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Even durable headphones are easy to damage. We’ve lost couples to people standing on them, cats and robot vacuums attacking wires and chairs rolling over them. I’ve learned that a stand or holder is worth the investment if it keeps those compartments off the floor. Even if your kids remember to use it occasionally, this can extend the potential lifespan of their headphones.
We use the Satechi 2-in-1 Headphone Stand with Wireless Charger ($56), which also has a spot at the base for charging your phone, but there’s no need to spend that much. This new Bee Headphone Stand ($7) will do the trick. The biggest one in my PC gaming has a hanger mount ($8) that mounts to the desk, and it works great for keeping that headset out of the way when it’s not in use.
Other headphones we like
These headphones didn’t make it to the top, but we still liked them.
Photograph: Simon Hill
Heyday Kids Wired Headphones for $10: Target’s new Heyday headphones for kids are very affordable and the volume is limited to 85 decibels. We tried the wired, super-fun, unicorn horn headphones (there’s also a dinosaur pair). We also tested slightly more expensive wireless, active noise-canceling headphones ($25). both called out Ok For money.
Photograph: Simon Hill
Juice Pro Wireless Headphones for £35:For the 10-year-olds in one of my wife’s classes, these headphones were chosen as the best because they’re very comfortable, they’re wireless, and they offer decent active noise cancellation. The sound quality is good, the headphones are durable, and they’re made from 100 percent recycled plastic. They’re also cheap for people in the UK (sadly not available in the US).
Buddyphones Cosmos Fun for $60: These headphones from Onanoff offer three volume-limiting options at 75, 85, or 94 decibels, but that top limit should only be used for short periods (50 minutes or less). There are stickers for customizing the compartments, and they’re nicely padded, but the kids decided it was just “okay.” The presence of ANC and 42 hours of battery life are welcome. The 3.5-mm audio port allows plugging in, and we love that you can also use it to link two pairs of BuddyPhones and share audio (useful if your kids are sharing the tablet to watch a movie).
We did not like the headphones
These headphones proved to be useful neither for us nor for our children.
Photograph: Simon Hill
Juice Animals Wired Headphones:Simon really wanted to like these headphones because they’re made entirely of recycled plastic, 20 percent of the profits go to The Born Free Foundation, and they come in fun panda or tiger designs. These are also very economical. But, sadly, most of the pairs we tested failed within the first week.
Storyphone: While the idea of headphones that play stories based on attached “StoryShields” is clever, allowing kids to easily change stories, StoryPhones are very expensive to manufacture and sound quality, extra stories are expensive, and the shields are easily lost.
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