Elite 5

Thank you OP, I’m in the market for new earbuds since the connection pins on my Jarba Elite 5’s charging case and earbuds are starting to fail. After scanning what seems like hundreds of posts, this makes the information and opinions of people so much easier to digest.

Jabra Elite 4 / 5 Excellent transparency (and overall call quality)

+1 to this. I just recently got Shokz Openfit 2 because I prefer individual earbuds to the headband style. They’re great for anything trail related (hiking, biking, running) and for races, because I can still hear. I also find I use them while cooking a lot, again because I can still hear whether something is boiling/sauteeing too hard or whatever. But I found I still need to go back to my older pair of Jabra Elites with noise canceling for other uses, like running on the road or grocery shopping, where I really prefer to block out noise. At some point I’ll probably replace the Jabras with Beats or AirPods or something, but they’re still hanging on for now.

Not the Shokz ones, that's for sure. I actually \*like\* music. (Just lolz!) Kidding aside, I'm wildly fussy when it comes to earbuds. I've had some more expensive ones like Jabra Elites and others, but they always fail within a year, and I have truthfully never found anything better sounding and longer lasting through daily sweat, snow, and accidental washing/drying than the lowly $25 JLAB GO POP+. YMMV of course. I OTOH will die on this hill.

I have also been thinking this, I'd say get anything that works. Closed Backs with ANC are probably your friend here. Also Bose is quite expensive....I have used Jabra Elites pretty good.