Cheap yet sturdy headphones for Computer Suite

[MrBitey]

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]

Hills...

 

 

Robust Headphone + Mic KS1/2/3/4

 

We go through about 5 a year tops...

[MrBitey]

Thanks Oaktech

have dropped Hills a line to get a price...

 

MrB

[Oaktech]

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]

+1 for Hills. We bought 64 over two years ago and they are doing brilliantly!

[TechGod]

Got about 100 for my last school...

Stereo Headphones 1.2m Lead - PRO SIGNAL | CPC UK

[TechGod]

CPC have a lot a headphones from a cheep price.

[MrBitey]

Thanks Techgod

they look a little flimsy but that is a good price!

[peej2k]

The TTS ones are good. Not the cheapest but they really are like tanks, and come with spares too.

[Oaktech]

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]

The TTS ones are good. Not the cheapest but they really are like tanks, and come with spares too.

 

URL for TTS?

[christhetech]

https://www.rashmian.com/

[MrBitey]

URL for TTS?

Thiese look like the ones... Pricey though!

https://www.tts-group.co.uk/easi-headphones/1004947.html

[Oaktech]

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]

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]

I've never ever had that issue myself. Strange how different schools see different problems.

[Oaktech]

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.