#why are all the new earbuds such crap quality even when they're heavy duty?

[cyazurai]

About ready to scream in frustration.

Click to read if you want to see me rant about earbuds, but if you don't, please just scroll by - I just needed to get this out of my system, haha.

I like to have a set of earbuds for at home, and a set that I take to work, because I am forgetful and will forget to take them to work if I don't always have them in my purse.

I bought the earbuds in my purse at the beginning of my college days, and I graduated in 2016. They still work fantastically.

I bought my current at home earbuds last year in July. The left ear doesn't have sound anymore, and the right is starting to cut out badly enough it's almost unusable. Same brand as the going-to-work earbuds.

So I'm scouring the internet for earbuds with good ratings, and little to no reviews talking about how they start cutting out within the first year. ALL of them have this problem. Every single one I've seen has a good chunk of the reviews talking about how they cut out in the first year - at least the ones under $30, because I'm a part timer I can't afford more than that. And this is both wired and wireless - I've always preferred wired because I'm clumsy and just know I'll drop one and lose it forever, but if I can find wireless with good reviews I'll go for it.

I might have to go back to the old at-home pair I had before these knew ones. They were breaking, literally the plastic was falling apart and hurting me, but the sound was still fantastic.

And that's just sad that new fancy stuff is worse than old broken stuff.