These Bose buds are great. I've had mine for 12 months now, chronic severe tinitus sufferer after shingles. They do block external sound and the case carries a charge for over nights or weekends away. Highly recommend to fellow tinitus people (your not alone) and if its noisy when going to bed, wife watches late night TV, they are great too.
Yeah I love my Bose sleep buds. It's funny I forget that I have tinitus and as soon as you read your comment it's like that's all I could hear. It's just always there so I'm used to it unless it's super quiet (like right now) but even still it's just like background noise lol
@@apathyking1517 its a personal choice @apathy King. I prefer to water one's as it sends me to sleep very easy. Slight engine noise with waves on the boat. I know tinitus is a shit, but your not alone.
@@apathyking1517 I have tinnitus, I use the camp fire or rain sounds for sleep .......I have a high pitched beep...works like a charm, other than that, brain has gone through the habituation process so I don't really notice it during the day, only when sleep. Brighter days are coming my guy, it'll get better
Thanks for the videos. I got my Amazefit from their kick start and during the whole year of owning them I only used them maybe 10 times. My biggest problem was that they build pressure into my ear canal which is supper uncomfortable for me. they also cause sweet inside my ear. And then my left bud just died sometime ago and it can't be charged anymore. So I end up buying Bose 2 and I can say it was a big improvement. no more pressure build up and less sweeting and sound blocking is top notch. Software awesome and easy to use and the case is a joy to use. The only issue that I had is that in the morning I felt some pain in my ear but that rectified by switching to smaller tips.
Nick, this was super helpful and useful. You have a natural authentic vibe. Keep doing what you're doing. This is coming from a guy who rarely if ever leaves comments for what that's worth :)
Brilliant review on these earplugs 🎉 I’ve been using QuietOn for 6 months & still struggle to get a comfortable fit! But when I do they are excellent at cutting out the VERY LOUD SNORING beside me! Saying that, the tips are tricky to get on & off. One tip actually tore when I tried to remove it - as shown & not using my nails. Pretty distressing considering the price. Customer service was excellent & replaced the same size tips quickly. Overall, solid 8/10 & blocks noise.
I've been using Bose Sleepbuds II for a couple years now. They work fantastic at blocking out my tinnitus plus outside noises. The battery does last through the night, especially in Phone Free mode. But after about a year of use, there is a notable degradation in battery life. My buds no longer last through the night when connected to the phone. That is necessary when you need to have an alarm set. While far from perfect, I've been very happy with them.
I'm shocked that you got a pair to work reliably for a full year! I have 3 pairs because after a couple of months (max) the sound dims in them, even turned up to max. They still replace mine every time I request it, so that's great but yeah, not great.
@@BunnyJedi I've had mine since about Jan 2021 and they are still working...BUT...my right earbud is super quiet compared to the left, and often disconnects itself. I've also noticed I don't always get a full 8 hours of sound...so when it disconnects, I wake up from the sudden loss of sound. And now they're discontinued (as are the Amazfit Zenbuds). My husband snores, so I really need something. :(
@@cathierainwateryou could give the Ozlo sleepbuds a try. I read about them, but haven’t bought them for myself. Apparently three ex Bose employees bought the sleepbuds product from Bose and fixed the existing battery issues and launched the product under their own company. In case you buy them, let me know how it goes. They are a bit too expensive for me. 😊
Ive had my sleep buds 2 for a year. Since then I’ve had to replace 3 of the buds because they stopped working. Customer service from Bose was good, but waiting for an exchange takes 2 weeks, as they don’t ship new ones until they inspect the old one.
I’ve also had multiple replacements. Ask for an “advance replacement”. They have to get a supervisor to sign off on it, but that way you can keep using your semi-working pair until you get the new ones. Source: personal experience
i have a roommate that snores alot at nights, i can't decide between bose and quieton honestly, my parents want to buy me a pair for my coming soon birthday. Im sleeping while listening to ASMR or some ambiances, meditations you name it for over 5 years now because out noisy roommates and sometimes snoring ones. my newest flatmate at my dorms snores quite alot at night and turning an ambiance on to a high volume doesnt help much (turning the volume up to the point where it becomes too loud for me). i hear alot of good things about Bose's sleepbuds and as im writing this comment i think i will go for them, been seeing alot of comments/posts saying that the quieton are not particularly good at noise canceling, question is are they better than taking normal earbuds and sleep while listening to some ambiance? All i want is a pair of earbuds that i can sleep with without snoring driving me crazy. ;-;
I personally prefer the Bose over the quieton. Fortunately my girlfriend doesn't snore though so I don't really know in real world applications how it is for that.
QuietOn 3 for me then. I LOVE noise canceling. I want it to be SO QUIET as possible haha , almost any sound wakes me up. It is SO anoying :) My best solution so far is: So when i wanna sleep i put earplug on that can block 36dB, and then my "over the ears" B&O headset with active noise canceling on aswell. Luckely i sleep on the back so having a "over the ears" headset on doesn really bother me. IT block SO much sound, i sleeped throu the 2021 new years firework without barely hearing anything at all while sleeping. Some big "BOOM's" i did registrate, but it was more like a whisper. But now and then i do turn to my side, so currently iam using a round pillow which alows my headset to still be on haha. But if those QuietOn 3 works that well, might be my new solution :)
wow that's pretty impressive! You will probably like the quietons but i have a feeling over ear headphones would be able to block more sounds just be the design. I've never tried a pair though. Imagine using the quietons WITH over ears... perfect silence!!!
@@NickBorsellino Hehe, that would be crazy. However i hope i dont have to have over ears on. There is quite abit of sweet each morning around the ears and inside. They close very well. Soft real skin and light weight, i have hade a them on +10 hour many times without feeling discomfort. The earplug anoy's me more often at times :) But I have to try that out surely ! Have enough to buy dobbel package next month. I want a extra pair incase i forget charging or something.
Thanks a lot! Been on a hunt for years for having a proper sleep😅 very light sleeper here: and the past 48h my eyes are falling out watching and reading feedbacks😅 U r vid is super helpful for me! Cheers! Vicky
Throwing in a thumbs up for the Quieton 3 - I have that and the Amazfit, and the QuietOn 3 is a clear winner. Noise is what keeps me awake, so turning on the sound of the Bose and Amazfit is a great way to stay awake. I found with the Amazfit turned off - prior to the QuietOn's, they acted as pretty good passive sound deadening because they make a pretty tight seal (vs. a foam earplug). There's really nothing else on the market that is an active sound cancellation sleep bud, and total silence is what I'm looking for.
Well if total silence is what you want then the QuietOns are definitely for you! You are correct in that no other company that I know of offers noise cancelling sleep earbuds. Regular noise cancelling earbuds for music are much too big and you could never sleep on your side with them. Thanks for the comment
@@LadyVenomWay I’ve been sleeping with Bose quiet comfort 35 headphones on and listening to special Snore Blocking track from TH-cam. It’s saved my life and my boyfriends 😂😂💕
Glad you found it helpful! I love the bose, I just used them last night and was able to fall asleep when the rest of my house was still awake and about the house
I had to return my quieton 3, there is no active noise canceling and it didnt work for me. It was very uncomfortable and it hurt my ears so bad I could not even sleep. Not blocking anything.
Same here, still could hear so much it was like overpriced foam plugs. Totally not like the active noise cancelling earbuds of Bose, but they are too big. It's also used for music and make calls while outdoors. If they can use that technology in those Bose sleepbuds that would be just perfect for me 🙂👍🏻
@@NickBorsellino I did notice the ANC technology of the quieton 3 though, but wasn't that powerful to do the job for me. Did you really return them? I thought that they gave you the Quieton 3 for free? Hey that rimes 😄 or do you mean the previous quieton 2 version? Yes I saw your review on them too and they were horrible because they were too big and too uncomfertable to wear. Lol just gets through my mind right now about Russia, ukrain, USA, NAVO and I'm here nagging about the quietons 🙃😉
@@AngelinaKonetika yeah the original quietons i had returned. They gave me the quieton 3 and they are much more comfortable than the originals. I can actually wear them to sleep. I just find it super weird to have it that quiet and it makes it harder to sleep.
For sleeping with barking dogs I recommend a sound noise machine. It blocks noise perfectly but stinks in blocking noisy stomping on purpose neighbors. I hope this helps!!!
That is going to be hard to block out. I think you'll have better luck with the bose because they do offer the noise masking so you can increase the volume a little to block out the noises. Just don't make it too loud or you'll end up damaging your hearing
i also had trouble connecting the zenbuds to the app for days before i decided to create a new account instead of logging in with the existing one. that allowed to connect the earplugs without any issues. perhaps give that a try. hope that helps
sorry to hear that :( The side effects and withdrawal of this drug are awful. I can say that I've been off it now for a year and I'm doing much better. I had tried a whole bunch of different medications for my depression and honestly I think I'm better off without them. I'm still depressed but I'm not suicidal or spending days on end in bed. So that is an improvement. I wish you all the best on your journey!
