Skullcandy’s 11 Wireless Headphones: 5 List Noise Cancelling

Skullcandy sells 11 wireless over- and on-ear headphones on its US store, and five of them list noise cancelling. Four of the five are over-ear; the one on-ear model with it is the Icon ANC.

The names group them. Crusher is the line with Skullcandy’s adjustable sensory bass, which it describes as bass you can feel; five of the 11 are Crushers. Aviator and Hesh are over-ear models without it, and Icon and Riff are on-ear. Each of the five models with “ANC” in its name lists noise cancelling, and none of the other six does. Prices are Skullcandy’s US list prices on 7 November 2026; none showed a sale that day.

This page covers wireless headphones that sit on or over the ear. Skullcandy’s earbuds, its Crusher PLYR 720 gaming headset and its wired models (the Icon 180 Wired and the Grom Wired kids’ pair) are out of scope.

The five Crusher models

	Crusher 1080 ANC	Crusher ANC 2	Crusher 540 Active	Crusher 720	Crusher Evo
Skullcandy US list price, 7 Nov 2026	$279.99	$259.99	$229.99	$209.99	$209.99
Noise cancelling, as Skullcandy names it	Bose QuietControl ANC, 6 mics	Adjustable 4-mic ANC	None listed	None listed	None listed
Hours, ANC on / off	50 / 60	50 / 60	40 (no ANC)	65 (no ANC)	40 (no ANC)
Rapid charge	10 min = 4 h	10 min = 4 h	10 min = 4 h	10 min = 4 h	10 min = 4 h
Weight (g)	374.2	332	312	362.8	312
Bluetooth	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.3	5.0
Spatial audio	Bose TrueSpatial, head tracking	None listed	None listed	THX, head tracking	None listed
Multipoint pairing	Yes	Yes	Not listed	Yes	Not listed
LE Audio	Yes, with Auracast	Not listed	Not listed	Yes, with Auracast	Not listed

Every figure is from each model’s page on skullcandy.com. The Crusher 1080 ANC (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab), which Skullcandy calls “our most advanced Crusher”, carries Sound by Bose: Bose QuietControl noise cancelling, Bose TrueSpatial audio and Bose SpeechClarity for calls. Skullcandy calls the Crusher 720 the next generation of the Crusher Evo; its page adds THX Spatial Audio, wear detection and 65 hours, but no noise cancelling.

The Crusher Evo and Crusher 540 Active list the same battery rating, Bluetooth version, 40 mm driver and 312 g weight. Skullcandy pitches the 540 Active for workouts, with a sweat- and water-resistant nano-coating and breathable ear cushions; the Evo page lists the coating on its “Active Colors Only”.

The three other over-ear models

	Aviator 900 ANC	Hesh 540 ANC	Hesh 360
Skullcandy US list price, 7 Nov 2026	$299.99	$159.99	$99.99
Noise cancelling, as Skullcandy names it	6-mic adaptive ANC	Adjustable 4-mic ANC	None listed
Hours, ANC on / off	40 / 60	50 / 65	100 (no ANC)
Rapid charge	10 min = 4 h	10 min = 4 h	10 min = 8 h
Weight (g)	332	Not listed	249
Bluetooth	5.3	5.3	5.3
Spatial audio	THX, head tracking	THX	None listed
Wear detection	Yes	Yes	Not listed

The longest battery rating of the 11 belongs to a model without noise cancelling, at 100 hours. That is the Hesh 360 (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab), which also has the fastest rapid charge of the 11, 8 hours from 10 minutes. The Aviator 900 ANC is the highest list price of the 11 and lists six-microphone adaptive noise cancelling, but its 40-hour rating with ANC on is lower than the 50 hours of the Crusher 1080 ANC, Crusher ANC 2, Hesh 540 ANC and Icon ANC.

