Headphones

For a year, or maybe about two years, I’ve been obsessed with finding the best headphones for my different listening behaviors.

BEST BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES FOR PHONE CALLS

Beats Flex All-Day Wireless Earbuds – For my day job, if I’m on the phone, I’m doing my job well. Emails and Texts in business are OK, sometimes, but a conversation beats both of them. Same in life … with each passing day, I grow to loathe smartphones, phone addiction, and screen time. So I like to call people and wish them a happy birthday, check-in, or tell them I’m thinking about them. Plus, the Beats Flex All-Day Wireless Earbuds now have Apple tech inside, so they perform seamlessly with my iPhone. Full review here.

JBL Life Buds 3 – The best, reasonably priced, in-ear earbuds …ever! Scroll down. You’ll see I’ve tested quite a few, but JBL got EVERYTHING right with these. Full review coming soon.

Sennheiser HD 518 Over-the-Ear Headphones –

Sennheiser OCX 685i Adidas Sports In-Ear – Bought them for the inline microphone to replace the stupid pair that comes with every iPhone or iPad, but these are far better than expected.

Bedphones Generation 3 – When I developed sleep problems, my doctor gave me Xanax, but I didn’t want to rely on that. I found out that listening to music or a boring audio book would distract my monkey-brain and I’d fall back asleep. More …