Koss SB Headset

Koss's SB communication headset: padded over-ear cups for the incoming voice, a built-in microphone for yours, and a wired 3.5 mm plug that treats reliability as the whole feature list.

Buy it for the desk where calls are work — support shifts, remote teaching, the standing Tuesday meeting. It goes on at nine and comes off at five without complaint.

There is no battery to fade and no pairing to fail. Dull virtues, and precisely the ones you want mid-call.