Got these earbuds for a little over six euros from AliExpress. They sound very nice for the price, I love the Y2K transparent skeleton aesthetic and most importantly for me, the earbuds can be detached from the cable, so if it breaks you can just get a new one for a few bucks. I’ve had to toss dozens upon dozens of earbuds over the years due to faulty cables so I really appreciate being able to swap them
Edit: You can also plug in Bluetooth adapters into the cable connectors, which is pretty cool. The adapters seem to be a bit expensive though so you’d probably want one of the fancier models
If you were willing to spend a bit more in the 20-30 dollar range, you’d probably be able to get really nice Chinese earbuds but I just needed something cheap for backup and these do very nicely
I got Xiaomi* neckband headphones for like $10, and I’m a big fan now. If you don’t know what neckbands look like: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=neckband&ia=images&iax=images&atb=v481-1
I would lose earbuds in the first week if I hand them. But over-ear headphones are so bulky, and I don’t like wearing them with wet hair or with a hat. I get tangled with wired headphones. But the neckband solves all of these problems. They definitely don’t sound as good as the $30 JBL overear headphones I have, but for podcasts they’re great. I didn’t even know neckbands were a thing until aliexpress randomly recommended them
*Likely counterfeit xiaomi
Yeah, I have a pair of Bluetooth earbuds which sometimes have a habit of dropping out of my ears when I bend my head down. A neckband would probably help make wireless earbuds less prone to being lost.
Damn, I’m seeing neckband headphones on AE going as low as 3 euros. Not sure how well the Bluetooth connectivity is bound to work on something that cheap though