Professor Sharkeyās mum added"Neil doesnāt have many friends or get out much. This will at least save me having to loosen his crusty bed sheets with a hammer to get them in the washing machineā¦"
They turned up at last(typically, whilst i was on holiday). That didnāt take long did it, just 8 months late.
Now i can put up with a delay or two, if it means the product has been improved and on the whole the product is good(i will review in a minute).
I need to start with the company. Crazybaby have developed speakers before and have worked with some of the biggest selling makers, so i had some faith in their ability to deliver(eventually).
The problems started with the delays, as people will always be disappointed but generally accepting if you communicate. Crazybaby failed dismally in this respect. Uninformative vague updates, ignoring emails and queries and only putting stock c&p replies on the message board(i never want to read āwe are hoping to ramp up productionā again). Their excuse āwe donāt have the staff to deal with the volume of questionsā. You took $2.7m off us, answer the fucking questions.
The real killer was discovering they were suppling āretail partnersā before the people that invested to make it possible in the first place. I paid for this to be developed, only to see it available from online retailers in the US/China/Japan a month before i get them.
Cunts.
Review coming soon(ish). Iām hungry and thatās my priority now 
So, the review.
Packaging: All good. Standard top end look. I donāt really care, but a lot of people consider this important.
Charging case: looks great, but slightly large(still fits in jeans pocket). The problem is the magnetic connection. Although strong, the buds can move and so not charge. I am charging with the case open so I can check. This is not practical outdoors. Also not sure it will change the buds twice(fully) as stated.
Earbuds: Well made and by far the best looking on the market. Extremely lightweight and comfortable. Push left bud for calls, right bud for music. Simple and works fine, but touch technology(thereās an idea, i will come back to) rather than push button would be preferable. Battery of buds gets around the three hours stated.
Sound: Sound quality is very good, slight lean towards bass but not excessive. Have listened to a variety of music and very happy with the overall sound(there is also an equaliser). Volume is noticeably louder than any others buds i have tried.
Connectivity: The major area of concern(reading reviews). I do get drop outs but mainly when iām 3-5m+ away. Occasional ones closer, but few and far between. Am yet to use outdoors with lots of movement, so it could get worse.
Overall good, look/fit/sound all do the job, but i got fidgety in July, so these are turning up sometime in the future.
LOL I can just see you with those in looking like some modern day Lt. Uhura 
True, but Bluetooth 5 and no master/slave, either can be used individually if desired.
The airs only take calls in the left(master) bud and iām partially deaf in that ear. Couldnāt use buds for about 3 years, but given time the brain works around the problem and i only notice it now if i take out the right bud(hence shit for calls).
If my daughter doesnāt steal one(deliberately didnāt order white to try to stop this happening), i will have a pair for home and one for outdoors.
P. S The airs sound quality really is good. I like a lot(apart from above mentioned).
Hour of my life that I will never get back, but now dehydrated from crying with laughter so much!
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LOL ā¦ $8,999.99 ā¦ plus $5.49 p/pā¦ tight c**ts !!
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Someone sold a Ā£5 note for Ā£80k on eBay and charged Ā£2.95 for postageā¦ now thatās very tight.
What does make me laugh on eBay are people that have a starting price of 0.99 on a Ā£5 note and there are people buying them for around Ā£1-Ā£2. Well look after the pennies!
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Top prezzie from Mrs G:
I have no idea how it works.
Donāt worry mateā¦Iāve just downloaded the Instructions from their websiteā¦here are the main functionsā¦
Happy Christmas.
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Santaās just been and dropped off a harmonica in G.
Ker Ching
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Most gadgety thing I got was a new touch screen kindle. Due to my vision I like the non back lit ones so not one of the most up to date.
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Mrs C_S has played an absolute blinder and got me a couple of genuine Neanderthal artifacts - an arrowhead in good but unused condition and a scraper which had been used.
Bought from a very reputable source so not a modern knock off - No, she didnāt buy them from LITSL or SOG, though they did offerā¦
I like my gadgets low tech tbf
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Oh, and she got me and Teenage Mutant a Zimbabwean Fifty Trillion Dollar note each, from the bad old days in 2008 when inflation out there went absolutely fucking mental.
The note wouldnāt have even bought a loaf of bread.
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I have to say I was disappointed with the offer for the crushed Richard III spinal disc. It was authenticated as a congenital spinal disorder not later car park damage as you wife suggested. 
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A couple of Anker chrimbo gifts:
Got a pair of these Soundbud curves:
They are very comfy and havenāt cut out once yet. This is unfortunate as Iāve heard every second of Saints getting dicked at Wembley.
Got one of these Soundcore nano speakers for Kid Goat:
Itās tiny. It is fucking loud! She loves it. Cost me Ā£6 in the sale. Unbelievable.
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Not strictly a gadget but Mrs C_S has got me hooked on an app thatās apparently taking Mumsnet by storm
Flightradar 24
Itās a realtime flight tracker. Totally useless, but if you want to check the progress of the 16:00 flight from Heathrow to Seoul, balloons in the Caribbean (I kid you not), wonder about why there are no flight in Yemen or N Korea for that matter, or even why all helicopter flights from Aberdeen all seem to finish in the North Sea then itās the app to download
I didnāt realise there are so many planes in the air at the same time
I will probably be getting the paid-for option soonā¦very sad I know.