Mercury silver to me is slightly transparent. These are they are silver. What really fries me is that apparently i have to pay for returning them! Shame on me.

I so recommend this item, i'm so thrilled with how it performs. Versatile for any environment. Far more stylish than most anything else i've found.

They take forever to charge and then continuously dim over the course of a few hours. When you plug them in, they return to full brightness, but the entire point of these is that they're a wireless solution. I'm sure they're using garbage batteries th...  Read More

These are terrible. Functionally, they're a disaster. The gold finish is very cheap and plasticky. Wouldn't recommend buying this product.