Thank you for your review. I have been using Sheep Phones Bluetooth headbands for five years, and they have been great, but recently I’ve been starting to get headaches from having a band around my head. I love them, but I think I need ear buds that are specifically made for sleeping.
@@NickBorsellino yes, they do play my music! Sometimes they’re called SleepPhones, but originally they were called Sheep Phones. Same thing though. I’d like to try Kokoon, but I didn’t find it in US dollars.
@@SusannahPerri I've had a few people ask me to review the kokoons but I've been happy with the Bose sleep buds 2 so I didnt feel the need to spend more money on sleep stuff
im at a dilema between bose slepbuds and quieton, the issue is that i read that bose had battery issues and stopped making the sleepbuds, and both devices dont have music so im at a dilema, any advice?
that was the original bose sleepbuds. they supposedly corrected that with version 2. You're right though neither play music. I think comfortbuds might do that or kokoon but i haven't tried them
yeah it was just too weird for me. I had the original quieton and i didn't like them so i returned them. just had to pay the return shipping to finland which was like $14 or something
All of the music buds are expensive and bose battery life is meh. if you have a small enough head i would say a amazon sleep mask 14hr battery life. if like me you have a 24 inch head i would look at the better made snoozeband or the mantra but its £140 but a 20hr battery life
Oh no! Hopefully you returned them cause they shouldn't be like that. Or if it's like me they broke after the return period and then customer support was non-existent 😫
@@NickBorsellino . Sorry to hear that. Yes I returned them to the same shop, and the owner didn't want to give me a refund. But he did change them for me with a new pair. This time it was the right bud that drained faster. But I realized that if you take them out of the case and don't connect to Bluetooth, the battery lasts longer, oh and yes , they still play sounds, you just cannot change sounds. And to make things even worse, these buds were selling €35 cheaper at another shop 🥺. One last thing also, the volume is way too low ! .In short, I regret buying these Sleepbuds 😳
I have the Bose 2, I like the sound options and noise cancellation. unfortunately I'm a side sleeper and they aren't comfortable enough to sleep on, so I usually have to fall asleep with just one in and that doesn't really justify the price point...🙄
WARNING. These Zenbuds headphones do not work, the product was marketed with significant deficiencies, the left channel is never recognized by the software, so they are unusable. Also, the seller, AliExpress in my case, doesn't want to take them back or refund me. And the manufacturer, Amazfit, does not want to repair them, take them back or give me a refund even if the headphones are under warranty. Look at the comments before buying, you will see that what I say is echoed by the majority of people who have purchased this product. ATTENTION. Ces écouteurs Zenbuds ne fonctionnent pas, le produit a été commercialisé avec des lacunes importantes, le canal gauche n'est jamais reconnu par le logiciel, ils sont don inutilisables. De plus, le vendeur, AliExpress dans mon cas, ne veut pas les reprendre ni me rembourser. Et le manufacturier, Amazfit, ne veut pas les réparer, les reprendre ni m'octroyer un remboursement même si les écouteurs sont sous garantie. Regardez les commentaires avant d'acheter, vous verrez que ce que je dis est repris par la majorité des gens qui ont acheté ce produit.
Bose Sleepbuds 2 win...... Holy cow, the software of the Amazfit drove me CRAZY!! I went back to my Bose. I am so happy I didn't sell them. Replacing them with the Zenbuds was what I was going to do. But nope! I am keeping the bose sleepbuds. My issue with the Zenbuds is that firmware can brick your earbuds if you forget to have your bluetooth settings on your phone. And once the Zenbuds get bricked, there is no way to reset them. There's no button on the recharging case. On the bose, you can reset those with the button on the case. Sorry for my complaining but, I really wanted to like the Zenbuds, they are very confortable but awful software can ruin them easily. Their Zepp app sucks @$$.
I'm with you 100 percent!!!!!!! I loved the zenbuds other than their app sucks and they stopped working or "bricked" as you called it. Very frustrating. And the ZERO customer support if you are bricked. No other general service number or email or anything.
I purchased the QuietOn earbuds for traveling with a brutal snorer. I tried every size of ear tip and none would stay in my ear. When I actually held them in place, they didn’t work to filter out any of the snoring anyway. Unfortunately, I ruined one of the ear tips trying to remove it, and they won’t allow a return, even a partial reimbursement. I would recommend a different product.
Man I really like how you put the name of the buds you're talking about at the bottom. Makes it super easy to jump around if you're not interested in all 3 products. Great vid!
When my Bose buds broke down I was in panic mode! I can’t live without them. I’m a light side sleeper in a snoring environment. These are the only ones that work for me, but Bose stopped making them apparently. But now I use soundcore A10 (from Anker) unfortunately they take up a little more space, but they do the trick. I replaced the eartips with those of the Bose and they fit better now. For way less than 200 euros a reasonable alternative. You should test them too!
@@chrisr.6638i keep reading they last 7 hrs, depends on the mode. Music mode is 5-6hrs and sleep mode claims 9?hrs, i read the firmware needs to be up to date to get the most and 50-60%volume. But they also don’t have white noise in their sleep mode sounds, just soothing sounds like rain and lullabies, that was a bit disappointing to know
with your favorite Zen buds that you cannot connect to the app if you hold your finger down on the app icon and go to the the information on the memory try clearing your cache and see if that resolves the problem I've had problems with other devices and that helped Good luck
Thanks for the video mate, nice to have all this information in one place and it's really well put together. Also, wanted to say that you come across as a genuinely really nice dude and it was enjoyable to listen to your thoughts. Cheers!
I've been using Bose sleepbuds since they first came out in 2018. They work great. Unfortunately they only last a year, 2 years max before completely die. As of 2024 Bose stopped selling them, so I'm stuck trying to find a suitable replacement.
My Bose still work but one of them i have to put back in the case and pull out again every time i want to use them. My Amazfit zenbuds completely died. There's a company that I heard of that was some people who worked for Bose that started. Supposedly its just like the Bose but better AND you can play your own music. Here's a link to their site ozlosleep.com/ I've also been interested in trying the (Anker) Soundcore Sleep A10. They also do noise masking as well as play your own music. I haven't tried them but I have regular Anker earbuds and I like them
I have used the foam ear plugs for over 20 years. I worked in a very noisy areas at my job. My ears got accustomed to the feel of them. So I started wearing them at bed time, but like you i could hear myself breath and my heart beating and pillow noise. I then added a box fan for white noise and air circulation. That was the ticket. Ear plugs and a box fan or the window air conditioner.
Great idea to compare all these products. As a person who sleeps with foam ear plugs more than 10 years now, I appreciate a lot your effort and I have a question for you. How efficient were these against dog barking? Have you tried it?
I'm glad you found this helpful! I don't really know about barking. I know that they aren't really designed for loud noises, mostly for snowing. I can say that it does lower outside noises but not eliminate. Hope that helps some. Thanks!
The bose sleepbuds 2 helps me sleep through neighbors loud dogs barking. It should be said though that I also had sound reducing windows installed. Their combined effect still makes me hear the barking but faint enough that it doesn't wake me up. If only by itself, the dogs barking would be reduced but probably still loud enough to potentially wake me up (unless I set the volume on the buds high which on the other hand would make it difficult to relax and fall asleep). Also depends on how loud the dog's barking is.
@@KingLeonidas_300 Hello! Thanks for your reply. I bet you are Greek judging by your photo. So am I. Something should be done with permanent dog barking in this country, as Cyprus does. Because honestly exchanging expensive products won't make a difference.
I wish someone would make the point of focusing on the touch controls and sleep. My Air Pod Pro IIs are the only ear bud I can sleep with because they don’t effect sleeping on side with a pillow hitting the buttons. My Beats Fit pros will hit the pillow and stop playback OR shut off the noise canceling. I view the above☝🏼as important as ANY ear bud feature. What’s the point of having ear buds to sleep in, if they controls hit the pillow while sleeping and stop playback OR turn off NC?
Appreciate the review sir. Got Bose. Your point about QUIETON 3 about hearing your own body makes a lot of sense. If not your video, I would probably go for QUIETON
When you say noise masking, do you mean that hou have to hear other noises to help you sleep? How can that be if also rain noise is not letting me sleep normally? So you cannot stay in total silence with Bose or Amazfit? I cannot sleep with any kind of noise. Trying to escape from noise I would not spend money to hear another noise 🤔
the noises help mask more of the outside sounds. I just keep the rain sound on my bose because that's something I'm used to while sleeping but it masks the bedroom noises like snoring, clock, air conditioner etc. if you want no sound you need the quiet on as they're noise cancelling but they're uncomfortable.
yep. old video. My Bose are still working so I haven't purchased any more to try but if I was to try new ones it would be either the Ozlo Sleep buds or the Soundcore Sleep A10. Both of them have noise masking but also can play your own music! A huge downfall of all the other ones I tried. I'm sure in another year those will be outdated and something even better will be available. Technology changes with the weather :)
I’m Surprised you found the QuietOn 3 much quieter than earplugs. I had them and didn’t notice much difference so i returned them. Now i have the Bose Sleepbuds an w I’m pretty happy with them
I've been using the Bose sleep buds II for 2 1/2 years. they're excellent and have Alleviated much of the stress and aggravation of my next door neighbor slamming his car door and sighed garage door at nightAlleviated much of the stress and aggravation of my next door neighbor slamming his car door and side garage door at night and early morning. the problem with them is, now that the right bud doesn't work anymore I cannot connect just the left bud. you must have both working to connect, either one of them. the right ear bud was always uncomfortable and took a few months to get acclimated to. I have noticed that you only get 2 MAYBE 3 nights worth of charge from the case.
