I've been using the Skullcandy INK'd earphones now for around 2 months, and the quality of the product is incredible. I paid around £9.99 for my earphones, and overall I've been extremely impressed with them.
- Design
The design of the Skullcandy INK'd earphones are very minimal, using a single cable from the headphone jack, to a centerpiece in the middle of the line with the skullcandy name. Then the cable splits into 2, leading to the very efficiently designed ear-buds. These seemed to be made from metal. I have the dark grey ones, so I see a dark metal outer, with a plastic black band which is actually used for bass reflex. The back of the ear-buds have the skullcandy "skull" logo, and are very small in the hand. The ear bud attachments vary in size, I personally recommend the biggest ones to hold them in your ears, and to block out all outer noise.
- Performance
I use my Skullcandy INK'd earphones with my MacBook & iPod Touch, both have a very high output for audio, and these earphones just do not give in to any pressure, volumes or strength I throw at them. I've had my iTunes on full volume, my MacBook on full volume and the EQ inside iTunes on +12db to really push the earphones, and they didn't give in. This to me shows that these earphones are made to withstand the best of pressures, and are definitely reliable.
- Protection
The only thing I can recommend when using thee earphones, is that don't get the cables tangled up. If you can, also clean the ear-buds every now & again to maintain performance.
My conclusion is, if you want performance earphones, with a nice style to them, then definitely get the Skullcandy INK'd earphones.