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"Any cheap wireless exercises headphone recommendations"


          

All I want is a great sound set of wireless headphones for the cheapest price. Why is this so hard.

I've tried:
PowerBeats 3 - Love the form factor, the controls, the fit. Despise the sound - too much bass too little mid-range. Rememebr when you first hear Meth's Tical album on a megabass boombox - that's what they sounded like.

Apple AirPods - Got them last night. they sound great. Hate:No controls on them - it's a deal breaker.

Uses: Wearing while hiking - so wireless would be best. Needs to have controls (play/pause/next track/previous track/volume up/volume down.) In ear or almost in ear is better - no traditional headphone

Sound quality #1. Durability #2. Battery life #3. Looks #5.The cheaper the better.

Even a pair of fake/clone PowerBeats would work - they just have to sound better than real ones.

"Sound good" to me is Apple Earpod level or better. (That should be easy to best.)

Prefer to spend less than $100 - would spend $200 on a near perfect pair.

I'm interested in ones you have actually tried and liked - there are a million articles on the net - but I've found those reviewers often have wildly different standards than people I know in real life.


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Kinivo BTH240
Jan 08th 2017
1
I bought these Skullcandy awhile a go.
Jan 08th 2017
2
soundpeats qy7
Jan 15th 2017
3
Just got mine. They sound great
Jan 17th 2017
5
I ended up ordering Jlabs Epic (v1) for $23.00
Jan 15th 2017
4
Check thewirecutter.com
Jan 18th 2017
6

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1. "Kinivo BTH240"
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Sun Jan-08-17 01:37 AM by hardware

          

Sound is about a B- (better than apple), but you get a little more than you pay for

get the white ones tho. the black ones are ugly

  

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ne_atl
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2. "I bought these Skullcandy awhile a go."
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Love them. I think I paid $79

http://www.skullcandy.com/earbuds/wireless-earbuds/XTFREE.html?cgid=1120&color=Black&skdy_mic=Universal#Vbj5hl48awScJZKZ.97

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kayru99
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3. "soundpeats qy7"
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Love'em.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PEPIWNI/?tag=lifsrhy-20

  

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mrshow
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5. "Just got mine. They sound great"
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Can't vouch for battery life yet though.

  

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handle
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4. "I ended up ordering Jlabs Epic (v1) for $23.00"
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From Amazon Warehouse Deals.

they arrive today - but I think that if the Beats X headphones that come out soon sound better than PowerBeats 3 that I might give those a try tioo.

I also found I need the controls on a wire where I can use 1 hand and I can turn my head to see them if eneded. Also some controls (even on a wire) are weird.

Someone recommended these: https://www.amazon.com/MEE-audio-Bluetooth-Wireless-Headphones/dp/B018RP7X0O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1483817105&sr=8-2&keywords=meelectronics+bluetooth - And they went on sale for $47.

But I found to skip a track you don't press the button twice quickly, you do a long hold on it. Well if you want to skip 4 tracks in a row to get then it will take several seconds to do it.

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wallysmith
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6. "Check thewirecutter.com"
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I always hype them wherever I can because their methodology is the most comprehensive, informative style targeted for the Average Joe (doesn't want all the expensive bells and whistles nor does he want cheap garbage).

http://thewirecutter.com/leaderboard/headphones/

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wireless-exercise-headphones/

  

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