I have had the H710 Motorola Earbud for awhile now and have found it to be pretty good.  I had to replace my original that I lost at the airport (my own fault) going through security.  The replacement was fine until the little colored metal stripe on the boom came loose at the tip (small pointed end) and ended up bent back unrepairable.  So, I just pulled the strip off the earbud.  End of problem.  I was thinking though, has this happened to others?  Is this from a group of earbuds that were marked possibly defective and that is why I got it at a discount?  Anyway, it works fine without the "look good" metal strip.