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Simon specialises in testing the latest smart gadgets, home entertainment gear, headphones, speakers, portable chargers, radios, ebook readers and smartphones. He’s reviewed top tech products from brands including Google, Apple, Amazon, JBL and Bose.
A magazine journalism graduate from Kingston University in 2014, Simon also worked on the Discovery and Silkroad inflight magazines. He then gained experience writing about entertainment at SFX and Total Film. He also contributed reviews and interviews to TwitchFilm (later ScreenAnarchy), CultBox and Frame Rated.
He joined Good Housekeeping UK as the Editorial Assistant for Special Projects and was part of Good Housekeeping’s Consumer Affairs Team between 2014 and 2019. In this role, he conducted price comparison research, wrote detailed household and moneysaving advice guides and edited thousands of indepth reviews for the Good Housekeeping Institute.
He has focused on technology and gadgets since 2020, where he started by testing out power banks and instant cameras. He writes reviews, roundups, news articles and deals updates, and also covers top tech deals during sales like Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
When not testing out the latest gizmos, you’ll find Simon either catching up with the newest releases at his local cinema or out shooting with his beloved compact camera.
You can follow Simon on Instagram, on Bluesky, on LinkedIn and on Threads.
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They skip extras like noisecancelling, but deliver solid sound and fussfree listening in one of the tiniest, most travelfriendly designs out there.”,”image”:”https://vaderprod.s3.amazonaws.com/17519598071732809814beatssolobudsrw67489442e92e7.jpg”,”sku”:”B0D3JHB24Q”,”brand”:{“@type”:”Brand”,”name”:”Beats”},”review”:{“@type”:”Review”,”name”:”Solo Buds”,”author”:[{“@type”:”Person”,”name”:”Simon Cocks”}]},”offers”:[{“@type”:”Offer”,”url”:”https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D3JHB24Q”,”priceCurrency”:”GBP”,”price”:”46.00″,”availability”:”https://schema.org/InStock”,”offeredBy”:{“@type”:”Organization”,”name”:”Amazon”}}]}},{“@type”:”ListItem”,”position”:16,”item”:{“@context”:”https://schema.org/”,”@type”:”Product”,”name”:”QuietComfort Headphones”,”description”:”Comfy, greatsounding, and with fantastic active noisecancelling, the QuietComfort Headphones are a goto for commutes, flights, or just zoning out at home. They’re now 24% off and the price is under £200 for the first time this year, which makes them a steal for what you’re getting.”,”image”:”https://vaderprod.s3.amazonaws.com/173210560161C5t1ltM5L.jpg”,”sku”:”B0D4Z9C562″,”brand”:{“@type”:”Brand”,”name”:”Bose”},”review”:{“@type”:”Review”,”name”:”QuietComfort Headphones”,”author”:[{“@type”:”Person”,”name”:”Simon Cocks”}]},”offers”:[{“@type”:”Offer”,”url”:”https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D4Z9C562″,”priceCurrency”:”GBP”,”price”:”299.95″,”availability”:”https://schema.org/InStock”,”offeredBy”:{“@type”:”Organization”,”name”:”Amazon”}}]}},{“@type”:”ListItem”,”position”:17,”item”:{“@context”:”https://schema.org/”,”@type”:”Product”,”name”:”WFC710N”,”description”:”Our current favourite pick as the best affordable earbuds for noisecancellation, the Sony WFC710N offer great sound and impressive noisecancellation for under £100, with upgrades like inear detection, clearer calls, and better battery life over the previous model. They’re comfy, compact, and smart enough to adjust noise control based on your activity, which makes them a great allround pick for everyday use.”,”image”:”https://vaderprod.s3.amazonaws.com/175195988061RzupWYCqL.jpg”,”sku”:”B0DZ6Z6T1C”,”brand”:{“@type”:”Brand”,”name”:”Sony”},”review”:{“@type”:”Review”,”name”:”WFC710N”,”author”:[{“@type”:”Person”,”name”:”Simon Cocks”}]},”offers”:[{“@type”:”Offer”,”url”:”https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZ6Z6T1C”,”priceCurrency”:”GBP”,”price”:”99.99″,”availability”:”https://schema.org/InStock”,”offeredBy”:{“@type”:”Organization”,”name”:”Amazon”}}]}},{“@type”:”ListItem”,”position”:18,”item”:{“@context”:”https://schema.org/”,”@type”:”Product”,”name”:”QuietComfort Earbuds”,”description”:”The Bose QuietComfort Earbuds offer toptier noise cancellation that outperforms most competitors at this price. They deliver great sound quality and a secure fit, though the