Today’s best deals: Anker noise-canceling headphones, USB-C chargers, and more

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It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for another Dealmaster. Our latest roundup of the best tech deals from around the web includes a strong discount on Anker’s Soundcore Life Q30, with the wireless noise-canceling headphones currently down to $60 as part of a one-day Amazon sale. That’s $20 off their normal rate, and it matches the price we saw during Amazon’s Prime Day sales event earlier this year. It’s also within $5 of their all-time low.

We continue to recommend the Soundcore Life Q30 as a great value for those who can’t spend more than $100 on wireless noise-canceling headphones. To be clear, they can’t match the best options from Apple, Sony, and Bose regarding raw noise-canceling strength, and their default sound profile is far more bass-boosted by comparison. But no wireless headphone under $100 is without compromises. For $60, the Q30s’ active noise cancellation is still good enough to be useful on a flight or in the office. The headphones get a tremendous 40-ish hours of battery life, and their lightweight design means they’re not a strain to wear for hours at a time.

Anker released a few updates to this pair since it launched, and while those are also good, they’re either only a marginal upgrade (as with the Soundcore Life Q35) or too expensive (as with the new $150 Soundcore Space Q45) to really compete with the Q30 in terms of pure value. You should still spring for something like Sony’s WH-1000XM4 or XM5, Apple’s AirPods Max, or Bose’s QuietComfort 45 if you can afford them, but if you want to stay on a budget, the Q30s get enough right for the money.

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Author: Jeff Dunn. [Source Link (*), Ars Technica – All content]

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