Wireless Earphones

Hi All,

My Anker Soundcore earphones which were recommended here some time ago have died. Pretty happy with them but planning on upgrading as I found the microphone a bit hollow.

Need to replace, main uses are work calls most of the day with a podcast in the evening. So battery life, microphone and call sound quality are the drivers.

What would people recommend in ear wise?

Jumpa

Depends on your budget. If you're sub €100 landed (so Amazon.co.uk isn't necessarily the best site to buy from) I'd say something like the Transmart Q10's are good value and perform well.

I've a pair of them and always happy to use them for flights etc but if your main priority is work calls on Teams / Zoom / Mobile phone and true multipoint functionality (seamless switching between your Windows PC/Laptop and your phone for call handling) is very important to you I can highly recommend the Microsoft Surface 2 Headphones, they are steep at €279 but I find them absolutely flawless as a work centric set of headphones. I'm sure there are other headphone with better sound stages for audiophiles but for me they are comfortable to wear for 6-8 hours a day, the rotating dials (right for volume and left for the level of ANC) is massively intuitive and means you never ever have to fiddle with buttons unless you want to use the touch pads on each side to skip tracks or pause etc and the sound quality on calls, by which I mean the quality other people hear you speak) is unsurpassed. It's just crystal clear and you don't get that tin can feeling yourself either when making or taking calls, it just feels totally natural like you were talking to someone across your desk.

It's a while since I bought my Q10's so there may be better options available now in that price range, personally I'm a fan of MPOW but at the lower price points I find it's microphone quality which always suffers regardless of brand.

Bought the Galaxy Buds Live after seeing the deal on here. Very comfy and the sound is the best I've ever had in an earphone. Only used them a bit but the touch controls and touch area a bit of a pain.

Going for a jog in a while. Hopefully they don't move too much.

Glad you like them, hopefully they'll stay in when you're out jogging if they already fit quite well. Don't forget to try the different size tips.

Once you get a feel for the touch controls I find they work very well but then I tend to just use the pause and skip to next track functions.

Anyone tried these https://vodafonefaf.ie/collections/headphones/products/huawei-freebuds-studio-wireless-headphones-graphite-black you can get them for 159 with Vodafone but at that price am I better waiting for the Bose QC35s to come up again?

Is there a go to pair around the 60 euro mark for wireless buds?

Did a quick look around and it doesn't seem like it. No margins in it I guess.

There's probably someone out there that lost the earphones but not the case. No idea how you'd find them though. Lonely hearts column?

IIRC they are the QCY QS1/QS2.

The QC2 have a bigger charging case, Not sure if you will find a case on usual sites, but you may get lucky if you send QCY an email. They may also try to hire you too 😁

Maybe there's some freebies in it for you...

This was recommended here a while back:

You will have to wait for a month or so for delivery plus pay about €7 or so for custom and handling charges.

Dunno if they're the smallest but I got the Realme Buds Air 2 Neo (who names these things?) and they're very flush with the ear. Quite nice too. I'd get them again if I lost them today

Just a heads up in case this hasn’t been mentioned. The excellent Vankyo X400s that disappeared from Amazon are available from AliExpress for €14 delivered.