Bose QuietComfort Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds 5.3, Lifestyle Bluetooth Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation, Up to 8.5 Hours of Battery Life, Black

Got it — here’s the simple Amazon-style review you wanted for Bose headphones: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing sound and super comfortable These Bose headphones are brilliant. The sound is crisp, the bass is smooth without being overwhelming, and the noise-cancelling is genuinely impressive — it blocks out background noise better than most. They’re lightweight, comfy to wear for hours, and the battery lasts ages. If you want high-quality headphones that feel premium and perform well every day, these are absolutely worth it. Great value, super sound and quality. Easy to use and durable.

I'm reviewing these purely for those who need headphones for running. After my trusty Bose Sound Sport gave up the ghost I've tried the Pixel Buds 2 pro and Cambridge Audio Melomania P100 and sent both back. The Pixel Buds sounded OK but a bit of wind and they were all over the place, skipping tracks and generally misbehaving. Thought I'd give the Cambridge Audios a go given the great reviews. They did sound great when not moving but after a while the sweat drips were leaking into the ear canal and lost all the seal making the sound totally useless. Back to Amazon then before my final throw of the dice, these relatively cheap Bose Quiet Comforts. I downloaded the app and fiddled with EQ settings for a bit more bass and was ready to go. I found turning the noise cancellation to off stopped most of the intrusive wind noise whilst given you still some awareness of what's around you. What I noticed straight away was how comfortable they felt. The sign of good running headphones is when you forget your wearing them and these definitely did that over the 15 mile run. At no point did I worry they were going to fall out and they also give a great seal, no sweat leaking into the ear canals. In fact when it came to taking them out I almost had to rip then out so tight did they fit. These are Bose so no need to worry about sound quality, bass is responsive, trebles clean and mids nicely textured. Overall everything you could want from a reasonably priced pair of headphones - £129 purchase price, over £100 cheaper than the PowerBeats Pro for example. If you need them to handle long, sweaty runs these are definitely the buds to go for.

I like these more than my current Bose Quiet Comfort 2 ear buds. They sound better and the noise cancelling is at least as good as the QC 2. The Bose ANC is the best I've used so far (though I haven't as yet tried Sony earbuds). It's fun to put some loud aircraft cabin white noise on the stereo and feel the background noise but be able comfortably listen to music. The best sound quality for me is through a good pair of wired earbuds or headphones and normally that's what I use. When you're in a noisy environment though even the best passive isolation can't beat good ANC and that's where the QCE work so well. The case can sit on a flat surface with the lid open unlike the QC 2 case. The EQ is better than the QC2 giving a 5 point equaliser instead of 3. The sound quality is to my ears better than the QC 2 even without messing around with EQ. The buds seem larger but don't feel bulky in my ears and one advantage of a larger surface area for touch controls is that they seem to work better and more reliably. The app works a bit better than the QC2 app and so far connects perfectly each time (on Android that is, iPad connection is a bit flakey). The app could do with a hearing or fit test because both of those make a difference to sound quality and how well the ANC works. I know that QC 2 and QC Ultras are available at well under £300 but these QCE still undercut even discounted QC2. And that makes them a real bargain for me.

Edit: updating to 1 star because they're faulty, there was a crackling noise in the right ear that gradually got worse and worse until one day it started screeching non-stop. I got them replaced and the replacement had the EXACT SAME ISSUE that manifested just a few weeks after I received them. No damage has been done to the replacement, they have not been dropped or exposed to any harmful conditions a single time. Don't waste your money. I'm very conflicted about these. First, the good stuff: the sound quality is very good, the noise cancelling is GREAT - probably the best I've ever had. They're generally very comfortable, except the right one keeps falling out if I move more (e.g. when I do yoga or clean my flat), but I've accepted that my right ear is probably just made wrong - these are not the first earbuds that fall out of it while the left one is ok. The battery life was very good in the beginning, but then I dropped them and it became worse - again, probably my fault. Now, the bad stuff. Every time you put them in, there's a voice notification telling you how much battery is left and if they're connected or not. They can't be turned off and are really annoying. The same happens every time you change the mode, when battery gets low, etc. Also, they're very big and clunky - both the case and the earbuds. The case is much bigger than regular cases and does not comfortably fit into most female pockets (might be a problem with female pockets), and the earbuds protrude from my ears a lot, therefore I used to accidentally switch of the music by touching them, before I got used to their size. The whole structure is quite clunky and seems to be flying out of my hands more often than usual earbuds (again, might be a me problem). The case feels cheap - the lid seems to be made from some thin plastic, and it always feels like if it falls, that lid might break right off. Also, probably the biggest problem I had was that they wouldn't connect to my phone if the battery was even a bit lower than 100%, or if they had spent some time outside of their case without being used. Even the annoying notification voice was gone in these cases, as if the device was completely dead. I had to chat with customer support who told me how to fix it: turns out keeping my finger on their sensors for a few seconds wakes them up. In general, for the price I definitely expected better quality and to at least have full control of what is being spoken into my ear. However, if you're looking for great noise cancelling, I have not yet found anything better.

