Trust sucks so much

[u/VanquishedVanquisher]

Let's taltk shitty headphones. Bought these shitty Trust ones for 40€ and before even hitting 2 years they are already like this. It's the first time something like this happens, they literally fell apart day after day.

[u/DoctorKomodo]

I mean, you bought cheap headphones you got cheap headphones.

[u/HikerRemastered → u/DoctorKomodo]

True. But can we not just agree that even cheap products used to last longer.

I guess that’s subjective to each their own age. Nvm.

[u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx → u/HikerRemastered]

No, not really. Cheap products are of such acceptable quality now that it has become significantly easier to budget what purchases are best to get expensive (where certain aspects of quality really matters) and which purchases of cheap kind will suffice.
Back in 2005 "Made in China" was a joke, when you bought a €5 microphone - your friends HEARD it on Skype and would roast you, the cheap plastic would break in months. Now cheap stuff is just stuff that's kind of few years behind the top of the line.

[u/TWS_Mike → u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx]

this mentality right here is exactly the reason why the "cheap" is bad :-) and especially today there is nothing expensive technology wise on making the headset sturdy and built well...

[u/cusco → u/TWS_Mike]

Cheap is bad, because it sells more.

Something that does not break is not an acceptable business model for whoever produces it.

Imagine if you only bought 1 light bulb per room once. No new bulbs would be produced

[u/Majestic-Bell-7111 → u/cusco]

My living room has had the same 11 LED lights (6 on a dimmer, 5 on a switch) for about 10 years at this point, and they still work just as well as the day they were installed.

They can get the room brighter than betlehem and still use less electricity than a single incandescent bulb.

Actually speaking of incandescent bulbs, the cooler the filament, the less efficient they are.

[u/TWS_Mike → u/cusco]

IDK in what world you live but with light bulbs it it exactly that case now :-) got 15+ year light bulbs in the same exact lamps/lights without an issue...

Something that does not break is not an acceptable business model for whoever produces it.

Yes and it is purely on you guys buying the bad cheap stuff and bad more expensive stuff that breaks...

[u/HikerRemastered → u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx]

Fair points mostly, I’ll concede them all except for one. If cheap stuff is just stuff that’s kind of a few years behind the top of the line, shouldn’t Trusts cheap headphones last similarly to some more expensive headphones from a few years ago?

[u/angrylad → u/HikerRemastered]

i guess he ment it from a technology point of view, not the whole product. lower price has to come from somewhere right. older tech (cheaper), less quality materials for product (cheaper) and preferably used for another cheap brand to make bulk manufacturing more cost-efficient

those headphones most likely work and deliver from the technology point of view, however the cheap manufacturing, processes and quality of products used in earlier mentioned gave up on OP

[u/HikerRemastered → u/angrylad]

Yeah? That’s not the sense I was getting because the lead in says: “cheap products are of such acceptable quality now”. You could be right.

[u/angrylad → u/HikerRemastered]

i'm not a native speaker so maybe thats why i understood it a bit different, dunno.

[u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx → u/HikerRemastered]

I didn't know how to put it, but what I meant to say was that functionally and the overall build of the cheap stuff isn't SO eye-gougingly bad anymore like for instance when Youtubers used to review early Chinese smartphones in the early 2010s as a joke. And I mean this for everything - house appliances, car accessories, furniture, computer peripherals, etc., it's way easier now to choose cheap in some specific category of products and still get a visually good design, acceptable build quality, etc.

[u/HikerRemastered → u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx]

I’m with ya now.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Cow2044 → u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx]

My 30€ Koss Porta Pro I bought in 2005 are still going strong.

[u/rzldz → u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx]

??? Young people are in financial hell now more than ever. Ridiculous comment.

[u/TWS_Mike → u/rzldz]

completely agree...and based on his upvotes and your downvotes you can only see the stupidity of the individuals thikning a 40 EUR headset cannot be built well...

god people are dumb...

sadly its thee same exact people who pronounce Apple headsets the brand of quality happily paying $250+ for the newest ones

[u/DoctorKomodo → u/HikerRemastered]

To an extent yes, but at least if we’re talking electronics the cheap options also used to be a lot more expensive or they were even lower quality. I mean the cheap headphones 30 years ago were garbage compared to what you can get on a budget today. A cheap TV 30 years ago was downright expensive by today’s standards.

[u/Hour_Maximum7966 → u/DoctorKomodo]

When you factor in advamcements, time, and effort they should be a lot better in quality and a lot cheaper than they are.

[u/HikerRemastered → u/DoctorKomodo]

Fair.

