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From: Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com>
Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac,misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: Reliable bluetooth headphones/earpods?
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 15:16:07 +0100
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 11:33:22 -0000 (UTC), Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
>I've been fighting for most of the morning to keep my earpods connected to
>my phone for more than 5 minutes - not an exaggeration - and am now
>contemplating new ones. 
>
>Anyone have recommendations of reliable BT - and I mean rock solid
>reliability - headphones/earpods? I mostly use them with my iphone while
>commuting, travelling and gardening for mostly music, but also on
>teams/zoom calls on my mac. I need them to be small and portable. 
>
>I'm not massively interested in fancy features like noise cancelling, pass
>through or detecting that I've removed it from my ear. 
>
>I don't want to spend more that £150 on something that is effectively
>disposable as these moulded devices are. 
>
>I'm on my third set of Melomania 1s which sound great, but the hardware
>hasn't been the best. 1st set failed after a couple of years, 2nd set were
>faulty within a few months (replaced under warranty) and now these ones. 
>
>I'm not the biggest fan of BT - no control over connections - so for
>ultimate stability do I need to resort to wired headphones instead? But
>then I have the dilemma of what connection type to use?
>
>Thanks for any help. 
>
>p.s. I'm not interested in troubleshooting my immediate problem. 

Interesting that you ask that because I've also decided I need
something like that for use when I'm commuting.

I've had a pair of Bose QC45 noise-canceling headphone for a while,
but I don't like using them outside as I prefer to be aware of what's
going on around me. The Bose only get used when I'm on a aircraft or a
long train journey.

I think I've settled on a pair of Shokz OpenFit Air and have read good
reviews about them. In the UK they seem to go for £119 wherever you
buy them. I'm just waiting for Amazon Prime day to come along to see
if the price drops then.

Chris