Ear buds for 12yr old

[whattodo87]

Hi ...

As the title says, I'm looking for recommendations on ear buds for my daughter.

I don't have the money for Apple unfortunately, but don't want to buy too cheaply either, and hate trawling the internet readings endless reviews 🤦‍♀️

All recommendations appreciated 🙏

[TooBusyGazingAtStarss]

I genuinely find the apple ones so good. I didnt pay upfront for them, i think the phone companies let you do them monthly? I might need wrong.
I think i got mine from the catalogue.
Others I tried weren't a good fit so I wouldn't use them.
I guess you have to find out what her ears would be ok with first. But a lotttttt of people have the airpods and the missing feature an apple product like airpods has been excellent at finding them again!
Maybe other brands do this.. not sure.. used apple for a while.

[PatFussy]

I got my 12 year old 17.99 ones from Amazon. They are brilliant for the price!

[sleepwhenidie]

J Lab Air pop are great- £25, decent sound, great battery life. And it doesn’t cause massive stress when one/both get lost.

[Talipesmum]

Ooh I can help here. Got my teens these for Xmas in their stockings, as they didn’t have any airbud type things and they weren’t sure if they’d use them much or not.

They love them, use them all the time. Sound quality is great. They say it’s good noise cancelling, not sure if it’s AirPod quality but they’re very happy. My mum had some fancy £180 sony ones that she hated so she got the same as my kids to try an alternative shape and she loves them, says they’re way better than her fancy ones.

I suspect the technology has improved enough now that even the fairly cheap ones are still great. I’m sure proper audiophiles would want something better but they seem to be excellent. And they come in a range of nice colours, and the charge lasts for ages.

https://amzn.eu/d/46iLZNa?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[Talipesmum]

And yes, if I had paid £200 I’d definitely want to be able to track them on find my iPhone thing. But for £19 I’m happy to just make them search if need be!

[whattodo87]

Ohh thank you so much for the replies.
I'll take a look 🙏

[Talipesmum]

The other ones I was tempted by were some from here - they’re all “made from recycled materials, wooden etc etc” which I thought would appeal to eco conscious teenager. But went for the Amazon £19 in the end.

https://www.thehouseofmarley.co.uk/headphones/in-ear-headphones/

[justasking111]

@sleepwhenidie

J Lab Air pop are great- £25, decent sound, great battery life. And it doesn’t cause massive stress when one/both get lost.

Or the puppy keeps eating them sigh. They're very comfortable.

I've lost one down the loo, stood on one, puppies eaten three. One through the washing machine. Definitely wouldn't buy expensive ones.