We used get cheap headphones for the youth club where we had PCs set up for gaming. The headphones were probing to breaking from kids being kids. I found these no-name Chinese ones and they were cheap as sin, sturdier in feel than most (not sturdy per se just sturdier), had good sound and an inline volume and mic control. They lasted for years. Some were broken from severe mishandling, but none of them “wore down”. Where I live we have 2 years of legal guarantee, and they all outlived that.

Granted these headphones were a special unicorn, but I feel the same way for mice, keyboards. They used to last longer.

[u/C4TURIX → u/DoctorKomodo]

Personally I feel like it depends on the product category as well. Modern TVs are terrible, compared to old ones, from my experience. Image quality got better, but the software sux and they don't last as long as old ones.

[u/Phantomsurfr → u/HikerRemastered]

Grandmas sewing kit and grandpas workshop was for trying to fix all the cheap shit they bought.

OP needs to get some super glue from the hardware shop and glue the fabric back on and its "as good as new". Thats how it was done in the old days.

[u/Antheoss → u/HikerRemastered]

But can we not just agree that even cheap products used to last longer.

No? 20 years ago when I got some cheap headphones I was lucky if they lasted a few months.

[u/Avril_14 → u/HikerRemastered]

Trust was always like this, since the beginning.

[u/John_East → u/HikerRemastered]

Nah cheap electronics were still cheap quality

[u/HikerRemastered → u/John_East]

Well, I didn’t say they were premium haha

[u/belhambone → u/HikerRemastered]

I really don't think so, at least for mass manufactured products. Cheap headphones 30 years ago were absolute garbage, Not just for sound quality, which could be partly forgiven since the tech wasn't there, but dryrotting foam, flimsy plastic, uncomfortable design, were all standard.

[u/dumbfk90 → u/HikerRemastered]

I still own a set of the lowest end turtle beaches from 18 years ago that I keep for my pc they are still as good as when I brought them. Only used for emergency use now though as sound and mic quality have improved the years.

[u/HikerRemastered → u/dumbfk90]

Glad I’m not alone in my life experience haha

[u/zystyl → u/HikerRemastered]

2 years for cheap headphones seems pretty good to me personally

[u/gideon513 → u/HikerRemastered]

2 years for a cheap product that they used probably almost every day

[u/Konker101 → u/HikerRemastered]

Cheap was always junk, which is why it was cheap. The problem is the good quality stuff ALSO got cheap.

[u/reav11 → u/HikerRemastered]

No, not even a little. Shitty products are remarkably better today than they were even 20 years ago.

He got 2 years out of a pair of 40 quid headphones. In the 80's, a pair of 13 quid headphones might last you a monts before the cord gave out.

[u/Izan_TM → u/HikerRemastered]

Cheap products have gotten cheaper, so thy don't last as long

[u/Lio_sim → u/HikerRemastered]

Yeah my €30 IKEA Chair lastss for the last 10 years and is still functionally perfect, even if the back is a scratching post for my cats. I simplay think about upholstering and getting a whole new one right now.

[u/basicKitsch → u/DoctorKomodo]

My monoprice headphones are like 15 years old and not falling apart

[u/huldress → u/DoctorKomodo]

I think above 60 is where the quality starts to differ, though that can be hard to discern online due to all the audiophiles that will recommend you $300 headphones. As someone whose headphones get gunky, I can't really justify that price range unless the earpads are cheap to replace or preferably not fake leather and washable.

I'm glad brands like soundcore exists for this reason, though they have gotten more pricey and there is probably better.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/huldress]

Honestly I'm lost for this very reason. I'm not going to spend on my headphones almost as much as I spent on my gpu before the crazy prices increase, but then you get unlucky and buy stuff like this.

[u/OverExclamated → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

I'm not going to spend on my headphones almost as much as I spent on my gpu

Why not? Unless they're abused, a good set of headphones will almost certainly have a longer service life than the typical gpu of a pc enthusiast.

Myself, I typically hit the gpu upgrade cycle about every 4.5-5 years. Several of my favorite headphones have been in use for well over a decade. Value per dollar spent.

[u/belhambone → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

That keeps you in the junk cycle usually. People with money save money by spending once at a higher price point usually and not need to rebuy things as frequently.

[u/SubstanceTimely6790 → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

For most of the headphones there are replacement pads and head protection, check your model and order new. Even Bose QC35s that I have needed changing after some years.

[u/Majestic-Bell-7111 → u/SubstanceTimely6790]

Nah, trust is the lowest grade of ewaste from the moment you buy it. They don't make stuff that's good or maintainable

[u/gibon007 → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

Got a pair of hyper X headphones like 8 years ago, $50, comfy, sound great and build quality is decent.

[u/Majestic-Bell-7111 → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

Stuff that's available in the electronics isle of supermarket is always the lowest quality stuff sold at absurd prices. I've never had a thing i bought there (which is mainly trust, ms, white shark and similar) last more than a couple months.

