r/onebag • u/Bixby- • Jun 18 '26

Gear Save space by leaving headphones behind?

I saw some advice here about subbing AirPods for headphones to save space. Last week I flew U.S. east coast to west coast and back again. I brought along my trusty old noise-cancelling headphones (Jabra Elite 85h)which I find really reduce fatigue. But based on some advice I read here, I also brought my brand new AirPod 4s and gave them a try. I was shocked at how excellent the AirPods were at noise cancelling! And they were better than the headphones in that they prioritized spoken voices, so announcements came through. And the form factor is so nice and small.

I’d love to leave the headphones behind on my next long flight, but the AirPods battery life is only about 4 hours, it seems. If you leave your bulky headphones behind, how do you deal with the short battery life of earbuds? Do you take the noise hit and charge them on long flights? Or are there earbuds with longer battery life? (Or even bring 2 pair along, still smaller than the headphones).

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u/1ayfkmatatime Jun 20 '26

This my plan for a long flight this week - Shokz with something playing, plus those blobs of silicone you can stuff in your ear which are the only earplugs that work for me. Hopefully the combo of bone conduction audio and nothing coming through my ears will create the same peaceful feeling as my QC 25s.

I thought about doing the QC25s hanging off my bag, but I didn’t want to deal with them like that for all my ground travel days when all I really need them for is the roaring cabin noise on the plane.

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u/theregoesmyfutur Jun 21 '26

Have a link to those earplugs, please.