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I am never buying earbuds again, EVER, FUCKING EVER (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by allthetimesivedied@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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The I paid $25 for these pretty decent ones, they go for $60 retail. Everything was fine and then I remembered the third reason this is trash technology: the screen thingie always comes off, or gets gummed up and has to be taken ‘ off, making it sound like something I wouldn’t even pay $5 for.

If it isn’t that, earbuds will either not stay put, or I’ll lose one, just one.

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[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I buy the cheap ass Walmart “ONN” branded earbuds. 16 bucks a set. Sounds decent, 10 hours battery on the earbud, another 20 in the case.

I’m hard on earbuds. I step on them, lose them in tunnels while doing under slab plumbing work, lose them in ceilings running water lines, drop them down sewer cleanouts, and more.

I average about two months, sometimes three, before I break them or drop them down sewer drains. It is wasteful, but, I can lose 15 pairs before I have spent what a pair of AirPods Pro costs.

I can’t do wired anymore. They get hung up on too much stuff while working and sometimes present a hazard.

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Those are what I use, I've had my current set for at least a year and the battery is still going strong, I usually only have one in at a time so they last for several days before I have to charge it.