Looking for the best 30 dollarish earbuds I can find on aliexpress to help a friend with a YouTube video about deals from Chinese sellers. Ideally having controls on the wire. Any recommendations?

Anyone have a take on these or a cable recommendation? Really new to this stuff, but knowing how well the apple earbuds have done for me I feel like this would be a solid base assuming the specs are right. They list the brand as Leagginal but I can't find too much about them. Saw these as...

Saw these on that page and am somewhat intrigued, would I just need to pick up a cable for these? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000131213791.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.1e8b3c003fBmqg&mp=1 Is their stuff usually pretty solid?

More so looking for this part of it. https://audioprimate.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/42172539170_5653f98e72_b.jpg?w=1024

Are there any alternatives for the EXpack from VE? I'm assuming that will work on any MX500 body, correct?

Wow thanks that's a ton of information. So basically don't expect those monks to blow the apple ones out of the water. TY Hi-Z 32 look nice but unless I'm looking in the wrong places I don't see one with a play/pause. So are the monks just old? A ton of the information I was seeing was...

Why those specifically?

I've been using the apple v2 earbuds for years, as for action sports stuff being able to hear what's going on around me is super important. I had a stockpile of the 3.5mm ones from friends phones but am down to my last one. Usually I kill the cable where it meets the jack and one ear will start...