Months ago I was having some back and forth with another user about bluetooth earphones that were Airpods style, not TWS and had a wire connecting them.
These non in ear Airpods style and non TWS ones are pretty hard to find for some reason and after thinking there was only 1 crappy option I had given up.
But I since had my eye on another pair I found and they dropped $20 in price so I ordered them.
I was going to update that user I was chatting to but that post is locked now so thought I will just post in forums just in case anyone else is looking for them.
Link to comments: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/712616
I got these JBL Tune 215BT for $50 shipped from Amazon UK. I don't have Prime but it still gives free shipping. They had been $70 for a few months now.
https://www.amazon.com.au/JBL-Tune-215BT-Headphones-Built/dp…
They have a decent 16 hour battery life from a single charge and have a companion App which you can use to update them if necessary.
The next closest price is $66 from a random eBay AU seller.
The only other similar design pair I found was the Philips SHB5250WT which are not even worth linking because they have a really low 4.5 hour battery life from a single charge. The Philips were also $69 on Amazon. For awhile I thought these were the only option so I had given up.
I prefer these non in ear Airpods style earphones because they are just a lot more comfortable and also don't create a perfect seal which allows me to hear things around me while using them.
Benefits I wanted from non TWS +Longer battery life from single charge which is good for watching movies or if you forget to charge them once or twice +I can pull one out and just let it hang down, I don't have to find a place to put it down and I can easily put it back in +If one falls out it doesn't fall and risk getting stepped on or go down a drain. +Buttons to control functions such as volume, no more accidental triggering of touch sensors when adjusting or having them fall out when I touch them and try to actually trigger the sensor +Cheaper than Airpods 2nd gen and IMO the JBL have better design.
Negatives I can think of -Sometimes after a day of getting sweaty I can feel pretty greasy on my neck, so I will kind of be subconscious of the wire getting dirty and maybe the plastic wearing out. -For the same reason it might feel a bit annoying on the back of my neck after sweating. -Battery lasts longer from single charge, but I will need to get used to it to make sure I charge it regularly maybe once a week. -Only the Tan colored one is $50 which might blend in with your skin color, I would have preferred the blue colored one because it would be more obvious to others that you are listening to headphones. But for $20 savings I settled for the Tan color.
I did use ones similar to them but i dont anymore simply cause they dont make any sense for me.
I use airpods pro or galaxy buds 2 for everything except movies/TV Shows on my TV for that i use Fiio BTR3k and a standard 3.5mm sony earphones (can lay my head flat against a pillow with no discomfort), I choose that cause i can charge and use them at the same time if i forget to charge them which cannot be done with those things you have.
Ive hated the non in ear earphones since the very first time ive ever used them, they have NEVER been comfortable and worse than the comfort they always sound like crap.