When they go down to about 10% and I still need to listen to something, I take one out and let it charge for 15 minutes which takes it to over 75% for me, repeat for the other and I’m done with no downtime and a mono experience for 30 mins.

In practice I don’t have to do that very often because when I’m not using them I’ll put them back in the case for a bit.

Good to know, thanks. I didn't think they'd charge that fast.

For all the other commenters asking, I do have noise canceling headphones right now and yes they last for > 20 hours so it's not a concern unless I forget to charge them because I'm an idiot.

Not using apple's, but my bose's QC 20 have about 15 hours of battery life. Their fully bluetooth model has about 8-10 hours. It doesn't have the "cool" factor of having two separate ear-pieces without wire between them, but it can handle a full day of work or a europe -> asia flight without having to recharge and that's more important to me.

A perspective from for whom no cable is life changing.

I have very sensitive ears and I always found the cable getting caught on something, even a minimal one just behind the head, pulling down on my ears which is a very unpleasant experience for me.

I can listen to an audiobook as I’m falling asleep with just one earbud in and no cables in my face. Being able to use just one at a time without having to tuck a cable into my shirt or down my collar which always comes out is fantastic in general.

I’m very active and being able to have two little pieces of plastic that I can tuck into a case with no cable in my pocket is very nice when my headphones go in and out of my pocket all day. Even the minimal wire on wire conneted bluetooth buds means careful wrap and store or risk cable strain from tangling in my pocket w/ my wallet keys phone etc.

I personally find connected wireless headphones to be the worst of all worlds, you still have most of the problems that come with a cable wrapped around your head brings and with all the downsides of wireless.

And you're absolutely right to pick what works best for you

For me battery life is a much more important and impactful factor

I use them all day long but obviously throughout the day at times I need to have them out of my ears to have conversations, during which I might even move from a room to another, and the ability to just have them dangle around my neck and have it there immediately when done is a superior experience

I might be lucky but I literally never have had the wire between two earpiece suffer cable strain, then again all my BT earpieces have been higher quality models with a good build quality

Also and like some of the things you listed it is purely personnal preference but the linking cable between the two pieces makes it feel more stable and safe to me

Believe it's 4 hours. I have a pair and always find time during the day to recharge them if need be. Usually lunch is a good time to put them back in the case.

Yes, it's annoying if you want to listen back to back to two joe rogan podcasts. But maybe it's not that unhealthy to remove them from the ears every now and then, so the ear canal doesn't stay to sweaty. But yeah, it's a trade off. You get from 0 to 70% in 15 min. if you put them in the case to mitigate it, though.

You're right, listening that long to Joe Rogan can't be healthy.

Any noise-cancelling headphones or these specific noise-cancelling headphones? Because I own a pair of noise-cancelling headphones that have a 30-ish hour battery life.