For £250 when I bought them, my FairbudsXL have been… OK. Just OK.
ANC issues aside (that annoyingly I’d have to send my set to RMA for ) I’ve noticed the headband is a terrible for longevity. I don’t even think there’s any metal in the construction! Similar headphones for the price Seem to at least use some metal in their construction, which in turn I would argue may offset the downsides in their poor repairability.
Meanwhile, due to the largely-plastic construction of the FBXL headband, there’s a good chance if you’re unlucky (say, they get sat on or something) your headphones are suddenly two cups on a string. Granted, a repairable pair of cups on a string (Once I’ve paid for the new parts & waited for them to arrive), the build quality feels about as good as a pair of £80 Anker Soundcore Q30s.
I don’t mean to bash the product at all - I bought these because I explicitly wanted repairable headphones. I bought my previous pair of Anker headphones for the same reason (Well, just that they had an aftermarket for replacement earpads), and I explicitly saved extra to get this pair over less-repairable alternatives: I believe in repairing and maintaining hardware!
But, just because I believe in repairing hardware doesn’t mean I want to fashion a splint for my headphones because they’re made of brittle plastic. I’d love even an optional replacement headband option that has some sturdier construction because I admittedly do use these headphones a lot more than most would!