That $40 noise-canceling headphone jack saved my commute sanity after 3 years of bus noise

Last week I finally replaced my busted earbuds with a pair from a brand I'd never heard of, and now I can actually hear my podcast over the engine rumble on the 7 AM route. Has anyone else found a random budget brand that actually holds up for daily grinding?

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holly_henderson8616d ago

And it's weird how once you find one thing that works, you start noticing all the other stuff you've just been putting up with for years. I replaced my desk lamp last month after three years of squinting in bad light and now I can't believe I dealt with that for so long. Same with my kitchen knife - sharpened it once after years of using a dull one and my whole dinner prep got faster. We get used to things being slightly terrible and then a twenty dollar fix makes you wonder what else you've been tolerating.

robert_anderson6917d ago

Is that the same brand that sells for thirty bucks on Amazon?

uma_johnson11d ago

Funny you mention that because I just checked and yeah, that thirty dollar one is probably the same thing mine goes for fifteen bucks less most days. But look, I swapped out my crappy scissors for a ten dollar pair off some random brand last week and honestly? They're fine. Not life changing. People act like a new lamp or a sharp knife is gonna solve everything but half the time it's just consumer hype. My sink still leaks and my toast still burns.