Jabra 65t - £25 (Amazon Warehouse)

The dead pair I got are still sitting on my desk so all yours if you want them. I'd meant to toss them in the WEEE bin but forgot before I went on a break.

The money was taken out of my account on 27-05 and refunded on the 29-05. The repair kit and batteries arrived yesterday from AliExpress, I'll drop them to the eldest lad he loves fixing that kind of stuff.

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Turns out the second set of ear buds was also faulty. Even if I was willing to keep and use an obviously well-worn set of buds, the volume on one of them was much lower than the other (a common problem, apparently).

Instead of returning them to Amazon, I chanced my arm at getting a repair or replacement from Jabra. I lodged an online warranty claim and they initially wanted me to return the faulty set to Amazon but eventually greed to replace them with a new set. I had a choice of Elite 5 or 7, so I took the 7. I didn't have to return the old set. Very impressed with Jabra CS.

I'm fairly impressed by the Elite 7 but the 65T was a better fit - for my ears anyway.

After using the Elite 7 for a while, I think the audio quality on the 65T is better. Charging box on the 7 is much better, though, wireless charging, USB c, magnetic positioning of buds. Still great value for €20, or €0 if return the faulty buds to Amazon 😀 - which I won't do, still waiting on the refund for the first faulty set