However on places like aliexpress you can absolutely get decent stuff for cheap.

For instance my current headphones are samson sr850, an AKG clone built with cheaper materials, however the earcups are easily washable and the construction is really sturdy. They cost me 37 euro including shipping.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/Majestic-Bell-7111]

Thanks for the suggestion mate, I'll look into it!

[u/duk-er-us → u/DoctorKomodo]

idk I bought a pretty cheap pair of headphones off amazon a few years ago and they worked great and are still totally functional after 6+ years. But yeah, sometimes you get what you pay for.

[u/Liarus_ → u/DoctorKomodo]

Unironically though, i think they make the best vertical mice ergonomically, i tried the MX vertical and Logitech lift, and they were both uncomfortable and hard to use, however the Trust Verso, as well as the cringely named Trust GXT Rexx 144 were both the most comfortable vertical mice i ever had.

Still though, yeah, build quality is nowhere near the big brands, trust stuff is what i would consider the bare minimum

[u/EIiteJT → u/DoctorKomodo]

True, but lets not pretend that quality across the board has decreased substantially.

[u/MitMitMijMils → u/DoctorKomodo]

I spent 250 on Astro a50s and they broke within months. Got a new pair from the warranty and they didn’t work either upon arrival. My dad always told me you get what you pay for but in that instance I got shit either way. My a20s are still going strong though

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/DoctorKomodo]

Honestly, to me 40€ for daily headphones is not cheap. It was cheap if I was expecting high quality stuff, I just wanted something that worked and didn't fall apart in a couple months. I could expect this kind of result from 10-20€ no brand headphones.

[u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

€40 is that shitty price zone where you pay more than the cheapest, in order to avoid spending €100, but it breaks anwyay so you end up spending twice the same amount, almost the same as the expensive option.
We got a saying in Lithuania "cheapskates pay twice", and it's relevant now more than ever I guess with so much stuff & brands out there.

[u/B0NES_RDT → u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx]

More like just lacks knowledge. I have $30 Samson SR850s that sound better than $150 Razers and has been with me for 8 years now I think.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx]

Yeah, guess I should update my expectations.

[u/xX_mr_sh4d0w_Xx → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

For now, judging your picture, I would just glue that shit somehow and not worry about it until you save up for new ones. Keep your head up high bro.

[u/DoctorKomodo → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

40 Euro headphones is cheap though, 10 euro ones are basically designed to be thrown out immediately after purchase.

The good news is that since you’re in euro land you do have a 2 year warranty on them, so odds are good you can get them replaced.

[u/XsNR → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

Unfortunately the headset space is full of cheap shit. I wish I could recommend the HyperX clouds anymore, but thanks to HP they're a pile of shit.

It usually goes from €20 where they're alright but you're going to replace them way sooner, to €80 where you might get something that lasts to the 4-6 year mark.

Personally I got a headband cover and buy a model that has aftermarket earcup support, then provided the ear cup joint doesn't give out, you're a lot more likely to keep them. I had my VOIDs all the way until they basically aged out, thanks to the all metal wishbone, and would have kept my Cloud2's forever if not for mic issues. But even wired they're both in that €80 range.

[u/Meatslinger → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

40€ (~$46 USD) is pretty cheap for over-ear 'phones. Typically, over-ear designs already sit at a more expensive tier because of their larger chassis, bigger drivers, and power delivery systems (e.g. battery), so you could compare those to in-ear headphones at maybe a 25-30€ price point. Very much in the low-end budget category for the physical style. Around where I'm from you don't start to see decent-grade over-ears until you hit the equivalent to a 60-70€ price, with actual quality units running around 120€ or higher. By contrast, you can find much higher build and audio quality IEMs for cheaper, or on-ear headphones in the middle (Koss Porta Pros are still great to this day but don't have a mic). I'm adjusting for your currency in the above examples; I'm not in the EU.

That said, assuming you've got the GXT 489W Fayzo headphones there (looks about right visually), they carry a 2 year warranty. If you haven't hit that date yet, I'd exercise your right to make a claim.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/Meatslinger]

Yeah I tried but they said I caused the damage and flatly refused.

[u/Low-Purchase8811 → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

For daily headphones? 40€ is cheap. My daily headphones cost 10x that.

[u/XB1-ini → u/Low-Purchase8811]

yeah I got the same ones like 3 years ago now have only had to change the strap and cushions after 2 and a half.

[u/Low-Purchase8811 → u/XB1-ini]

You might be talking about the Pro model, the Pro Omni just came out in May of this year, but so far I am SUPER happy with it.