Connect the Amazfit to your old phone and get the number off may be a way to get around the customer service issue and form details. Ask a friend with another phone to assist you with downloading the App and get the number. I agree it would be inconvenient however it will get your favourite buds back and stop being a paperweight. A lot of companies who are totally online now have a similar issue. My phone provider can only be reached through their App. If you don't have any connection working remotely then there is no way to communicate. It sucks.
I think I did cover that in this video, The Bose and Quieton were the best at blocking out snoring. The foam earplugs basically did nothing and the Amazfit weren't very good at blocking snoring. :)
I’ve been using Sleep buds since it exist.. the 1st Version then the Sleep buds II.. they are amazing true i sleep like a baby HOWEVER after 1 year.. the battery is already failing.. one of the ear buds simply stops working in the middle of night.. i hope Bose will do either a refund or a discount ☹️
Hey GP, do you sleep on the back the whole night? Or is there some trick for sidesleepers? I thought about pillows with a hole in the middle for the ear.
Active masking, noooo thanks, that's how I damaged my hearing in the first place - turned up my masking software too much too many times when things got really crazy at the office, and that damaged my hearing. Kind of ironic, but word of warning to everyone using any active masking sounds based system where you can turn the volume of the masking up at will - just don't use such systems, ever, is the safe route to go.
yeah i believe they have a warning on the box/instructions about this. you're not supposed to turn up the sound loud. I have mine just barely audible enough to lull me to sleep. I don't use them very often and even when i do they annoy me and i pull them out in the middle of the night
Oh snap! No! I have never heard of them but I have soundcore earbuds that I use and I really like them. Looks like the Soundcore ones let you listen via bluetooth to almost anything! That's awesome because none of the other companies have that option, it's only the sounds they provide. Verrrrrry interesting! Thanks for letting me know I might have to check these out!
Thank you very much as I have been considering the Bose and the Quieton. When you said you didn't use them all night. Did they fall out, or they were uncomfortable?
Every once in a while one falls out. Usually I wake up in the middle of the night and just take them out, not for a comfort reason, but by that point, everyone in my house is asleep so I don't need to block out the noise anymore :)
Bose is $300. Please post some that are less than $100 I have really loud neighbors and need noise cancelling but not spending over $150. I need absolutely complete silence.
To sum up, neither of them is actually good. 😅 A week ago, I got the soundcore Sleep A10 and they are pretty good and I paid less than $100 for them but like u, I cannot use them through the whole night.
I have soundcore regular earbuds for music and stuff while I'm working and I love them. I started with the A1 and now I have the A3i. Anker makes great stuff I have a bunch of their products
Bought the QuietOn 3's, tears of regret. Bad fit, they make a funny high pitched squeak when I try to put then in, no noise cancelling that I can tell. Worst electronic purchase I have ever made, don't know who they would work for, certainly not me. Really a horrible product.
Oh man that sucks i'm sorry. I hope you were able to return them. I returned my QuietOn 1's because I didn't like them. Just had to pay return shipping to finland!
You could giveaway all the others things you don’t want in your TH-cam videos…That can bring more viewers..Also, each item will become a tax deduction under “Advertising ..Then you could review other things and make that super TH-camr money with your PRO reviewing skills! Keep up the great work!!
So do none of these even play Bluetooth audio from your phone? I personally enjoy listening to pod casts/creepy pastas / music when I sleep. But it kind of looks like that's not possible since you didn't address audio quality
nope none of these ones do. You could try the Kokoon nightbuds. They are a completely different design in order to incorporate the technology needed to play your own music and much larger. I have not tested them out myself yet. Here's a link to their website uk.kokoon.io/products/nightbuds?region=uk&country_code=gb
Bose SleepBuds are now LAST PLACE 'cause both the version 1 & 2 are discontinued and if you call Bose, you have to pay close to $200 to get another pair that will fail in 2 years as well.
Yeah Try Ozlo Sleep or Soundcore Sleep A10. They are the newest technology. I haven't tried either of them yet but they are both on my radar when my Bose die (and I fully expect them to die based on many comments I've got)
SO IF QUIETON has an app to play audio it would be your perfect sleeping bud? i dont understand for $100 why didnt they add that feature. even amazfit is only bit less than $50
well then they would have to add a speaker and bluetooth. I'm honestly surprised Bose hasn't added ANC to their sleep buds. It's only a mattter of time I'm sure they will figure it out
I have had Bose Sleepbuds 2 loved them but they stooped connecting to app all off a sudden I have tired everything to get them to connect no avail .I don't really want to buy another pair as i have herd they have discontinued them know . Any ideas on what to do ?
What works best to cancel "silent low frequency noises" in my bedroom. I have a very low annoying noise in the bedroom and it's very low, so I can't block is by using earplugs. Any recommendation for such type for noise?
i haven't but i've been asked to try it by a bunch of people. i've been happy with the bose sleep buds 2 so i never bought the a10s. but the bose are discontinued and i'm worried about them dying. i don't use them very often, mostly in the winter when my sleep schedule is weird cause of plowing so maybe i'll check them out this winter!
@@adrianaivancikova992 I've used Mack's. Their noise cancelling level might not be higher than foam ones from my experience. But their fit and comfort is to me worth it. Foam earplugs always made my ear canals ache.
Watch out with the poor quality and even worse customer service of QuietOn. After 3 months of use of Quieton 3 by my wife, we claimed that 3 foams out of the 6 received are completely worn out and damaged and they tell us that they are not covered in the warranty as they are consumables and even for proper operation of the device, we should exchange them once a month (cost nearly 40€, parts + transport costs). What a rip off, unbelievable.
i'm a little surprised they only last 1 month but at the same time they are just foam ear tips so I would totally expect to have to replace them. I do wish you could buy a whole pack of one size that you need instead of having to buy all the sizes. If you need to replace every month they should sell a 6 month supply for the same price as 1 pack of all the replacement sizes
Ugh! I was all set to buy the QuietOn 3 for the hubster, but if you can hear your own breathing, etc., how are they any different than cheap foam ear plugs?
Well they actually cancel the noise unlike earplugs. The cheap earplugs barely did anything at all and we're quite dissapointing in this simple test. Lots of people like them, they just aren't for me! They are great about returns though so if he doesn't like them you just pay return shipping and get a full refund
I’ve had multiple replacements on the first gen sleep buds and I’m about to get my second replacement on the 2s. When they work, I absolutely love them. They still have some kinks to work out with the batteries. One bud will randomly go very quiet or stop working after several months. Unsure if it’s something I’m doing or an engineering issue , but literally all I do is charge and wear. Here’s hoping the third gen of sleep buds will be even better and they can fix these issues. Until then, I’ll just have to keep getting replacements every 8-9 months. They do an absolutely phenomenal job of noise reduction when they are working as they should, though. Also, the built in alarms are great. If I know Bose, they will only improve.
thanks for letting me know your experience! I haven't had any die on me yet but I've heard similar stories from multiple people about having to replace earbuds. But Bose has been really good about replacing them according to everyone, unlike Amazfit
Same here, one of my buds stopped working after 15 months (of which around 10 months of continuous use). It suddenly always showed the error lights when putting on the charging case and would never connect w the app. Fortunately they were replaced. Hopefully this doesn't mean that sleepbuds 2 only lasts less than a year of continuous usage.
@@KingLeonidas_300 I have had mine for 2 years and only recently has the right bud started acting a bit oddly. It won't begin in phone free mode and has to be manually enabled... Sometimes it works, but more miss than hit. They also say fully charged, but sometimes stop after 4 hours and have to be re-enabled. So annoying. They are sadly discontinued ... it's a shame because they are SO good for sleeping. I can't sleep without any more so if they stop working I don't know what to do Q_Q Can't get them any more.
Sleepbuds for sure. I originally got Zenbuds but had pairing issues and finally when paired one bud would drain completely with the other 1/2 depleted. I requested a replacement which I received. Same issue but switched. I'm done with them. I requested to return and get a refund. Response from Zepp was "looks like we got a bad batch". Ya think?!?! I went to my local Best Buy, gladly paid twice as much as the Zenbuds but you get the quality. Paired easily, updated, and swapped a few sounds that better fit my needs (tinnitus and snoring dog... LOL). You pay for quality!