large size and bulky case might not suit everyone.”,”image”:”https://vaderprod.s3.amazonaws.com/1752057290611URF0P63L.jpg”,”sku”:”B0DZHQHDWR”,”brand”:{“@type”:”Brand”,”name”:”Bose”},”review”:{“@type”:”Review”,”name”:”QuietComfort Earbuds”,”author”:[{“@type”:”Person”,”name”:”Simon Cocks”}]},”offers”:[{“@type”:”Offer”,”url”:”https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZHQHDWR”,”priceCurrency”:”GBP”,”price”:”179.95″,”availability”:”https://schema.org/InStock”,”offeredBy”:{“@type”:”Organization”,”name”:”Amazon”}}]}},{“@type”:”ListItem”,”position”:19,”item”:{“@context”:”https://schema.org/”,”@type”:”Product”,”name”:”Q20i”,”description”:”Soundcore’s affordable headphones boast capable noisecancelling, a comfortable fit ideal for long wear, and reliable sound quality, making them a solid choice for budgetconscious users.”,”image”:”https://vaderprod.s3.amazonaws.com/170300438261E3AcWQg1L.jpg”,”sku”:”B0C3KWT5V6″,”brand”:{“@type”:”Brand”,”name”:”Soundcore”},”review”:{“@type”:”Review”,”name”:”Q20i”,”author”:[{“@type”:”Person”,”name”:”Simon Cocks”}]},”offers”:[{“@type”:”Offer”,”url”:”https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C3KWT5V6″,”priceCurrency”:”GBP”,”price”:”49.99″,”availability”:”https://schema.org/InStock”,”offeredBy”:{“@type”:”Organization”,”name”:”Amazon”}}]}},{“@type”:”ListItem”,”position”:20,”item”:{“@context”:”https://schema.org/”,”@type”:”Product”,”name”:”PX7 S2″,”description”:”The Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2 headphones are a refined upgrade to an already excellent pair. They have now been succeeded by the Px7 S2e and the latest S3, but these still offer the rich, detailed sound B&W is known for, along with solid noisecancelling and allday comfort. With premium materials, reliable button controls, and a sleek look, they’re a superb allrounder for anyone after highquality wireless overears.”,”image”:”https://vaderprod.s3.amazonaws.com/169027891241o8b4RA5ZL.jpg”,”sku”:”B0B347WSW6″,”brand”:{“@type”:”Brand”,”name”:”Bowers & Wilkins”},”review”:{“@type”:”Review”,”name”:”PX7 S2″,”author”:[{“@type”:”Person”,”name”:”Simon Cocks”}]},”offers”:[{“@type”:”Offer”,”url”:”https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B347WSW6″,”priceCurrency”:”GBP”,”price”:”249.00″,”availability”:”https://schema.org/InStock”,”offeredBy”:{“@type”:”Organization”,”name”:”Amazon”}}]}},{“@type”:”ListItem”,”position”:21,”item”:{“@context”:”https://schema.org/”,”@type”:”Product”,”name”:”Studio Buds +”,”description”:”The Beats Studio Buds + strike just the right balance between price and performance, offering punchy sound, improved battery life, and great noisecancelling in a comfy and travelfriendly design. They’re not as secure as the Beats Fit Pro for intense workouts, but they’re a great allround pick.”,”image”:”https://vaderprod.s3.amazonaws.com/1702986339512DqUbzPiL.jpg”,”sku”:”B0C384VMY2″,”brand”:{“@type”:”Brand”,”name”:”Beats”},”review”:{“@type”:”Review”,”name”:”Studio Buds +”,”author”:[{“@type”:”Person”,”name”:”Simon Cocks”}]},”offers”:[{“@type”:”Offer”,”url”:”https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C384VMY2″,”priceCurrency”:”GBP”,”price”:”179.00″,”availability”:”https://schema.org/InStock”,”offeredBy”:{“@type”:”Organization”,”name”:”Amazon”}}]}},{“@type”:”ListItem”,”position”:22,”item”:{“@context”:”https://schema.org/”,”@type”:”Product”,”name”:”H30i OnEar Headphones”,”description”:”The Soundcore H30i onear headphones are a great budget choice with solid sound quality, a stable fit, and an impressive 70hour battery life. It’s just worth noting that the bass can sound muddy sometimes, and the onear design allows some ambient noise to leak in.”,”image”:”https://vaderprod.s3.amazonaws.com/172837396461SNaslx5FL.jpg”,”sku”:”B0CD1FHLMH”,”brand”:{“@type”:”Brand”,”name”:”Soundcore”},”review”:{“@type”:”Review”,”name”:”H30i OnEar Headphones”,”author”:[{“@type”:”Person”,”name”:”Simon Cocks”}]},”offers”:[{“@type”:”Offer”,”url”:”https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CD1FHLMH”,”priceCurrency”:”GBP”,”price”:”35.99″,”availability”:”https://schema.org/InStock”,”offeredBy”:{“@type”:”Organization”,”name”:”Amazon”}}]}},{“@type”:”ListItem”,”position”:23,”item”:{“@type”:”Thing”,”name”:””,”url”:”https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/productreviews/tech/g64963808/primedayheadphonedealsday4uk/”,”description”:”What is Amazon Prime Day?It’s an exclusive event for Prime