I used to love Bose. If I go back to the soundsport (fully wired and connected to the phone), I was blown away by how comfortable they were. They were the ONLY headphones I had used that didn't have cord noise going straight into your ear everytime the wire hit something. I was hooked on Bose and convinced that they had spent so much on research and development that they understood these things. And they truly did. I still have those soundsports. I got a pair for my mom too (and recently took them back from her to use on work calls). I use them because I find it's much easier to use than play around with bluetooth settings on work calls. Fast forward a decade and Bose has had some great hits like the Bose QC 35 II but since then...not so great I'd say. I've had the soundsports earbuds and they were very finicky. The eartips were comfy but thumped too much. I used the Bose Ultra Earbuds (and Headphones). I found the headphones creaked and the earbuds on paper sounded great. Touch controls and comfort. Touch controls were too sensitive and too too too many connection issues. You cannot start a work call saying "wait can you hear me? I can't hear you. wait a minute, let me put these back in". In 2024, this shouldn't be an issue. Now the Bose QC Earbuds 2024. Honestly they are great. Perfect? No but really awesome. - Comfortable (you have to play around with the eartips. Oddly, the small stabilizer rings were hurting me more than medium). You can keep them in for hours but I still find Airpods Pro more comfy. - Sound is honestly great. They sound better than APP. Maybe not as good as Sennheiser Momentum 3/4 Truly Wireless but up there and there's a 5 band EQ to get to what you wanted. The Sennheisers sounded better with a better EQ but they hurt me. I never wanted to use them. - Connectivity issues are largely but not totally fixed from the ultra's. I am currently listening to them on my iphone in the office. When my window's PC Teams will start ringing, I have no doubt these will pick up. There are some niggles still. For example you pick them up and one ear isn't working sometimes. You put back in case and it's fine. This i can deal with. - Noise Cancelling is amazing. Honestly. It's better than APP ANC and those are great too. My journey into work I barely heard anything. I ordinally got them for jogging but I don't think they're AMAZING for running although not bad. I prefer my APP for not thinking about it. Just easily connect to my apple watch and run. But for normal everyday, going to the office, these are better. My APP's don't work with windows as seamlessly. My journey in is quiet with the Bose. I can focus at work and then get calls. These things matter. I haven't used the other features like remote selfie. I honestly don't know when or why I'd ever use that but maybe I'm just not in the market for that. Versus the ultra's I do feel these sound a tad better (that's subjective though). ANC is on par to them but you can't control the level of it. But aware mode is great, you can turn the ANC off with these and you couldn't with the ultras. No one ever writes this in reviews but the Ultras were AWFUL for running. They thumped with every step. These don't and you can turn of ANC if it bothers you (the thumping was as a result of ANC). I find these superior to the ultras for my needs. To be clear, I purchased the ultras, elsewhere, open box for 139£. The price difference was minimal given I've purchased the QC's for 129£. Even when it's on almost par with price, I've chosen the QC Earbuds. For normal life, these are great. You won't regret it.

Wow. I am blown away. Finally some earbuds that are perfectly balanced. Exactly what i wanted from my content, good nice bass when needed but not too strong that it muddles out the mids. Perfect bass that doesn't overdo itself, mids are strog enough to get in the front but does not overshadow the lows and highs at all. Treble is good and all small details are presented perfectly. I couldn't ask for a better pair of buds at this price £130. I would say it beats many over ear headphones. In band of brothers the details are insane even in the heat of battle, nothing is gets lost or muddy. Perfect.

