If you are on the hunt for an excellent pair of noise-canceling earbuds to tune out fellow passengers while traveling or simply a good gift, you can't go wrong with Sony'sWF-1000XM4 earbuds. Even though Bose's excellent QuietComfort Earbuds II is our favorite pair of noise-canceling wireless earbuds, they are currently on sale for around $178 instead of $279 at Amazon, which is a great deal. The Black Friday price brings the wireless earbuds back down to their lowest price yet.

The XM4s have excellent noise cancellation capabilities and long battery life. It is possible to listen to them for eight hours with noise cancellation turned on, making them ideal for long flights or road trips. You don't have to worry about them getting wet if they have an IPX4 rating.

There are few drawbacks to them. Their mic performance leaves something to be desired and they currently lack multipoint connectivity; however, they are set to receive the latter feature at some point this fall, which will allow you to pair them with twoBluetooth devices at the same time. It's hard to go wrong with the XM4s at this price if you can live without all the bells and whistles. We recommend you to read our review.