One person drums the keyboard, the next shouts through a call, and the next desk is on about the daycare flu. The official company headset is often a flimsy plastic thing. At home those same people use proper headphones.
We claim Valco's noise-cancelling headphones beat the big brands at about half the price. Don't take that on faith. Take a pair for a 30-day company trial. Use them in the office and in remote meetings. If they don't work out, we take them back and pay shipping both ways. The free trial is for business customers only, not consumers. We can refuse a trial shipment to a suspicious-looking company without giving a particular reason.
A work persona you can unplug
A boom mic plugs into the USB-C port of compatible Valco noise-cancelling headphones. The mic moves from beside the ear to in front of the mouth. Headphones plus boom mic are called the Business Edition.
From 8 to 16 the boom stays on. After 16 you pull it off and the headphones are HiFi again.
VMK25.2 Business Edition
The over-ear flagship. Noise cancelling, studio-grade sound and a 55-hour battery on one charge. No AI, no heart-rate monitor, no other gimmicks.
VMK15 Business Edition
The lighter on-ear. Choose it for a smaller head or a tighter budget. The battery is the same 55 hours.
What you actually get
- Hybrid ANC cuts office noise or site rumble. Transparency mode is there so you can hear the person next to you.
- Remote-meeting audio is clearer.
- Battery: the model cards say 55 hours, and the benefits list says over 55 hours on one charge.
- A two-year warranty. If the damage isn't covered (a tractor drove over them), the Kajaani workshop repairs them for a fee. Spares and pads stay available.
- Lauri Lumme designed them. Jasse "Jazmanaut" Kesti tuned them. Professional musicians use Valcos too.
- The page's own joke, not a study: noise-cancelling headphones raise output by 12% and cut mutiny by 64%. The cited source is the Stetson & Harrison Institute, which Valco says it invented.
A logo on the covers
The swappable covers can carry a company logo. Valco says a patented mañana process can customise orders from 10 units.
Three answers to disposable electronics
The Kajaani workshop repairs Valcos after the warranty, for a fraction of a new pair. When you upgrade, old Valcos get a trade-in credit, a refurbishment and another home. One tree is planted per pair sold. Valco calls that greenwashing and says it is still better than planting none.
The minions
Arsi Koivula, arsi@valco.fi, +358 45 676 8167
Liisa Laukkanen, liisa@valco.fi, +358 40 550 3172
Onni Hakala, onni@valco.fi, +358 44 289 4044
Retailer and affiliate enquiries go to the same people. The affiliate section on the source page is a pyramid-scheme joke: promote Valco, and if you sell a million pairs you get several million euros. The offer is not open to everyone.