Do yourself a favor and DO NOT invest in these! 1 - The 2 (yes 2, not one, not none but 2) tiny pieces of rubber that size the earbuds to your ears are easily lost and extremely difficult to handle because they're so small. I lost one and when I tried to order a new pair from Bose I saw that I couldn't order just the size I needed but I would have had to order all 3 pairs which I will never use, not to mention the £15.00 price! And then there wasn't even any stock online at bose.com! This meant I had to order generic ones 2 - BEWARE that if you are trying to use these earbuds when it is drizzly, rainy or you sweat whichever commands you have assigned to the 'tap' on the left or right earbud will keep activating by itself. The earbuds cannot differentiate between a tap of a finger on them and moisture near them! This its VERY frustrating and has on many occasions meant that I could not use them 3 - Due to the above issue my earbuds keep going into bluetooth pairing mode, and then after that the left earbud mutes itself! 4 - On many occasions when first putting them in my ears they were either not connected or only one was connected. I am forever having to unpair an re-pair them and that does not always work 5 - The ONLY positive about these £130 earbuds is the sound quality and the noise cancelling, however, they need to first work long enough for you to experience this feature! I DO NOT RECOMMEND purchasing them, the issues far outweigh the benefits! Quite useless and very fiddly and frustrating

These headphones are excellent. I have previously used the Sony WF-1000XM3, and found that they would often disconnect, and even having tried with a variety of tips they never felt like they fit well. These Bose in-ear headphones have a tip & seal design, to ensure they are properly seated in your ear, which also helps with the noise cancelling, which is also excellent. The sound quality is superb, across a variety of music genres, even at low volumes. The noise cancelling so good that I’m not even aware people are talking around me, and can barely even hear loud noises such as cars or trains (be careful of what’s going on around you!). I have never needed to use these at more than about 2/3rds of max volume as the noise cancelling is so good. The battery lasts ages, I’ve owned these for several months and icky charged them 3-4 times so far. They also charge very quickly. The only downside, which is relatively minor, is that the headphones don’t really sit well within the charging case, like on the Sony headphones. More like they sit on top of a magnetic slot. Tuis can mean if you drop them that the headphones will pop out. To the people that have mentioned the ‘weird voice’ that says ‘headphones connected’ as soon as you put them on, that sounds very low quality; either this isn’t as bad as it used to be, or I’m simply not bothered by it. Overall I’m very happy with these headphones - if your looking for in-ear headphones with excellent quality audio and excellent noise cancelling then these are the ones to get.

Buenas No soy de hacer muchas reseñas pero de verdad que quiero exponer mi experiencia. Vengo de unos Bosé de diadema y la verdad que estoy encantado, pero para jugar tumbado o ahora en verano pues prefiero los earbuds. Vi comentarios de personas que no se le emparejaba bien o que se les desemparejaba. Yo no he tenido ningún problema. Los he usado con un iPhone y con 2 pc ( portátil y lenovo legión go) y de momento perfecto. Cancelación de ruido. Punto excelente tiene 3 modos - sin cancelación (nada que explicar) - con cancelación modo silencioso creo que se llama. La que más uso que es una maravilla. Tengo el audio al 50% y se escucha solo lo que escucho y nada de la calle - modo alerta. Esto está bien para poder escuchar con claridad los ruidos de tu alrededor. Si te preguntas para qué puede servir esto es para correr por la calle sin miedo a morir o escuchar a tus hijos por la noche mientras ves una peli Batería. Yo no he llegado a gastar nunca la batería. Te da entre 6 y 8 horas en función del volumen y entiendo que otros factores que vete tú a saber cuáles. Comodida. Son bastante cómodos. Se conectan nada más colocarlos y la verdad son problemas. Calidad de audio. Es buenísimo en este aspecto. Para mi uso es como tener unos de diadema puestos Cosas negativas. Cómo saber cuándo cargar la caja que no los earbuds. Ya que el nivel de batería de los cascos te lo cantan los cascos al encender o te salen en la app. Pues según el manual una luz brilla si entra entre 2 porcentajes. Si no parpadea si no… no sé cuánto costaba ponerlo en la app. Otro problema es que al emparejarlo a 2 dispositivos al mismo tiempo falla. Se vuelve algo inestable. La app no me detecta los cascos y bueno. Cuando los voy a usar en un dispositivo lo desconecto del otro Espero haber podido ayudar aunque sea un poco

