True Wireless earbuds

[Belle427]

The missus would like some of these for her iPhone X. Would ideally like to spend no more than £100 and don't really want the official apple product.
I see a few sets on Amazon such as the ankers etc, but has anyone bought some lately they can recommend.
Thanks.

[Troubleatmill]

She would not like the official Apple product?
Or you would not?
Get her what she wants.


Wait a couple of months.... Apple AirPods 2's will be out soon.

[Belle427]

Id happily buy them if they were good but seem to get mixed reviews online.

[alorotom]

AirPods are excellent and extremely convenient - they’re are my single best purchase in recent years and I’ve used them pretty much every day since purchase (a couple of days after release)

Richer sounds have a deal on a set of Sony noise cancelling wireless buds currently but I’ve not heard them personally.

[Whoozit]

Is she 100% needing separate ie not wired to each other earbuds? Each one then needs to have all the Bluetooth, battery, processing built in each earpiece which makes them larger. She could look like Lt. Uhura from Star Trek. Whereas buds connected by a wire are much less obtrusive, and incidentally deliver pretty decent quality for £15 or so.

[mudnomad]

Happy owner of the Sony wf1000x here. The only ones which are small, fully wireless, have active noise cancelling and actually stay in your ears. I happily use them while working out and also they work great for watching videos, which many don't due to delay in sound processing

[untakenname]

You can get replica earbuds for less than a tender delivered including the charging case
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Headphones-Canc...

Never used them before so ymmv.

[Troubleatmill]

Belle427 said:

Id happily buy them if they were good but seem to get mixed reviews online.

Mine are epic.
No matter how hard I try - they never fall out.

[DuckSauce]

I've got these and they're pretty good

Wireless Headphones, ENACFIRE E19 Bluetooth Headphones with 15H Playtime Deep Bass Stereo Sound Bluetooth V5.0 Earbuds Built-in Microphone, Wireless Earphones for iOS, Android, PC, Gift Box (Black) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DPPN42S/ref=cm_sw_r...

[matt55man]

Another vote for the ENACFIRE ones from amazon, had mine a few months now and other than badge snobbery I don't see why anyone would need anything else. Great sound quality, really impressed.

[thebraketester]

Troubleatmill said:

Belle427 said:

Id happily buy them if they were good but seem to get mixed reviews online.

Mine are epic.
No matter how hard I try - they never fall out.

Just a shame they sound poor.

[HTP99]

thebraketester said:

Troubleatmill said:

Belle427 said:

Id happily buy them if they were good but seem to get mixed reviews online.

Mine are epic.
No matter how hard I try - they never fall out.

Just a shame they sound poor.

And look stupid.

[Integroo]

I have the Jabra Elite 65t. They are brilliant.

[manracer]

thebraketester said:

Troubleatmill said:

Belle427 said:

Id happily buy them if they were good but seem to get mixed reviews online.

Mine are epic.
No matter how hard I try - they never fall out.

Just a shame they sound poor.

I too found airpods severely lacking bass and decent treble when I tried them

[Tomo1971]

I have Treblab X5's and for what the cost (less than £50) and can be much cheaper if you can get a discount code and really rate them. Audiophiles may not (but then again, you wouldnt even mention airpods if you were an audiophile). They work with Siri, have decent sound and despite been used on a treadmill, dont fall out.

They are generally found on Amazon.

[Belle427]

Thanks to all, I will take a look at the Amazon offerings.
The Encafire sets look interesting and good value.

[thebraketester]

If she can stand a slight cord then beatsx are worth a look.

[frisbee]

If she wants Airpods then getting anything else is a waste of time and money.

[Belle427]

frisbee said:

If she wants Airpods then getting anything else is a waste of time and money.

She’s not bothered about AirPods.

[frisbee]

Belle427 said:

frisbee said:

If she wants Airpods then getting anything else is a waste of time and money.

She’s not bothered about AirPods.

You said "I" in your first post.

I've got a pair, the convenience of no cables is great. And the case is a perfect fit in the little pocket on the front of a pair of jeans. The sound is perfectly adequate.

I've previously had a decent pair of Etymotics, the sound was impressive but wedging them into your ear canal made them a faff, ironically the cable failed after not that much use... I couldn't be bothered to replace them and just used standard Apple ones.

I would definitely replace the Airpods. However I am tempted to get a cheapo pair for running.