[2021 Update] Venture Electronics (VE) Monk V2, Monk Plus & Monk Go: a $5 earbud that taking the world by storm!!!

[vapman]

  My Royal Monk has arrived here in town, but sadly didn't manage to make it before Thanksgiving, so shall have to wait for after the Holiday.  I'm looking forward to giving the 3 button mic variant a try.

Same here bro, mine were being handed off to USPS on the 15th and only cleared customs yesterday. Hopefully might see them monday. Will be my first mic'd monks. I guess my 3 button mic cable will have to go on something else!

 

[Saoshyant]

Royal Monk has arrived, so probably going to make it my work earbud as my listening is done via a LG V10.  Has a great look to it, and it's a shame it wasn't scented grape given the color.

 

[vapman]

Looks like I'll have mine tomorrow. so jealous of everyone else that has theirs, I bought mine the first day they were up! also gonna be my V10's new best friend.

 

[golov17]

Looks like I'll have mine tomorrow. so jealous of everyone else that has theirs, I bought mine the first day they were up! also gonna be my V10's new best friend.

3 button for Android?

 

[vapman]

3 button for Android?

You know it my first monk with mic

 

[Aleo]

Does the packaging of the Monks denote which color it is, and does it show whether or not it is a mic version?

 

[Vigrith]

  Does the packaging of the Monks denote which color it is, and does it show whether or not it is a mic version?

 
Yap.

 

[vapman]

  Does the packaging of the Monks denote which color it is, and does it show whether or not it is a mic version?

The only one that might not be obvious is blue is balanced. Not to be confused with light blue, which is candy.
 
Disclaimer: I don't know how the massdrop Blue ones will look. I didn't buy any.

 

[Aleo]

   
Yap.

 

  The only one that might not be obvious is blue is balanced. Not to be confused with light blue, which is candy.
 
Disclaimer: I don't know how the massdrop Blue ones will look. I didn't buy any.

Thank you!

 

[vapman]

Aleo
Got my purple monk today and i noticed this has taken place of the colored round stickers. I expect to see this on the not yet released blue ones...

 

[danmlr]

I'll try a third time here and then direct to lee if no one can answer.
 
Can I use the one button mic with an iPhone or am I forced to use the 3 button iOS specific?

 

[golov17]

I'll try a third time here and then direct to lee if no one can answer.

Can I use the one button mic with an iPhone or am I forced to use the 3 button iOS specific?

There are two versions: CTIA vs OMTP

 

[golov17]

 

[The Dan of Steel]

I'll try a third time here and then direct to lee if no one can answer.

Can I use the one button mic with an iPhone or am I forced to use the 3 button iOS specific?

I can confirm that one button mic works with iPhone 5s. I don't care for volume control and rather have the universal button/mic. I have purchased a black and now a blue with mic/button only. Track skip works too.

 

[zabunny94]

i guess some people need to know this, based on my experience with other brand

no mic = works on every device with 3.5mm jack, OMTP and CTIA
one click mic = works only on CTIA device
3button ios = work with all CTIA device, but volume button only work in apple device
3button android = work on every CTIA device, but volume button only work in android

no mic version is the best for me because sometimes i listening music using my old sony ericsson cellphone which still using OMTP and of course more parts = more thing to break later on. but YMMV

if you only need the skip or previous button, you don't actually need to buy the 3 button version.