Liberty Air 2

Poor me with liberty air 2 (by anker)

Owned the Dot 3i, P20i, Liberty Air 2, and P30i. Only disappointing set was the P20i. Effectively, you can generally pick up Soundcore earbuds in any price bracket and be satisfied that they're really competitive with the best options there.

anker soundcore. I have their liberty air 2 and liberty 4 nc. They were basically the top of the line at the moment for less than usd$120. They have a liberty 4 pro and a liberty 5 now, which they didn't have when I bought mine.

Seconding Soundcore. I’ve never been interested in AirPods because I would lose them and be mad about wasting so much money. I’ve got a set of Soundcore Liberty Air that work great 3 years later and they’re sub $100. 

Get soundcore liberty series.

The sound and the anc is a chefs kiss

I have a pair of Sony WTF4000s or whatever the hell they're called, and they are very nice, but my AirPods Pro: * Are far, far, far more comfortable * Stay in my ears * Always connect * Have a much smaller/pocketable charging case I got the Sonys as wireless earbuds for Zoom calls on my Windows machines, but I can't get them to work reliably for that. They are now paired to my TV so I can watch movies or game without bothering my wife, but... they don't work reliably for that, either. Hell, they don't even natively connect to the PS5, which is baffling to me. I also have a pair of Anker Liberty earbuds, which worked for a few months. Cheap, sure, but if you have to replace them every year because the battery life falls to 20 minutes, then you pretty quickly get up to AirPod prices. TL;DR: AirPods Pro FTW