Glad you appreciated it. One of Julie’s ironclad rules was “no A. I. anything!” It’s a good rule to live by, despite the interesting developments in the space.

I didn’t think so, but haven’t noticed anything yet on mine.

I assume they never updated the firmware to add any sort of burn-in prevention either?

The sofa is holding up well and continues to be my preferred seating 😄.

The plastic cover is secured under staples on the interior surface.

I don’t know how representative my wife and I are, but it must have been a decade or more since we last had a pen – of any sort – as an EDC. What do you even need one for anymore? The rare signature on a physical document? An address on an envelope or package? But even in those rare use cases, there’s usually a pen provided or laying around to be used.

A keyring box cutter or screw driver bit are useful EDCs because in the contexts where they become useful, unlike a pen, there’s usually no equivalent alternative laying around.

We have three EDCs: our smartphones, our keys (with above-mentioned add-ons and an AirTag), and a magnetic wallet for the phone (for id, credit card, and some paper money). And these days, unless we go on vacation, we don’t even bring the wallet.

Yup, actual reviews seem to be non existent. They should have changed the name of the site when it was purchased. It seems that the whole feel of the site with honest hands on reviews is gone for good and replaced with Ai Bot type generated articles.

Cameras on space probes do the same thing. Monochrome at the sensor level, then use filters on the lenses to get color data.

The plastic footrest cover is sewn into the fabric. I suppose it could be cut off without damage.

Hi Ezequiel, I would recommend contacting the company. I know a lot of these batteries on different bikes and tools often have the led displays go bad. Hopefully they will send you a new one if it is still under warranty.

Thanks for the quick response. I guess that as far as the USB-C plug, I’m just a tad behind the times. I’ve contacted Baseus customer service abut the 3.5mm cord not fitting into the headphones.

Im sorry to hear that. I don’t know how much help I can be here. Regarding the USB cord; I don’t think you got shortchanged here. USB-A is an ever receding standard, and I think they are assuming most people that buy the headphones will have a charging brick that accepts USB-C. As for the aux cord… Sorry I’m at a loss. The aux cord I was sent does fit the headphones. Unless you are referring to trying to plug it into another device that could have the smaller 2.5mm jack or even the larger 6.5mm jack?

I actually stumbled upon this while looking up retro tech to integrate into a “museum” corner in my home office. I’ve mostly moved away from these direct-connect portable gadgets and rely on a central media server now. I even recently had to install a dedicated 1-port network interface card https://serverorbit.com/network-devices/network-interface-cards/1-port-en in my main rig just to ensure I had a stable enough connection to stream high-bitrate video to modern wireless screens, rather than relying on dongles.

It makes me wonder, though—does anyone still have one of these working in their drawer? I’m curious if that lithium-ion battery actually managed to hold a charge after a decade.

I’m not sure. I ended up replacing it with an Anker magsafe charger.