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Updated September 2026 · 12 pairs compared

The best noise-cancelling headphones under £50

Twelve pairs we keep in stock, ranked on what you actually get for the money. The cheapest pair here claims 50dB of noise cancelling for £23.20 — deeper than several pairs further up this page that cost more.

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Last checked against megastore76.com on 29 September 2026.

The short answer

Three picks, depending on what you care about

If you only read one thing on this page: the QCY H3S cancels the most noise here by the manufacturer's own figure, the UGREEN Studio Pro is the best all-rounder, and the Baseus EP10 Pro is the one to buy if you want to spend as little as possible.

Best noise cancelling
QCY H3S Adaptive ANC

QCY H3S Adaptive ANC

£37.41

The deepest cancellation in this list — 56dB on the manufacturer's figure, which is more than most pairs at three times the price claim. Add Bluetooth 6.0 and a 102-hour battery and nothing else here gets close on paper.

  • 56dB adaptive ANC
  • Bluetooth 6.0
  • Dual drivers
  • Up to 102 hours
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Best all-rounder
UGREEN Studio Pro

UGREEN Studio Pro

£35.45

48dB cancellation, Hi-Res LDAC audio and a 120-hour battery. It is the pair that does everything well and nothing badly, and it is the safest recommendation if you do not want to think about it.

  • 48dB ANC
  • Hi-Res LDAC
  • Up to 120 hours
  • Over-ear
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Best under £25
Baseus EP10 Pro

Baseus EP10 Pro

£23.20

50dB adaptive ANC, Bluetooth 6.0, LDAC and an IP55 rating for £23.20. If you want the most cancellation per pound on this entire page, this is it.

  • 50dB adaptive ANC
  • Bluetooth 6.0
  • Hi-Res LDAC
  • IP55
  • Up to 55 hours
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Compare

All twelve, side by side

Sorted by price, highest first. Every noise-cancelling figure below is the manufacturer's own claim, not our measurement — we say so because a 56dB claim and a 40dB claim are not measured the same way by every brand.

ProductKey specPriceBest for
Maxmate MPV 90HOver-ear
 ANC · BT 5.3 · 60 hrs £49.99 Long battery, low price View
HAYLOU S40 ANCOver-ear
 50dB · LDAC · BT 6.0 · spatial audio £42.77 Spatial audio View
QCY H3S Adaptive ANCOver-ear
 56dB adaptive · dual driver · BT 6.0 · 102 hrs £37.41 Deepest noise cancelling View
Edifier Comfo FlexOpen-ear
 No ANC · Hi-Res · IP55 · 40 hrs £37.06 Running and cycling View
UGREEN Studio ProOver-ear
 48dB · Hi-Res LDAC · 120 hrs £35.45 Best all-rounder View
UGREEN Max5cOver-ear
 43dB · LDAC · spatial audio · 75 hrs £33.03 Spatial audio on a budget View
Baseus EH10 NCOver-ear
 45dB adaptive hybrid · LDAC · 80 hrs £30.42 Longest battery under £31 View
QCY MeloBuds ProEarbuds
 46dB hybrid · LDAC · 6-mic · 34 hrs £27.59 Earbuds with real ANC View
Edifier X5 ProEarbuds
 ANC · IP55 · gaming mode · 48 hrs £26.89 Gaming and gym View
JBL Tune 520 BTOn-ear
 No ANC · BT 5.3 · Pure Bass · 57 hrs £23.95 A known brand, cheap View
Baseus EP10 ProEarbuds
 50dB adaptive · BT 6.0 · LDAC · IP55 · 55 hrs £23.20 Most cancellation per pound View
Edifier X3 ProEarbuds
 ANC · BT 5.4 multipoint · IP54 · 38g £20.76 The cheapest ANC here View

Prices were read from megastore76.com on 29 September 2026. Stock and price change — the store page is always the final word.

The wider department

Twenty-two more from Audio & Headphones, pictured

This page is about noise cancelling under £50. The department holds a good deal more than that — forty-six products in all — so here are twenty-two of the rest, richest first.

