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Sony WH-1000XM3 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones with 30 Hours B..

Best price: £185.96 (22% off)
  • Industry leading noise cancellation* thanks to QN1 chip. Diaphr..
  • Battery life of 30 hours and quick charging so you're never wit..
  • Improved design to make the 1000 x m3's even more comfortable a..
  • High resolution audio packed with technology and features to gi..
  • Optimized for google assistant and alexa for a seamless hands-f..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 0.4 inches,
  • Height: 0.4 inches,
  • Weight: 0.6 Pounds,
  • Length: 0.4 inches,
  • Size: 1

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

52.3% 10.4% 37.3%

Senti Score  [62.7%]

Anker Soundcore Life P2 True Wireless Earbuds with 4 Microphones, cV..

  • Incredible Sound Loved by 20 Million+ People
  • Perfect for Home Offices: Each earbud has two microphones with ..
  • Incredible Sound Powered By Graphene Drivers: Delivers music wi..
  • 40-Hour Playtime* with Fast Charge: A single charge gives you a..
  • IPX7 Waterproof: Life P2 wireless earbuds boast IPX7-rated prot..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 2.0 Inches,
  • Height: 1.2 Inches,
  • Weight: 0.1 Pounds,
  • Length: 3.1 Inches,
  • Size: Extra breit

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

63.4% 10.0% 26.6%

Senti Score  [73.4%]

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Sony WH-1000XM3 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones with 30 Hours B..

great better best poor worse amazing annoying truly amazing truly excellent superb noisy very disappointed just awful defective piece uncomfortable brilliant excellent

Anker Soundcore Life P2 True Wireless Earbuds with 4 Microphones, cV..

terrible great loose amazing truly disappointed absolutely brilliant skip rewind perfect poor microphone expensive quality is great truly excellent excellent better disappointed poor

Compare Cons

just awful in both products

"bass is ok but the treble ranges where the detail in music mostly resides are just awful"
98.8%

very disappointed in both products

"i found the sound very bass heavy with no brilliance at first and was very disappointed"
98.7%

poor quality in both products

"earpads felt very cheap and of poor quality"
98.5%

biggest disappointment in both products

"the biggest disappointment is noise cancelling"
90.6%

even worse in both products

"the noise they make gets to your head like your skull is getting chiseled and noise cancellation makes it even worse and it's all you focus on"
89.9%

negative point in both products

"the only negative point is the microphone which other reviews mention"
74.9%

small issue in both products

"the only small issue i have with these headphones is that once you have them paired with a device it’s quite a faff to pair them with another device but this is only a very small point and someone with better technical knowledge than me would probably be able to carry this out with no issues!"
73.9%

fault them in both products

"i really cannot fault them"
73.9%

return mine in both products

"unfortunately i had to return mine as it gave me headaches inner ear pain neck pain and made me feel dizzy if noise cancellation was used for more than about half an hour at a time"
73.8%

same issue in both products

"both have the same issue with nc mode"
73.7%

same problem in both products

"this problem is not confined to sony and i have heard of bose and other manufacturers headphones having exactly the same problem"
69.9%

only problem in both products

"the headphones also feel really comfortable my only problem is sometimes my ears can get a little sweaty at times it's not a huge issue but it can be really annoying as i'll have to take off my headphones for a couple seconds just to cool off my ears"
68.4%

biggest gripe in both products

"my biggest gripe with the older version was the resonance in the lows and low miss causing the sound quality to be quite poor in those ranges"
67.4%

defective piece

"hopefully this is a defective piece"
99.4%

glaringly obvious

"the app has a load of features you'd never use but is missing the glaringly obvious ie bluetooth switching"
98.5%

extremely annoying

"this issue is extremely annoying and frankly unacceptable for a pair of brand new headphones that cost me £265"
98.4%

hugely frustrating

"this is at best mildly irritating and at worst hugely frustrating as the pair repair process isn’t always quick or instant on the sony headphones"
98.4%

failed miserably

"it was more comfortable and was great in most parts except it failed miserably in looks and the warming of the ears"
98.3%

horribly wrong

"i listen to a lot of music and mainly on my commute to and from work and this is where it all started to go horribly wrong"
98.3%

extremely disappointing

"extremely disappointing"
98.2%

truly horrible

"this continues for literally hours after wearing them for only 10 mins and is truly horrible"
98.1%

false and unnecessary

"i would have given these headphones 3 stars were it not for the false and unnecessary claims about battery life and charge speed"
98.0%

tricky to swipe

"on the move it is tricky to swipe accurately up down to adjust the volume"
97.6%

quite sharply

"this seems to throw out the noise cancellation and causes the volume to go up and down again quite sharply"
97.5%

complete waste

"also the touch controls on the side of the headphones are a complete waste of time"
96.8%

worthless gimmick

"the motion touch control is a massive fail and in my opinion a worthless gimmick that should have been forgotten about during the design process"
96.5%

hardware failure

"sometimes blamed on a hardware failure and sometimes blamed on firmware"
96.4%

absolute waste

"ridiculous absolute waste of money!"
95.8%

totally garbled

"added later: stopped working after 8 months sound totally garbled"
95.5%

poor responsiveness

"my problem with them is the poor responsiveness of the playback controls"
95.0%

poor results

"you need to make sure that the graphic equaliser setting on the headphones does not conflict with any similar settings you have on your mobile device otherwise they may conflict with each other and give poor results"
94.8%

