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With a laptop and multiple monitors, the length of cord I need for wired headphones is longer than most 3.5mm headphones provide. When I bought a pair of overhead cabled headphones with a long cord I found the cord was in the way of my mouse and keyboard. It was workable but annoying. I would even run over the cable with my chair sometimes.

When running, climbing or just doing chores around the house, wireless headphones really make it easier to not get them yanked out of your head.

If your use cases don't run into any limitations with a 3.5mm cabled headphone then you certainly shouldn't pay the extra money to be able to freely move your head/body around. For me I am very happy to pay for that as it has improved my experience dramatically.



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