One thing to be plain about before you look at them. Most pictures on these listings are the seller’s own marketing graphics rather than photographs of the unit in the box, and that is true of this whole department. What we did instead of pretending otherwise is look at every picture used on this page and check it for a claim the store cannot support: a price the checkout contradicts, a rating, award or review count when the store has no customer reviews at all, a picture of a different product than the one named, or a specific factual claim that is simply not true. Four failed and are not shown — the JBL Tune 520 BT, which printed £44.99 against a real price of £23.95; the KVIDIO, which printed a price the store does not charge; the Sumvision Wave BX, whose picture says “Exclusive at megastore76.com” when the product is an affiliate listing sold on Amazon to anyone; and the Maxmate MPV 90H, whose picture is clean but too small to show without going soft at this size.

The twenty-two below all print either a price the store does charge, or no price at all.

What the badge means. Every tile carries the listing’s own picture, its own price and its own link. The badge says where the button takes you, because in this shop that varies: Bought here means we sell it and you check out on this site, and via eBay, via Amazon or via Google Play means the listing hands you to that seller and we earn a commission on the sale. Of the 22 above, 0 are ours and 22 hand you elsewhere (12 to rzekl.com, 9 to Amazon, 1 to eBay).

Audio & Headphones46 in this department

The whole audio department, not just the under-£50 noise-cancelling brief this page covers. Every cancellation figure on a tile is the maker’s own claim printed on the listing — we have not measured any of them, and on one pair we think the claim is optimistic.

Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro via eBay Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro £164.99 Samsung Galaxy Buds FE via Amazon Samsung Galaxy Buds FE £60.99 HAYLOU S40 ANC Wireless Headphones, 50dB via rzekl.com HAYLOU S40 ANC Wireless Headphones, 50dB £42.77 Soundcore by Anker Space A40 via Amazon Soundcore by Anker Space A40 £42.49 AOC 3-in-1 Wireless Headset with Mic via Amazon AOC 3-in-1 Wireless Headset with Mic £39.98 Edifier Comfo Flex Open-Ear Wireless Earbuds via rzekl.com Edifier Comfo Flex Open-Ear Wireless Earbuds £37.06 MCHOSE V9 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset via rzekl.com MCHOSE V9 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset £36.06 UGREEN Studio Pro Wireless Headphones, 48dB ANC via rzekl.com UGREEN Studio Pro Wireless Headphones, 48dB ANC £35.45 UGREEN Max5c Wireless Headphones, 43dB ANC via rzekl.com UGREEN Max5c Wireless Headphones, 43dB ANC £33.03 Logitech G G321 LIGHTSPEED Gaming Headset via Amazon Logitech G G321 LIGHTSPEED Gaming Headset £32.99 Edifier W280NB Pro Neckband Earphones via rzekl.com Edifier W280NB Pro Neckband Earphones £30.67 FIFINE K669B USB Microphone via Amazon FIFINE K669B USB Microphone £29.99 MAONO DGM20 USB Microphone via Amazon MAONO DGM20 USB Microphone £29.99 Movo VXR10 Shotgun Microphone via Amazon Movo VXR10 Shotgun Microphone £27.95 QCY MeloBuds Pro ANC Wireless Earbuds via rzekl.com QCY MeloBuds Pro ANC Wireless Earbuds £27.59 Edifier X5 Pro ANC Wireless Earbuds via rzekl.com Edifier X5 Pro ANC Wireless Earbuds £26.89 TONOR TC30 RGB USB Microphone via Amazon TONOR TC30 RGB USB Microphone £25.99 Baseus EP10 Pro ANC Wireless Earbuds via rzekl.com Baseus EP10 Pro ANC Wireless Earbuds £23.20 Edifier X3 Pro ANC Wireless Earbuds via rzekl.com Edifier X3 Pro ANC Wireless Earbuds £20.76 Shoumi Wireless Headphones (Display Screen) via rzekl.com Shoumi Wireless Headphones (Display Screen) £19.73 BOYA BY-M1 Lavalier Microphone via Amazon BOYA BY-M1 Lavalier Microphone £14.98 Lenovo LE209 Wireless Earbuds via rzekl.com Lenovo LE209 Wireless Earbuds £10.48

The other 24 listings in Audio & Headphones

Not pictured — either the listing’s own image prints a claim we cannot stand behind, or it is a picture we have not opened and looked at. The listings are live in the shop all the same.

