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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The batteries in my awesome 49 bucks LG HBS 800 are still alive and kicking like 10 hours per day after what, 5 years now? Too bad this particular one was discontinued, but at least I have 2.

I also had 300 dollar sony buds, half the Audio quality with batteries that lasted 6 months, now I have 5 minutes of shitty audio quality before they die, yay!

Fuck these design to fail products, they should be outlawed

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Charging patterns can make a big difference FWIW

I don't think there's that much variance in lithium battery quality.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

The ollbly difference in charging patterns is that the LG headset already lasted 10 hours from the start where the Sony only lasted 5. I couldn't get a full day of work out of the Sony's