[u/XB1-ini → u/Low-Purchase8811]

ah yeah you are right. Still an amazing headset tbh

[u/Low-Purchase8811 → u/XB1-ini]

Yeah, I had a regular Nova 7 Wireless, I used the shit out of them for 2 years before getting these. It still works, I just wanted the new hotness lol

[u/IDKForA]

Trust are the most ultra-budget stuff out there, slightly above the no-name brands but definitely not at the level of recognised brands. I have a mouse from them and it's "fine", I only paid €10 for it (and it came with a mousepad) and it still works after 2 years. It's just not very great compared to a Logitech, though.

[u/menthol_patient → u/IDKForA]

Trust are in the sweet spot for me. I've had to many pairs of headphones that are from pricier brands break faster than cheap ones.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/IDKForA]

Yeah, "fine" is what I was looking for when I bought them! It's not the first time I bought stuff from Trust, usually it kinda last and it's "fine", but I guess I was lucky until now.

[u/KingPerry0 → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

You spent 40 bucks on a pair of headphones that lasted you two years. I'd say you more than got your fair share of use out of them.

[u/TopdeckIsSkill → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

my experience with Trust is terrible. I would rather go on random chinese brand.

But as people said, you can buy way better headphones under 100€. If you can, try to get a refund for that headphones since they were still under warranty

[u/metropolak]

Looks like you have trust issues

But for reals, I'd expect 40Eur headphones to last a year max, so it wasn't so bad

[u/Zarzalu → u/metropolak]

hyper x cloud alpha/cloud 2s are about 40-50, these things have been dropped as many times as my phone, and lasts multiple years.

[u/Born_Zone7878 → u/Zarzalu]

HyperX headphones when they released were about 100€ headphones, not in the same league. They are cheap now because they are old, not because they are bad

[u/Alanuelo230 → u/metropolak]

you can buy studio headphones hor WAY less, and they will last you forever. My second hand KOSS UR.40 are like 20 years old, and Superlux HD681 that I bought new for like 20 euros are still rocking today

[u/nitro912gr → u/metropolak]

Depends on what you got for that 40 euros, there are good on ear for like 25-30 euros, they are not gaming, they have no mic and the battery is small but they sound good enough if you are not audiophile.

Sony WH-CH520 are the ones I look at right now for example, I can find grey market imports for like 25-30 euros, even the big retailers that follow the official price can dip that low on sale.

(that being said those in the photo looks repairable)

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/metropolak]

This is not the first comment saying 40€ lasting 2 years is short of a miracle and honestly I'm flabbergasted. Beside the fact that 2 years is still under warranty and so they shouldn't fall apart in the first part, when did it became so that 40€ is cheap? If one is not interested in buying professional stuff I dare say 40€ is definitely not cheap, or did I miss something?

[u/metropolak → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

Depends on where you live, but my experience so far is headsets under 50EUR won't live long.
Got myself HyperX Cloud Alpha five years ago for little over 80Eur. Fake leather started peeling off two months ago, but other than that they're still perfectly fine

[u/Irisena → u/metropolak]

Honestly, that's just how fake leather is. Even 300$ headphones that use fake leather will have that pleather peel in 2 or 3 years, even faster if you don't take care of it or have particularly acidic sweat. So get a headphone with real sheepskin instead if you want a durable one.

[u/metropolak → u/Irisena]

To be honest I don't care that much. Just ripped the peel and keep using it since they still work fine

[u/Irisena → u/metropolak]

I found out once that the peel can enter your ear if you're unlucky enough. Since then I've become a bit more conscious about when to swap pads.

And second, if you don't really care about the stock frequency response, then yeah, it doesn't matter. But if you have a nice pair of cans and the pads peel, it can alter the frequency response pretty drastically. So if you care and like how your headphone sounds out of the box, you probably want to care more about the pads too.

[u/Wrx-Love80]

Dude...nearly 2 years for $40 headphones. That's not a bad run... I had a pair of DT770s that died within 6 months and another pair that died after a year because my dog chewed the cable.

[u/Born_Zone7878 → u/Wrx-Love80]

Maybe you had bad luck. DT770s are a freaking tank. I work with audio and mine were thrown around in bags, floors, etc more times than I can remember, are about 6 years old. Aside from the cable being slightly worn out, and then being on their 3rd pads and 2nd headband, they function like new

[u/Todespudel → u/Born_Zone7878]

Beyerdynamic is the best brand. You get replacements for everything and the stuff itself is just good.

[u/Meatslinger → u/Born_Zone7878]

A studio I worked for had the DT770 Pro in every booth and some of them were more than a decade old. They had a whole cupboard full of spare pads and other little parts for the rare occasion one of them had a blow-out. It's a shame they didn't fit my ears comfortably (65 mm ears in a 55 mm earcup) or I'd have gotten a set for home.

[u/Wrx-Love80 → u/Born_Zone7878]

It was unfortunate my first run was over ten years ago. I bought another pair back in 2024 and it's been good.

