These headphones had great noise cancelling ability! BUT it created an unbearable cabin pressure feeling in my ears. I've had other brands of ANC headphones, and never felt it as extreme as these. It was super uncomfortable no matter what was playing, gave me a headache, and also made me nauseous. So I returned and decided to get the newest version of the brand I liked, Soundcore.I heard this is common for people with sensitive ears, due to how ANC tech works - using "anti-noise waves" to cancel out low frequencies, which can trick your brain into thinking the air pressure has changed. If you're not sensitive to those sound waves, these headphones would be great for you!The ONLY real gripe I have is that in the Gym the Headband part slips a lot as do the Ear Bud part. Not sure what the material is, PU?, but it will slip when you get into your workout and start sweating.... Small Stuff. Overall not the greatest battery life BUT very good sound quality and the features work as advertised. JPThe first thing I noticed when I put on these headphones was how good the Active Noise Canceling is. I never realized how much I needed ANC until I put these on. My spouse and I are gamers and have a smallish office that we have both our computers in. We also don't have central air, so we have a small window AC unit in here. With all the PC equipment and the AC, there was a lot of background noise that I've just been filtering out with my brain or with high volume on the headphones.When my Skullcandy Hesh headphones got to the point where the 3.55 jack could no longer connect properly with any cord, I finally switched to bluetooth headphones, using the ones I used with my phones at first—Skullcandy Push and some Vivitar over-the-ears I picked up from Target for $10. The Vivitars had good battery life, but the Pushes had good noise canceling from just being in-the-ear. After a month of this, I realized I needed something better, some ANC.I looked around, looked at pricing, looked at reviews, looked at many other brands just to hopefully find a good deal. There was always some dealbreaker. Slow charge. Expensive. Good battery life as long as you don't use ANC. I held off on looking at any other Skullcandy because, as I'm sure you've guessed, I've been a bit of a brand loyalist and I wanted to make sure I wasn't favoring Skullcandy just because it was Skullcandy.Let me tell you, I favor Skullcandy because they actually deliver. I started buying them decades ago, because their earbuds were cheap and reliable. I bought the Hesh because they were less expensive than the other headphones on display yet sounded better. I got the push because they actually fit my ears and don't feel like they're so heavy they'll fall out.The Venues look and feel extremely comfortable. They stay on my head even with rapid movement and don't need to rest on the top of my head. My Vivitars had a small headband that would touch my scalp and, after shaving the sides of my head, I found had actually been giving me contact dermatitis (aka a rash). The Venue headband doesn't need to touch my scalp at all to stay on. My scalp and mohawk are safe.I got the Venues because reviews said the ANC was great—and it is. I can game in the same room as my spouse and hear him clearly over the voice chat without hearing him in the same room. Even with no sound playing, the ANC still makes it calm and quiet in the room. I'm tempted to start wearing these while I'm out just to have the ANC on normal outside sounds.I got the Venues because reviews said the battery life was great—and it is. They arrived with no charge, but got enough charge in 10 minutes for me to use them with ANC for the rest of the night, which was about 5-6 hours of gaming with ANC on. I was using two headphones previously when I switched to bluetooth because the Push battery life is only about 4 hours and I would use the Vivitar while waiting for them to recharge. The Venues hold enough battery life on a full charge for me to use them all day while working from home, and then gaming for the night, all with ANC on and not needing to plug them back in at all.Let me repeat this important point: The Venues last ALL DAY with a full charge, and in the event that they do run out, they will charge sufficiently in TEN MINUTES. And if you can't charge, there's still a 3.55mm jack for your audio.There are other features of the Venue that I have not tried because they are not of interest to me (such as Skullcandy's partnering with Tile for locating devices, the hands-free call & assistant integration, etc). I use these headphones as my primary PC headphones, not with my smartphone, so I can't comment on any of the smartphone integration features.I bought these for my 14 hour flight to Japan in 2020. Then COVID hit and that never happened, but I have used these in many situations since. They've held up very well and still work flawlessly. The noise cancelling isn't the greatest, but for this price is probably good. Worth picking up on sale for sure. The battery has never died on me, even through days of using these for my job mowing at a golf course with noise cancelling turned on. Audio quality is pretty good but noise cancelling emits a high pitched sound that can be annoying if you're not playing any music or podcasts. The music quality sounds better with ANC turned off, and still does a good job of blocking lesser noises. The feature that lets you listen to the outside world is really nice, I just wish it didn't make my music so quiet. Noise cancelling helps when flying but if you're expecting these to remove the