GNMN V7 ANC Wireless Earbuds with Earhooks and Charging Case vs HAOYUYAN Bluetooth Earbuds: A Real Comparison

The GNMN costs three times as much as the HAOYUYAN, and the biggest thing that buys you is real active noise cancellation instead of the "noise reduction" marketing you get on cheap earbuds.

Quick specs

	GNMN V7	HAOYUYAN BX17
Price	$79.99	$26.98
Battery (single charge)	~8 hrs	~15 hrs
Total with case	~96 hrs	~80 hrs
Noise cancellation	Real ANC (up to 45dB)	Passive / mild
Driver	16mm	14.3mm
Fit	Ear hooks + tips	Ear hooks + tips
Waterproof	IPX7	IPX7

Where the GNMN V7 wins

The ANC is the whole reason to spend the extra fifty bucks. I've got a coworking spot near a construction site, and the GNMN with ANC on turns the jackhammer down to a distant thud — not gone, but enough that I stop clenching my jaw. The HAOYUYAN can't do that. What the cheaper ones call "noise cancellation" is really just the silicone tip plugging your ear, which helps with hiss but does nothing for low, droning stuff like an air conditioner or a bus engine.

The 16mm driver also has more to work with. Bass on the GNMN has actual weight to it — kick drums land instead of tapping. I noticed it most on a flight where I wanted something to disappear into; the low end filled in the gaps the engine roar usually eats. The transparent mode is genuinely useful too. I keep one earbud in at the grocery store and flip transparency on so I can hear the person at the deli counter without pulling anything out. That's a small thing that I use constantly.

Call quality is better as well. A friend I talk to on my walks said she couldn't tell I was outside on the GNMN, versus the HAOYUYAN where she asked if I was in a wind tunnel.

Where the HAOYUYAN BX17 wins

Fifteen hours on a single charge is the headline, and it's not a lie. I ran these for most of a workday — call, music, more music — and never hit zero before I got to the case. The GNMN's 8 hours is fine, but with ANC running it drains faster than the box promises, so realistically you're topping up more often. The HAOYUYAN just doesn't make you think about battery. That's worth something.

USB-C on the case matters more than I expected. The GNMN case charges over its own cable, and I lose those. The HAOYUYAN uses the same cable as my phone and my laptop, so it's always within reach. Charged the case fully in about an hour and a half while I made lunch.

Physical buttons instead of touch. This is the quiet win. Touch controls on so many earbuds misfire when you adjust the fit or wipe sweat off. The BX17 has actual tactile buttons — I can skip a track mid-run without accidentally pausing three times. And the LED screen on the case that shows the exact percentage instead of a vague dot pattern is the kind of small clarity you appreciate at 6am.

At $27, if you lose one down a storm drain or leave a pair at the gym, you're annoyed for an afternoon, not a week.

The honest differences

• The GNMN's ANC is real and the HAOYUYAN's isn't, but if you mostly listen in quiet rooms you'll never notice the gap — and you'd be paying $53 extra for a feature you don't turn on.

• HAOYUYAN's battery lasts nearly double per charge, though the GNMN's case holds a bigger total reserve. In practice I refill the GNMN case less often but recharge the GNMN buds more often. Depends whether you'd rather babysit the buds or the case.

• Buttons on the HAOYUYAN beat the GNMN's touch controls for anything involving sweat or gloves. I mis-tapped the GNMN more than once during a workout and ended up shouting at nobody.

• The 16mm driver in the GNMN sounds fuller, but the HAOYUYAN isn't thin or tinny — it's just flatter. For podcasts and audiobooks I honestly can't tell them apart, and that's most of my listening.

• USB-C on the HAOYUYAN means one less cable in my bag. The GNMN's proprietary-feeling cable is the thing I'm most likely to leave behind, which makes the huge case battery pointless when I can't refill it.

Which one I'd buy

I'd buy the HAOYUYAN, and I've thought about this more than earbuds deserve.

Here's my reasoning. The GNMN is the better product on paper and in the ear — the ANC is legit, the sound is fuller, the calls are cleaner. But I kept asking myself when I actually needed those things, and the answer was "planes and one loud coworking space." Maybe a dozen times a year. The rest of the time I'm walking the dog, doing dishes, or half-listening to a podcast while I cook, and for all of that the HAOYUYAN does the same job for a third of the price, lasts longer per charge, and charges off the cable I already own. The buttons that don't misfire seal it for me. I got tired of fighting touch controls on sweaty runs.

There's also the loss factor. I lose earbuds. Everyone loses earbuds. Replacing a $27 pair stings a lot less than an $80 pair, and the HAOYUYAN's 4.9 rating tells me plenty of people feel the same way about the value.

Who should disagree with me: anyone who commutes on a train, flies constantly, or works in an open office with a constant hum. For you the ANC isn't a nice-to-have, it's the reason you're wearing earbuds in the first place, and the HAOYUYAN's passive isolation won't cut it after the third hour of engine noise. Spend the money on the GNMN and you'll get quiet that the cheaper pair simply can't produce. Audio nerds who want the bass to actually hit will also lean GNMN, and they're right to.

But for how I actually live — kitchen, sidewalk, gym, the occasional call — the cheaper pair wins on the stuff I use every single day. The expensive one wins on the stuff I use twelve times a year. That math isn't close for me.

If you're on the fence and you don't already know you need ANC, you probably don't. Save the $53.