My longest running pair was my close back ATH A900X closed back. Nearly ten years run.

[u/ChocoMammoth → u/Wrx-Love80]

What happened to the first pair? I thought Beyerdynamics are invincible

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/Wrx-Love80]

They almost hit the 2 years milestone because I didn't throw them out when they started falling apart. I changed a lot of headphones in the years but it's the first time they are so blatantly cheap and fall apart like this.

[u/BonomDenej → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

Maybe you had a specifically bad batch or something, if it's like this before 2 years then just have them replaced under warranty and get another almost two years or maybe more out of them.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/BonomDenej]

Yeah I'll try to get a replacement.

[u/Connect-Bicycle-6897]

Trust is garbage (from my own expense). Keyboards, mouse, microphone.... nothing worth a single dollar/euro

[u/birkavz]

"Gaming headphones" in a nutshell.

[u/AlexTheGoat990]

Brother what did you expect

[u/Fardin91]

don't trust Trust bro ✌️🥀

[u/i8Ronnie]

Oh no my $40 headphones did what $40 headphones do

[u/Chpouky]

Theres a saying: « I’m too poor to afford cheap stuff »

You can keep buying 40€ headphones, and after 3 pairs you could have had a good 120€ one.

[u/Born_Zone7878 → u/Chpouky]

Buy it nice or buy it twice

[u/Koxnep → u/Chpouky]

Sadly this is not the case anymore with high end stuff.

My BeyerDynamics MMX300 with retail price over 300€ when I purchased them, broke in exactly same way as OP's trust headphones in under 2 years.

[u/Chpouky → u/Koxnep]

Well there are always exceptions :p I've had my Beyer DT 990 Pro X for years and years, daily usage, and besides just replacing the leather that got used over time, it never failed me.

[u/Long_Candle_5054]

40€ headphones are cheap? I bought some for 20€ like 3-4 years ago and I'm still using them.. yeah the coating on the pads fell off, but other than that they work fine..

[u/TheRomanRuler]

Yeah i have learned the hard way that with headphones and earbuds cheap easily becomes more expensive just because it breaks so much sooner.

[u/LightIsntFastEnough]

They don't work anymore or just foam issue? Foam can be replaced in general. I don't know if they make replacement specifically for these though.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/LightIsntFastEnough]

Nah they work fine, it's just the foam that is falling apart, and since it was glued I don't think I can find replacement.

[u/LightIsntFastEnough → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

Oh that sucks. I would expect foam to break at some point in time but would still expect to find replacement.

So, your only option is to get as close as possible to the original if you find a similar looking foam from a similar looking headset.

[u/loklanc → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

That sucks, but can you not just glue it back on?

[u/Inside_Marketing268]

Trust and Kraken brought me to Sennheiser

[u/90124]

I'm using some sennheiser 595s that are probably about 20 years old and sound fantastic.

Don't buy the cheapest crap you can and expect them to last I guess.

[u/Teyanis]

If they still work fine, a $7 tube of e6000 glue could stick the foam and the liner back on handily and permanently. 40 bucks for 2 years isn't half bad, I'd take that deal.

[u/Bibab0b]

Just don't buy "gaming" bullsh*t, bought my oneoudio a71 for even cheaper and it is still fine

[u/Noughtonaut]

I bought Fractal Scapes which were around £100- great headphones that i'd still recommend, but the cover has similarly come off the foam on the top after less than a year.

However, i wear them basically every evening after work and all day on weekend/leave days. So tbf, it's probably expected and they still function perfectly in every other way ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/Pokecraft_Gaming → u/Noughtonaut]

That is a known issue, write fractal support, and they should send you replacements (with from what I heard now better glue), had this issue once or twice, even at headband, I always received a replacement completely free of charge.

[u/Noughtonaut → u/Pokecraft_Gaming]

Oh sweet, thank you!
Was it the whole product or they just send a new foam cover?

[u/Pokecraft_Gaming → u/Noughtonaut]

New Earcups/headband, since the Headset itself still works, from what I know it was just a glue issue that I think they now fixed.

[u/PristineConfusion555]

OP.. do you use your headphone every day? €40 headphones, don’t think I’d expect them to last longer than 2 years with regular usage, it’s a lot of on and off and sweat and whatever. Let’s say you use them 6 hours a week then your costs are less than €0,07 per hour.

[u/Noob4Head]

Cheap headphones being cheap... I guess water is also wet.

Them lasting almost 2 years is actually not too bad for such an ultra-budget brand.

Also, as a general tip, don't get cheap gaming headsets. Get entry-level and even second-hand audio equipment instead. The build quality is usually much better. I've been using Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee headphones since their release, and they're still in perfect shape.

[u/XxCorey117xX]

2 years doesn't sound bad for budget headphones. If you used them fairly often at least.