sound of an airplane you will be sorely disappointed. It just makes it a little less loud and a bit more bearable. They can get tiring on the ears after a while, but as far as headphones go are pretty comfortable.Excellent sound and noise cancellation. The disappointment is with the lack of durability in the ear pads and headband fabric. I don't use them daily and this breakdown is inexcusable, having purchased them Jan 2021.Let's be straightforward:PROS: the device looks good, sounds good. The noise cancellation actually worksLOWS: Cost effectiveness is badly affected by the device's build quality. In simple words, it's cheap and flimsy. For a daily use this is not the right pick unless you are okay to sadly throw your hard-earned money out the window. In all honesty you don't need to be a victim to heed my words.I had one the headband screws coming off and the whole band with the cushion came off. For the record this is genuine device purchased on amazon, not some Chinese knockoff. I sent some photos to the customer care to draw its attention on the problem arising after 2 months of daily office use and here is what I am told:Dear Patron,Greetings!"We are sorry to inform you that your warranty claim cannot be addressed because of the below explain reasons.However, based on the photographs inspection of the product received from you, we regret to inform you that the same has been found to be an external damaged condition of the product and cannot consider under warranty from us..."Well it's all said there. You might be lucky and won't have to face what I face. Maybe I am a scumbag. But I repeat:DO YOURSEF A FAVOUR AND STIR AWAY FROM THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT.I loved these earphones, until I went to put them on my head this morning and they snapped.Can't really afford to spend another £120 on another pair of headphones.Does anyone know what the warranty is on these? Surely this price, for 8 months... it's quite upsetting.Things I liked+ very loud sound+balanced audio+noise cancelling is Cool+built in tile GPS features is also really good.Things I hated- In monitor mode, the Bluetooth volume is capped at 30% of the units maximum volume. Other noise cancelling headphones use the noise cancelling microphones to amplify the external noise - however this monitor mode is only passive - it simply turns off noise cancelling mode and reduces the max volume - due to the headphones having great passive noise cancellation with the big ear cups, the monitor mode is not that useful.- they feel plastic and cheap - certainly not £150 material. The £99 crusher wireless feels much better.-the noise cancelling only blocks out low, continuous background 'hums' such as the fan from a pc when it is aggressively trying to cool down the cpu - it does not block out the screeching of trains against their rails.Returning these because of the overall bass is not that great. These are louder than the skullcandy crushers though. Otherwise a seemingly okay pair of skull candy's.The hesh 3 skull candy's and the crusher wireless are much better value for money.Didn't listen to reviews where they said they break easily and are fragile etc. I thought to myself, "well surely they can't be that bad, they must of treated them badly if they broke within a couple months" I've have them for four months now-Within the first month the head band bit breaks, tried to fix it with tape as you can see as I'm a broke student with noise sensitivities and CANNOT spend another 70 quid on anc headphones. I did not treat them roughly at all but did use them often. Now just recently (sorry this is hard to explain) the "ear"? bit snapped off the adjustment piece. Making them basically unwearable and the ANC useless which was the whole point of buying them for me. Considering the asking price originally was £140 you'd think the longevity would be good but no. I'm really gutted because I need anc headphones or earphones to as I'm very sensitive to noise. So gonna try and get a refund from skull candy.Sound quality was okay nothing special. Barely used the bass because it had no difference in sound.Noise cancelling was okay, would make a strange buzzing sound from time to time but again nothing special which is annoying as they were supposed to be worth 140 and anc is no different than from the £50 headphones I had.Another point to deter you from buying is- these headphones are not comfortable AT ALL. I might just have a big head but they barely fit me and overall uncomfortable to wear.Over really not worth the price, just save up to buy sony or sennlieer or get cheaper headphones. they'll probably last longer..The sound quality is great and the anc works perfectly but the build quality is terrible. I have had these headphones for about 6 months and by month 3 the bracket that holds the right earcup to the rest of the headphones has completely snapped on one side, and on top of that the left adjusting point has cracked at the top making it a lot harder to adjust the size of the headphones. I only use these headphones in my office and put them on a hook when not using, they have been looked after quite well and have only been dropped a couple of times. I would return the headphones to skull candy but as I have tried to repair it myself they wouldn't fix them. I would only recommend these headphones to someone if they treat them like a bomb that could explode at any moment. If they would remake these headphones and just make them stronger I would defiantly buy them, as it is just the weakness of the design and materials that drags them down.