JBL T280A Wired In-ear Headphones (Black) Expired

If you expect these to work like a $15 headset, this wouldn't be a deal anymore.

It's like getting disappointed that disposable razor became bad after just 2 weeks of use.

I've commented maybe five times in ten years of slickdeals, but I have a love of "pocketable headphones" out of necessity. I've ruined, and will continue ruining, so many pairs it's insane.

These are the best sounding pocketable headphones per $ that I've found. I've used probably over a dozen different brands and types. These are extremely loud with pretty decent sound and I don't mind when they break. My old favorites were Etymotics, but after breaking enough in my pocket, these have become my "every day carry" headphones. They don't have any volume buttons which is a bummer to me since I use an app that lets put in custom button codes. But they still sound great, are loud, fit into my ear and stay put, and dont ruin my day if they break in my pocket, which makes them (in my requirements and opinion)the best low end headphones I've found. I've been on the same two different pairs (the white and black) over the last year and a half and they haven't broken at all. I once lost a black pair though because I washed them when I forgot them in my pocket and they wrapped around the washer spinner and the left ear would crackle after that.

The biggest issue I have gotten with most "every day in my pocket and working out" headphones is that they fail in two main places: where they plug in, and where the wire goes into the headphone. It happened so often with the "where they plug in" on other headphones (especially skull candy and Bose) that I even bought a soldering kit with replacement stems. These have not had those issues at all. So at the very least I can give them higher durability than those two brands.