The three on-ear models

	Icon ANC	Riff Wireless 2	Icon 180
Skullcandy US list price, 7 Nov 2026	$99.99	$51.99	$49.99
Noise cancelling	Yes	None listed	None listed
Hours, ANC on / off	50 / 60	34 (no ANC)	50 (no ANC)
Rapid charge	10 min = 4 h	10 min = 4 h	10 min = 4 h
Weight (g)	225	153	145.5
Bluetooth	5.3, LE Audio	5.2	5.3
Water resistance	IPX4	Not listed	Sweat and water resistant, no rating
Multipoint pairing	Yes	Yes	Yes

The Icon ANC (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) is the one model of the 11 whose page gives an IP rating, IPX4. The Riff Wireless 2 has Tile finding built in, as does the Crusher ANC 2; the Aviator 900 ANC and Hesh 360 list Google’s Finder instead.

What the pages do not say

No codec on any page. None of the 11 product pages names a Bluetooth codec, not even AAC or SBC. Each gives its Bluetooth version, and three list LE Audio. If LDAC or aptX matters to you, Skullcandy’s pages do not answer it, and a codec on a spec sheet is a ceiling rather than a guaranteed rate.

No comparison of the noise cancelling. Skullcandy names microphone counts (six on the Crusher 1080 ANC and Aviator 900 ANC, four on the Crusher ANC 2 and Hesh 540 ANC) but publishes no figure for how much each cancels. Fit and the kind of noise change the result, as our noise-cancelling explainer sets out.

Multipoint is missing from two. Nine of the 11 list Multipoint Pairing; the Crusher Evo and Crusher 540 Active pages do not mention it. All 11 pages name the Skullcandy app.

Who each one suits, by the specs

• Noise cancelling with Crusher bass: the Crusher 1080 ANC or Crusher ANC 2, both rated 50 hours with ANC on.
• The longest battery rating: the Hesh 360, at 100 hours, with no noise cancelling.
• Noise cancelling in an on-ear pair: the Icon ANC, the one on-ear model of the 11 that lists it, and the one with an IPX4 rating.
• The lightest pair Skullcandy lists a weight for: the Icon 180, at 145.5 g.

For other makers’ lineups set out the same way, see JBL’s over- and on-ear headphones and Soundcore’s headphones.

Questions people ask

Which Skullcandy headphones have noise cancelling?

Five of the 11 wireless over- and on-ear models on Skullcandy’s US store list it: Crusher 1080 ANC, Crusher ANC 2, Aviator 900 ANC, Hesh 540 ANC and the on-ear Icon ANC. The Crusher 720, Crusher Evo, Crusher 540 Active, Hesh 360, Icon 180 and Riff Wireless 2 do not.

Which Skullcandy headphones have the longest battery life?

The Hesh 360, which Skullcandy rates at 100 hours; it has no noise cancelling. Among the noise-cancelling models, the Hesh 540 ANC is rated 65 hours with ANC off, and four models are rated 50 hours with it on.

What is the difference between Crusher Evo and Crusher 720?

Skullcandy calls the Crusher 720 the next generation of the Crusher Evo. Its page lists 65 hours against the Evo’s 40, Bluetooth 5.3 against 5.0, THX Spatial Audio with head tracking, wear detection and multipoint pairing, none of which the Evo page lists.

What is the difference between Crusher Evo and Crusher 540 Active?

The two pages list the same 40-hour battery, Bluetooth 5.0, 40 mm drivers and 312 g weight. Skullcandy pitches the 540 Active for workouts, with a sweat- and water-resistant nano-coating and breathable ear cushions; the Evo lists the coating on its Active colours only.

Do Skullcandy headphones support LDAC or aptX?

None of the 11 Skullcandy product pages we read names a codec of any kind, so the pages do not answer it. Each page gives its Bluetooth version, and three list LE Audio: the Crusher 1080 ANC, Crusher 720 and Icon ANC.

Are Skullcandy headphones waterproof?

The Icon ANC’s page gives an IPX4 sweat and water rating. The Crusher 540 Active, Aviator 900 ANC and Icon 180 pages say sweat and water resistant without an IP rating; the Crusher Evo lists a nano-coating on its Active colours only.