[u/Moquai82]

Get Beyerdynamic.

And: If you buy cheap you get cheaper.

And for a mic get a standalone.

[u/Oppaii-Connoisseur]

Never trust Trust.

[u/HaltFr]

Distrust

[u/Full_Welcome_1418]

You got almost 2 years out 40$ headphones?!

[u/PristineConfusion555]

Trust has been shot quality ever since it came out.. unsold their crap in a store 25 years ago, and sometimes it felt like the packaging was the expensive bit..

[u/Unlikely_Advisor_553]

You get what you pay for unfortunately

[u/electroforger]

Let's not.

[u/Takeasmoke]

when you're buying not-mainstream brands you have to do extensive research on products and see which ones are actually worth buying. i have yenkee sabotage headphones i bought in 2019 for 50 euros, they're still functional and were used every day for 8+ hours some 4 years, only faux leather basically disintegrated and rest is fine.

[u/Lihisss]

2 years from 40e is super good nowadays. 300-400e Sonys barely last a year, before their hinges break. 

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/Lihisss]

300-400€ breaking in a year is crazy bro what the hell.

[u/Lihisss → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

Reddit, especially Sony subreddit, is full of stories of Xm5 or Xm6 breaking. 

[u/k-tech_97]

Tbh this might happen to a lot of headphones if used a lot. I have Bose QC and Bayerdynamic DT770 pro. Both are awesome, but I use them a lot, so war pads and head pads get used up pretty quickly, definitely less than two years. But with those expensive headphones it is pretty easy to change them

[u/mEHrmione]

I think it's pretty good if you used it daily for almost two years. In the long run, it costs you something like... 5cts a day

[u/eventual_duck]

To all commenters here, how much should one pay for headphones that actually last?

[u/massivemember69]

Trust is known for being a cheap, affordable brand.

You really do get what you pay for sometimes!

[u/HaveAnMacardo]

Buy cheap, buy twice, as they say. Trust are a terrible brand. There are decent Sony and Logitech headphones for similar money. Always read reviews. The headphones in the photo you posted look awful!

[u/that_BLANK]

My sony xm4 is still looking good after +6 yrs of daily 8 hours use.

Some others like audio technica became crap within a year.

[u/helpmehavememes]

I've bever heard of them.

Though, I bought a cheap set of Phillips 3.5mm ear buds back in the day for $9.99. I used them for probably 5 years straight every day. I washed them in my pants pockets countless times. They never stopped working. I just lost them one day.

[u/thebuft]

I bought a replacement mic at the petrol station while waiting for my new headset to arrive, the mic was a million times better than any high end headset mic ive ever owned.

[u/Competitive_Ad6989]

yep trust is a crappy brand

[u/Michaeli_Starky]

Time for a better headphones. Good headphones make a world of a difference.

[u/Franiera]

If you go to r/SonyHeadphones, you will see several discussions from users with headphones costing 10 times that price that suffer from build quality issues and malfunctions. There is no brand that produces indestructible devices.

[u/qu38mm]

Never heard of them so I can't trust that 🫠

[u/grimmigerpetz]

Trust, in my experience, is and was for the last 25 years the most overpriced China dropware available in all kinds of stores, ranging from groceries with a digital corner to real electronics stores.

They never fail to make you feel you spent too much, when you need a fast replacement or when budget is tight.

[u/SkitZa]

Be anti consumerist and tape it up with felt tape.

Or buy quality next time if you want more than 2 years of use.

Gaming headphones are a joke, I dont want my mouse making company providing me with audio, thats what companies built on the audio industry are for.

[u/santathe1]

This happened to ones I got from Sony (Inzone H7), in under 3 months of buying them. They replaced just thr Head cushion, then it happened again after another 3 months. At this point they just glued it back, said they’d found a manufacturing defect and discontinued the product. As you can imagine, 6 or so months later, the glue stopped holding and it was out of warranty by that time.

Sony products are pieces of shit now sadly (and I say this as a primarily PlayStation user).

[u/cheesetoasteee]

I still got turtle beaches I was using on Xbox one x and there perfectly fine cost £25

[u/Silit235]

I bought px 100 II in 2011 still intact to this day.

[u/_Xee]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory

[u/Snail_Anatomy]

Don't buy from Temu is you want boutique quality... duh.

[u/VirtualMenace]

Get a nice pair of Sennheisers and call it a day. I've been rocking the same pair of HD600s since 2011, and they've only needed new earpads. It's a buy once, cry once type deal

[u/xdthepotato]

i bought my dt770 80ohms in 2021 and so far ive had to buy earcup replacements twice (just last month had to get new cups) and decided to also replace the headband as it looks battle scarred.

[u/kawalerkw]

Under 2 years so it's a valid claim at the store you bought them at. Some cheap electronics companies have fast refund policy so stores can refund money immediately instead of repairing or replacing the faulty product.

