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, too, and their lightweight, cushy design means they're not a strain to wear for hours at a time. Plus, you can tweak that bass-heavy sound to something more neutral through an EQ tool in Anker's companion app. The app also lets you swap between three different levels of ANC strength depending on your surroundings.
Anker released a few refreshes 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 to be worthwhile.