These sit outside the under-£50 noise-cancelling brief this page covers, and none of them is a recommendation over the twelve above — it is simply what else is in the department. The pictures are the listings’ own marketing images, not photographs of the units; where a picture carries a product claim (battery hours, decibels of cancellation, IP rating) it is the maker’s own figure, not something we measured. Two of the twenty-two are above the brief by a distance — the Galaxy Buds 4 Pro at £164.99 and the Galaxy Buds FE at £60.99 — and a further five are wired USB microphones rather than headphones — kept in because they are what the department actually holds, and because a good microphone under £30 is harder to find than a good pair of earbuds.

In detail

The ones worth your money

Six of the twelve, with what is genuinely good about each and what you are giving up. We have listed a real drawback against every one of them, because a page with no drawbacks on it is not a page you should trust.

QCY H3S Adaptive ANC
Best noise cancelling

QCY H3S Adaptive ANC

£37.41 In stock

The number that matters here is 56dB. That is the deepest noise-cancelling figure on this page, by some distance. Dual drivers handle the sound, and Bluetooth 6.0 is the newest version in this list.

  • 56dB adaptive noise cancelling (manufacturer's figure)
  • Bluetooth 6.0
  • Dual driver setup
  • Claimed 102-hour battery life
  • Over-ear, folding

What's good

  • Deepest ANC rating under £50 here
  • Newest Bluetooth version in the list
  • Battery life is enormous
  • Dual drivers rather than a single unit

What to weigh up

  • A 56dB claim is measured to the brand's own standard — expect strong, not silent
  • Over-ear only, so no earbud option
  • The app and menu system is basic

Best for: Anyone whose main reason for buying is blocking out a commute, an office or a flight, and who wants the most of that they can get for under £40.

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UGREEN Studio Pro
Best all-rounder

UGREEN Studio Pro

£35.45 In stock

48dB of cancellation, Hi-Res LDAC audio and a claimed 120 hours. Nothing on this page is better at any one thing than the QCY, and nothing is as good at all of them at once. If you want one pair and no second thoughts, this is the one.

  • 48dB active noise cancelling
  • Hi-Res LDAC audio
  • Claimed 120-hour battery life
  • Over-ear
  • UGREEN is an established accessories brand

What's good

  • The best balance of cancelling, sound and battery here
  • LDAC gives genuinely better audio on Android
  • 120 hours means charging it monthly, not weekly
  • Brand with a real support and warranty record

What to weigh up

  • Earbuds rather than over-ear might suit you better on the move
  • Not the cheapest option here by about £12
  • LDAC only pays off on Android — iPhone uses AAC

Best for: Someone who wants one pair for everything — desk, commute, flight — and does not want to keep shopping.

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Baseus EP10 Pro
Best under £25

Baseus EP10 Pro

£23.20 In stock

50dB adaptive ANC, Bluetooth 6.0, Hi-Res LDAC, an IP55 rating and 55 hours of battery, for £23.20. On the numbers this is the best value on the page and it is not especially close.

  • 50dB adaptive noise cancelling
  • Bluetooth 6.0
  • Hi-Res LDAC
  • IP55 water and dust resistance
  • Claimed 55-hour total battery life

What's good

  • 50dB of cancelling at £23.20
  • IP55 means sweat and rain are fine
  • Bluetooth 6.0 and LDAC at this price is unusual
  • Earbuds, so they live in a pocket

What to weigh up

  • Earbuds cancel less than over-ear at the same claimed dB, in practice
  • Battery is 55 hours total with the case, not per charge
  • Fit matters more with earbuds — wrong tips means weak bass

Best for: Anyone who wants strong noise cancelling and does not want to spend more than about £25 to find out whether ANC suits them.

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QCY MeloBuds Pro
Best earbuds

QCY MeloBuds Pro

£27.59 In stock

46dB of hybrid cancellation, LDAC, a six-microphone array for calls and 34 hours with the case. If you specifically want earbuds rather than over-ear, this is the best-balanced pair in this list.