Yeah after my issues with the zenbuds i've been using the bose for a couple months and i'm very happy with them. they just take a little getting used to
they don't do an amazing job of blocking outside noise. I don't have immediate neighbors though, just my family. I can still hear them close doors and stuff. I'm not sure anything will shut that out short of full ear covering noise cancelling headphones
Gotcha. Yeah none of the companies have found a way to make the Bluetooth technology and battery to be able to handle that small enough for a sleep bud. That's why these are so much smaller than normal earbuds because they don't have that extra stuff. You could try the Kokoon sleep headphones but I haven't personally tested them yet. They are really the only thing I know of that plays via Bluetooth, but when you look it up you'll see how much more "stuff" they need to accomplish that.
Take this comment with a grain of sale. I enjoy my Bose sleep buds very much. There is no perfect solution because the way humans hear cannot entirely be blocked out with earbuds in any way. They are 100% better than nothing and very helpful for me when I use them
Anyone looking to buy the Bose ones(and I think all of them), THEY DO NO PLAY PHONE AUDIO. Yes 330$ CAD earbuds that do no play phone audio other than the app sounds which loop in a pretty obvious way. I could not believe this and returned them. I really wanted something to listen to asmr or use my own sounds that was comfortable for bedtime.
yeah, nobody (including myself) said you can play music on them. In fact, this is direct from Bose's website on the FAQ page "Can I listen to my own music or audiobooks with Sleepbuds™ II? No. They will not stream your own music, audiobooks, or podcasts. Instead, they play specially curated relaxation content to help you fall asleep and masking sounds to keep noises from disturbing sleep. In order to achieve a form factor small enough to be comfortable for sleeping, and accommodate a battery that can support sound playback for an entire night, we made the conscious design decision not to stream audio to Sleepbuds™. Instead, the sound files are stored on each of the earbuds and played back locally, dramatically extending the audio playback time achievable in this tiny form factor." There are different brands that I've heard of that you can play your own music, but in order to do that the technology is larger so the earbuds are bigger making them less comfortable for sleeping. I have not tried any of them but one that was mentioned many times to me was Kokoon Nightbuds so you might want to give them a shot. They have a thing that goes behind your head though so not true independent wireless earbuds which is why I never gave them a shot to begin with
@@NickBorsellino While I agree that it is written in FAQs, it is very deceiving. When's the last time you had to read an Iphone description to check if it can make calls, or a Honda webpage to check if it can drive? Bose is an audio equipment manufacturer that is selling an expensive piece of equipment that cannot play your audio.
I didn't! I couldn't figure out a way to contact Amazfit. Really sucks because I recommended them to a lot of people until they broke. I've been using the BOSE ever since. The BOSE seems to block out more outside noise than the Amazfit did and I've gotten used to the little discomfort I experienced
@@lenca6742 hmmmm... is just ok, do a little bit better job than normal foam.. side lying i could feel it is a bit annoying, is more noise cancelling then regular foams... if i sleep on my back is ok i barely feel them ...on side lying is not good
nope. The technology to be able to do that is too big to fit into something you can sleep with. Notice that earbuds for music are much much larger than these
Great video. Good explanation about the quiet ons. Sometimes too quiet isn't great. I have the boss and I like then but I've yet to use them through the night where one hasn't been out of my ear by morning.
yeah, i usually wake up in the middle of the night and take them out. I need them more for falling asleep than the middle of the night. I do occasionally have one fall out too
Love how you reply to all! I had Bose sleep buds and after just a few uses the case and buds were ‘dead’. What a waste of money. Threw them out. 🤷🏻♀️ Great review though
Thanks I try to get back to everyone! I forgot to check my comments for the last month though so I apologize for the delay! Sorry to hear your sleepbuds broke! Mine still work and they are my go to when i need them, although I don't use them every night
I describe the Bose sleepbuds sound masking effect as it the sound you want to hear as you choose to hear it as opposed to the sounds going on around about you Ie snoring ,wind, cars/busses/trains,dogs barking etc
well the only one that I recommend to anyone anymore is the BOSE. I didn't like the quieton and the zenbuds died and there was no customer support to have them fixed so they are just a paperweight now. I've never had a tragus so I don't know what will or won't work with that. If you're interested I would just recommend from buying from a place that you can return them if you don't like them
they are all expensive! check out the soundcore a10. lots of people recommend them to me. they are noise masking like the zenbuds and bose sleepbuds 2 but also let you play your own music!
These Bose buds are great. I've had mine for 12 months now, chronic severe tinitus sufferer after shingles. They do block external sound and the case carries a charge for over nights or weekends away.
Highly recommend to fellow tinitus people (your not alone) and if its noisy when going to bed, wife watches late night TV, they are great too.
Yeah I love my Bose sleep buds. It's funny I forget that I have tinitus and as soon as you read your comment it's like that's all I could hear. It's just always there so I'm used to it unless it's super quiet (like right now) but even still it's just like background noise lol
I have to trie it, my tinnitus sucks.. Witch sound you listen ? The only downside i see its the Bose App withe there own sound.
@@apathyking1517 its a personal choice @apathy King. I prefer to water one's as it sends me to sleep very easy. Slight engine noise with waves on the boat.
I know tinitus is a shit, but your not alone.
@@apathyking1517 I have tinnitus, I use the camp fire or rain sounds for sleep .......I have a high pitched beep...works like a charm, other than that, brain has gone through the habituation process so I don't really notice it during the day, only when sleep. Brighter days are coming my guy, it'll get better
Thanks for the videos. I got my Amazefit from their kick start and during the whole year of owning them I only used them maybe 10 times. My biggest problem was that they build pressure into my ear canal which is supper uncomfortable for me. they also cause sweet inside my ear. And then my left bud just died sometime ago and it can't be charged anymore.
So I end up buying Bose 2 and I can say it was a big improvement. no more pressure build up and less sweeting and sound blocking is top notch. Software awesome and easy to use and the case is a joy to use. The only issue that I had is that in the morning I felt some pain in my ear but that rectified by switching to smaller tips.
Sorry to hear about your bad experience but I'm glad you found a solution that works for you!!!
What type of bose headphones?
Sleep buds prob
Nick, this was super helpful and useful. You have a natural authentic vibe. Keep doing what you're doing. This is coming from a guy who rarely if ever leaves comments for what that's worth :)
awesome! I super appreciate the comment. I'm just trying to share my experience with this stuff from a non-professional viewpoint :)
Brilliant review on these earplugs 🎉 I’ve been using QuietOn for 6 months & still struggle to get a comfortable fit! But when I do they are excellent at cutting out the VERY LOUD SNORING beside me! Saying that, the tips are tricky to get on & off. One tip actually tore when I tried to remove it - as shown & not using my nails. Pretty distressing considering the price. Customer service was excellent & replaced the same size tips quickly.
Overall, solid 8/10 & blocks noise.
I bought the QuietOn 3.1 and they don't block much. as good as a supermarket foam ear plugs for 1$.
Absolute quiet is what I need, thank you for your help
for ME absolute silence is a life long dream I've never got anywhere near.. if they do that then I'm getting them..
Really great review, really honest points around usability as opposed to just features and design. Thanks
Thanks! Hopefully it helped point you in a direction 😊
I've been using Bose Sleepbuds II for a couple years now. They work fantastic at blocking out my tinnitus plus outside noises. The battery does last through the night, especially in Phone Free mode. But after about a year of use, there is a notable degradation in battery life. My buds no longer last through the night when connected to the phone. That is necessary when you need to have an alarm set. While far from perfect, I've been very happy with them.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
I'm shocked that you got a pair to work reliably for a full year! I have 3 pairs because after a couple of months (max) the sound dims in them, even turned up to max. They still replace mine every time I request it, so that's great but yeah, not great.
@@BunnyJedi I've had mine since about Jan 2021 and they are still working...BUT...my right earbud is super quiet compared to the left, and often disconnects itself. I've also noticed I don't always get a full 8 hours of sound...so when it disconnects, I wake up from the sudden loss of sound. And now they're discontinued (as are the Amazfit Zenbuds). My husband snores, so I really need something. :(
hy. How do sleepbuds block out tinnitus when tinnitus doesnt come from outside? thnx
@@cathierainwateryou could give the Ozlo sleepbuds a try. I read about them, but haven’t bought them for myself. Apparently three ex Bose employees bought the sleepbuds product from Bose and fixed the existing battery issues and launched the product under their own company. In case you buy them, let me know how it goes. They are a bit too expensive for me. 😊
Ive had my sleep buds 2 for a year. Since then I’ve had to replace 3 of the buds because they stopped working. Customer service from Bose was good, but waiting for an exchange takes 2 weeks, as they don’t ship new ones until they inspect the old one.
well that sucks that they keep breaking but great that Bose is at least replacing them! I haven't had any issues with mine
I’ve also had multiple replacements. Ask for an “advance replacement”. They have to get a supervisor to sign off on it, but that way you can keep using your semi-working pair until you get the new ones. Source: personal experience
Same
i have a roommate that snores alot at nights, i can't decide between bose and quieton honestly, my parents want to buy me a pair for my coming soon birthday.
