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ZDNET’s key takeaways
- The Raycon Everyday wireless earbuds can be had for just $80.
- They’re comfortable enough for all-day wear and have great battery life.
- You’ll just have to settle with the cheaper hardware and materials.
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I bought my pair of Raycon Everyday<!–> wireless earbuds during a Black Friday deal last November. Normally, they retail for about $80, but with the sale, they were down to just $50. So I took a chance after being influenced by a comedically terrible Game Grumps ad-read and needing a replacement pair anyway.
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For sub-$100 earbuds, the Everyday are serviceable enough. The snug fit and decent audio quality work well enough to drown out typical sounds like side conversations. Though they do have some active noise cancellation, it did little to combat the heavy traffic noise near my house.
I don’t hold it against the earbuds; after all, there isn’t much in the $50-100 earbud range that can, and the ANC feature is actually pretty decent for the price range.
The Everyday earbuds use physical switch buttons for their touch controls, which work well enough, but make it a pain to get comfortable if you want to listen to something while lying on your side and accidentally crank the volume or skip too far ahead in your podcast because your pillow pushes on the earbud.
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Pairing was quick and simple. I needed only to open the charging case and tap the option to connect in my iPhone’s Bluetooth settings. The typical battery life is pretty close to as advertised, with about 8 hours of play on a full charge that can be extended to closer to 30 with the included charging case. But what really surprised me was how well the battery held a charge.
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I have ADHD, and the tech shift from wired accessories to Bluetooth-first has been the bane of my wallet. Somewhere along the line, the Raycon Everyday case fell out of my pocket and into the depths of my couch, where it lay — watching, waiting, commiserating — for about six months.
After rediscovering them nestled in our cats’ treasure-hoard of soda caps and hair ties, I was just happy to have them again (and to not have to spend yet another $50 to replace them). I opened the case to make sure both earbuds were indeed within, and was pleasantly surprised to see them automatically connect to my phone and still have about a 50% charge.
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The Raycon Everyday were and continue to be what I like to call my “daytime earbuds”: something decent and comfortable to wear while I’m writing, under proper ear protection while mowing the lawn, or doing chores around the house. If you’re like me and like to listen to videos or music before you fall asleep, I recommend keeping a different pair of headphones handy to switch to at bedtime.
Not only do the pressure switch controls make getting comfortable a pain (pun intended), but they’re just not comfortable to wear while lying on your side. And despite their relatively secure in-ear fit, they do frequently pop out during sleep and get lost either somewhere in my blankets or on the floor.
ZDNET’s buying advice
For the $50 I paid, the Raycon Everyday earbuds–>