  • 46dB hybrid noise cancelling
  • Hi-Res LDAC
  • Six microphones for calls
  • Claimed 34-hour total battery life
  • Earbuds with charging case

What's good

  • Six mics makes a real difference on calls
  • 46dB is serious cancellation for earbuds
  • LDAC for Android hi-res audio
  • Cheaper than most earbuds claiming this much

What to weigh up

  • 34 hours total is the shortest here — the over-ears last three times longer
  • No wireless charging
  • In-ear only, so nothing for open-ear comfort seekers

Best for: Someone who takes a lot of calls and wants earbuds that block out an open-plan office or a train carriage.

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Edifier Comfo Flex
Different job

Edifier Comfo Flex

£37.06 In stock

The odd one out, and deliberately so. These are open-ear, which means they have no noise cancelling at all — and that is the point. Ear hooks hold them in place and you keep full awareness of traffic and surroundings.

  • Open-ear design — no ANC
  • Hi-Res certified
  • IP55 water and dust resistance
  • Claimed 40-hour total battery life
  • Secure ear hooks

What's good

  • You can hear traffic and people around you
  • Ear hooks stay put when running
  • IP55 handles sweat properly
  • Nothing pushed into your ear canal

What to weigh up

  • No noise cancelling whatsoever
  • Leaks sound at high volume
  • Bass is lighter than any in-ear here
  • Costs more than the Baseus with double the cancelling

Best for: Runners, cyclists and anyone who needs to stay aware of their surroundings — or who finds in-ear buds uncomfortable after an hour.

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The picture on this listing printed a price of £44.99. The store charges £23.95, so we have left it off this page.
Known brand

JBL Tune 520 BT

£23.95 In stock

No noise cancelling, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. What you get instead is a genuine JBL product with JBL Pure Bass tuning and a claimed 57 hours, for under £24 — which is the cheapest way onto this page with a brand you have heard of.

  • No active noise cancelling
  • JBL Pure Bass sound
  • Bluetooth 5.3
  • Claimed 57-hour battery life
  • On-ear, lightweight

What's good

  • A real JBL product at £23.95
  • Pure Bass tuning — good for bass-led music
  • 57-hour battery
  • Established brand support and spares

What to weigh up

  • No noise cancelling at all
  • On-ear rather than around-ear, so it grips
  • Passive isolation only — it will not block a train

Best for: Someone who wants a trustworthy brand name at the lowest possible price and does not need noise cancelling.

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Buying guide

What actually matters when you are spending under £50

Most of what is written about headphones assumes you are spending £200. Here is what decides whether a cheap pair is good or a waste of money.

01

Read the dB figure sceptically

Noise cancelling is quoted in decibels and the numbers on this page run from 43dB to 56dB. Higher is generally better, but brands measure to their own standard, so treat the figure as a ranking tool rather than a measurement. A 56dB claim and a 40dB claim from different brands are not as far apart as they look.

02

Battery: find out what the number means

A '102-hour battery' is almost always with noise cancelling switched off, at moderate volume. Turn ANC on and expect roughly 60 to 70 per cent of the headline figure. Even so, that is a month of commuting between charges rather than a week.

03

LDAC only helps if you have Android

LDAC is a higher-quality Bluetooth codec, and several pairs here have it. It makes a genuine difference on Android. On an iPhone it is ignored, because iPhone uses AAC only — so do not pay a premium for LDAC if you are on iOS.

04

Over-ear cancels more; earbuds go everywhere

At a given dB rating, over-ear headphones block more real-world noise because the cup itself does some of the work. Earbuds with the same number will cancel a little less but fit in a pocket. Both are on this page for that reason.

05

Fit matters more than any spec

With earbuds especially, the wrong tip size loses you most of the bass and half the noise cancelling. Try all three sizes in the box before deciding you dislike a pair. It is the single most common reason people think cheap earbuds are bad.

06

Know what noise cancelling cannot do

ANC is very good at steady low-frequency noise: engine drone, air conditioning, road hum. It is much weaker on sudden sounds and on speech — a baby crying or a colleague talking will still come through. No pair under £50 changes that.