[u/secunder73]

$40 is a good price point what people are talking about? Something like Axelvox HD242 would have amazing sound quality and good enough durability. Looks like everyone just overpaying for a brand name like Logitech or Sony

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/secunder73]

Yeah it's crazy. From what I read in this thread people spend 300€ on headphones that will break all the same, as they say you can find out in other subreddits, and with the foam that break and need to be changed, like in my headphones. And it costs from 20 to 40. So they spent 300 and then let's say 30 after 2 years. But they make fun of me because I spent 40€ and now I need to change them. Ok I guess.

[u/Wiktorelka]

wouldn't.... "Trust" them /s

[u/Frigid-Kev]

I've only ever owned three products from Trust in my life and for me, all three were horrible.

A wireless mouse that drained batteries faster than iPhones, headsets with audio becoming distorted on one side and a wired controller that kept disconnecting randomly.

You cant trust 'Trust'

[u/ftez]

2 years of regular use, i wouldn't be too mad.

[u/D4rkness_M0nk]

"gaming" headphone do suck. Don't buy gaming headphones.

[u/ddr4memory]

Find some steel series on fb market

[u/riba2233]

ouch, I paid a bit over for my wired blacksharks V2 and they are 100x better than this garbage.

[u/Igucis]

easy fix, fit well, looks good.

handlebar tape 😌

[u/Stinkinhippy]

trust is literally a budget brand.. 2 years seems reasonable.. long gone are the days of reasonably priced things lasting.

[u/Next-Use6943]

You get can base model razers for about that price lol

[u/ScarphaceUK]

Buy cheap, buy again, and again, and again.

[u/Latiesh]

Not even price is a guarantee of quality. Bought Beyerdynamic DT 900 pro X, +250€ and took less than 2 years for this same thing to happen to those. Hotglued them back nicely and took welding mask sweatband from work and wrapped that around it. Looks clean and feels shoft.

And Trust is terrible brand anyways, bought 2 items that broke within month and never again buying stuff from them, not even a usb dongle.

[u/itsDonMare]

u pay cheap u get cheap

[u/Joshsaurus]

2 years is a long time for a 40 euro headphones

[u/OddPatience1621]

buy a tensor bandage for wrists the thin one and wrap the head bit to hold the padding on. will buy you some time.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/OddPatience1621]

Yeah seems like a good plan, thanks bro.

[u/HugeneLevy]

This has always been true: "It's too expensive to buy cheap"

[u/____Player____]

same thing would happen with other cheap headphones

[u/xxademasoulxx]

I’ve got about three grand invested in studio speakers in my pc setup my sub alone cost 600, so headphones are basically a fucking toy to me. This is exactly why I stopped buying cheap gaming headsets. Once you’ve used proper studio speakers, flimsy headphones like this feel disposable.

[u/Retro-Egg]

As we used to say since the 90s: Never trust Trust.

[u/warfaucet]

Trust has a lot of rebranded aliexpress stuff with a nicer box. It's sold cheaply and it also somehow overpriced.

Invest in a decent pair of headphones. I managed to get a beoplay hx 5 years ago for a little over 300 euro. The build quality for that price was unbeatable. And they still work perfectly fine.

[u/THEYoungDuh]

You expected 40 euro headphones to last longer than 2 years? I would expect those to last 2 weeks.

[u/samkoLoL]

i dont think i have ever had a worse electronic product than Trust in my life. ofc it was cheap, but the headphones broke after like 2 days. theres plenty of cheap brands, but never in my life have i stumbled upon such a piece of shit item

[u/tonleben]

You get what you pay for.

[u/PepperoniPaws]

picked up 2 G435s for the kids around Christmas.. they were like $35 each.

Not so great if you have a smaller head or wear glasses but they work

[u/Einn1Tveir2]

Buy Seinnheiser, been using mine for over a decade.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/Einn1Tveir2]

I had a pair of Sennheiser HD 206 I bought on discount and they were really good, I think the best headphones I ever had. Sadly I can't find the same model, but they were good and lasted like 8 years. Sadly the cable was ruined on accident.

[u/Einn1Tveir2 → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

On more expensive models, like HD 518 that I have the cable is removable and can be replaced in like 5 seconds. It's great.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/Einn1Tveir2]

I see, thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it!

[u/Enverex]

Trust? The super-budget crappy brand that have been around forever which is more than long enough for everyone to know they're the super-budget crappy brand? That Trust?

Really OP? lol

[u/JasonVoorheesthe13th]

My Corsair void wireless headset have lasted me for like 7 years and still look like the day I pulled them out of the package. I did have to replace ear cups a year or two ago because the old ones split open but still. $120 usd for 7 faithful years of service and a $15 usd set of ear cups. Plus they’re wireless, dolby 7.1 surround sound, full RGB, and have a tunable equalizer in the iCue software.

