Skullcandy Method In Ear Sports Earbud

I've been buying Skullcandy headphones for years and years. This Method model is my favorite kind of affordable earbuds *of all time*. This is my fourth pair! In my experience they tend to last about a year of heavy daily use (8+ hours a day), depending on how gentle you are with them and whether you're accident prone. The sound quality is unexpectedly good for $20, and the noise cancellation sometimes works TOO well. I've missed a few phone calls/knocks on my door while blasting music! The gel thingies are really comfortable and the larger size fits me perfect. I also like the material they're made out of- it really does stay clean compared to other earbuds. I never use the microphone, so can't comment on that. I recently broke my black/multicolor Methods, so I tried to replace them with a new pair of Skullcandy's reworked Smokin Buds 2. They felt cheap and sounded terrible. So I went back to my good ol' Method earbuds and I'm 100% happy. This model is harder to find now (maybe it's discontinued?) so I am seriously considering stocking up on a few pairs. I wish that all of Skullcandy's headphones still had this kind of quality!