were they under $22?

I bought them for $17 on sale.

also bought xiaomis and hated them

you bought the fake ones :|

damn.

its ok though it was only $17

thanks for helping everyone!

next time buy from ibuygou or something.

if they're fake it will very clearly have different packaging and stuff

from other posts on the internet the fakes are fairly convincing upon initial inspection

my info is probably dated. the fakes when i got mine were explicitly using the older models packaging

anyone confirmed a legit UK vendor?

I got the legit ones. The sound quality is *not as high* as it was hailed to be my users here.
Also, the cable frays very easily, and I had to tape the ends after 3 days of use.

However, aside from that, they are very well made in the earbud portion themselves, have decent sound quality, and have multiple earbud configurations (which allow for increased audio quality through isolation).

The packaging is fancy shmancy too, so if you're into that, it's naice.

I'd say they're definitely worth the $17 I paid for them. I've bought two iterations of knockoff $15 new age apple headphones, and while they worked for a while, the earbuds themselves stopped working with no signs of wear and tear on any part of the headphones. For that reason, I like my xiamois.

Sorry to those of you that got knockoff ones :/

If you paid that amount, then you probably got the fake ones.

As far as I know this place is one of the only sellers that reliably sells the legit earphones, for anyone looking to buy. Legit ones will always run you around $30, below 25 or so and they're likely to be the fakes.

Also has free shipping to UK @bubblebobbler, took them about a week and a half to get to the UK for me.

I bought mine for 30 euro (36 dollar), and I am fairly certain mine aren't fake.
The music is great, also very comfortable.

Do they smell like chocolate?

Anyone know a site that sells legit ones and ship to sweden?

They're supposed to,right?

no... u got scammed by chocolate pirates

They gave me a refund and didn't ask for the fake ones back so I guess I got a free pair of fake pistons.

3:49 PM - 4G.lansky: i ordered xiaomi pistons and they smell like chocolate, does that mean they are real?
5:45 PM - twosee: no
5:45 PM - twosee: the coco pirates got u too

i found this doc that shows some of the differences between the real and fake ones in case anyone hasn't seen it

I managed to get a pair of real one for $120 HKD which is about 15 bucks, but it was from a shop and not online so there's that, there may be better IEMs around but for that price? it's worth it.

This aliexpress page also has some interesting images showing the differences between reals and fakes.

Like this one:
A being fake and B genuine

http://i.imgur.com/yNN8HKa.png

I've gotten two pairs of Xiaomi Pistons, both legit, from PenonAudio, which is where I think enigma said to get them in a thread way back. Give them a try.

http://penonaudio.com/Xiaomi-Piston-2.0-Earphones

They're more expensive now- saying $29 for me, but that's still a damn good price for these suckers. The quality is just great.

how/why do all these vendors get away with selling fake stuff, damn...
well, i know sennheiser has a couple of sick in-earphones, but they do cost that bit more.

otherwise, consider trying to get them to take pictures of the product.
there are plenty of sources explaining differences between fake and genuine (presuming nothing has changed).

HifiMan is a Chinese brand and they thwart fakes by only selling their products through "authorized dealers". Xiaomi seems interested in cutting costs wherever possible, including in their supply chain.

based on this doc the ones i bought from the old thread link are the real ones, and they do smell like chocolate

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUNUOJW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

needed new earbuds. just ordered a pair from penonaudio.