Wireless earbuds 2023

[gregs656]

I ended up ordering a pair of TW3s from Amazon warehouse last night. Got messed around on Facebook and I had a decent amount of Amazon vouchers to use anyway.

I almost bought a pair of Jabra Elite 7 Pro but, like Sony, they use a bone conduction mic and they just don’t seem to be up to much.

I’ll report back when they arrive. If they’re not a decent step up from the Buds+ I am going to send them back.

[Alickadoo]

What about Skullcandy Sesh?

Anyone tried them?

[okenemem]

should have just bought the samsungs again

[Fallingup]

Are some pods more prone to falling out than others? That's my biggest issue with them.

[thebraketester]

okenemem said:

should have just bought the samsungs again

Reasons are discussed in the thread.

[liner33]

I have the same problem , I have airpods but much prefer using my Bose Soundsport headphones but just found out they are discontinued and as mine are 3 years old they are getting tired

[NaePasaran]

You tried going back to wired?

The sound on my wired £30 earphones pisses all over my Sony earbuds at 4 times the cost. Granted the earbuds are extremely convenient for the gym but unless I'm moving around I'll be going back to wired.

[gregs656]

okenemem said:

should have just bought the samsungs again

Probably. I did try and buy a couple of pairs off Facebook but none of the ones close to me had the different size buds and wing tips which I would want to get the fit right.

That is my plan if I’m not happy with the Sennheisers though. I’ll just have to put up with AirPods until I find a pair.

I wouldn't go back to wired buds for day to day now.

[gregs656]

Fallingup said:

Are some pods more prone to falling out than others? That's my biggest issue with them.

Definitely - one of the reasons I prefer the kind of twist fit ones to AirPod style ones is they are more secure.

[Junglebert]

I don’t know if you’ve seen these Greg, I haven’t used them, just spotted them when I was buying more tips.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09JPQV7W6/ref...

[gregs656]

Junglebert said:

I don’t know if you’ve seen these Greg, I haven’t used them, just spotted them when I was buying more tips.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09JPQV7W6/ref...

I looked at those for my regular AirPods but don’t think the wings fit in the case.

Maybe different tips would be a reasonable solution on their own though with the pros, which are a significant comfort improvement on the regular ones.

[_-XXXX-_]

Fallingup said:

Are some pods more prone to falling out than others? That's my biggest issue with them.

Ye! I lost my Samsung Buds 2 so replaced them with the Pro 2. The cheaper Buds 2 never fell out...the Pro's seem to! (Granted, when running)

[PT1984]

The TW3 are excellent. I’m genuinely amazed by the SQ. they also block out a screaming baby at 3am. My only issue is they sometimes dislodge when laughing. So some podcasts are out!

[mikal83]

Just bought the Btootos ones advertised now on Amazon. recommended in various places, huge price reduction....delivered sunday, set up with musicolet on my S8 and I am very impressed....

[robsa]

Bowers & Wilkins have just released the Pi7 S2's and from what I gather they are the best sounding earbuds around. £349 though!

[mikal83]

robsa said:

Bowers & Wilkins have just released the Pi7 S2's and from what I gather they are the best sounding earbuds around. £349 though!

My Btootos was £19

[steve51800]

I have a set if soundcore liberty buds, great battery, comfy fit, and the sound is great for podcasts, music, and not had any complaints on calls or teams.

[Dave.]

mikal83 said:

Just bought the Btootos ones advertised now on Amazon. recommended in various places, huge price reduction....delivered sunday, set up with musicolet on my S8 and I am very impressed....

Any links to these recommendations? I can’t seem to find any.

Could do with some cheapies to replace my old JVC ones.

[gregs656]

I’ve now ordered a pair of Linkbuds S as well. Not sure how I missed these. Significantly better mic than the XM4s and a smaller case than the Sennheisers which still haven’t arrived.

All from Amazon so not too worried about returning one of them.

Sonys should be here on Thursday.

[s p a c e m a n]

My wife was bugging me with what I wanted for valentines day whilst we were watching something on YouTube just as they started doing an advert for raycon, so I just said get me a pair of those as I had lost my Sony's about a year ago and never bothered getting a new pair.

The sound quality is ok, they're Bluetooth earbuds so not going to be amazing but are more than enough for podcasts and radio. I'm getting a good 6 hours out of them each day and not having to put them in the case to charge, get about 5 meters before they start losing signal. The microphone is great on them, I work around loud machinery and unless I'm standing next to something banging away people can hear me perfectly, I think they're a bit better than actually using my pixel phone for that. The bit that amazes me with them though is that the only time one has fallen out is when I was taking a jumper off, I feel like I was constantly pushing my old Sony's back in before they fell out.

For cheapish work headphones I'm not going back to wired ones again, they're definitely not a couple hundred quids worth but they're miles better than the Chinese crap I thought that would turn up.