Save $100: As of June 9, Amazon marked down the Dyson OnTrac headphones to $399, giving them a rare 20% discount on their $500 list price.
Dyson is known for making expensive products, but they're intended to perform at the top of their field.
As their (re-)entry into the headphone space, their OnTrac headphones checked both boxes. But at $499, they were hard to recommend without some stipulations. Thanks to a discount from Amazon, as of June 9, you can grab the Dyson OnTrac headphones for just $399, putting them at a slightly more accessible price point on-par with other premium options on the market.
A few quick points of comparison: at full price, the Apple AirPods Max go for $549, the recently released Sony WH-1000XM6 go for $450, and the Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones go for $429. In other words, the OnTrac headphones aren't wildly out of line with their price point.
Like their competitors, these headphones come with excellent active noise cancellation and sound quality. In his review, Mashable Tech Editor Timothy Beck Werth wrote of these headphones: "The sound really does sound true to life, and I've been listening on the Bass Boost mode because I have weak hearing on the low end of the spectrum. I can appreciate entirely new details in some of my favorite songs, and I've been listening to more music than I have in years thanks to these headphones."
However, these headphones blow the battery life of their competition out of the water, offering 55 hours with noise cancelling on. From the group above, the best battery life clocks in at about 30 hours with ANC.
That's not to say they're perfect: the design is definitely bold, and won't be to everyone's taste. You do have some degree of customizability with swappable ear plates and cushions, but you will have to purchase additional components separately. They also prominently feature the Dyson logo on the headphone, which isn't a vibe for people who prefer more understated headphones. Werth also found the multipoint pairing to be especially lackluster, which really shouldn't be an issue on $500 headphones.
Still, some of these cons are much easier to live with at a more palatable $400 price point.
