 Hello, welcome back to the Happy Hearts. I'm Neil and usually this is the Tightwad Dad vlog. It's a place where we try to be happy with what we've already got, but today that's really true. I'm going to be really happy with what I've already got because I've got these. These are the Urban Ears Platin 2 headphones. They are all over the ear if I can't hear. They're an all over ear headphone. Look, you can even twist them around. One of my most popular videos on the channel, bizarrely, is me unboxing these very headphones, the Indigo Platin 2 Urban Ears headphones, not the Bluetooth ones. They're corded. They've got this wire and it detaches as well. Anyway, this video has got so many views. You can see it playing now where actually I'm doing an unboxing of the Platin 2 and comparing them with the Platin 1. Now, I've been using these headphones every single day and I only realized the other day that I've been using these daily for two years. I thought I'd do two things in this video. One is to show you how the Urban Ears Platin 2 headphones look after two years of daily use. I'll give you some close-ups in a second, but also compare them with a brand new set of Platin 2s. Look, see how beautiful and clean and stitched they are. I've been using these every day for two years, but they've held up. Excuse me. They've held up really well and I just want to show you which ways they've held up and which ways they have probably deteriorated over two years. Anyway, this is what the box looks like. I actually got these new Platin 2s for my long-suffering wife to help drown out me next to her. Wow, they feel different. There's no Netflix account that can compensate for having to live with me, I don't think, but these sort of drown me out most of the time. They're slightly different in a number of ways and I've even just noticed a few of the differences now and I wanted to go through those with you. But let's take a look at the old Platin 2s to show you a glimpse into the future of what yours might look like if you use them every day for two years. The first thing is let me show you under the head. That has fared really well. There's just a little bit of where the color has come away from the rubberized headband. So this has worked really well. I think basically I've got a filthy head and I should clean more often and I think the oil from my face and my head has worn this over time. The fabric has held up quite well as well. I think you can see. I've spilled coffee on it. I haven't really bothered to clean it with fabric cleaner but in the comments on the other video a few people were discussing best ways of cleaning these. I've not tried it but I would use one of those pink sprays, one of those Oxy sprays that you have for upholstery. That will probably get that up. But they don't look too filthy thanks to the indigo color. Now the next bit of wear and tear is on the ears. So I don't know if you can see but these have completely unstitched themselves. So you can see the foam inside. They're still really comfortable though. But let me compare them with the new pair. You can see the stitching is pristine. That's how these used to look. The oil from my face and being scrunched up as well has meant that some of the indigo coloring has come away. Now the great thing with these ear cups and I made another video about this. I'll give you a clip now. It's to show you how to disconnect the ear cups and replace them. I'll leave a link to that video in the description or if you click on the eye on the top of the screen. But just to show you if you wanted to get new ones they cost about 14 pounds and another 14 pounds for delivery direct from Urban Ears. But you can really easily disconnect them and they just twist on really easily. The last element of these lovely headphones is the cord. I don't know if you can see it's slightly frayed. Now that is completely my fault because they're designed to be wound up. And then you can tuck the 3.5mm jack under the cable like this and then I pull it tight and then I throw it in my bag. What happens is I don't know if you can see that but because I haven't extended the cups the cable clashes against the headband and bends it and over time two years every day. It has caused the cable to bend slightly and wear away. It still works really well. They still sound fantastic. What I didn't say in the unboxing review video was how they sounded but I thought it was pretty obvious that I was replacing another pair that itself was I think five years old. The sound is phenomenal. These cups kind of block out everything else around you which is why I've got them for my long suffering wife. But the sound is really rich and really warm. It's my favourite sounding headphones and they're so comfortable as well. I use them for really long you know walking long movies. So it sounds like someone's house being broken into. So that's the tour of the two-year-old Platin 2 headphones. But look at this. These are dark grey headphones. I'll just give you a comparison of the colour. There are some differences between the two and I can see one immediately when I do this. The new headphones they have some kind of magnet attachment. So where the ear cups meet the headband, Urbaniers calls this a flexible 3D hinge. There's a magnet so they snap shut like this and then to fold them up you just break the magnet. The other big difference that I've noticed in fact I think it's the only other difference it's identical in all other respects is this. This is how the Platin 2 jack has fared over two years. I put it over my head. There we go that's a nice focus. I don't think see but the top of the L-shaped jack has worn away over time. Now again this is completely my fault because I have quite a chunky case on my phone. Although it's got an L-shaped jack which is really helpful and has lasted much longer than the jack on the original Platin headphones. You can see the rubber has worn away but look at the new Platin 2 jack. They've given a very generous amount of protection on the end there because they know that's where it's going to be pulled out over time. So you can see it's got this kind of rubber shield and it's concertinered. I don't know what this is for this hole. I can only imagine it so you can tidally fold it up like that but that seems to be putting a lot of pressure on the wire. I don't think I'd bother doing that. Not that they're my headphones. Wrap the cable around and it's still clashing with the head band. So what I would advise if you get these headphones is to probably each time you do this push them up a bit. I know that's made it worse. Okay push them down a bit and then you'll see that the cable clears. But the great thing with the Platin 2 is that the cable is replaceable. So this cable comes out. Don't do this if you have the Platin the original Platin. Is it Platin or Platin? This detaches as well so this part is completely replaceable and you could put in a cord that doesn't have the microphone built in. Also same with the other Platin 2. There's an extra 3.5 millimeter jack so you can daisy chain your headphones and I can listen to things with my long-suffering wife if she lets me in. She's probably going to watch this video on these headphones. But do you have any questions? Leave a comment. I'm sure there's something I've forgotten but leave a question below or just to say hi it'd be lovely to hear from you. Maybe someone else can help you out with any questions that you might have about this but I'll leave a link to the original video in the description because everything or the details are there. The last thing I wanted to do is to just check if the ear cups detach. This could go horribly wrong. Yes there you go. I haven't broken them. They do go back on and I don't think this will show up on the camera but it says pop me back on or order a replacement at urbaneers.com. I hope this has helped you decide whether or not you want the Platin 2 urban ears headphones. I cannot recommend them more highly and like I say I've used mine every day for two years and before that daily for five years with the original Platin. I'd better put this back together. If you've reached this point of the video it'll be fantastic if you could send me a little signal to let me know someone got this far. Just hit the thumbs up and if you're feeling even kinder why not hit the subscribe button. You never have to watch anything or watch ever again but every subscription helps me get closer to 10,000 subscribers. It took me two years to get to 1,000 so I think we're looking at 20-30 for smashing the 10,000 barrier. If you want to help me on that journey thank you and good luck with your purchase. 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