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If you want a kid-safe, wired, foldable headset with a volume limiter and a sharing port for DJ-style play at home, choose QearFun Kids Cat Ear; if you need a wireless, noise-cancelling, foldable over-ear headset built for longer listening sessions, choose Cubitt Tracking Technologies Power Headphones. That's the short version. The long version is about what "foldable" actually buys you in each case — and why those two ideas of a foldable headphone barely overlap.
• QearFun Kids Cat Ear — biggest strength: A switchable 85dB/94dB volume limiter, a built-in 3.5mm share port for two listeners on one device, and a tangle-free nylon braided cable. Wired, plug-and-play, no charging.
• QearFun Kids Cat Ear — biggest trade-off: It's a wired 3.5mm headset with sound isolation rather than active noise cancellation, and it's aimed at kids ages 3+, not adults.
• Cubitt Power Headphones — biggest strength: Hybrid ANC with three modes (ANC On, ANC Off, Transparency), Bluetooth 5.4, and up to 60 hours of battery life.
• Cubitt Power Headphones — biggest trade-off: No headphone jack at all. If your source device has no Bluetooth, it simply won't connect.
• Pick QearFun Kids Cat Ear if you want a safe, shareable, corded headset for a young child at school, on a tablet, or travelling.
• Pick Cubitt Power Headphones if you want a wireless over-ear headset with noise cancelling and long battery life for ages 12+.
The QearFun Kids Cat Ear is a wired over-ear headset with 40mm dynamic drivers, a 32 ohm impedance and a 20Hz–20kHz frequency range. In plain terms: it's a standard, easy-to-drive headphone that any phone, tablet, Chromebook or laptop with a 3.5mm jack will handle without a fight. The gold-plated 3.5mm jack is the whole connectivity story — no pairing, no charging, no app. You plug it in and it works.
What makes it interesting for a family is the two features that have nothing to do with sound quality. First, the volume limiter switches between 85dB and 94dB, so a parent can cap how loud things get. Second, there's a built-in 3.5mm share port, which means a second pair of headphones can plug straight into this one and two kids can listen to the same device without a splitter cable. If you've ever watched two children negotiate over one tablet, you know exactly why that matters.
The foldable part is practical rather than dramatic. The headband is adjustable and reinforced, and the whole thing folds down small enough to drop into a backpack for school, travel or a trip to the park. The earcups use memory foam, the cable is nylon braided and tangle-resistant, and the finish is an electroplated gradient in the Cat Pink style, with decorative cat ears on top. It's built to survive being yanked, twisted and stuffed in a bag.
Cubitt Tracking Technologies Power Headphones: Who It's For
The Cubitt Power Headphones are a different species of product. They're wireless over-ear headphones with Bluetooth 5.4, hybrid active noise cancellation and three listening modes: ANC On, ANC Off, and Transparency. That last one pipes outside sound back in, which is genuinely useful when you need to hear a train announcement or a colleague saying your name without pulling the headphones off.
Battery life is the headline number: up to 60 hours of average use. That's the kind of figure that means you charge them occasionally rather than nightly, which changes how you actually live with a headphone. The drivers are dynamic and tuned for powerful bass and crisp treble, and there's a four-microphone setup for call clarity. Controls run through an app rather than buttons on the cup, so you'll want to install that before you start fiddling.
The build is stainless steel with an over-ear fit, and the design folds for travel — compact and lightweight enough for commuting or packing. The Olive Green finish is one of several colourways. Cubitt describes the fit as perfect for ages 12 and up, which is a fair signal that this is not a small-child product: bigger cups, adult-sized headband, adult-sized expectations.
Who should buy it: older teens and adults who want wireless convenience, noise cancelling and long battery life for commuting, working or studying. Who should skip it: young kids, and anyone whose main device has no Bluetooth. There's no 3.5mm jack on these — that's the single biggest limitation, and it's worth being honest about. If your laptop's Bluetooth is flaky or your child's school tablet is wired-only, these are the wrong pick regardless of how good the ANC is.
Side-by-Side: Which Should You Choose?
• Best for a young child → QearFun Kids Cat Ear. The 85/94dB limiter and kid-focused build are the whole point.
• Best for two kids sharing one device → QearFun Kids Cat Ear. The built-in share port does what a splitter would.
• Best for noise cancelling → Cubitt Power Headphones. Hybrid ANC with three modes, versus sound isolation only.
• Best for plug-and-play simplicity → QearFun Kids Cat Ear. Wired 3.5mm, no pairing, no app, no charging.
• Best for commuting and travel as an adult → Cubitt Power Headphones. Bluetooth 5.4, a foldable stainless-steel frame and 4-mic call clarity.
• Best for a wired-only source device → QearFun Kids Cat Ear. The Cubitt has no jack, so this isn't close.
• Best for durability around rough handling → QearFun Kids Cat Ear. Nylon braided cable, reinforced adjustable headband, memory foam cups.
• Best value for a family with mixed ages → In my opinion, the QearFun, because one purchase covers the youngest listener safely.
If I were buying for a child — school, tablet, travel, or a first "DJ" setup where they're learning to cue tracks on a tablet — I'd buy the QearFun Kids Cat Ear. The volume limiter, the share port and the tangle-free braided cable are the three things that actually matter in that scenario, and no amount of ANC replaces them. If I were buying for myself or an older teen for commuting and long listening sessions, I'd buy the Cubitt Power Headphones for the ANC and the 60-hour battery. The deciding question is simple: does the person using them need a cord or need silence? Answer that and you're done. Both fold, both travel, but they solve different problems.
what are foldable headphones
Foldable headphones are over-ear or on-ear models whose headband hinges or pivots so the earcups fold inward, making the whole thing smaller for storage and travel. Both products here fold — the QearFun into a backpack-friendly package for kids, and the Cubitt into a compact shape for commuting.
how to fold headphones
Most designs, including these two, rotate the earcups flat against the headband and then fold the headband at its hinge. Check for a pivot point where the cup meets the yoke, twist the cups inward first, then close the band. Never force a joint that doesn't want to move.
Same idea, just done in the right order: collapse the headband slider to its shortest setting, swivel both earcups inward so they face the band, then fold. Storing them folded and in a bag rather than loose is what actually protects the hinge over time.
how to fix foldable headphones
Fixes depend on the fault. If a hinge feels loose, it's usually a worn pivot rather than something you can tighten by hand. If there's no sound, check the cable and jack first on the wired QearFun, and the Bluetooth pairing and charge level on the Cubitt. For anything structural, use the manufacturer's support rather than forcing the joint.
If price is the deciding factor for you, check the current price on Amazon using the button on this page — I deliberately don't quote figures here, since they move around.
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