members, with thousands of timelimited deals across all departments. Whether you’re shopping for book deals, affordable Amazon travel products, beauty offers, toy deals or – yes – the best headphones, there are several standout offers available.Despite the name, Amazon Prime Day usually lasts two full days. It tends to happen in July, and it’s become one of the biggest shopping events of the year – second only to Black Friday.When is Amazon Prime Day?In 2025, Amazon Prime Day is in July as ever, but the big change is that it lasts four days rather than two. The event kicked off at 00:01 on Tuesday 8 July and lasts until midnight on Friday 11 July, so you’ve got double the sale days during the deal extravaganza.Other Prime Day deal roundups: Amazon Prime Day vacuum cleaner deals | Amazon Prime Day deals for your garden | Amazon Prime Day alcohol deals | Amazon Prime Day deals for pet ownersHow to sign up for Amazon PrimeThe one catch on Prime Day is that, to access the deals, you need to be an Amazon Prime member. Amazon does offer a 30day free trial, though, which gets you full access to the sale.Signing up for Prime comes with a few perks beyond discounts. You’ll also get free nextday delivery on millions of items, plus access to Prime Video and Prime Music – ideal ways to make the most of your new headphones.You can subscribe for £8.99 a month or pay £95 for the year. If you’re unsure, you can use the free trial to grab the deals. In that case, remember to cancel before the trial ends so you’re not charged.SIGN UP FOR AMAZON PRIMEPrime Day tech deals: Amazon Prime Day deals on Amazon devices | Amazon Prime Day laptop deals | Amazon Prime Day Apple deals”,”image”:”https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmgprod/images/appleairpods4eventgetty686ba004364ac.jpg”}}]}}]
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Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones
If you’re after toptier noise cancellation and dreamy comfort for long listening sessions, we’d reach for the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones. They’re hard to beat – they’ve got powerful noisecancelling in all environments, a userfriendly app, premium materials and intuitive controls. It’s rare for them to drop to a low price, and they’re now 32% off, making this flagship pair a brilliant buy while they’re on offer!
Prioritising convenience, comfort, and smooth syncing with Apple gear? The AirPods 4 are the earbuds to beat. They offer many of the premium features found in the Pro model, plus a featherlight, eartipfree fit that’s ideal for long listening sessions.
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Apple AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation
Thanks to their semiopen design and tight integration with Apple devices, the AirPods 4 are a top choice for users who want comfort without sacrificing features. These share many of the perks of the Pro model – including active noisecancellation on this model – but at a friendlier price! Read our AirPods 4 review to learn more.
If you’re after some of the very best noisecancelling available, you can’t go wrong with these sleek Sony WH1000XM5 overears. These work with a comprehensive app to tweak the sound and features, as well as a classleading ANC mode and a comfortable design to wear for hours.
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Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds
Want earbuds that can rival the noisecancelling powers of overear headphones? We recommend checking out Bose’s Ultra Earbuds. They’re seriously impressive, with noisecancelling so good it handled the roar of the London Underground without no trouble. If you’ve been eyeing a topshelf pair of inears, this is a great time to snap them up.
These are some of our favourite headphones for travelling, whether that’s on a plane or just the everyday commute. They’re exceptional at noisecancelling, and the neat folding design helps them fit into a small travel case. The only difference between these and the more expensive QuietComfort headphones is that they come only in black and in a soft case rather than a hard case.
While they’re now replaced by a newer model, the Sony WFC700N earbuds remain a great pick, especially as they’re a steal at this price! They deliver impressive noisecancelling, great sound, and a comfortable fit in a tiny, lightweight design.
