Of course, they won’t sound as good as their premium counterparts, but they are good enough to help you sail through your day. Plus, the battery life is good enough and will last you more than a day. That depends on your usage, but these affordable earphones usually have a battery life greater than 5 hours. If you are in the market looking for affordable TWS earphones priced less than $100, here are our top picks.
1. SoundPEATS TrueCapsule Wireless Earbuds
Even though the TrueCapsule Wireless Earbuds are priced less than $50, that doesn’t mean the company has cut down on features. For starters, it comes with a touch-sensitive surface, Bluetooth 5.0, the voice assistant of your choice, and is compatible with both Android and iOS phones. The only thing you need to look out for is the touch controls, which can turn out to be a bit wonky at times.
2. Aukey True Wireless Earbuds
Compared to the SoundPeats TrueCapsule, here you get improved touch control and a smooth design. Speaking of the touch controls, they let you do most of the common jobs like answering calls, play/pause, navigate through soundtracks, and summoning the voice assistant. The audio quality of these affordable earphones has been praised by many. Of course, you won’t get audiophile-level quality, but they are decent enough to get you through your favorite songs and calls with ease. Plus, the audio is loud and has minimal lag.
3. TicPods Wireless Earbuds
Users speak highly of its battery life, sound quality, and passive noise cancellation. More importantly, the battery life is great, with the earphones staying on for around 4 hours at a single stretch. The charging case yields an additional 14 hours. If you are low on budget, these are some of your best bets.
4. Creative Outlier Air Sweatproof Earphones
The Creative Outlier Air earphones can last around 10 hours on a single charge with the carry case providing up to two charging cycles of 10 hours each. And this claim has been backed by several reviewers. Amazing, I’d say. The sound quality is balanced, and the passive good noise cancellation is quite impressive, as long as you find the right set of earphones. On top of that, they are rated IPX5, meaning you can easily take them out for a sprint at the gym without worrying about sweat damage. However, these earphones are not without issues. Many users have reported the Creative Air having connectivity issues with the right earbud falling off the loop.
5. Anker Soundcore Liberty Air 2
And that’s not the end of the story. The right set of ear tips will ensure that you won’t be distracted by outside noise. Nowadays, touch controls are ubiquitous, and the Anker Soundcore Liberty Air is no different. These pack a set of two areas on the earphones that let you play/pause music, answer/reject the call as well and activate the voice assistant to change songs. And the IPX5-rating means that you can use them at the gym. You can also try out the Anker Soundcore Liberty Air.
Go Wireless
While most of these earbuds sound good for their price and comes with a good feature to price ratio, you won’t get the same audio quality as the Jaybird Vista (check Jaybird Vista vs. Jaybird Run XT), Bose Soundsport Free or the Powerbeats Pro (check Creative Outlier Air vs. Powerbeats Pro). On the upside, you get to chuck off your old wired earphones and replace them with these sleek wireless earphones. And if you like the sleek form factor, you can easily upgrade later.
