MrBitey Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 Hi all I need to buy some headphones for our computer suite (30 machines). They need to be cheap (budgets being what they are!) but robust enough to survive being manhandled by 4-11 year olds... Does anyone have any that they are pleased with and could suggest/recommend? thanks very much!
Oaktech Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 Hills... Robust Headphone + Mic KS1/2/3/4 We go through about 5 a year tops...
MrBitey Posted June 29, 2018 Author Posted June 29, 2018 Thanks Oaktech have dropped Hills a line to get a price... MrB
Oaktech Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 Thanks Oaktech have dropped Hills a line to get a price... MrB Your pricing may vary but this is mine... 1+£6.25 10+£5.95 32+£5.30
Jawloms Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 +1 for Hills. We bought 64 over two years ago and they are doing brilliantly!
TechGod Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 Got about 100 for my last school... Stereo Headphones 1.2m Lead - PRO SIGNAL | CPC UK
MrBitey Posted June 29, 2018 Author Posted June 29, 2018 Thanks Techgod they look a little flimsy but that is a good price!
peej2k Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 The TTS ones are good. Not the cheapest but they really are like tanks, and come with spares too.
Oaktech Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 Got about 100 for my last school... Stereo Headphones 1.2m Lead - PRO SIGNAL | CPC UK My old school used to get those... We bought 90 odd of them and at least half didn't last a month.
mavhc Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 The TTS ones are good. Not the cheapest but they really are like tanks, and come with spares too. URL for TTS?
MrBitey Posted June 29, 2018 Author Posted June 29, 2018 URL for TTS? Thiese look like the ones... Pricey though! https://www.tts-group.co.uk/easi-headphones/1004947.html
Oaktech Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 Thiese look like the ones... Pricey though! https://www.tts-group.co.uk/easi-headphones/1004947.html They are pricey - my Infant school uses them and whilst they are robust, they have a bit of an achilles heel - the cable is a 3.5mm jack-jack lead and I spend an inordinate amount of time pulling snapped jacks out of the sockets so the cable can be replaced and they can continue to be used.
christhetech Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 If you can stretch to it, get the headphones with braided cables, rather than standard. The cables are far more flexible, yet still far more robust than the standard ones in the cheaper sets. It is worth the extra few pence per unit for the extra longevity that you get from them. If you are buying a decent number of them, then Rashmian are as competitive as anyone. They are wholesale though, so they won't be particularly interested in selling single units. Like most consumer electronics and accessories, the headphones are all made in a little group of factories in the Far East anyway, with the branding and premium added when they land in the UK, so it's worth having a little shop around to see if anybody else is selling the same units cheaper elsewhere with different branding on them.
peej2k Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 I've never ever had that issue myself. Strange how different schools see different problems.
Oaktech Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 I've never ever had that issue myself. Strange how different schools see different problems. The problem that we have at the infant school is that historically they have had tower cases with the audio on the top. The PCs are on the desk behind the monitors and the lead makes a kind of N shape. If someone scoots away from the PC they snap the jacks off - either in the headphones or in the PC.
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