After by samsung buds died on me, I researched a lot and these were really highly rated. Arrived in no time, price was very reasonable and wow the sound is amazing! Bass isn't wobbly, the high notes clear and while shaking my booty whilst cleaning the house they don't fall out! I downloaded the bose app, and the connectivity was instant, even without the app. But its nice to have to adjust things. Battery life unsure of yet, they were 100% out of the box and after 4 days of 2 hours listening still going strong. Love them!! And the purple is pretty snazzy too!

I have a few things to mention about this product. Firstly, make sure the earphone is securely pressed into your ear; otherwise, it will pause when the sensor isn’t activated. I don’t mind this, as I actually prefer it over my other earphones that keep playing and wasting battery when I’m not listening. In terms of comfort, these earphones are excellent. I can wear them all day without any complaints. However, when I’m in a busy place with no sound playing, the noise cancellation can feel slightly uncomfortable—but that depends on individual sensitivity. While it doesn’t completely block out very loud noises, I’d say it cancels about 95% of ambient sound when walking on the streets or at home. The sound quality is outstanding. You can really hear the highs and lows, as well as the different instruments in a song. I never noticed these details when using cheaper earphones—it’s like rediscovering music. One minor downside is that switching between devices isn’t always seamless. Sometimes it connects instantly, other times it doesn’t. But for me, that’s not a dealbreaker. Also, if you’re next to someone talking, I highly recommend turning on ambient sound mode—otherwise, it’s nearly impossible to hear them. The noise cancellation is that effective. Overall, this product delivers on both comfort and sound quality, making it a great choice.

Good quality, works well, nice color

These are good! I am coming from some older earbuds, namely the original pixel buds pro earbuds. I felt that those earbuds hit a better price point than their successors, the pixel buds pro 2, did. They recently started to give me some trouble and the battery has been degrading quite rapidly, so I know I needed to look for a new set. These Bose buds caught my eye as the largest limitation with the OG pixel buds was their ANC performance. I use earbuds a lot when performing yard work, so drowning out various tools and traffic noise were top of my priorities. Additionally, I did not want to spend 200+ USD on something like the AZ100 or the more premium offers from Sony/Bose. These have filled those requirements nearly perfectly. I am very impressed with ANC performance, they seem very similar to my Sony WH-XM3s. This is a very impressive feat for in ear buds, but I know that the Sonys are a few generations old at this stage. I can say that they handily outperform the pixel buds. This seems especially true with higher frequency sounds. Overall, very impressed with how they handle noise suppression/ANC in busy environments as well. Voices seem to be suppressed quite well. I was also presently suprised by sounds quality. I think that these sound a little better than the OG pixel buds do. Clarity is better, especially in the mids. These also tend to get really loud, especially compared to the pixel buds. I notice I am often not using more than 50% of the volume available to achieve normal listening volumes. Bass is somewhat bloated, overall similar to the Sony WH-XM3s, but this is overall a pleasurable tune and can be adjusted with a 5 band equalizer. There are some potential downsides. While the buds themselves feel high quality, the case feels relatively cheap and oversized. The OG pixelbuds have been rock solid for me. Their case has survived numerous drops and being mistaken for a dog toy a time or two. The Bose QC case feels much lighter and the cover feels much thinner. The hinge also does not feel nearly as robust. With that said, I do appreciate that they sell a replacement charging case for 60$. While it was touched on, I do also want to mention that the case seems just a little too large. It's about 50% thicker than the pixel buds or airpods. It's still very pocketable, but I do not think I will carry them with me at all times like I did with the pixel buds. The intrusiveness of the larger case in conjunction with my concerns about durability make me hesitant. Overall, these are really nice earbuds. I have not experienced any connectivity issues using the latest update. They connect and play quickly as expected. They have had great stability in ear, even while running. I think these strike a very good value for money where spending more may have diminishing returns. I think this is especially relevant as it seems that all wireless earbuds tend to have a lifespan of a few years before they are end of life due to wear or battery degradation. It's hard for me to justify spending more on something I can only expect to last 2-4 years.