Im sleeping while listening to ASMR or some ambiances, meditations you name it for over 5 years now because out noisy roommates and sometimes snoring ones. my newest flatmate at my dorms snores quite alot at night and turning an ambiance on to a high volume doesnt help much (turning the volume up to the point where it becomes too loud for me).
i hear alot of good things about Bose's sleepbuds and as im writing this comment i think i will go for them, been seeing alot of comments/posts saying that the quieton are not particularly good at noise canceling, question is are they better than taking normal earbuds and sleep while listening to some ambiance?
All i want is a pair of earbuds that i can sleep with without snoring driving me crazy. ;-;
I personally prefer the Bose over the quieton. Fortunately my girlfriend doesn't snore though so I don't really know in real world applications how it is for that.
this was really helpful. glad i poked around your channel and stumbled on the overall review.
awesome! thanks for letting me know this was helpful!!!
Love the Video, I might consider buying one of those for a Family member
thx for the shared experience
and keep it goin👍
you seem so kind :)
Thanks! Will do!
QuietOn 3 for me then. I LOVE noise canceling. I want it to be SO QUIET as possible haha , almost any sound wakes me up. It is SO anoying :)
My best solution so far is: So when i wanna sleep i put earplug on that can block 36dB, and then my "over the ears" B&O headset with active noise canceling on aswell. Luckely i sleep on the back so having a "over the ears" headset on doesn really bother me. IT block SO much sound, i sleeped throu the 2021 new years firework without barely hearing anything at all while sleeping. Some big "BOOM's" i did registrate, but it was more like a whisper.
But now and then i do turn to my side, so currently iam using a round pillow which alows my headset to still be on haha. But if those QuietOn 3 works that well, might be my new solution :)
wow that's pretty impressive! You will probably like the quietons but i have a feeling over ear headphones would be able to block more sounds just be the design. I've never tried a pair though. Imagine using the quietons WITH over ears... perfect silence!!!
@@NickBorsellino Hehe, that would be crazy. However i hope i dont have to have over ears on. There is quite abit of sweet each morning around the ears and inside. They close very well. Soft real skin and light weight, i have hade a them on +10 hour many times without feeling discomfort. The earplug anoy's me more often at times :)
But I have to try that out surely ! Have enough to buy dobbel package next month. I want a extra pair incase i forget charging or something.
What’s the brand and model of the earplugs you use ? What about the headphones ?
I'm the same way, did you end up liking the quiet on 3 if you don't mind me asking?
Did you buy the Quieton after all or not? How are they for you, do you recommend?
I have the bose and to me it fits good. i can't tell it is even there
nice. that's the one that is my favorite and i still use
Great video! So do you mind if I ask what earbuds you are using to this day?
The Bose Sleepbuds 2, which I recently learned have been discontinued :(
Thanks a lot! Been on a hunt for years for having a proper sleep😅 very light sleeper here: and the past 48h my eyes are falling out watching and reading feedbacks😅
U r vid is super helpful for me! Cheers! Vicky
Awesome thanks for letting me know!
Throwing in a thumbs up for the Quieton 3 - I have that and the Amazfit, and the QuietOn 3 is a clear winner.
Noise is what keeps me awake, so turning on the sound of the Bose and Amazfit is a great way to stay awake. I found with the Amazfit turned off - prior to the QuietOn's, they acted as pretty good passive sound deadening because they make a pretty tight seal (vs. a foam earplug).
There's really nothing else on the market that is an active sound cancellation sleep bud, and total silence is what I'm looking for.
Well if total silence is what you want then the QuietOns are definitely for you! You are correct in that no other company that I know of offers noise cancelling sleep earbuds. Regular noise cancelling earbuds for music are much too big and you could never sleep on your side with them. Thanks for the comment
Do the quiet ons get rid of the snoring noises from a partner? Or can you still head noises ?
@@helenalovelock1030 I am about to buy some and thats exactly what I would like to know as snoring is the biggest issue keeping me awake
@@LadyVenomWay I’ve been sleeping with Bose quiet comfort 35 headphones on and listening to special Snore Blocking track from TH-cam. It’s saved my life and my boyfriends 😂😂💕
It’s the only way i can sleep but I sleep on my back too. Please can you let me know what they are like after you have tried them.?
Good video.. keep it up with the content ! 😍
Thank you for the support. I need to get back to it. Only made one video this year so far
Very helpful. Thank you! You covered so many different aspects. Leaning towards the Bose.
Glad you found it helpful! I love the bose, I just used them last night and was able to fall asleep when the rest of my house was still awake and about the house
I had to return my quieton 3, there is no active noise canceling and it didnt work for me. It was very uncomfortable and it hurt my ears so bad I could not even sleep. Not blocking anything.
Same here, still could hear so much it was like overpriced foam plugs. Totally not like the active noise cancelling earbuds of Bose, but they are too big. It's also used for music and make calls while outdoors. If they can use that technology in those Bose sleepbuds that would be just perfect for me 🙂👍🏻
Yeah if you found the quieon 3 uncomfortable you should have tried the originals!!! I had to return them because they were sooooo bad!
@@NickBorsellino I did notice the ANC technology of the quieton 3 though, but wasn't that powerful to do the job for me. Did you really return them? I thought that they gave you the Quieton 3 for free? Hey that rimes 😄 or do you mean the previous quieton 2 version? Yes I saw your review on them too and they were horrible because they were too big and too uncomfertable to wear. Lol just gets through my mind right now about Russia, ukrain, USA, NAVO and I'm here nagging about the quietons 🙃😉
@@AngelinaKonetika yeah the original quietons i had returned. They gave me the quieton 3 and they are much more comfortable than the originals. I can actually wear them to sleep. I just find it super weird to have it that quiet and it makes it harder to sleep.
Great video. Can anyone recommend by their experience a side sleeping earbuds for barking dogs ? Any help or direction appreciated
For sleeping with barking dogs I recommend a sound noise machine. It blocks noise perfectly but stinks in blocking noisy stomping on purpose neighbors. I hope this helps!!!
That is going to be hard to block out. I think you'll have better luck with the bose because they do offer the noise masking so you can increase the volume a little to block out the noises. Just don't make it too loud or you'll end up damaging your hearing
could you compare with A10 ? Thanks.
haven't heard of that one yet. I'm not planning to do any more sleep bud reviews I've been very happy with the Bose
i also had trouble connecting the zenbuds to the app for days before i decided to create a new account instead of logging in with the existing one. that allowed to connect the earplugs without any issues. perhaps give that a try. hope that helps
THANKS! I will!!!
sleep band enjoying is good
The app is...... (how do I politely say it's shit....) very difficult to navigate. Haha! Well said.
it is complete shit. garbage. terrible. awful. HAHA!
Sounds a bit like HAMAZ fits, and that amuses me worryingly much
sorry to hear that :(
The side effects and withdrawal of this drug are awful. I can say that I've been off it now for a year and I'm doing much better. I had tried a whole bunch of different medications for my depression and honestly I think I'm better off without them. I'm still depressed but I'm not suicidal or spending days on end in bed. So that is an improvement. I wish you all the best on your journey!
Thank you for your review. I have been using Sheep Phones Bluetooth headbands for five years, and they have been great, but recently I’ve been starting to get headaches from having a band around my head. I love them, but I think I need ear buds that are specifically made for sleeping.
Ah that stinks that you have to find something new. Do the Sheep ones let you play music? That's one downside to any of the ones I reviewed
@@NickBorsellino yes, they do play my music! Sometimes they’re called SleepPhones, but originally they were called Sheep Phones. Same thing though. I’d like to try Kokoon, but I didn’t find it in US dollars.
@@SusannahPerri I've had a few people ask me to review the kokoons but I've been happy with the Bose sleep buds 2 so I didnt feel the need to spend more money on sleep stuff
im at a dilema between bose slepbuds and quieton, the issue is that i read that bose had battery issues and stopped making the sleepbuds, and both devices dont have music so im at a dilema, any advice?
that was the original bose sleepbuds. they supposedly corrected that with version 2. You're right though neither play music. I think comfortbuds might do that or kokoon but i haven't tried them
I'm leaning towards the QuietOn, but I'm one of those squeamish people who wouldn't want to hear their own heartbeat :/
yeah it was just too weird for me. I had the original quieton and i didn't like them so i returned them. just had to pay the return shipping to finland which was like $14 or something
All of the music buds are expensive and bose battery life is meh. if you have a small enough head i would say a amazon sleep mask 14hr battery life. if like me you have a 24 inch head i would look at the better made snoozeband or the mantra but its £140 but a 20hr battery life
The Jabra elite 7 pro case is pure GARBAGE 🗑 you need to buy a rubber case.
hmmmm okay... i don't know if you commented on the wrong video maybe? I don't even know what a jabra elite is
Okay they mask outside noises, but the real question is do they mask your own brain chatter?
