My favourite wireless earbuds
I've reviewed a whole heap of headphones over the past few years. These are my favourite wireless earbuds.
Since I launched BTTR back in December 2022, I've reviewed 14 pairs of wireless earbuds. That's a small drop in the ocean of products that are actually available, I know, but it's still more than a most people.
Over that time, there has been one pair that I have consistently returned to thanks to the combination of comfort, security, audio quality and, surprisingly, noise cancellation.
There have been many other pairs of earbuds I have loved for different reasons, which I break down in the members section below.
But if I had to buy a pair of true wireless earbuds today, it would be these ones:
The best wireless earbuds I've tested:
Apple AirPods 4 with ANC
It has been a bit of a recurring theme in my earbud reviews over the past few years that I struggle to get a good fit with wireless earbuds, particularly with my right ear. For whatever reason, a medium silicon tip is too small, but a large is too big, and at even the slightest bit of exercise, the earbud pops out.
So I had low expectations that the open-ear design of the AirPods 4 would solve the problem. But to my surprise, these earbuds offer one of the most secure fits I've experienced outside of the clip-on earring style of the Shokz OpenDots One.
Also impressive is the noise cancellation. Open-ear designs typically don't lend themselves to good quality noise cancellation, but Apple has really delivered here. It's not as impressive as full over-ear noise cancelling headphones like the AirPods Max, but its impact on blocking out external noise is really impressive.
Of course, it's an Apple product, which means it really works best if you use other Apple products, like an iPhone 16 or a MacBook Air. If you actively avoid Apple, then these probably aren't for you.
But that's your loss, because these are great.
Nick Broughall
