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

Moving to Bose from Apple AirPods Pro for earbuds but a happy long standing existing user of Bose Cinema speakers.Impressions are really good, fit of earbuds in ear are excellent for me and do not seem to fall out anywhere near as much as the problematic Apple AirPods Pro which despite trying all the silicone inserts found none that worked.Sound quality is what you would expect, excellent - Dolby Atmos works great. Noise cancelling works great and the "aware" mode is on par with Apple transparency mode.At time of writing inexplicably you have to have a different App to the normal BOSE app to access all the features but that's a minor niggle. There are a lot of customisation options and the touch functions options are plentiful and you can customise also the behaviour for making phone calls.They are touted as "made for iPhone/iPad"; the consideration to move away from Apple for earbuds if using a lot of Apple ecosystem is you lose the seamless handoff to all your Apple devices, though for me having the ability to pair to two devices with Bose (least limited to two I believe at time of writing) is OK for me for MacBook and iPhone use and pairing is quick and seamless as the Apple devices were. The other thing you lose is "Find My". Which was a miracle I hadn't lost the Apple buds given how much they fell out. It would be good if Bose could do some kind of tracking of lost device on their app.I don't find the voice prompts annoying/ bad quality that some other reviews mention and connectivity hasn't been an issue. Just ensure you update firmware via the app as with any new smart device purchase. Register with Bose for 2 year warranty.

After a couple of plane journeys sitting next to a baby AND a stag do, I decided it was time to get some noise cancelling headphones.I researched for ages because I have small ears and normal popular pod earbuds are uncomfortable.These ARE larger than normal earbuds but they are very comfortable and don’t fall out of my ears.The noise cancelling is amazing. I was having a conversation whilst passing road works and diggers and jack hammer and honestly it was a tiny distant sound and both of us could still hear clearly.Music quality is fab a lovely base and clear soundI am so happy i bought these.

The sound quality of these is great. But this is the worst pair of in ear phones I have ever bought. Firstly they are uncomfortable, the buds are far too large to fit in your ear particularly whilst running they constantly fall out. One of the ends of buds fell off and I lost it on the ground somewhere - there is no replacement for this unless you go directly onto the bose website and there is not an identical replacement and the original box does not come with spares - it cost me an extra £15 plus shipping to replace.However the biggest issue is functionality, placing the earbuds back inside of the case does not seemingly turn them off. This is a huge nuisance when you need to just recharge the headphones as they are both still connected to your phone and also not recharging in the case. Other issues include taking them out the case and one of the earbuds simply does not connect which means you are constantly putting them back in the case to take them back out only to discover one of them has not recharged. I have owned this product for less then 2 months and I can catagorically say these are the worst earbuds I have ever bought, I would not recommend these.

Was in a dilemma as to going for the Apple or this version. I chose these as Bose are good quality devices and were more economical ( on a special offer ). Very satisfied with my purchase. Fit in ear is easy and needs little adjustment to get it right. Easy to understand instructions and operating functions ( I’m getting on a bit and don’t appreciate over complicated systems ! ). Active noise cancellation is very effective . Charger case neat and easy to store and charge pods. Sound reproduction on music is very good with ability to personalise audio settings. Recommended.Update. Unfortunately, and I have no explanation, the noise cancelling function deteriorated to an unacceptable level. I contacted Amazon ( very supportive) and then Bose U.K. ( again, very supportive). Explained fault and exchange agreed for new replacement on return of faulty pair. I would still recommend this item and further commend both Amazon and Bose for their support and no quibble approach.