Before you buy

Why buy these from us

We are not a review site and we are not pretending to be. We are a UK shop that stocks these, and we would rather tell you what we are and what we are not.

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A real UK store

You are buying from megastore76.com, not a marketplace stall. There is a phone number and an email at the bottom of this page and a person at the other end of both.

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Specs are the maker's own

Every dB and battery figure on this page is the manufacturer's claim, labelled as such. We have not measured these ourselves and we say so rather than implying otherwise.

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Not sure whether over-ear or earbuds suits you? Call or message and we will tell you honestly — including when the cheaper pair is the better buy for you.

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This is where customer reviews go. We have none to quote yet, so rather than invent them the space is empty. When you send me the real ones, they drop straight in here — and they will do more for conversion than anything else on the page.

Questions

Common questions

How much noise can £50 headphones actually cancel?

More than most people expect, and less than the box implies. At this price you get very good cancellation of steady low-frequency sound — engine drone, air conditioning, road hum — which is exactly what makes a commute tiring. You do not get the near-silence of a £300 pair, and nothing here will hide a conversation happening beside you.

Which of these is genuinely the best?

The QCY H3S if noise cancelling is what you care about, because it claims the deepest figure here at 56dB. The UGREEN Studio Pro if you want the best balance of cancelling, sound quality and battery. The Baseus EP10 Pro if price is the deciding factor — at £23.20 it claims more cancellation than most pairs at twice the price.

Do I need LDAC?

Only on Android. LDAC is a higher-quality Bluetooth codec and several pairs on this page support it, but Apple devices use AAC and will ignore it entirely. If you are on an iPhone, do not pay extra for LDAC — you will not hear it.

Will the battery really last as long as claimed?

Not quite. Headline figures are measured with noise cancelling off at moderate volume. With ANC running, expect around 60 to 70 per cent of the number on the box. Even so, a claimed 102 hours is still around two weeks of heavy use.

Over-ear or earbuds?

Over-ear cancels more noise and lasts far longer per charge, but you have to carry them. Earbuds go in a pocket and are better for the gym, but fit is critical and battery is shorter. If you use them mostly at a desk or on a plane, buy over-ear. If you use them walking, running or travelling light, buy earbuds.

What if they do not suit me?

Contact us at megaphilip76@gmail.com or on +44 7869 160958 before you buy, and we will tell you which pair is right — or tell you honestly that none of them are what you need. After you buy, message us and we will sort out any problem directly.

Are the pictures on this page photographs of the headphones?

Mostly not. Most listings here use a marketing graphic made by the seller rather than a photograph of the item in the box — that is true of this whole department, not just one or two listings. Rather than pretend otherwise, we looked at every picture on this page and checked it for something the store cannot stand behind: a price that contradicts the checkout, or a rating, award or review count, when the store has no customer reviews at all. Two failed and were left off — the JBL Tune 520 BT, whose picture printed £44.99 against a real price of £23.95, and the KVIDIO, whose picture advertised a price the store does not charge. Judge these on the specifications, which are the manufacturers’ own figures, rather than on the picture.

Final word

Which one, in one line each

Find the sentence that sounds like you and buy that one. If none of them fit, message us and we will point you elsewhere rather than sell you the wrong thing.

You want the most noise cancelling56dB, Bluetooth 6.0, 102 hours — the deepest here
QCY H3S · £37.41
You want one pair that does everything48dB, LDAC, 120 hours — no weak point
UGREEN Studio Pro · £35.45
You want to spend as little as possible50dB adaptive ANC for £23.20
Baseus EP10 Pro · £23.20
You want earbuds, not over-ear46dB hybrid ANC and six mics for calls
QCY MeloBuds Pro · £27.59
You want a brand you already knowReal JBL, Pure Bass tuning, £23.95
JBL Tune 520 BT · £23.95
You run or cycle and need to hear trafficOpen-ear, no ANC, ear hooks, IP55
Edifier Comfo Flex · £37.06

Still not sure which pair?

Tell us where you will use them — the train, the office, the gym, the plane — and we will tell you which of these fits best. If the honest answer is that none of them do, we will say that too.

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Top pick · £37.41QCY H3S · 56dB ANC
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