Seeking a lightweight, wired headset, preferably over ear or around ear

By Moopie Curran, 5 July, 2022

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Hi,
I'm actually seeking recommendations for this headset for my aunt, I'm her go-to tech person. Anyway, all of my headsets are either expensive, heavy, and bluetooth, or a combination thereof. So what she wants is a simple, no-frills pair of around-ear, or on-ear wired headphones that she can use to watch her movies on her computer. She's a PC user, who isn't very techy, so I can't in good concience recommend a bluetooth model.
Do they even make wired headsets that are around or over the ear and lightweight anymore?
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

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By Jo Billard on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 - 10:32

I got it from the dollar store and they're surprisingly pretty good.

By DPinWI on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 - 10:32

I have been using Koss PortaPro wired headphones for daily use for ever. They are light, comfortable, sound decent, and last a long time. And if they break, Koss has a no questions lifetime warranty that replaces them for 9 bucks. Even when you mangle them in the vacuum's power head.

They list for around 45, but can often be found on sale for much less. I keep a couple pairs in stock just in case the vacuum gets hungry again.

If I want to go wireless with them, I use a little blue tooth headset receiver that has volume, playback controls, and a microphone.