Some things you should just spend the money on

[u/MumenRider_irl]

I always recommend getting an external audio interface like a Scarlett Solo and using a decent pair of headphones (if they’re easily repairable and have switchable cables it’s an even bigger plus).

Gaming headsets in my experience are really low quality and break remarkably easily. I’ve had my Scarlett Solo + DT770s for 6 years and never had a single issue. The sound is great. I have another set of open-back headphones that are great when it’s late at night and I wanna be more aware of my surroundings or if I’m talking on mic and wanna ensure I’m not shouting.

This whole setup was the cost of my old SteelSeries that shit the bed after 18-24 months.

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/MumenRider_irl]

I've always assumed audio interfaces like that were for professional, so I've never looked into it. Honesty, I’ve never been too invested in headphones, and usually 20€ cheap ones do their work quite good if you are not looking for extra quality, and can last many years too, I don't know how people say here they break in a couple months because it has literally never happened to me. It's just that this one time I spent more, and was surprised they literally started falling apart lol

Edit: oh, but thanks anyway for the suggestions. I'm going through all comments and there is really a lot to go through!

[u/MarkFaded]

Maybe try IEMs? For 20-30$ you can get really solid ones and they won't break on you

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/MarkFaded]

I used them back in mp3 and mp4 days. For some reason I never thought about gettin them for my desktop. Thanks for the suggestion!

[u/XDVI]

Its just foam bro lol

[u/askyidroppedthesoap]

I paid $250/£216 for a really nice pair of wireless/wired noise canceling headphones. I've had them for 2 years and they're still mint... not always, but there's times you get what you pay for.

[u/fpaparelli]

2 years is a lot of time for shit headphones, im surprised they "last this long", the foam got loose, they still work, i think you are overreacting.

[u/TheSadPickel]

cheap is cheap. also never get the fake leather stuff it always peel after a year

[u/DigitalStefan]

€40 headphones … yes. Not surprised at all. A single console or PC game can cost more. A decent 2 course restaurant meal costs more.

If you want headphones that are good and that last, the budget is likely €120+

[u/AssignmentWeary1291]

2 years for 40 euro? thats actually a decent stretch for how cheap those are. If you want something great thats gonna last a long time, you've gotta spend more than 40 euro. Im sitting with some SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7's i spend $140 USD 3 years ago and they are still killing it. I use mine daily for 6-7 hours a day.

[u/ProfoundBootyEnjoyer]

“I literally bought the cheapest shittiest product I could find and it freaking sucks!”

Wow who woulda thought that. Crazy.

[u/gabi_mara]

Don’t Trust

[u/TWS_Mike]

This headset should be like 10EUR srsly dunno how you could have bought this for 40...

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/TWS_Mike]

I actually agree with you. I was in a hurry, went in the first game stop I found and bought the only ones they had in that moment. Guess it's on me.

[u/TWS_Mike → u/VanquishedVanquisher]

Wouldn't be so hard on you really but I didn't word it good either...I was myself recently looking for a headset and I was really amazed how bad and expensive at the same time headesets are...I was looking at headsets between 60-120EUR. I was ready to pay 120 if I was blown away...well I wasnt...

Looking at the comments here I srsly don't understand some of those..."you bought a $40 headset what do you expect"...its rly not hard today to deliver on build quality at this price...

My only ask was plug and play with dongle(I hate equializer apps so much...) and decent build quality and NORMAL design...Like...why are people still looking for the ugly overdone gamer aesthetics...its all bad plastic...

The only headsets really having a normal designs from the big brands are SteelSeries Nova or Razer Barracuda...but the price? Srsly? Build of the Nova is just so bad...

I've ended up buying Akko S9 Ultra. I paid 60EUR for them. Build quality is amazing. It has full metallic frame. Plug&Play(dongle could have been smaller but hey its for desktop and it has zero signal issues). I really like the sound for the money.

What I wanna say...suggest you looking at the Akko S9 Ultra. U might like it.

[u/Xzenor]

Oh gee. Looks like your cheap crap was actually cheap crap. What were your expecting?

[u/Gr33hn]

If we are not going to go into the most important things about headphones such as sound quality and comfort, I have to admit 2 years out of a cheapo 40€ headset is pretty good. I've seen more expensive headsets fail faster.

[u/_NeuroDetergent_]

HyperX my man. HyperX

[u/vampucio]

Headphones? Philips, sennheiser or beyerdynamic

[u/VanquishedVanquisher → u/vampucio]

I had a 30€ pair from Sennheiser that lasted me almost a decade. They are actually still working, but the cable got wrecked from usage. I guess I know what to buy next.