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[Meted]

I work outside with a wide brimmed hat and need to wear noise cancelling earmuffs, i am currently using these

But the battery life is not long enough, the connection is spotty and the touch pad part (the bit that has a digital look) is too big and pushes against my earmuff while working, sometimes pushing them out of my ear.
I am looking for some earphones that are smaller than this, reliable, with a good battery life, and ideally not touch operated as i always have issues skipping or pauses music/podcasts with a touch operated earphone.

 

[RiccochetJ]

I've found that the $20 ones you can find on Amazon can last upwards of 6 hours.

You're not going to make a fashion statement with them though cowboy.

 

[longdi]

Wireless earbuds, have Gaffers switched over yet?

i use these cheap 45 dollar MPOW 059 from amazon. they're highly reviewed/rated for average bluetooth over ear headphones. i enjoy them. they aren't as loud as wired (they have a aux cable option as well when not using the battery). my phone (one plus 6) has a headphone jack but i like the...

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pimping these.

Tbf, a lot of cheap chinese TWS buds now, are pretty damn good.
As long as you get BT5.0 and IP protection.

Apple was/is visionary to kill the 3.5mm jack

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Wireless earbuds, have Gaffers switched over yet?

i use these cheap 45 dollar MPOW 059 from amazon. they're highly reviewed/rated for average bluetooth over ear headphones. i enjoy them. they aren't as loud as wired (they have a aux cable option as well when not using the battery). my phone (one plus 6) has a headphone jack but i like the...

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pimping these.

Tbf, a lot of cheap chinese TWS buds now, are pretty damn good.
As long as you get BT5.0 and IP protection.

Apple was/is visionary to kill the 3.5mm jack

It was more like they were too cheap to pay 3 cents a phone for the aux HOLE more than anything,

 

[Pagusas]

The AirPod pros are amazing, and you can disable the touch sensitive parts so you wouldn't have a problem with them. Battery life is great too.

 

[Meted]

The AirPod pros are amazing, and you can disable the touch sensitive parts so you wouldn't have a problem with them. Battery life is great too.

should have mentioned i have a samsung

 

[funkygunther]

should have mentioned i have a samsung

I have the Galaxy Buds and they're decent. No messy pairing/connection issues and the case can be wirelessly charged.

 

[switchback27]

I've heard good things about the Anker Soundcore Liberty Pro 2 and will be getting one in the new year. Hopefully it's good--the main issue I have with TWS earphones is that the connection keeps cutting out intermittently whenever I put my phone in just my jacket pocket.

Since I've tried about 3 TWS earphones and they all suffer the same thing, I'm thinking either A) my phone (Samsung Galaxy S8) has issues, or B) Bluetooth connection is inherently flawed and they should have never removed the 3.5mm jack. Maybe it's both.

 

[Pagusas]

should have mentioned i have a samsung

They work perfectly with android phones.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Razer Hammerhead True Wireless

It's even in the name! Is there even such a thing as fake wireless?

 

[longdi]

It was more like they were too cheap to pay 3 cents a phone for the aux HOLE more than anything,

Nay, Apple was courageous to go all in.

The tech was already baking.
BT4.2-BT5.0
Qualcomn chips and codecs
Mini-batteries

Samsung would probably fucked it up if they went head first. At least everyone can copy from Apple, and they did! We are better off now with TWS buds. Imo.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

I've got some Chinese tat from Amazon that cost me £35 quid. Amazing sound quality, lasts about 6 hours, no dropping or messing about with pairing.

I bought another pair that were buttonless and worked with touch that were even better sound wise.

Spending £100's on Airpods is mental, unless you're trying to show off, in which case, you're an NPC so it doesn't matter

 

[Radical Dreamer]

Sony xf1000 m3? Those are pretty costly though