Lol nothing masks my brain chatter. My brain chatter even interrupts itself with more brain chatter 🗣️🧠🗣️🧠🗣️🧠
The Amazfit are really bad ! The left side earbud drains really quickly, and they stopped working after 31 minutes 🤔.
Oh no! Hopefully you returned them cause they shouldn't be like that. Or if it's like me they broke after the return period and then customer support was non-existent 😫
@@NickBorsellino . Sorry to hear that. Yes I returned them to the same shop, and the owner didn't want to give me a refund. But he did change them for me with a new pair. This time it was the right bud that drained faster. But I realized that if you take them out of the case and don't connect to Bluetooth, the battery lasts longer, oh and yes , they still play sounds, you just cannot change sounds. And to make things even worse, these buds were selling €35 cheaper at another shop 🥺. One last thing also, the volume is way too low ! .In short, I regret buying these Sleepbuds 😳
I have the Bose 2, I like the sound options and noise cancellation. unfortunately I'm a side sleeper and they aren't comfortable enough to sleep on, so I usually have to fall asleep with just one in and that doesn't really justify the price point...🙄
oh yeah no if they aren't comfortable for you then it defeats the purpose
The Bose 2 are NOT noise cancelling. They are just noise MASKING.
You can ask for a refund for one earbud ;)
WARNING. These Zenbuds headphones do not work, the product was marketed with significant deficiencies, the left channel is never recognized by the software, so they are unusable. Also, the seller, AliExpress in my case, doesn't want to take them back or refund me. And the manufacturer, Amazfit, does not want to repair them, take them back or give me a refund even if the headphones are under warranty. Look at the comments before buying, you will see that what I say is echoed by the majority of people who have purchased this product.
ATTENTION. Ces écouteurs Zenbuds ne fonctionnent pas, le produit a été commercialisé avec des lacunes importantes, le canal gauche n'est jamais reconnu par le logiciel, ils sont don inutilisables. De plus, le vendeur, AliExpress dans mon cas, ne veut pas les reprendre ni me rembourser. Et le manufacturier, Amazfit, ne veut pas les réparer, les reprendre ni m'octroyer un remboursement même si les écouteurs sont sous garantie. Regardez les commentaires avant d'acheter, vous verrez que ce que je dis est repris par la majorité des gens qui ont acheté ce produit.
thanks for letting us know!
Bose Sleepbuds 2 win...... Holy cow, the software of the Amazfit drove me CRAZY!! I went back to my Bose. I am so happy I didn't sell them. Replacing them with the Zenbuds was what I was going to do. But nope! I am keeping the bose sleepbuds. My issue with the Zenbuds is that firmware can brick your earbuds if you forget to have your bluetooth settings on your phone. And once the Zenbuds get bricked, there is no way to reset them. There's no button on the recharging case. On the bose, you can reset those with the button on the case. Sorry for my complaining but, I really wanted to like the Zenbuds, they are very confortable but awful software can ruin them easily. Their Zepp app sucks @$$.
I'm with you 100 percent!!!!!!! I loved the zenbuds other than their app sucks and they stopped working or "bricked" as you called it. Very frustrating. And the ZERO customer support if you are bricked. No other general service number or email or anything.
I purchased the QuietOn earbuds for traveling with a brutal snorer. I tried every size of ear tip and none would stay in my ear. When I actually held them in place, they didn’t work to filter out any of the snoring anyway. Unfortunately, I ruined one of the ear tips trying to remove it, and they won’t allow a return, even a partial reimbursement. I would recommend a different product.
Oh no! That really sucks that they wouldn't offer a refund! Were you past the return period?
There's another video stating the QuietOns work as great as foam ear plugs
Does anyone recommend QuietOn?
@@comuniunecuosho-campulbudi7611
No. They do like 0 difference for me
Man I really like how you put the name of the buds you're talking about at the bottom. Makes it super easy to jump around if you're not interested in all 3 products. Great vid!
thanks!
When my Bose buds broke down I was in panic mode! I can’t live without them. I’m a light side sleeper in a snoring environment. These are the only ones that work for me, but Bose stopped making them apparently. But now I use soundcore A10 (from Anker) unfortunately they take up a little more space, but they do the trick. I replaced the eartips with those of the Bose and they fit better now. For way less than 200 euros a reasonable alternative. You should test them too!
oh cool! I have soundcore earbuds i use for music and stuff i didn't know they made sleep buds!
Do they last 8 hours?
@@chrisr.6638i keep reading they last 7 hrs, depends on the mode. Music mode is 5-6hrs and sleep mode claims 9?hrs, i read the firmware needs to be up to date to get the most and 50-60%volume. But they also don’t have white noise in their sleep mode sounds, just soothing sounds like rain and lullabies, that was a bit disappointing to know
Hey, just FYI, precious bose employees bought the patents and rights and are releasing Ozlo sleepbuds
with your favorite Zen buds that you cannot connect to the app if you hold your finger down on the app icon and go to the the information on the memory try clearing your cache and see if that resolves the problem I've had problems with other devices and that helped Good luck
Thanks for the video mate, nice to have all this information in one place and it's really well put together. Also, wanted to say that you come across as a genuinely really nice dude and it was enjoyable to listen to your thoughts. Cheers!
hey thanks for letting me know!!! I appreciate that :) glad to hear you enjoyed it
I've been using Bose sleepbuds since they first came out in 2018. They work great. Unfortunately they only last a year, 2 years max before completely die. As of 2024 Bose stopped selling them, so I'm stuck trying to find a suitable replacement.
My Bose still work but one of them i have to put back in the case and pull out again every time i want to use them. My Amazfit zenbuds completely died. There's a company that I heard of that was some people who worked for Bose that started. Supposedly its just like the Bose but better AND you can play your own music. Here's a link to their site ozlosleep.com/
I've also been interested in trying the (Anker) Soundcore Sleep A10. They also do noise masking as well as play your own music. I haven't tried them but I have regular Anker earbuds and I like them
I have used the foam ear plugs for over 20 years. I worked in a very noisy areas at my job. My ears got accustomed to the feel of them. So I started wearing them at bed time, but like you i could hear myself breath and my heart beating and pillow noise. I then added a box fan for white noise and air circulation. That was the ticket. Ear plugs and a box fan or the window air conditioner.
yeah i have an air filter fan running in my bedroom 24/7/365. i can't sleep when it's quiet
I ended up trying the same thing and that has helped the most. Thanks for your response.
What air filter fan do you have?@@NickBorsellino
@@michellemunguia7853 it's just a honeywell tower air cleaner. not sure where I got it but I've had it a long time
Great idea to compare all these products. As a person who sleeps with foam ear plugs more than 10 years now, I appreciate a lot your effort and I have a question for you. How efficient were these against dog barking? Have you tried it?
I'm glad you found this helpful! I don't really know about barking. I know that they aren't really designed for loud noises, mostly for snowing. I can say that it does lower outside noises but not eliminate. Hope that helps some. Thanks!
The bose sleepbuds 2 helps me sleep through neighbors loud dogs barking. It should be said though that I also had sound reducing windows installed. Their combined effect still makes me hear the barking but faint enough that it doesn't wake me up. If only by itself, the dogs barking would be reduced but probably still loud enough to potentially wake me up (unless I set the volume on the buds high which on the other hand would make it difficult to relax and fall asleep). Also depends on how loud the dog's barking is.
@@KingLeonidas_300 Hello! Thanks for your reply. I bet you are Greek judging by your photo. So am I. Something should be done with permanent dog barking in this country, as Cyprus does. Because honestly exchanging expensive products won't make a difference.
it might be pronounced, amaze fit…??
I wish someone would make the point of focusing on the touch controls and sleep. My Air Pod Pro IIs are the only ear bud I can sleep with because they don’t effect sleeping on side with a pillow hitting the buttons. My Beats Fit pros will hit the pillow and stop playback OR shut off the noise canceling. I view the above☝🏼as important as ANY ear bud feature. What’s the point of having ear buds to sleep in, if they controls hit the pillow while sleeping and stop playback OR turn off NC?
None of these have touch controls, that's why I didn't talk about them...
Appreciate the review sir. Got Bose. Your point about QUIETON 3 about hearing your own body makes a lot of sense. If not your video, I would probably go for QUIETON
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback! I hope you like them... I really enjoy my sleepbuds!
When you say noise masking, do you mean that hou have to hear other noises to help you sleep? How can that be if also rain noise is not letting me sleep normally? So you cannot stay in total silence with Bose or Amazfit? I cannot sleep with any kind of noise. Trying to escape from noise I would not spend money to hear another noise 🤔
then you want the quieton, they are noise cancelling. or you can buy the bose and just not turn the sounds on.
the noises help mask more of the outside sounds. I just keep the rain sound on my bose because that's something I'm used to while sleeping but it masks the bedroom noises like snoring, clock, air conditioner etc. if you want no sound you need the quiet on as they're noise cancelling but they're uncomfortable.
