QuietOn 3.1 Review + Comparison With Earplugs And Headphones
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- Update: Quieton sent out an email this week explaining that they will no longer be in business.
I gave the QuietOn 3.1 noise-cancelling earbuds a good test in this review to see how well they block noise compared to a range of earplugs and noise-cancelling headphones. I tested them in my home and while out and about to see how well they can shut out difference noise sources. I also paid attention to how comfortable they are to wear in bed at night, as this is one of their main uses.
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⏰ Timecodes ⏰
0:00 Introduction
0:59 What's in the box
2:03 Size & comfort
2:54 Battery life
3:43 Noise reduction indoor tests and comparisons
5:46 Noise reduction outdoors
6:21 Occlusion effect
6:49 Fiddly hearing mode
7:25 Price & returns
7:52 Pros
8:18 Cons
8:30 Verdict - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Thought we had the holy grail, finally. Appreciate the thorough review. Side sleeper looking to block out snoring. Really disappointed that these don't block more noise than foam plugs.
I'm glad the review was helpful! Sorry to disappoint you with my findings. I shouldn't be too sorry though if it saves you from buying something that was unlikely to meet your expectations:-)
I'm not sure the holy grail exists (yet) when it comes to blocking out snoring that's right next to you in bed, especially if it's particularly loud and/or you are a light sleeper and sensitive to noise. There's just something about snoring that has a way of finding its way around, through, across, or over whatever we use to block it out!
In my view, it's a case of finding the most effective and comfortable way to reduce the volume to a hopefully tolerable level.
So with that in mind, I found the Quieton are very comfortable and will reduce some snoring, but no better than just the right foam earplugs.
As I said in the vid, I'm just one person testing them though, so I recommend seeing what other people have to say about them. I have decades of experience testing earplugs and know exactly which ones work best for me, so it was a tough competition in that respect.
Having said that, if the Quieton were especially amazing at blocking snoring, I believe I would have found that out, no matter how good my earplugs are.
I'm struggling to find a product that has ANC for sleeping. Can you help or recommend something that blocks out vehicle noise. I need help please
This is tricky because there are no decent ANC headphones that play music and are designed specifically for sleep. The Quieton will help block out some vehicle noise, but perhaps not all of it if it's loud and/or sudden. Alternatively, you'll need to consider standard headphones from bigger companies like Apple, Sony, Bose, Sennheiser etc
will have to stick to airdpods pro . side sleeper here too. noisy elevator wakes me up
Great video, thank you!
You're welcome - I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for taking the time to leave some feedback:-)
Thanks so much for this review! Sadly one of my Bose sleepbuds 2 died but I actually prefer sleeping without any noise and feel it helps you relax your ears and brain more so I will try them out soon.
You're very welcome. Sorry to hear the SleepBuds have gone. If you do get the Quieton, let me know what you think of them if you have a min to come back.
Thank you for sharing. I have had a chance to try them. I personally they did not block much noise out or at least not any better than Mack's ear plugs. Comfort was less than Mack's ear plugs.
You're welcome, and thank you too for sharing your experience. It's interesting that you also compared them to the same earplugs!
I got my QuietOn today in the mail. I wish I'd seen your video first. I had been hoping for zero or near-zero (given the 'wave cancellation' aspect), but really they just reduce the sound. I can't say at the moment they do much better than foam earplugs. For hundreds of $$ in cost, I had hoped for way, way better.
Sorry to hear they aren't working as well as you hoped. Are you planning on asking for a refund?
Out of interest, did you buy them and then look up reviews once you started having doubts, or did see other reviews that didn't assess them the way I did?
@@nosleeplessnights1 I had read a few review web pages that expressed them favorably, in addition to their user comments expressing similar challenges that I face. Combine that with hope of something that can help with noise and that they seem legitimate (plus the money back guarantee), decided the risk was low. But after a $65 customs bill plus you had mentioned return shipping I will need to cover, it will end up costing me about 1/3 of what I paid to return them.
At the moment I plan to keep using them, in the hopes that in the 'real world' (ie, in bed vs being in front of the computer with speakers on) will end up working out. thank you
@@nosleeplessnights1 sorry, I cannot find your 2nd reply (only this 1st one) so I'm replying here...anyways, yes I'd say I find your review very thorough. I did not nearly go into the level of digging online and found nothing to the level of what you presented. So I thank you for that. Secondly, I recently took them on a trip to Europe and had the chance to use them in different places to sleep as well as on the plane to keep the noise down. I would say I found them slightly better than foam ear plugs. Given what I spent, how hopeful I am for a 'holy grail', and the fanciness of the technology on paper behind them, I want to love them more than I do. Hopefully with their next version we will see the possibility come more to fruition. :)
Hi Dan. You're welcome - good to know you found the review thorough.
