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My Jabra Elite 8 Actives were perfect until I lost one.

I hadnt used wired headphones regularly in years.

Man wearing wired headphones

Here are three things I loved about the experience, along with two I really didnt.

What I loved

1.

No more dreading the woman who lives inside my Bluetooth headphones telling me battery low halfway through a 10-miler.

Man wearing wired headphones

One less thing on my mind.

Affordability

My wired headphones cost 11.99 (around $15.50 / AU$25) fromAmazon.

What I didn’t love

4.

Jlab Go Air Sport in yellow on a desk

The live wire also means the buds are only light rain- and sweat-proof, not truly water-resistant.