AirPods

After having my AirPods Pro 1st gen, I’m shocked how well they’ve aged throughout the 5 years. At first In 2019 I was unsure if almost $300 was worth it at the time. Now that answer is overwhelmingly YES! Recently they fell in a bowl of pasta sauce. So I cleaned them for the first time in 5 yrs. I use Castile soap, hot water and multiple Lysol wipes to then learn that was wrong. Today I popped them in after letting them dry and they still work! Throughout the years these pods and I have gone through a pandemic 3 car accidents, 2 fights, a fall down a down the steps. Also washing and drying twice in my pants pockets. And they still work perfectly fine. Outside of a few scrapes on the case they look amazing. I play basketball, shower, sleep (sometimes) run, hiking once in the blue and etc. they’ve taken a beating and yet they still last the test of time. Outside of scratches on the case and only getting 2.5 hours of ANC. But after half a decade later these earbuds have shown their worth. What do you guys think? Any of you have your OG AirPods Pro?

I'm a bit short on money so I'm just looking for some cheap but good quality wireless earbuds; I found a used pair on ebay for $50 and was curious if gen 1 was at least close to whatever standards for wireless earbuds are in 2022.

I hear earpods provide better mic and audio quality, but will as all wired earbuds do, develop the old one side stops working, now on the other side, AirPods lose on the mic and audio quality, but don’t have a wire and are presumably trackable if misplaced and given the gen of these won’t last too long but they don’t have to have long battery life just a few hours is fine, so what’s good?

just got the new airpods 4 gifted to me, which one would you say is better?