Children’s headphones comparison 2020

The 12 best headphones for children at a glance.

Are children’s headphones cheap and colorful headphones that are very stable, but have a rather poor sound quality. Are particularly popular own voice recordings or audiobooks that children play through the earphones. So that other family members are not disturbed in the apartment or while driving, children’s headphones are the ideal solution. Even if several children have to share a room.

The reason for the low price of less than 20 euros results from the durability. Because despite the rather stable construction, it’s not always possible to prevent children from breaking their headphones faster.

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Children’s headphones comparison
Illustration	Compare winner		Price-performance winner
model	JBL JR300	ONANOFF Wireless Bluetooth headphones	Trust Sonin 20729	EasySMX KM-666	Mpow children headphones CH6	Termichy Bluetooth kids headphones	Lexibook Disney headphones HP010FZ	Nenos headphones for children	ZAPIG premium children’s headphones	iclever kids headphones	JVC HA-KD7-R-E Children’s stereo headphones red / dark blue	JVC HA-KD5-Y-E
valuation on Amazon	196 ratings	25 reviews	317 reviews	256 reviews	313 reviews	145 reviews	22 reviews	887 reviews	230 reviews	200 reviews	7 reviews	397 reviews
General data
Headphone Type	On-Ear	Over-Ear	Over-Ear	On-Ear	Over-Ear	On-Ear	On-Ear	On-Ear	On-Ear	On-Ear	On-Ear	On-Ear
Suitable from	from 3 years	3 years	4 years	3 years	6 years	5 years	3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years
It’s spilling over	one-sided cable	Bluetooth	one-sided cable	one-sided cable	one-sided cable	two-sided cable	two-sided cable	one-sided cable	one-sided cable	one-sided cable	one-sided cable	two-sided cable
Headphone information
comfort	very convenient	very convenient	very convenient	very convenient	very convenient	very convenient	very convenient	very convenient	comfortable	comfortable	comfortable	uncomfortable
Headphone stability	very stable	very stable	very stable	very stable	stable	stable	not very stable	very stable	very stable	very stable	stable	stable
Weight	light, 108 g	light, 109 g	heavy, 186 g	heavy, 130 g	heavy, approx. 130 g	light, 118 g	light, 111 g	very heavy, 204 g	light, approx. 120 g	light, 118 g	heavy, 122 g	heavy, 122 g
Acoustic information
Volume limitation Due to a volume limitation, headphones only reproduce sounds up to a maximum of 85 decibels. This roughly corresponds to the volume of a vacuum cleaner.
Cable information
Volume control on the cable With the volume control, the sound on the music device no longer has to be changed. This can stay safely in your pocket.	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cable connection via	3.5 mm jack plug	not applicable	3.5 mm jack plug	3.5 mm jack plug	3.5 mm jack plug	3.5 mm jack plug	3.5 mm jack plug	3.5 mm jack plug	3.5 mm jack plug	3.5 mm jack plug	3.5 mm jack plug	3.5 mm jack plug
cable length	1 m	not applicable	1.5 m	1.6 m	no information	1.5 m	1.2 m	1.5 m	1.2 m	no information	0.8 m	0.8 m
Additional headphone functions
Bluetooth	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
microphone	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
collapsible	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Other variants
Other colors possible	Red Blue turquoise	blue pink green	Blue red pink Green grey	blue Pink with wings	dark Blue mint green pink Black red Black-Blue	green White red black pink orange	none available	pink Mint green lavender purple red	Black-Blue Black green Black red	Light Blue-Yellow Pink Light Blue	Pink-Purple light Blue Yellow blue	Blue red Pink-Purple Red Yellow Green-Purple
benefits	very good sound particularly high wearing comfort padded temple including stickers to decorate	adjustable size: grows with your child antiallergenic upholstery compatible with all Bluetooth devices with child-friendly volume limit	including stickers to decorate particularly comfortable earpiece padded temple	particularly good sound Removable ear pads for cleaning	adjustable size: grows with your child convenient control on the cable	Music can also be played on a microSD card complete freedom of movement padded temple integrated microphone interchangeable audio cable	padded temple especially for fans of the Disney movie "Frozen" suitable	padded temple durable audio cable, because of the nylon coating interchangeable audio cable Cable can be attached to both earpieces	with padded strap up to 10 hours of battery	padded temple folds particularly compact durable audio cable, because of the nylon coating also available as a version with cat ears	including stickers to decorate	including stickers to decorate
Questions and answers about the product	Questions and answers about JBL JR300	Questions and answers about ONANOFF wireless Bluetooth headphones	Questions and answers on Trust Sonin 20729	Questions and answers about EasySMX KM-666	Questions and answers about Mpow kids headphones CH6	Questions and answers about Termichy Bluetooth children’s headphones	Questions and answers about Lexibook Disney headphones HP010FZ	Questions and answers about Nenos headphones for children	Questions and answers about ZAPIG Premium children’s headphones	Questions and answers about iclever kids headphones	Questions and answers about JVC HA-KD7-R-E children’s stereo headphones red / dark blue	Questions and answers about JVC HA-KD5-Y-E
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Headphones for children’s ears are specially designed for small heads. The earcups are smaller and the design of the headphones is much more colorful than that of the adult models.
Purchasing children’s headphones is useful, for example, for long car trips or for the bus trip to school.
As our children’s headphone comparison shows, you should take special care that the children’s headphones have a volume limit. In this way, the offspring cannot listen to loud music and their hearing is protected.

