# Anker Soundcore earbuds

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Anker Soundcore earbuds and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend them for easy reconnection, long case charge life and strong value, about half the price of AirPods. Common caveat: some units stop charging.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong value for the price (3 comments): "it's pretty good and half the price of the base airpods" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636682)) "Sub $60 Soundcores have most of them if not all." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45945059)) "for the price they are astonishingly good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403494))

## What people warn about

- Buds stop charging (2 comments): "After two weeks the Soundcore buds I had stopped charging." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48711448)) "my €80 Soundcore earbuds stopped charging" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380108))
- Noise cancelling setting changes randomly (1 comments): "Or they randomly decide to change the noise cancellation setting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46767381))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apple AirPods](https://hackerapproved.com/p/airpods.md): 257 recommend
- [Apple AirPods Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/airpods-pro.md): 115 recommend
- [Fairphone Fairbuds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fairbuds.md): 7 recommend
- [Pine64 PineBuds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pinebuds-pro.md): 7 recommend
- [Sony WF-1000XM5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sony-wf-1000xm5.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Anker+Soundcore+earbuds&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.soundcore.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Anker Soundcore earbuds", https://hackerapproved.com/p/soundcore-earbuds/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).