Something odd happened with the comments - I couldn't find your previous reply the other day, so I deleted mine because it no longer made sense! But now I can see yours again, so I don't know what happened there. The way the comments are presented by TH-cam can be a bit mysterious sometimes...
Anyway, it's interesting what you said about giving them another chance and that you found them slightly better than foam earplugs. And I think you highlight a key benefit - using them when out of the home, such as on a plane, where some people might not want to use earplugs.
As for the holy grail - I am also looking for that as it doesn't seem to exist yet.
I have a plan to do a test of loads of different noise blocking solutions at some point this year, and will bring the Quieton 3.1 back out for that test when I do. Keep an eye out for the video when I get around to it:-)
Sir. Have you tested the Bose Sleepbuds II against traffic noise from outside. How do they compare with the Airpods Pro 2 and the QuietOn
I haven't, no, and probably never will because they have been discontinued.
I have them and they are nice by blocking the noises while you sleep. I have used them for more than one year, amazing. The problem is that they have technical problems. In my case, one of them take longer to turn on, or sometimes has only 6 or 7 hours of battery life. Its a battery problem. So I'm trying to change it using the warranty, but unfortunately they are discontinued and I will get the bose quiet confort ultra. Which are not the same product. In fact, I have to sell them.
I was very close to buy quieton but guess I will wait... Any recomendation which sleepbuds are the best to block noisy neighbours? 😅
I don't think you can buy them now anyway as the company has declared insolvency. Maybe they will be bought out and rescued, though I would be surprised if that happened.
Currently, there are no decent sleep-specific earbuds with good noise cancellation that I know of. You'd need to look at normal earbuds and find some that you can wear comfortably in bed if you want active noise cancellation.
I'm currently testing the Soundcore Sleep A20, and will review them in the coming weeks. They don't have active noise cancellation, but are very comfortable and have a good range of sleep sounds built into their app.
But not noise cancelling, they do almost nothing unless you play some audio to mask the sound of your neighbours.
I can't sleep due to the murmuring of pipes in the wall, it's an ambient noise. Would this remove that sound?
If it's quite a constant sound, then they should help. Whether they cut it out completely or not is impossible to predict though.
I have used Sleepbuds2 for 2 years and Quiteon3.1 for 2 weeks. The batteries in my Sleepbuds were no longer lasting, so I bought them as replacements, but I was quite disappointed. It's almost questionable whether Quiteon's ANC is working. I don't feel any difference from foam earplugs. Rather, it is a burden to maintain as it is a form of its own standard. Written with a translator.
Thanks for sharing your experience, even if it doesn't seem to have been a good one! That's the thing with noise cancellation without music - it's not easy to do a better job than really good foam earplugs...
Hello and thank you for your precise and useful test. However, I have an essential question that remains unanswered. How QuietOn are supposed to be worn ? Is it more like a classic earplug, meaning that foam goes into the ear canal and exerts pressure on it, or is it more like an earpod pro, meaning it's "put on" the entrance of the ear canal like a plug. This is a very important aspect for me, because most earplugs (and even small one) exert a disturbing pressure inside the ear canal, which is not the case with earpods pro or nothing phone pro (which I have and which are extremely comfortable, by the way).
Thank you very much in advance if you take the time to answer this question.
You're welcome - I'm glad it was useful. So, the Quieton do have the memory foam tip which expands a bit in the ear. But it doesn't expand as much as a foam earplug, and doesn't go as deep (unless you have very small ear canals). So I'd say they are more like standard earbuds than foam earplugs. And the fact that they are so small also makes them feel less 'stuffed' in your ear as earplugs.
Would they block or reduce dog barking?
It depends how loud it is I think. If it's nearby and loud, I don't they would completely block it out. If it's more constant and in the distance, then they might help more.
When they are more expensive than the AirPods Pro 2 the one thing they do, the Noise Cancelling part, must be much better than the AirPods pro 2! Or they are useless!
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call them useless, because they do have three other key points in their favour compared to the AirPods Pro 2: they are more comfortable to wear when lying on your side, the battery life is significantly better, and there is no Bluetooth connectivity (for those that value that point).
However, they clearly don't match the Airpods where the noise cancelling part is concerned, so it would perhaps be good if the price reflected that.
@@nosleeplessnights1 Yes! the price needs to come down a lot! And yes! The only reason why I was googling noise cancelling ear plugs is to get long battery life! 6 Hs is just not that long!
I doubt it will come down any time soon, but you never know...
@@nosleeplessnights1 I mean before I would be thinking of buying it! :)
Thanks for your replies! :)
No problem!
The fact that you can't play audio through them at that price point is a dealbreaker for me personally.
Fair enough! I imagine it will be for many people. I think these serve quite a niche purpose, so hopefully those who are specifically looking for noise cancellation without audio will find them, and those who want audio too won't waste too much of their time checking them out!