It could be that white noise could make you fall asleep. I fall asleep from it while any rain sound keeps me awake
Video is out of date. 2 of the sleepbuds on here are discontinued as of 2024
yep. old video. My Bose are still working so I haven't purchased any more to try but if I was to try new ones it would be either the Ozlo Sleep buds or the Soundcore Sleep A10. Both of them have noise masking but also can play your own music! A huge downfall of all the other ones I tried. I'm sure in another year those will be outdated and something even better will be available. Technology changes with the weather :)
I’m Surprised you found the QuietOn 3 much quieter than earplugs. I had them and didn’t notice much difference so i returned them. Now i have the Bose Sleepbuds an w I’m pretty happy with them
I was surprised too. maybe your foam earplugs were better than mine? Glad you found something that works for you though!
Same here, quieton doesnt work at all.
Thank you all now i decide to go for Bose instead
The key to the QuietOn's is you have to create a perfect seal by rotating them backwards.
@@slick-riq sadly for me that still wasn’t better than earplugs…
Felt all your pain, even the earwax built up version. Ordered immediately.
Think it’s supposed to be pronounced amaze fit.
i think you're right 😆
I've been using the Bose sleep buds II for 2 1/2 years. they're excellent and have Alleviated much of the stress and aggravation of my next door neighbor slamming his car door and sighed garage door at nightAlleviated much of the stress and aggravation of my next door neighbor slamming his car door and side garage door at night and early morning. the problem with them is, now that the right bud doesn't work anymore I cannot connect just the left bud. you must have both working to connect, either one of them. the right ear bud was always uncomfortable and took a few months to get acclimated to. I have noticed that you only get 2 MAYBE 3 nights worth of charge from the case.
Connect the Amazfit to your old phone and get the number off may be a way to get around the customer service issue and form details. Ask a friend with another phone to assist you with downloading the App and get the number. I agree it would be inconvenient however it will get your favourite buds back and stop being a paperweight. A lot of companies who are totally online now have a similar issue. My phone provider can only be reached through their App. If you don't have any connection working remotely then there is no way to communicate. It sucks.
Very good video.
I hope you can make a video specially for snore blocking test.
Because my roommate got crazy snoring sound… 🚀🚀🚀
I think I did cover that in this video, The Bose and Quieton were the best at blocking out snoring. The foam earplugs basically did nothing and the Amazfit weren't very good at blocking snoring. :)
I’ve been using Sleep buds since it exist.. the 1st Version then the Sleep buds II.. they are amazing true i sleep like a baby HOWEVER after 1 year.. the battery is already failing.. one of the ear buds simply stops working in the middle of night.. i hope Bose will do either a refund or a discount ☹️
very interesting. i havent had any battery issues with mine yet
Hey GP, do you sleep on the back the whole night? Or is there some trick for sidesleepers? I thought about pillows with a hole in the middle for the ear.
Same with mine. 11 months in the left ear bud stopped working
QuiteOn recently went bankrupt so no longer can sell their overpriced stuff. You should re-do your vídeo or put a disclaimer there
The Bose sleepbuds case is literally some cyberpunk aesthetic with those 3 minimalist LEDs that seamlessly blend with the aluminum body
its pretty slick!
QuietOn 3, tinnitus sufferers nightmare.
LOL you got that right!
Active masking, noooo thanks, that's how I damaged my hearing in the first place - turned up my masking software too much too many times when things got really crazy at the office, and that damaged my hearing. Kind of ironic, but word of warning to everyone using any active masking sounds based system where you can turn the volume of the masking up at will - just don't use such systems, ever, is the safe route to go.
yeah i believe they have a warning on the box/instructions about this. you're not supposed to turn up the sound loud. I have mine just barely audible enough to lull me to sleep. I don't use them very often and even when i do they annoy me and i pull them out in the middle of the night
Have you tried the new soundcore Sleep a20? Try to compare these you're comparing the quiet on the bose with the a20
Great comparison video, thank you. Have you tried the Soundcore Sleep A10?
Oh snap! No! I have never heard of them but I have soundcore earbuds that I use and I really like them. Looks like the Soundcore ones let you listen via bluetooth to almost anything! That's awesome because none of the other companies have that option, it's only the sounds they provide. Verrrrrry interesting! Thanks for letting me know I might have to check these out!
Thank you very much as I have been considering the Bose and the Quieton. When you said you didn't use them all night. Did they fall out, or they were uncomfortable?
Every once in a while one falls out. Usually I wake up in the middle of the night and just take them out, not for a comfort reason, but by that point, everyone in my house is asleep so I don't need to block out the noise anymore :)
I got the bose buds for $150 CAD on eBay a year ago. They're amazing
Bose is $300. Please post some that are less than $100 I have really loud neighbors and need noise cancelling but not spending over $150. I need absolutely complete silence.
I'd just get regular foam earplugs. They block out a lot of the noise.
To sum up, neither of them is actually good. 😅
A week ago, I got the soundcore Sleep A10 and they are pretty good and I paid less than $100 for them but like u, I cannot use them through the whole night.
I have soundcore regular earbuds for music and stuff while I'm working and I love them. I started with the A1 and now I have the A3i. Anker makes great stuff I have a bunch of their products
Bought the QuietOn 3's, tears of regret. Bad fit, they make a funny high pitched squeak when I try to put then in, no noise cancelling that I can tell. Worst electronic purchase I have ever made, don't know who they would work for, certainly not me. Really a horrible product.
Oh man that sucks i'm sorry. I hope you were able to return them. I returned my QuietOn 1's because I didn't like them. Just had to pay return shipping to finland!
Great video! Thanks for making this! Very helpful!
You're welcome! Thanks for letting me know!
You could giveaway all the others things you don’t want in your TH-cam videos…That can bring more viewers..Also, each item will become a tax deduction under “Advertising ..Then you could review other things and make that super TH-camr money with your PRO reviewing skills! Keep up the great work!!
that's definitely an idea but I don't make enough on this channel to buy stuff just to give it away
So do none of these even play Bluetooth audio from your phone? I personally enjoy listening to pod casts/creepy pastas / music when I sleep. But it kind of looks like that's not possible since you didn't address audio quality
nope none of these ones do. You could try the Kokoon nightbuds. They are a completely different design in order to incorporate the technology needed to play your own music and much larger. I have not tested them out myself yet. Here's a link to their website
uk.kokoon.io/products/nightbuds?region=uk&country_code=gb
Bose SleepBuds are now LAST PLACE 'cause both the version 1 & 2 are discontinued and if you call Bose, you have to pay close to $200 to get another pair that will fail in 2 years as well.
maybe give ozlo sleepbuds a try
Yeah Try Ozlo Sleep or Soundcore Sleep A10. They are the newest technology. I haven't tried either of them yet but they are both on my radar when my Bose die (and I fully expect them to die based on many comments I've got)
SO IF QUIETON has an app to play audio it would be your perfect sleeping bud? i dont understand for $100 why didnt they add that feature. even amazfit is only bit less than $50
well then they would have to add a speaker and bluetooth. I'm honestly surprised Bose hasn't added ANC to their sleep buds. It's only a mattter of time I'm sure they will figure it out
I have had Bose Sleepbuds 2 loved them but they stooped connecting to app all off a sudden I have tired everything to get them to connect no avail .I don't really want to buy another pair as i have herd they have discontinued them know . Any ideas on what to do ?
that sucks. I've had a lot of people ask me to try the soundcore A10 but I haven't tried them yet. might want to give them a go
What works best to cancel "silent low frequency noises" in my bedroom.
I have a very low annoying noise in the bedroom and it's very low, so I can't block is by using earplugs.
Any recommendation for such type for noise?
hmmm well I can say my dog snores and it's a pretty low frequency and the bose sleepbuds do an amazing job of blocking it out
To be honest. You don’t seem to have a great deal of knowledge here. I think you may have wasted my time tbh.
you're entitled to your opinion. sorry to hear you didn't enjoy my video
I looked through your videos but was surprised that I didn't find a review for soundcore A10 sleep buds. Have you try it?
i haven't but i've been asked to try it by a bunch of people. i've been happy with the bose sleep buds 2 so i never bought the a10s. but the bose are discontinued and i'm worried about them dying. i don't use them very often, mostly in the winter when my sleep schedule is weird cause of plowing so maybe i'll check them out this winter!
Mouldable silicone putty earplugs for the win 😃! Just be careful when taking them out and breaking the seal.
what brand do you use? I just got some from amazon and they work no better than foam ones
@@adrianaivancikova992 I've used Mack's. Their noise cancelling level might not be higher than foam ones from my experience. But their fit and comfort is to me worth it. Foam earplugs always made my ear canals ache.
Which brand?
@@comuniunecuosho-campulbudi7611 Idk if brand really matters. Mack's are quite common I think :).
