expiredsmartshopper798 posted Jul 03, 2023 06:50 AM
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expiredsmartshopper798 posted Jul 03, 2023 06:50 AM
Skullcandy Riff Wireless On-Ear Headphones (Blue or Grey)
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Battery lasts a good amount of time and for me the sound is good. I'm not a hard-core audiophile though.
Also I have a fairly big head and they fit good and I've wore them for hours at a time without any real discomfort.
I can easily get a headset with anc and 40hr battery life on Amazon for the same price
https://www.amazon.com/Cancelling...49
https://www.amazon.com/Conlisten-...49&sr=8-25
I am very skeptical of this brand in general but I am enjoying mine so far (2 months of medium use).
Hope it helps!
If you have a lenovo account they always have coupons so I got mine 5 bucks cheaper...
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I can easily get a headset with anc and 40hr battery life on Amazon for the same price
https://www.amazon.com/Cancelling...49
https://www.amazon.com/Conlisten-...49&sr=8-25
My fancy $150 Beats earbuds, mainly sold by Apple, basically blasts static noise into your ear and blocks nothing. Pretty annoying after a few minutes, I prefer it didn't and so it didn't quickly drain the battery playing static noise from an internal mp3 file. That's not ANC guys.
One Chinese generic over the ears headphone, that I bought for $10 from Chinese manufacturer at CES, actually has good ANC and feels like it does create artificial silence around the ears. You still hear everything around you when you aren't listening to sitting besides the ANC but it does "something" interesting and feels strange. So I guess that is ANC.
Again nothing compared to the $199 apple Airpod pros which is incredible. Probably top secret tech.
Anyways, I have had about 20 Bluetooth headphones in my past 4 years especially since wfh started and my best one has been a Skullcandy that was posted here for $7.50 at Target. The microphone somewhat works and people hear me with 20% complaints.
I also have a $12.50 GoLab or JLab from Best buy that is ok but microphone sucks.
I also have the $149 Beats, (came with Visible deal) and again people can't hear me well, but has a ridiculous 250ft or more range. I literally place it in an open foot all field and run all the way to other side while listening with Bluetooth. Interesting tech.
So have a whole bunch of generic Chinese ones from Amazon eBay CES, AliExpress and they are all pretty bad except the one I mentioned with ANC. Some suddenly stopped charging. One don't sync left and right and became two independent earbuds. One doesn't have battery in the case so battery life is a joke. One the plastic started together sticky after a while. One is lose in the case so, while in my pocket , it unseats from it's position in the case and suddenly steals the audio and connects to my phone and I'm wondering what happened. Imagine in middle of my call with someone, audio is gone. One keeps sending popup window to my phone that it wants to pair although it's already paired to my laptop and it shouldn't be trying to pair. Anyways just some nuances with these.
None have a good mic. 🎤 None.
But nearly every single one sounds OK for music. Some louder than others. I would say Beats is the best one. (Not including Apples Airpods that's the best by far for it's mic and music.)
Sorry for the long story I hope my experience of losing lots of money on Bluetooth, helps others.
Battery lasts a good amount of time and for me the sound is good. I'm not a hard-core audiophile though.
Also I have a fairly big head and they fit good and I've wore them for hours at a time without any real discomfort.
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