Children in particular like to wander into their own fantasy world with radio plays and music, solve exciting cases with the three question marks or experience adventures with Bibi Blocksberg or Disney characters. If the children then hear their favorite story again, it is no longer as exciting for parents and older siblings to listen to the narrator as for the little ones.

Therefore, parents also need headphones for their children so that they do not listen to the whole family with the stories or children’s music – headphones are particularly useful during a long drive or on the school bus.

But what distinguishes the best children’s headphones? In our 2019/2020 children’s headphone comparison and purchase advice, you can use our categories to find your personal headphone comparison winner.

1. Why buy an extra child’s headphones?

Particularly comfortable to wear: Philips headphones.

As children’s hearing is still very sensitive, it needs to be adequately protected to prevent irreparable hearing damage due to excessive volume. Therefore, especially in-ear headphones are not recommended for children. These transmit the sound directly into the ear canal and can therefore be more dangerous for the small hairs in the ear if the volume is too high. Because if there is too much noise, the tiny hairs in the ear can die and in the worst case never recover. For parents, there is also the problem that in-ear headphones for children are often not perceivable from outside as to what volume the music actually has.

Invention of the headphones

Today it is no longer possible to determine exactly who was the original inventor of the headphones.

However, its history begins at the end of the 19th century when many inventors developed sound recording and reproduction processes for the various communication technologies in parallel during the industrial revolution.

We do not recommend using noise-canceling headphones, because they shield any ambient noise. This can mean that your child no longer hears any sources of danger and, for example, no longer hears the cars and bicycle bells in traffic.

We would therefore like to recommend to you and your children special children’s headphones from our children’s headphones comparison that protect the hearing of the offspring. Many of them have built-in noise controls so that the listener can only turn up the volume up to a maximum of 85 decibels. The design is often chosen to be child-friendly.

Here you can see what other advantages and disadvantages of buying children’s headphones as opposed to adult headphones for your child:

better hold, since ear cups are designed to be particularly small
the headphones grow with you for a long time because they are adjustable
child-friendly design of the headphones

the headphones are not very robust, so children must also handle them with care
Motif / colorful color could quickly no longer please

2. What types of children’s headphones are there??

As with the headphones for adults, there are different types of headphones for children:

best sound for spatial sound
often collapsible
subtle look
presses on the pinna
Ambient noise is not well shielded
not suitable for sport

Bass sounds good
Ambient noise is well shielded
comfortable to wear
relatively heavy, large headphones for children
Sweating possible

Eliminate annoying cables
great freedom of movement, for example during sports
Range must be observed
somewhat poor sound quality than with cable headphones

kind	description
On-ear headphones
Over-ear headphones
Bluetooth headphones
Sometimes there is one Volume control installed separately in the cable. Bluetooth children’s headphones, on the other hand, have controls on an earpiece.

The headphones can also be differentiated with regard to the connection to the playback device:

kind	description

one-sided cable

These headphones for children only have a fixed cable on one earpiece, which ends in the plug.

less risk of knotting than with two cables
in the event of a cable break, both speakers will no longer work

two-sided cable A fixed cable can be found on each ear cup of the headphones for children’s ears. These usually converge at chest height and connect to a cable, which then ends in the plug.

if there is a break on one cable, the other shell still works
Cable clutter is bigger than with a cable

detachable cable The one-sided detachable cable can be attached to the stereo headphones via a plug, removed and stowed away well.

defective cables can be easily replaced
there are two plugs (player and headphones) that can break

3. Purchase criteria for children’s headphones

3.1. Volume-limited headphones

Particularly popular with Amazon: Philips children’s headphones in blue-green

Children often find loud music cool, quietly less so. So that your child does not damage his ears at a young age, we recommend children’s headphones with volume control.

Headphone child protection can e.g. be achieved by a built-in resistor that weakens the audio signal regardless of the current volume. In other toddler headphone models, built-in diodes lower all audio signals to a certain decibel threshold.

Children’s headphones with volume limitation do not have to have a high price, even a cheap child’s headphones can have such a limitation built in.

3.2. Headphone Type / comfort

A certain wearing comfort is associated with the respective headphone type. While over-ear headphones from our comparison were designed for special listening pleasure and shield the user from the environment, on-ear headphones lie on the ear and still allow ambient noise.

