Headphones for the Warehouse: The Right Choice for Focus and Safety

Labeling, scanning goods, folding boxes – much of the work at the packing station is repetitive and works best when you can concentrate on it. At the same time, radio plays in the warehouse, the tape dispenser rattles, and someone occasionally calls out across the room. Different headphones are suitable for these two situations.

The Soundcore Space One for Long Morning Shifts at the Packing Station

For longer periods in a fixed location – printing and applying labels, maintaining inventory lists – we recommend the Soundcore Space One. Active Noise Cancelling can help reduce distracting background noises like ventilation, radio, and packaging machines. Battery life is up to 40 hours with ANC and up to 55 hours without, which is enough for multiple shifts. The headphones support LDAC for high-resolution audio transmission and multipoint for connecting to two devices simultaneously.

The Soundcore Liberty 4 NC for Anything That Requires Movement

As soon as it’s time for picking – moving between racking, carrying boxes, quickly bending down – over-ear headphones are more of a hindrance than a help. The Soundcore Liberty 4 NC are suitable for this: they are lightweight and offer long overall battery life with the charging case. Adaptive ANC can help reduce ambient noise, although tests rate the effectiveness differently. The Liberty 4 NC support LDAC for Hi-Res Audio.

One Point That’s More Important Than Sound Quality

As good as the noise cancelling may be – completely blocking out your surroundings is not an advantage in a warehouse, but a safety risk. If a colleague is moving with a hand truck or a sack truck, you need to hear them. Therefore, never set ANC to the highest level in the warehouse, and completely disable full noise cancelling where vehicles are present. Many models have a transparency mode for this, which lets ambient noise through.

What’s Suitable for Which Task

Fixed activities at the packing station: the Soundcore Space One, because of ANC and long battery life. Tasks involving movement in the warehouse: the Soundcore Liberty 4 NC, because of their weight and the ability to store them in the charging case – and anyway, with reduced or completely switched off noise cancellation for safety reasons.