PBTech on sale today $249.

Dick Smith had them on sale last week $219+$15 shipping

Airpods seem to be hot right now, so unless you get lucky with some seconds, might want to consider new.

People I know who have them say they are the schizz, and what looked a little dweeby now looks ok (in comparison to those all in ear ones that look like Lt Uhura's comm piece!)

are they really that great?  i.e. sound/comfort.  Wouldn't a pair of decent noise cancelling (or noise isolating), be more practical?

Goosey:

 

are they really that great?  i.e. sound/comfort.  Wouldn't a pair of decent noise cancelling (or noise isolating), be more practical?

 

It depends on the use case. I use mine for listening to talk radio in situations when I need to be able to hear traffic around me. For music listening indoors my Bose QC35 are much better.

The Airpods are really good as a phone headset, in contrast with the QC35s which are weird because you can't hear the full volume of your own voice when speaking.

Goosey:

 

are they really that great?  i.e. sound/comfort.  Wouldn't a pair of decent noise cancelling (or noise isolating), be more practical?

 

My daughter swears by them, and she's tried a few things. Cans arent always appropriate in many settings.

Goosey:

 

are they really that great?  i.e. sound/comfort.  Wouldn't a pair of decent noise cancelling (or noise isolating), be more practical?

 

They are great as far as comfort and portability goes. Sound is decent; not better nor worse than the wired ones.

[Subjectively] Sound quality(low end) can be improved w/ a cheap silicone cover(lots on Trademe).

Price is crap, true, but it serves it's purpose for me. I wish they would up the battery capacity a bit though.