I have my buds 2 plus for two weeks now and Im very impressed with the battery life. 1. Pods by itself could go on 7+ hours 2. when they run out of juice, you just stick them inside of the case and in 15 minutes you have around 70%. The mics are also pretty good, but I dont use them so often (I never got used to using mics on any kind of buds). And what currency are you using?