I’ve been rocking my Sony WH-1000XM3’s for going on 5 years now and have had absolutely zero issues with battery life (or anything else for that matter). I wear them several hours a day, every work day for Zoom calls, etc. They’ve traveled with me and are great for flights.
I’d buy another pair (of the newer model) in a heartbeat.
To add to that, I have a pair of the same headphones and I replaced the battery in them this year. I won’t call it easy, but it was a lot easier than replacing a cell phone battery. Here’s a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh1cPCjfh34
The process really isn’t too bad, I also replaced my charging port because I was having issues with that. Lots of parts available on eBay
That is encouraging but the fact remains that there is a point of failure in the battery which has a known lifetime of charge cycles. I’m wouldn’t tell you not to buy them I’m just a stickler for that kind of thing I guess.
That’s fair. Getting 5+ years of heavy use (thousands of hours) out of a $400 pair of headphones is worth the investment to me. Not worth it to everyone, though.
We need a new list every year because the fucking things don’t have replaceable batteries :/
I’ve been rocking my Sony WH-1000XM3’s for going on 5 years now and have had absolutely zero issues with battery life (or anything else for that matter). I wear them several hours a day, every work day for Zoom calls, etc. They’ve traveled with me and are great for flights.
I’d buy another pair (of the newer model) in a heartbeat.
Same here- best headphones I’ve ever owned!
🙋🏻♂️ Sony WH-1000XM2 owner here, and I’m equally as happy. They’re still going strong after years of heavy daily use.
To add to that, I have a pair of the same headphones and I replaced the battery in them this year. I won’t call it easy, but it was a lot easier than replacing a cell phone battery. Here’s a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh1cPCjfh34
The process really isn’t too bad, I also replaced my charging port because I was having issues with that. Lots of parts available on eBay
That is encouraging but the fact remains that there is a point of failure in the battery which has a known lifetime of charge cycles. I’m wouldn’t tell you not to buy them I’m just a stickler for that kind of thing I guess.
That’s fair. Getting 5+ years of heavy use (thousands of hours) out of a $400 pair of headphones is worth the investment to me. Not worth it to everyone, though.
Are they really impossible to replace, though?
They are not designed to be replaced
Probably not.
But most wireless headphones would be destroyed in the process of taking them apart.
I imagine some of the larger models above have (skilled) user replaceable batteries.