@@nosleeplessnights1 Very true.
this is a product that is exactly what my daughter is looking for.
I'm ok with that. But I don't think they have an alarm, which is a problem
Correct, there's no alarm function. That's one reason I wanted to show that you can hear a phone alarm when wearing them - at least I can with my phone on a loud enough volume setting, and my sensitivity to noise when sleeping.
I wished I saw your review before buying!
Uh-oh...what was it you didn't like?
@@nosleeplessnights1 But them to try to block heavy snoring, they just arrived ( after 2 months since ordering) but I haven't test them yet
I see. I hope they do work for you then - let me know!
These are not great at all! I was really disappointed with these and call them a “QuietCon” they make around a 10-15% reduction in noise at best. I wasn’t expecting total silence but I was expecting maybe 50%. I can hear the electric train on a quiet track from 1km away wearing these. No better than wearing foam plugs.
I don't think the company will be taking your new name up in their marketing! Sorry you didn't like them. I think it's possible to get close to that 50% or even higher - it all depends on the noise source and the fit in your ear. But yes, good foam earplugs are hard to beat. I can get better noise reduction with super dense foam earplugs than most high-end noise-cancelling headphones!
Will they block upstairs noise for sleep?
It depends what kind of noise they are making. If it's just music, then maybe yes, If it's doors slamming or other sudden sound, then probably not much beyond having something stuffed in your ears!
What can block door slamming and sudden sounds from upstairs neighbours?
That's a really tough one. In the ideal world, we could just have a polite chat with them and ask them to do something about their doors, or be more gentle. But that's not always achievable if the neighbors are not on friendly terms with you or not the type of people to listen to your concerns.
For blocking the sound, earplugs or headphones with music can help a bit. And maybe putting more 'things' in the bedroom to help soak up some of the noise energy if it's quite a minimalist setup. Beyond that, you're looking at potentially expensive sound insulation work, with no guarantee it will fix the problem unless it's done to a high standard and the appropriate 'fix' for the noise source and setting.
I wish I had a perfect solution for you, but this is one of the harder noise problems to deal with, unfortunately.
@@nosleeplessnights1It is. thank you. My best solution that saved my life is ear foams + loud brown noise on speakers, one of the speakers rotated toward the ceiling so it messed with the soundwaves coming from them,
Yes, that combination can work well. It's just quite intense to listen to regularly!
The reason why i dont prefer ear foams is that they get very hot humid & don’t breath, they can add allot of pressure. İ love my quietons. More comfortable than my sleep a10.
That's fair enough, I can understand your point as earplugs do have a habit of creating a feeling of pressure in your ears. I personally don't ever think of them as being humid, but I can also understand that potentially being an issue. I still need to test the A10 too...thanks for the reminder!
Hello my friend! I've been searching for sleepbuds for a long time to help my snoring husband sleep. Have you ever tried sleeping next to someone who snores a lot? Did it work? Thank you for the help
Yes. They help with light snoring, but some loud snoring still comes through.
and about airpods 3?
I haven't tried them, so can't comment.
airpods 3 don't offer air tight seal. so they are not in that game.
I have the Bose quiet comfort II earbuds (220$) , I have the huge Sony wh-1000xm4 (360$) and I've just paid 300$ (incl VAT) for these QuietOn 3.1 and I must say I'm disappointed . These are the worst ANC earbuds I bought. Even the Soundcore liberty 4NC are far better. The only good quality I see in the quiteOn 3 is its low profile: you can really sleep sideways but you hear everything. Every bit of snore ! Don't get me wrong, The ear tips seal very good (you can hear your own breathing). However, a simple 2$ foam ear plugs will do the same job. so in that sense I would price the QuietOn 3.1 to be 10$ or a fency ear foam.
Sorry to hear they didn't work out for you. I'm guessing you didn't catch a review like mine before buying them?
@@nosleeplessnights1 no I didn't watch your review before. I think that their website is creating unrealistic expectations regarding the quiet levels. And that's a problem.
Hard to say - they aren't the only company trying their best to promote their brand. That's the world we live in, and a key reason I try to cover the pros and cons of all products I review.
The reality is that nobody would ever buy anything if the marketing text was along the lines of 'Our product works well for some people in some situations, but not everyone.'
The only exception I can think of off the top of my head is 'wonky' fruit and vegetables. For some reason, I'm a sucker for those. Probably because they taste the same and cost less.
@@nosleeplessnights1 so I did the Dyson vacuum cleaner test. I wear the earbuds while 1 feet from a working Dyson at full power. The quieton 3.1 had a minor effect compared to the Bose QC2 earbuds. I am sending them back to Finland.
Sorry to hear that. I hope the returns process goes smoothly!