[nemof]

i've destroyed so many wired headphones by forgetting i'm wearing them and trying to take off my bag and tearing them out of my ears forcefully. it got to the point where i ended up using wired headphones like a consumable. switching over to wireless has been bliss just for this simple reason.

my biggest gripe with wireless so far, and this might be specific to galaxy buds+ is that their batteries suck after a years use. otherwise, all the things you describe are why they're great.

[jacquesm]

I once saw a person walk away from a mixing desk in a studio wearing headphones. He got janked back violently enough that he lost his balance and fell. Pretty good cable!

[dylan604]

I'd say pretty good jack to not allow the cable to pull out. Should have been using a magsafe jack!

I can't count the number of times I have done this very thing.

[eertami]

Do you exclusively use a messenger bag/shoulder bag? I've never had a problem with a backpack and wired headphones.

There's an auxiliary benefit as well in that a backpack seems to be way better for my back than a shoulder bag.

[aksss]

A downside being that backpacks (outside of hiking context) are so visually associated with schoolchildren that wearing them as a professional is kind of impossible, image-wise. For someone fresh out of college maybe; for thirty+ it starts communicating a very juvenile appearance. The key with messenger and shoulder bag ergonomics is all in positioning (vertically and in orientation relative to body).

[jmartrican]

It boggles me how angry I get when that happens to me with earbuds. It's so jarring. You feel like u been attacked by the earbuds.