I've had experience with a few:
I used to recommend the Jabra Elite 65t or 75t. They're excellent for bluetooth options, great noise cancellation for earbuds, really comforable fit, excellent battery life, seemingly very good build quality, great features with the app around balancing sound preferences. They also stay in my ear comfortably without silicon wraps or any other features, they have this sort of ... I dunno, matte svelte feel to them and they stay in comfortably, up to about 45min-60min of running where sometimes if my ear gets very sweaty they can be a little less comfortable (almost like a vaccum feeling), I've always preferred that to the silicon wings which never fit me right. But, they're usually between $150-$200 depending on sales, and I've actually had problems with 2 pairs now, and have had to send them both back for warranty replacement. Jabra has a 1 or 2 year warranty, but it's extremely slow to get replacements... You have to jump through a ton of stupid hoops to get the warranty process started, and then once you do send them back it takes weeks. I've been waiting for 2 weeks since sending another pair back and it's taking for ever.
THe problem with BOTH of them is that there's a little sensor, this pinhole sensor, which I think is for picking up ambient audio, and that sensor gets filled with junk overtime. Who knows, wax, debris, sweat, dirt, etc. That sensor gets that shit packed in there, hard as a rock, and the audio of the earbud slowly gets quieter, and quieter, and quieter, because of some bug... Like I swore "jeez these seem way quieter than they used to be... maybe it's my phone... maybe it's this podcast... maybe it's somethign else..." and then, "hrm, the left earbud seems way quieteer than the right, maybe I'm going crazy, maybe it's my hearing..." Finally, my left earbud completely stopped producing sound, and because the two earbuds are linked up to balance audio, the right earbud stopped producing sound too. 0% volume, couldn't change it.
Finally I google it, read on reddit peopl ehaving a similar problem. The sensor gets fucked up packed with shit. A solution? Take a paper clip, lightly push it into the sensor, break up the crud, and then tap the earbud on a hard surface till it all falls out ... Voila, works again. Jabra does not suggest you do this. THey suggest you go through the warranty process, which takes months. Why? Because if you tap ever so slightly too strong, you can permanently damage the sensor inside the buds and they're busted.
SO...
I fixed one pair, my wife's, with that method. But then I did mine? Broke them. So I've sent those ones back and... it's been 2 weeks.
So now? Fuck em. Theyr'e great earbuds when they work, but to have BOTH ~$200 earbuds break? The same way? Both 12-18mos after purchase? Fuck em, not worth the hassle anymore.
I bought a pair of replacement Anker earbuds for $40... I think they're the Soundcore Life series, I think the "A" series or the "Dot" series which I Think are the same thing. They're like $35-$45, great battery life, great sound, work fine, stay in. Negatives, I don't like the silicon ring thing, I don't find them comfortable, but they do stay in even when playing basketball.
What's the drawback to Anker? Wlel, go on amazon and search "Anker earbuds," you're going to get 50 results of products that all look basically identical for the same ballpark price and I can never figure out what "The new ones" are. Seriously... Anker Soundcore Liberty Neo, Anker SoundCore Life, Anker Soundcore Life P Series, ANker SOundcore Life Dot Series, Anker SOudncore Life A series. There's like 5-6 different earbud options, and your guess is as good as mine for what's new or old. I THINK the dot series is the newest? But fuck it, could be totally wrong.
The Jabra's are the best ones that I've used, stay in all the time, cycling, running, basketball (little worse for bball), great noise cancellation, excellent battery life, features, integration with Android/iPhone. BUT, the fucking sensor getting packed with goo and utterly bricking the things sucks. The warranty is goo dbecause they know this is a problem, but the warranty service taking ... I dunno... a month, longer? and requiring serious effort to even fill out a warranty request ... ? That sucks monkey butts.
