Damn... bought these last week from Argos for £60. Mini review:

I pull these off charge (micro USB) at 6am to leave the house. Play audio books for my walk and train commute for an hour each way, then music about half the time I'm in the office. Turn them off when I get home about 7pm. I've not had a low battery warning yet, so I've got no idea how long they last. There's a detachable analogue audio cable in the box, so I guess you can use them unpowered, but I've not tried.

They are pretty comfortable and not too hot. I wear glasses, so sometimes they start to pinch the top of my ear against the arm, but I just have to lift my glasses a little. They fold flat, so I'm not worried about putting them in my rucksack. I don't think they'd take a serious beating, but I'm not being delicate with them.

Noise cancellation isn't Bose "I've gone deaf!" standard, but it's not bad. It cuts out much of the low thrum of the train and the higher pitched rushing noise of the air conditioning. General background chatter in my open office is less distracting, but the cancellation isn't as strong on the mid-range. Turning the cancellation on isn't massively impressive, you just get a mild hiss. It's more noticeable when you've had it on for a while, but no audio playing and you switch it off. It doesn't kill outside noise, but it definitely takes the edge off.

Audio quality is perfectly acceptable. Far better than the cheap in-ear Bluetooth headphones I had before. It's pretty balanced, so don't expect thumping bass. They aren't particularly bright or particularly warm, just middling.

I've not had any issues with the Bluetooth either. Connection with my S6 has been perfectly reliable and predictable. Certainly better than my car! The controls generally work well. Volume, on/off, noise cancellation and the play/pause buttons are easy to use. Only the next/previous track buttons are hard to work. The microphone appears to be OK too.

If they were wired passive headphones, I'd expect to pay £40 for them. For them to be £35 and Bluetooth, it's a bargain!

Well for anybody concerned, I've had these since yesterday morning and have listened to them with a wide variety of music for about 8 hours. The build quality is good for the price and the comfort level is high providing a reassuring grip to the head. Sound quality is very impressive with flac files. Bass is taught, with a good sense of rhythm to complicated basslines, soundstage is relatively broad with instruments well arranged, never sounding muddled. Midrange is clear without being excessively pronounced. Highs are also well presented without becoming edgy or uncontrolled. They have great timing and energy and have yet to become uncomfortable for long periods of listening. The noise cancelling copes well with low frequency interference. Bluetooth connection is rock solid. All in all I'm extremely impressed with them :smile:

To clear up some confusion, the Argos headphones are SHB8750NC, not the SHB8850NC sold by Currys and reviewed by What Hifi. They apparently have 32mm drivers as opposed to larger 40mm drivers on the 8850's.
I bought some from Argos last week for £69.99 but will be returning them as I couldn't resist the draw of the Sony MDR-1000X, which are considerably more expensive, although £60 cheaper than the high street if purchased at Dixons Tax Free at an airport.
The Philips are a bargain at this lower price, but the Noise Cancellation is poor compared to Bose and Sony top of the range models, and in particular seems to amplify voices rather than reducing them. Also, as they are on ear, they are not as comfortable as over ear headphones.
To the poster asking if their dad could use them to listen to the TV; that will only work if you have a Bluetooth TV that can output sound to external Bluetooth speakers or headphones, and not many TVs will do that.
As for sound quality, for the price they are fine, but my main wired headphones are Sennheiser HD600's, and the Philips clearly can't compete. Having said that, for most people, the sound will be more than enough, with nice firm bass and reasonable detail retrieval.
For £35 though, these are a bargain, as long as you can resist the draw of Bose QC35s or the Sonys.

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Many thanks for reading.

I have reserved these. I have been looking for decent wireless headphones for my daughter, thanks op

Reserved thanks. Great deal!

Are these any good from an noise cancelling perspective? How do they compare to Bose queit35?

Damn... bought these last week from Argos for £60. Mini review:

I pull these off charge (micro USB) at 6am to leave the house. Play audio books for my walk and train commute for an hour each way, then music about half the time I'm in the office. Turn them off when I get home about 7pm. I've not had a low battery warning yet, so I've got no idea how long they last. There's a detachable analogue audio cable in the box, so I guess you can use them unpowered, but I've not tried.

They are pretty comfortable and not too hot. I wear glasses, so sometimes they start to pinch the top of my ear against the arm, but I just have to lift my glasses a little. They fold flat, so I'm not worried about putting them in my rucksack. I don't think they'd take a serious beating, but I'm not being delicate with them.

Noise cancellation isn't Bose "I've gone deaf!" standard, but it's not bad. It cuts out much of the low thrum of the train and the higher pitched rushing noise of the air conditioning. General background chatter in my open office is less distracting, but the cancellation isn't as strong on the mid-range. Turning the cancellation on isn't massively impressive, you just get a mild hiss. It's more noticeable when you've had it on for a while, but no audio playing and you switch it off. It doesn't kill outside noise, but it definitely takes the edge off.

Audio quality is perfectly acceptable. Far better than the cheap in-ear Bluetooth headphones I had before. It's pretty balanced, so don't expect thumping bass. They aren't particularly bright or particularly warm, just middling.

I've not had any issues with the Bluetooth either. Connection with my S6 has been perfectly reliable and predictable. Certainly better than my car! The controls generally work well. Volume, on/off, noise cancellation and the play/pause buttons are easy to use. Only the next/previous track buttons are hard to work. The microphone appears to be OK too.

If they were wired passive headphones, I'd expect to pay £40 for them. For them to be £35 and Bluetooth, it's a bargain!

Thanks, what with a £5 code I had and the Quidco deal I've just picked these up for £20.

These don't have a mic do they? I am looking for some for listening to music but also to take and make phone calls.

Looks a bargain to me. What hi fi give the Philips SHB8850NC 5 stars These Argos headphones appear to be SHB8750NC which as far as I can tell are the same the model just newer? Ordered either way, just gutted I went with Topcashback without seeing the quidco £10 offer! DOH!

great review