Crusher 540 Active: 7.55/10** Sidenote: Since the full breakdown is too long to fit inside of this post, the detailed analysis had to be put into a [Google Doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C_y-phkp4KGD6eRJvkXu9jZSP20Y4C49JA9uxPD8eI4/edit?usp=sharing). I think these scores reflect pretty accurately how great of a buy each of these Skullcandy headphones are. Even though the Crusher 540 Active barely nudges out the Crusher Evo and Crusher ANC 2, I think that those three Crusher headphones are definitely the best value you can get from any pair of Skullcandy headphones. The Hesh headphones are okay for users who don't want the Crusher bass, but ultimately, they aren't going to blow the competition away, and there are better headphones you can buy at those price points. Unfortunately, the Crusher Wireless isn't a good option nowadays, even with the 2024 revision. Its design flaw is what really holds it back from being a good buy, and for the haptic bass experience, the other Crushers outclass them in just about every way. I hope this detailed breakdown offers more perspective into my thoughts and feelings about these headphones nowadays, and how they fair in the general Bluetooth headphone space. If you want me to make any changes to this breakdown and it's scoring system, let me know.

Skull candy hesh evo. I also changed the pads for better insulation and leather

I got the normal evo, can't stand how boomy it is on android, weirdly it sounds nice on my ipod touch 4th gen. Came from the 2nd gen wired crushers, loved that one, never boomy, very clear sound plus rumble

Weirdly I also use Skullcandy. I have a set of Hesh Evo which is going on probably 5 years of daily use now, 6+ hours a day. I use it for teams, zoom, music, etc.

I too started out with Hesh and since then I've owned a few pairs of Crusher Evos and just now updated to the 540s. I love Skullcandy.

Skullcandy crusher or Hesh. Very good build quality ,sound , durability 

My brother gave me a pair of his old headphones. They are the skullcandy hesh over ear headphones. These are about 10 years old now and still going very strong.

My Skullcandy Hesh were a pleasant surprise. After 12 years, I finally broke the headband, but they hold a charge like the day I bought them and are only on their second set of earpads. Not sure how the current model holds up but, but I wouldn't hesitate to give them a try if I were in the market for new headphones (I currently am preferring my bone conduction headphones and just DIYed a repair for the Hesh for now)