These wireless earbuds are a sound value at less than $100

It feels like everyone is going wireless these days, and the popularity of untethered devices means searching for the best budget wireless earbuds doesn't feel like scraping the bottom of the barrel anymore. You won't have to suffer the price tag you see on things like Apple's AirPods 3 or Sony's WF-1000XM4.

There are a plethora of affordable and even downright cheap wireless earbuds that boast the kinds of stats you see on Apple or Sony products. Here are three of the best.

WHAT Earfun Air Pro SV

THE COST $89.99

AVAILABLE FROM myearfun.com

The Earfun Air Pro SVs offer big, open sound with well-defined bass and good clarity. They're also lightweight and comfortable, their noise canceling is effective, and they have a fairly natural-sounding transparency mode that allows ambient sound in if you want to hear the outside world around you for safety reasons.

Earfun highlights how you can see the buds' squared-off stems through the case — there's a little window — but aside from the stems, the buds themselves have a similar shape and design to the AirPods Pro. While the case offers wireless charging and you can use a single bud if you want, the buds are missing a sensor that would pause your music when you took them out of your ears and resume playback when you put them back in. They're IPX5 splash-proof, and battery life is rated at six hours with noise canceling turned on.

WHAT Sony WF-C500

THE COST $69.99

AVAILABLE FROM electronics.sony.com

Sony's entry-level C500 earbuds don't feature active noise canceling and are pretty basic as far as earbuds go, with no ear-detection sensors or transparency mode. But the buds are compact and lightweight, fit comfortably and sound good for an entry-level model.

While these earbuds have background noise reduction during voice calls, they only have one microphone in each earbud. Many earbuds now have two or more microphones to help process ambient noise and capture your voice. The earbuds are rated IPX4, so they're splash-proof, and offer up to 10 hours of battery life at moderate volume levels on a single charge.

WHAT Tranya T20

THE COST $79.99

AVAILABLE FROM tranya.com

The Tranya T20 earbuds remind don't have features such as ear-detection sensors that automatically pause your music when you take a bud out of your ears. But they sound surprisingly decent for their modest price. If you get a tight seal, they sit pretty flush with your ears (they don't really stick out much) and they have decent battery life -- up to  eight hours at moderate volume levels. They also work pretty well for making calls and are IPX7 waterproof.

The case feels a little cheap and the buds are lightweight. The Galaxy Buds 2 definitely feel more premium. However, the buds are well-tuned and have a relatively wide soundstage.