I just use the Sennheiser MTW3 and I sleep like a baby
nice
Watch out with the poor quality and even worse customer service of QuietOn. After 3 months of use of Quieton 3 by my wife, we claimed that 3 foams out of the 6 received are completely worn out and damaged and they tell us that they are not covered in the warranty as they are consumables and even for proper operation of the device, we should exchange them once a month (cost nearly 40€, parts + transport costs). What a rip off, unbelievable.
i'm a little surprised they only last 1 month but at the same time they are just foam ear tips so I would totally expect to have to replace them. I do wish you could buy a whole pack of one size that you need instead of having to buy all the sizes. If you need to replace every month they should sell a 6 month supply for the same price as 1 pack of all the replacement sizes
Ugh! I was all set to buy the QuietOn 3 for the hubster, but if you can hear your own breathing, etc., how are they any different than cheap foam ear plugs?
Well they actually cancel the noise unlike earplugs. The cheap earplugs barely did anything at all and we're quite dissapointing in this simple test. Lots of people like them, they just aren't for me! They are great about returns though so if he doesn't like them you just pay return shipping and get a full refund
I’ve had multiple replacements on the first gen sleep buds and I’m about to get my second replacement on the 2s. When they work, I absolutely love them. They still have some kinks to work out with the batteries. One bud will randomly go very quiet or stop working after several months. Unsure if it’s something I’m doing or an engineering issue , but literally all I do is charge and wear. Here’s hoping the third gen of sleep buds will be even better and they can fix these issues. Until then, I’ll just have to keep getting replacements every 8-9 months. They do an absolutely phenomenal job of noise reduction when they are working as they should, though. Also, the built in alarms are great. If I know Bose, they will only improve.
thanks for letting me know your experience! I haven't had any die on me yet but I've heard similar stories from multiple people about having to replace earbuds. But Bose has been really good about replacing them according to everyone, unlike Amazfit
Same here, one of my buds stopped working after 15 months (of which around 10 months of continuous use). It suddenly always showed the error lights when putting on the charging case and would never connect w the app. Fortunately they were replaced. Hopefully this doesn't mean that sleepbuds 2 only lasts less than a year of continuous usage.
@@KingLeonidas_300 I have had mine for 2 years and only recently has the right bud started acting a bit oddly. It won't begin in phone free mode and has to be manually enabled... Sometimes it works, but more miss than hit. They also say fully charged, but sometimes stop after 4 hours and have to be re-enabled. So annoying.
They are sadly discontinued ... it's a shame because they are SO good for sleeping. I can't sleep without any more so if they stop working I don't know what to do Q_Q Can't get them any more.
Sleepbuds for sure. I originally got Zenbuds but had pairing issues and finally when paired one bud would drain completely with the other 1/2 depleted. I requested a replacement which I received. Same issue but switched. I'm done with them. I requested to return and get a refund. Response from Zepp was "looks like we got a bad batch". Ya think?!?! I went to my local Best Buy, gladly paid twice as much as the Zenbuds but you get the quality. Paired easily, updated, and swapped a few sounds that better fit my needs (tinnitus and snoring dog... LOL). You pay for quality!
Yeah after my issues with the zenbuds i've been using the bose for a couple months and i'm very happy with them. they just take a little getting used to
Would've been interesting to see the Kokoon Sleepbuds in this comparison
Yeah i reached out to kokoon twice and got no response. I might buy them in the future but i'm satisfied with my bose for now
if without earbuds you hear neighbours 100 % - how much do "quiet on" earbuds block the neighbours noise ? thnx.
they don't do an amazing job of blocking outside noise. I don't have immediate neighbors though, just my family. I can still hear them close doors and stuff. I'm not sure anything will shut that out short of full ear covering noise cancelling headphones
Bose looked really good. Until the locked to bose sleep app ”feature”. Need my youtube when i sleepz
Gotcha. Yeah none of the companies have found a way to make the Bluetooth technology and battery to be able to handle that small enough for a sleep bud. That's why these are so much smaller than normal earbuds because they don't have that extra stuff. You could try the Kokoon sleep headphones but I haven't personally tested them yet. They are really the only thing I know of that plays via Bluetooth, but when you look it up you'll see how much more "stuff" they need to accomplish that.
Are these paired with a normal sleep mask, a better alternative to those bluetooth sleep masks? (Which all seem to be the same AliExpress re-badges.)
i tried one of those headband mask things and I hated it! the bose sleepbuds is the only thing i've been remotely happy with longterm
Don't get any of them the idea is good but still need a lot improvement. None of them work for sleep or blocking noise
Take this comment with a grain of sale. I enjoy my Bose sleep buds very much. There is no perfect solution because the way humans hear cannot entirely be blocked out with earbuds in any way. They are 100% better than nothing and very helpful for me when I use them
right off the bat your smile gave me a wave of good energy
😃 gee whiz thanks! 😊
Anyone looking to buy the Bose ones(and I think all of them), THEY DO NO PLAY PHONE AUDIO. Yes 330$ CAD earbuds that do no play phone audio other than the app sounds which loop in a pretty obvious way. I could not believe this and returned them. I really wanted something to listen to asmr or use my own sounds that was comfortable for bedtime.
yeah, nobody (including myself) said you can play music on them. In fact, this is direct from Bose's website on the FAQ page
"Can I listen to my own music or audiobooks with Sleepbuds™ II?
No. They will not stream your own music, audiobooks, or podcasts. Instead, they play specially curated relaxation content to help you fall asleep and masking sounds to keep noises from disturbing sleep. In order to achieve a form factor small enough to be comfortable for sleeping, and accommodate a battery that can support sound playback for an entire night, we made the conscious design decision not to stream audio to Sleepbuds™. Instead, the sound files are stored on each of the earbuds and played back locally, dramatically extending the audio playback time achievable in this tiny form factor."
There are different brands that I've heard of that you can play your own music, but in order to do that the technology is larger so the earbuds are bigger making them less comfortable for sleeping. I have not tried any of them but one that was mentioned many times to me was Kokoon Nightbuds so you might want to give them a shot. They have a thing that goes behind your head though so not true independent wireless earbuds which is why I never gave them a shot to begin with
@@NickBorsellino While I agree that it is written in FAQs, it is very deceiving. When's the last time you had to read an Iphone description to check if it can make calls, or a Honda webpage to check if it can drive? Bose is an audio equipment manufacturer that is selling an expensive piece of equipment that cannot play your audio.
Hey, Nick! Not sure if you’ll see this, but just curious: did you get the Amazfit situation handled?
I didn't! I couldn't figure out a way to contact Amazfit. Really sucks because I recommended them to a lot of people until they broke. I've been using the BOSE ever since. The BOSE seems to block out more outside noise than the Amazfit did and I've gotten used to the little discomfort I experienced
Thx mate... really helpful!!!
I just ordered Quieton 3... hope it will do.the job
awesome! Happy sleeping!!!
And? How are the Quietons? if you don't mind me asking.
@@lenca6742 hmmmm... is just ok, do a little bit better job than normal foam.. side lying i could feel it is a bit annoying, is more noise cancelling then regular foams... if i sleep on my back is ok i barely feel them ...on side lying is not good
I tried Bose sleep buds 2 but unfortunately I can’t fall asleep with them. Now I think to try zepp buds but after I saw video I don’t know what to do…
dang sorry to hear the bose don't work for you. I loved the zenbuds until they stopped working!
@@NickBorsellino I want to try zepp buds but I am not sure they help me with my noisy neighbours.
And I worry about problem with zepp buds.
Hello, Tell me please is any of this earphones can play music from phone? Not sleeping sounds but music.
nope. The technology to be able to do that is too big to fit into something you can sleep with. Notice that earbuds for music are much much larger than these
Great video. Good explanation about the quiet ons. Sometimes too quiet isn't great. I have the boss and I like then but I've yet to use them through the night where one hasn't been out of my ear by morning.
yeah, i usually wake up in the middle of the night and take them out. I need them more for falling asleep than the middle of the night. I do occasionally have one fall out too
Great comparative review!
Love how you reply to all!
I had Bose sleep buds and after just a few uses the case and buds were ‘dead’. What a waste of money. Threw them out. 🤷🏻♀️
Great review though
Thanks I try to get back to everyone! I forgot to check my comments for the last month though so I apologize for the delay! Sorry to hear your sleepbuds broke! Mine still work and they are my go to when i need them, although I don't use them every night
I describe the Bose sleepbuds sound masking effect as it the sound you want to hear as you choose to hear it as opposed to the sounds going on around about you Ie snoring ,wind, cars/busses/trains,dogs barking etc
good way to describe it!
Hi Nick thank you for the video!
i got tragus piercing which earbud do you think is the best for me?
well the only one that I recommend to anyone anymore is the BOSE. I didn't like the quieton and the zenbuds died and there was no customer support to have them fixed so they are just a paperweight now. I've never had a tragus so I don't know what will or won't work with that. If you're interested I would just recommend from buying from a place that you can return them if you don't like them
Wtf are these price 🫠
they are all expensive! check out the soundcore a10. lots of people recommend them to me. they are noise masking like the zenbuds and bose sleepbuds 2 but also let you play your own music!
The QuiteOn 3 didn’t work at all for me. It’s uncomfortable and barely canceled any noise out.
I've heard people say that. It definitely cut noise out for me. Too much noise actually...