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These are not good headphones. The battery life is kind of bad, the charging system is finicky, the sound is poor, and there's not even passive noise isolation. I have a $50 pair of over-ear bluetooth headphones that have week-long battery life, sound pretty good, can be charged while being listened to, and have a 3.5mm plug for passive wired listening when the battery runs out.

Like everyone else, I bought and used a set of AirPods for a while, but I ended up going back to the wired headphones when I wanted tiny little earbuds while walking or biking. My wired headphones work everywhere (including my iPod, which I use every day) and the AirPods are finicky, frequently lost connection between themselves, and required charging all the time. Much easier just to tuck a wired set down my sweatshirt and use the in-line remote to control volume (which the airpods can't do).

parent elagost 7 years ago

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