Tom Bedford

The Mechen M3 MP3 Player is an all-in-one entertainment machine that only supports a very limited number of file formats.

The HiFi Walker H2 is an MP3 player that reaches above its price in its support for audio formats, but falls flat when it comes to basically everything else

The Motorola Edge 40 Neo undercuts its non-Neo sibling and has more advanced features, but it has its share of issues too.

The Majority MP3 is a cheap and cheery music player that’s easily portable, easy to use and, most importantly, eminently affordable.

The Oppo Reno 10 is one of the best cheap phones on the market right now, but it falls short in two major ways.

The Moto G34 is one of the cheapest 5G phones around, and it manages to exceed expectations in some key areas.

The JLab JBuds Lux ANC are the brand's first 'luxury' over-ear headphones, which offer lots of bass but a few aches too.

The Earfun Wave Pro are fantastic headphones for their low price, with some fantastic extra features that exceed the price.

The Vivo X100 Pro is an impressive flagship phone from the Chinese company, with a price that may put off buyers.

The JLab Epic Lab Edition has one neat feature, but that’s not enough to make up for the high price, struggling ANC and low-quality sound.

The Moto G84 continues Motorola’s legacy as an impressive low-cost phone with a few surprisingly strong areas.

The Edifier W820NB Plus offer plenty of features and won’t break the bank, though you get what you pay for when it comes to music quality.

The Amazon Fire HD 10 (2023) brings some improvements on its predecessor, but new Fire slates threaten to make it redundant.

The Earfun Air 2 offers ear-pleasing sound at a low price, with some impressive extra features too.

Amazon’s updated Kindle Oasis hasn’t changed much from its previous incarnations, and it’s still a premium ereader for the discerning bookworm.

The AK UW100MKII are truly promising true wireless earbuds that are let down by some surprisingly basic issues.

The Majority Oakington is a handy all-in-one audio system that’s pleasing to the wallet and ear, though does have a few small issues.

The Earfun Free Pro 3 are great value, affordable earbuds — they’re not perfect, but you can't complain too much at this price point.

The Oppo A78 is one of the strongest budget phones out there, as long as you can look past two distinct weak points.

The OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite is your standard cheap Android phone with a few too many weak areas to make it a champ.

The Dreame L20 Ultra is one of the best robot vacuums, although at that price, it really should be!

The JBL Authentics 500 sounds fantastic, and it looks great on a shelf too, but there are some ease-of-use blunders which take a little getting used to.

The OpenRock Pro are top-tier sports earphones for a range of use cases, though audiophiles may not be impressed.

The Marshall Middleton is a pricey portable Bluetooth speaker that’s a little too middle-of-the-road.

The Zenfone 10 tweaks some specs over its predecessor and nudges up the price, but overall it’s a very, very similar package – that is, a fine Android phone.