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Matt Evans

I switched back to cheap wired headphones after years of working out with wireless: here are 3 things I loved (and 2 I didn't)

Man wearing wired headphones.

My Jabra Elite 8 Actives were perfect – until I lost one. Like most people, I got used to the freedom that using the best workout earbuds provided, with no more tangling wires draped under my shirt anchoring me to my phone. Also, on runs, I often test the best bone conduction headphones to run with, as you get to soundtrack your runs and stay aware of your surroundings.

On this occasion, I was using the Jabra Elite 8 Active Gen 2, as I was between bone-conduction headphones to test. Normally very secure, the Elite 8 Active Gen 2s are the Rolls Royce of workout headphones: super-premium, well-engineered, and very comfortable. Halfway through my run, I stopped at the local health club to grab a coffee, took my earbuds out, and one of them slipped through my fingers onto the floor.

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