If you take care it, I could see it lasting years. These headphones have a single detachable cord that plugs into the right ear piece, with a 3 button inline remote. I would be happy to get at least 6 months out of these pads and assuming the price doesnt skyrocket, I would happily buy additional replacements from this company again. I ordered this item May 31, 2020. By the way, the towel bar was never delivered the first time. light, which was good, but they have hard ear padding which isnt comfortable at all and the headset pushes super hard against my head and gives me a horrible ringing headache. It looks cute buts it?s not comfortable and my mic was static. Without the bass boost mode these still sound great and have bass. They are well made, quilted for flexibility and have a fleece lining inside. Super vulgar.