Defend These Headphones
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Even sturdy headphones are simple to break. We have now misplaced pairs to people standing on them, cats and robotic vacuums attacking the cables, and chairs rolling over them. I’ve realized {that a} stand or holder is well worth the funding if it retains these cans off the ground. Even when your youngsters solely generally keep in mind to make use of it, that might lengthen the doubtless lifespan of their headphones.
We use the Satechi 2-in-1 Headphone Stand with Wi-fi Charger ($56), which additionally has a spot for charging your cellphone on the bottom, however there’s no have to spend that a lot. This New Bee Headphone Stand ($7) will do the trick. My PC gaming eldest has a Hanger Mount ($8) clamped to the desk, and it really works nice for retaining that headset out of the best way when it’s not in use.
Different Headphones We Like
These headphones did not fairly earn a spot above, however we nonetheless preferred them.
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Heyday Youngsters’ Wired Headphones for $10: Goal’s new Heyday headphones for teenagers are very inexpensive and restrict quantity to 85 decibels. We tried the wired, super-fun, unicorn horn headphones (there’s a dinosaur pair too). We additionally examined the marginally costlier wi-fi, energetic noise-cancelling headphones ($25). Each sounded OK for the cash.
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Juice Professional Wi-fi Headphones for £35: For the 10-year-old youngsters in one in every of my spouse’s lessons, these headphones have been singled out as one of the best as a result of they’re very comfortable, they’re wi-fi, and so they provide first rate energetic noise cancellation. Sound high quality is first rate, the headphones are hard-wearing, and they’re created from one hundred pc recycled plastics. They’re additionally low-cost for people within the UK (sadly, unavailable within the US).
BuddyPhones Cosmos Enjoyable for $60: These headphones by Onanoff provide three volume-limiting choices at 75, 85, or 94 decibels, however that high restrict ought to solely ever be used for brief intervals (50 minutes or much less). There are stickers to customise the cans, and they’re well-padded, however the verdict from the children was simply “OK.” The presence of ANC and 42-hour battery life is welcome. The three.5-mm audio port permits for plugging in, and we love which you could additionally use it to hyperlink two pairs of Buddyphones and share audio (helpful in case your youngsters are sharing a pill to look at a film).
Headphones We Did not Like
These headphones didn’t move muster, for both us or our youngsters.
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Juice Animals Wired Headphones: Simon actually needed to love these headphones as they’re made totally from recycled plastic, 20 p.c of the earnings go to The Born Free Basis, and so they are available in enjoyable panda or tiger designs. They’re additionally very inexpensive. However, sadly, each pairs we examined developed faults throughout the first week.
StoryPhones: Whereas the concept of headphones that play tales based mostly on “StoryShields” you connect is intelligent, enabling youngsters to modify tales simply, the StoryPhones are too costly for the construct and sound high quality, further tales are expensive, and the shields are simply misplaced.
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