The best pair of onear Beats headphones, the Solo 4 are lightweight, foldable headphones with a punchy sound and an impressive 50hour battery life. They’d be a good pick for travel, commuting, or everyday use. While they skip active noisecancelling, their snug fit makes them a solid option for portability.
Sennheiser’s Momentum 4 wireless headphones stand out for their 60hour battery life with ANC and a comfortable design, making them ideal for long work sessions. With a balanced audio profile and responsive touch controls, they’re among our top picks for an excellent overear listening experience.
The latest pair of Beats headphones are an update to some of the brand’s most popular workout earbuds. These have a reliable hook style to keep them secure during even vigorous exercise, and they add noisecancelling, improved battery life and a heartrate monitor to their feature set – earning them a score of 84/100 in the Good Housekeeping Institute’s tests.
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Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4
These sleek Sennheiser earbuds offer futureready features like Auracast and LE Audio, along with the rich, detailed sound the brand is known for. While the bulky case and ANC may not be the best we’ve tried, they’re worth it for the audiophilegrade sound, the latest tech and the companion app that’s packed with features.
These terrific buds are our goto recommendation if you need a pair that’ll work well for fitness sessions and won’t go flying across the floor and get lost under a treadmill. They’ve got flexible wings to hold them in place, and they’ve got great noisecancelling so you won’t be disturbed by the distractions in the gym.
If you’re after a travelfriendly pair of earbuds with topnotch noisecancelling, impressive sound, and a compact design, these upgraded Sony buds are hard to beat. They’re super lightweight, packed with smart features like autoadjusting noisecancellation, and deliver detailed, energetic audio.
The Beats Solo Buds are super compact, comfy earbuds with an impressive 18hour battery life from a single charge—perfect if portability and longevity are top of your list. They skip extras like noisecancelling, but deliver solid sound and fussfree listening in one of the tiniest, most travelfriendly designs out there.
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Bose QuietComfort Headphones
Comfy, greatsounding, and with fantastic active noisecancelling, the QuietComfort Headphones are a goto for commutes, flights, or just zoning out at home. They’re now 24% off and the price is under £200 for the first time this year, which makes them a steal for what you’re getting.
Our current favourite pick as the best affordable earbuds for noisecancellation, the Sony WFC710N offer great sound and impressive noisecancellation for under £100, with upgrades like inear detection, clearer calls, and better battery life over the previous model. They’re comfy, compact, and smart enough to adjust noise control based on your activity, which makes them a great allround pick for everyday use.
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Bose QuietComfort Earbuds
The Bose QuietComfort Earbuds offer toptier noise cancellation that outperforms most competitors at this price. They deliver great sound quality and a secure fit, though the large size and bulky case might not suit everyone.
Soundcore’s affordable headphones boast capable noisecancelling, a comfortable fit ideal for long wear, and reliable sound quality, making them a solid choice for budgetconscious users.
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Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2
The Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2 headphones are a refined upgrade to an already excellent pair. They have now been succeeded by the Px7 S2e and the latest S3, but these still offer the rich, detailed sound B&W is known for, along with solid noisecancelling and allday comfort. With premium materials, reliable button controls, and a sleek look, they’re a superb allrounder for anyone after highquality wireless overears.
Simon Cocks is Good Housekeeping UK’s Technology Editor, overseeing tech shopping content and strategy for the title. He previously also worked across other titles including Esquire UK, Digital Spy, Men’s Health UK and Women’s Health UK.
Simon specialises in testing the latest smart gadgets, home entertainment gear, headphones, speakers, portable chargers, radios, ebook readers and smartphones. He’s reviewed top tech products from brands including Google, Apple, Amazon, JBL and Bose.
A magazine journalism graduate from Kingston University in 2014, Simon also worked on the Discovery and Silkroad inflight magazines. He then gained experience writing about entertainment at SFX and Total Film. He also contributed reviews and interviews to TwitchFilm (later ScreenAnarchy), CultBox and Frame Rated.
He joined Good Housekeeping UK as the Editorial Assistant for Special Projects and was part of Good Housekeeping’s Consumer Affairs Team between 2014 and 2019. In this role, he conducted price comparison research, wrote detailed household and moneysaving advice guides and edited thousands of indepth reviews for the Good Housekeeping Institute.
He has focused on technology and gadgets since 2020, where he started by testing out power banks and instant cameras. He writes reviews, roundups, news articles and deals updates, and also covers top tech deals during sales like Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
When not testing out the latest gizmos, you’ll find Simon either catching up with the newest releases at his local cinema or out shooting with his beloved compact camera.
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