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My Solo wireless have been working great. I use them while walking my dog for 2-3 hrs per day and the charge last about 2 weeks. This was true until now! Since the weather has cooled off (in the 20s) my headset shuts down about an hour into the walk. I get a chime then nothing, no lights , sound nothing, I cannot turn them back on they are just dead! When I get home and let them warm up for an hour or so, I can turn them on and they show full charge! Must be the cold because I can use them inside without them shutting down. Is this normal?
Batteries do not like cold weather ( electrons don’t like to move), especially if there are reaching their end-of-life. How old the headphones?
I have tried my Beats with my iPhone8 for two runs in 20-degree weather. I got about .2 miles and they disconnected. I reconnected them, run another 200 yards and they disconnected. I reconnected them, ran 200 yards and the same thing happened. They never behaved this way in warmer temps, so there must be a correlation. So frustrating.
@bearflag7 ““Batteries do not like cold weather” Neither do humans! both are true! I would reccomend charging it for 24 hours and see if the issue persists at room temperature after a full charge.
I have a pair of jbl Walmart headphones I got for 60 bucks. They’ll work all day long in - 20 degree weather. I upgraded (or so I thought) to beats studio 3. Sure, they sound great and bla bla bla but they don’t work in the cold.. Initially their finger for like 20 minutes. Restart them and 5 minutes. Restart them and 2 minutes. So frustrating when they cost what they do..
As the Battery University puts it, “The performance of all batteries drops drastically at low temperatures”! Depending on whether the headphones are using rechargeable NiCd (older ones probably) or lithium-ion (newer), you’ll get different outcomes in cold weather. The issue with newer devices using lithium-ion batteries is that they always have a safety low-voltage cut off built in to prevent permanent damage to the batteries. When that happens, the device shuts down. Low temperatures can create situations where it causes the lithium-ion battery pack to dip below the cut-off temperature when cold, thus prematurely cutting off power to the device. Devices running on NiCd don’t have this cutoff built in, and will probably trickle power and keep working longer in cold situations. Source
I am glad to read this blog to confirm I am not going crazy! I have the same issues in the cold and this is absolutely ridiculous. Why would you spend $300 on headphones that cannot perform to wear outside in the cold
If you want , that your Beats headphones not turn off , just put on a hood , this is my advice ;)
My Studio 3 headphones shut off in hot and cold temperatures. I got them this past Christmas, and they shut off everytime I go out to shovel the snow in my driveway up here in Toronto, Canada, under both a toque and hood. I thought this only applied in cold weather, but What’s worse, is that my wife and I recently took a trip to Hawaii. And while we were sitting on the beach with the sun bearing down on us, my beats headphones did it again. They cut out after being on the beach only 30-45 minutes, and wouldn’t let me turn them on or off. When we got back to the hotel room, and let them cool down, the battery still had plenty of charge, and they started working again. This is just ridiculous! These headphones are such a waste of money!
There is a thermal sensor in these headphones that deliberately shuts them down when that sensor hits 0˚C
If the headset shuts down in warm weather with a significant charge, that’s evidence of a separate problem I’ve got a collection of Beats headphones that Apple has given me for free (I would never buy them) and they all have exactly the same behaviour. Even a wind at +5˚C will shut them down if the humidity is high. It’s a common trait among wireless headsets to auto-shutdown in cold weather no matter the brand. Lithium polymer batteries truly do suck below zero.
I think the real crime with the Beats Studio 3 headset is that they refuse to run off of the analogue audio cable if they lack a power source, since the headphone jack is actually line-level and any amplified signal is attenuated to line RMS.
My Beats Studio 3 shut off in 25 degree faranheit. When I put them inside a warmer area they work
Love my beats great sound but if they suck in cold weather not cool. Company be called SRhythm makes Awesome $50 headphone that works in Michigan -10
