Whether you work in a noisy environment, want to get better sleep or prefer listening to music with zero distractions, a pair of noise-cancelling wireless headphones makes all the difference. These handy wearable gadgets do exactly what their description suggests and let you take calls and listen to your favorite tunes and podcasts without being interrupted by noisy construction work,

Sure, we all know effective noise-cancelling features can put a set of the best over-ear headphones into an elite bracket. Yet without trying to sound hyperbolic, my AirPods Max’s headline noise-kiboshing features put them up there with some of the finest tech purchases to have dented my bank balance.

We’ve tested loads of over-ear headphones and refined our list of favourites down to these top picks for audio fidelity, noise-cancellation and battery life.

The Bose QuietComfort Ultra earbuds are the best in-ear noise canceling earbuds you can get. They're on sale for $219 (originally $299) on Amazon, the lowest price they've ever been.