Bluetooth children’s headphones have the advantage that your child has no annoying cables with them and can move to the sound completely undisturbed. The radio plays and music can also be played directly on the Sennheiser headphones using a microSD card, as long as the battery lasts.

3.3. Color / Design

For kids it is usually not important whether their children’s headphones are from Philips or Sennheiser – the color has to be right! On-ear headphones as well as over-ear headphones come in many different shapes and colors.
We therefore recommend you
Find a selection of headphones for your child that you find good and then let your child decide on the color.

Of course, there are also plenty of children’s headphones with Disney motifs. No matter whether Cars, Frozen, Cinderella or Marvel superheroes: For every fan there are suitable children’s headphones in Disney design.
Some manufacturers offer a special highlight for their headphones for toddlers: stickers! These can then be glued to the headphones as a further decoration and thus provide a bit of individuality.

3.4. collapsible

It can be useful for space-saving transportation and storage,
when the little headphones fold up. This type is particularly suitable for children who travel a lot with the headphones without constantly using them. Because especially over-ear headphones take up a lot of space in your pocket. However, the kids’ headphones must still be packed very carefully
because there is still a risk of breaking or bending something.

4. Cleaning tips

Cotton swabs are good for cleaning headphones.

It is advisable to clean not only in-ears, but also headphones at regular intervals. After all, there is also a sweat on the ears. However, you should not use a lot of water or cleaning chemicals.
If necessary, the cable can be cleaned with a damp cloth, just like the jack plug.

Here’s how to clean your kids’ earphones:

If the earcups can be unscrewed, take a closer look at the “inner life”: You can clean contacts with cotton swabs or a dry cloth. Also take a closer look at the adapters – if dirt accumulates there, the contacts may no longer work.
The mesh that protects the membrane of the headphones can be cleaned of dust with a damp cloth.
For very high-quality products, the ear cushions can be removed – you can wash them with warm water and a fine soap. Allow the pads to dry completely before attaching them to the headphones again.

tip: Take a look at the operating instructions for the headphones: Manufacturers often provide information on how to properly clean the product.

5. How headphones work

In principle, headphones are nothing more than two small, interconnected speakers. The following video clearly explains how these transmit the sound to the human ear:

6. There is no ban on headphones in traffic

Because headphones always shield or drown out some of the ambient noise, use in traffic is very controversial.

"In traffic, it makes sense to turn the music down or remove the headphones completely. There is no general headphone ban for pedestrians, cyclists or motorists. However, fines for distraction from loud music are possible. In the event of an accident, wearing the headphones can be interpreted as negligent. ”

– Stiftung Warentest in issue 05/2014 –

Listening to music on the street can have serious consequences if, for example, the children’s headphones are fully turned on:

"Acoustic isolation is forbidden", explains ADAC traffic lawyer Markus Schäpe. The music on the ears must under no circumstances be louder than the bell or the horn of other road users.

7. Questions and answers about children’s headphones

7.1. At what age can children start using headphones?

The manufacturers of children’s headphones such as Sony, Sennheiser or Philips already sell children’s headphones for toddlers from the age of 3.

However, it is questionable whether it is necessary for the little ones to climb through the apartment with a children’s headphone comparison winner. Because at this age the offspring can understand simple stories, but are primarily concerned with playfully improving their fine motor skills and discovering objects.

We therefore recommend buying your child earphones for long driving and similar occasions at the earliest when they are 5 or 6 years old.

7.2. What is the maximum time a child should listen with headphones??

A general rule cannot be drawn up because the decisive factor is not the length of time the headphones are worn, but the volume. Experts believe that loads below 80 decibels will not cause permanent damage to children. That means you should make sure to set all the players so that your child can’t raise the headphones louder than 80 or 85 decibels.

You should also teach your child why it is important not to listen to radio plays too loudly. Education creates understanding.

7.3. Which manufacturers and brands sell special children’s headphones?

Since the market is quite large, we have put together a selection of manufacturers and brands for you that you will encounter again and again in children’s headphone tests:

Philips
Sony
Panasonic
Sennheiser
DURAGADGET
JVC
Sound intone
LogiLink
lexibook
Magic clouds
Hama
Groov-e
Mr. Men and Little Miss
Thomson
Ultimate addons
Urbanz

So far, there are no special children’s headphones from Apple.

You can also look out for children’s headphones at Media Markt, Tchibo or Rossmann.

7.4. How loud is the volume limit at 85 decibels??

In order to prevent irreparable damage to your child from excessive music, a so-called volume limit is built into some children’s headphones. This means that the child cannot set the sound louder than 85 decibels.

85 decibels roughly corresponds to the noise level of a main road or that of a vacuum cleaner.

A long exposure of 85 dB to the ears can already lead to hearing damage, as children’s headphone tests show. Therefore, workers who are exposed to this noise level for eight hours a day are also required to wear hearing protection.

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