absolutely terrible

"absolutely terrible"
94.8%

absolutely awful

"2nd size was the mic absolutely awful for phone calls"
93.9%

really bad functionality

"overall for me the slightly better sound does not make up for the really bad functionality and obvious bugs"
93.6%

absolute nonsense

"absolute nonsense"
92.9%

stopped during playback

"my previous bluetooth earphones although sounded far worse but were very consistent never stuttered or stopped during playback"
92.9%

vocals are indistinct

"vocals are indistinct – you can’t hear s and t consonants properly"
92.6%

fell asleep

"also first time i ever fell asleep on a plane as a result"
92.5%

hard to problem

"the inconsistency is the problem it is hard to problem solve when it works one minute then not the next"
90.9%

negligible at worst

"the noise cancellation is the same or negligible at worst"
90.6%

reduced to nothing

"i started on ambient noise and my the mics work it was noisy then set to ambient noise control and i would say that 60 to 70% of the heavy noise was reduced to nothing so to where a good set of noise cancelling headsets would be"
90.6%

really cheap

"unfortuantely in a couple of months the strap broke it turned out the material used is really cheap"
90.5%

huge problem

"this caused a huge problem for me as i expect a premium headphone like this would not have this problem"
90.3%

goes very loud

"the sound quality is superb and volume goes very loud"
90.0%

create discomfort

"if there is any noise around you like if you are in train it amplifies all external sound and sends it to other people that the other people can not understand you in some cases or at least create discomfort"
88.6%

very cheap

"but frankly these just sound like a very cheap pair of headphones to me and i’m really disappointed i'm wondering if there is an "emperors new clothes" thing at work here now i wish i'd just simply got another pair from bose"
83.8%

hustle and bustle

"they make commuting in london a lot more chill as they sort of remove most of the hustle and bustle and just leave you in a bubble with your music"
74.9%

begin to hurt

"for the most part they are comfortable in long stretches but i have to find just the right position on my head otherwise my ears do begin to hurt"
74.9%

connectivity issues

"i had enough of the connectivity issues i was having with the beats studio 3 wireless that i decided to look at another paris headphones which was the sony mx1000 m3"
74.9%

sadly as uncomfortable

"sadly as uncomfortable as it gets"
74.9%

noise dropouts

"i had the nad viso hp70 but suffered a lot of weird issues whining whistling noise dropouts poor sound quality uncomfortable headband "
74.9%

drives me nuts

"however the software on it drives me nuts: every operation on the headphones has a non optional voice telling you what's happening: "power on" "bluetooth connected" "power off" "noise cancelling" and so on"
74.9%

worry too much

"if i'm sat in the middle of a noisy bus listening to rock or pop music i tend not to worry too much"
74.9%

obvious bugs

"overall for me the slightly better sound does not make up for the really bad functionality and obvious bugs"
74.9%

noise hiss

"mx2 would switch off automatically * when not playing music the white noise hiss produced by the active noise cancelling is a lot less pronounced so much better at just being used for silence * noise cancelling still works very well"
74.9%

noisy neighbors

"would cancel noise of kids playing on the street a radio playing music a spinning washing machine noisy neighbors etc"
74.9%

noisy commute

"can’t recommend them enough if you have a noisy commute on the train tube and need some peace and quiet"
74.9%

noisy flats

"i've needed them for a while longer to be honest living in shared housing noisy flats and roadsides i was tired of having to move due to noise problems"
74.9%

terrible oversight

"my only concern long term is that the ear pad cushions are not designed to be replaceable a terrible oversight for such a flagship product"
74.9%

waste their money

"i own these headphones and a pair of taotronic bh 22 headphones there is approximately £200 difference in price between them taotronics were just over 30 quid but the difference in sound is so incredibly marginal that i cannot understand why anyone would waste their money on these"
74.9%

very unimpressive

"very unimpressive for the cost"
74.9%

very intrusive

"very intrusive"
74.9%

irritation and stress

"you can just remove all the irritation and stress from most powered travel"
74.9%

small niggles

"a few small niggles but not enough to detract from a glowing recommendation"
74.9%

droning noises

"i could not hear any droning noises from passing cars or voices from different rooms my partner was singing loud in the shower but i had no idea until i took the headset off!"
74.9%

harsh vocals

"i've found some headphones to have harsh vocals not these just a warmth but not bright vocal"
74.9%

disabled locked

"and also for the touch control to be disabled locked e"
74.9%

start to hurt

"cons: • at least for my ears and glasses the left speaker can start to hurt after a few hours"
74.8%

terrible hiss

"also there is terrible hiss in the left ear when you have the noise cancelling on"
74.8%

uncomfortable headband

"i had the nad viso hp70 but suffered a lot of weird issues whining whistling noise dropouts poor sound quality uncomfortable headband "
74.8%

significanly worse

"the sound quality is significanly worse than talking to your phone"
74.8%

terrible hissing

"the only reason i can't give a 5 star is a terrible hissing in my right headphone that only got worse with further listening after resetting after disuse"
74.8%

gets similar issues

"one of my colleagues has the same headphones and gets similar issues"
74.8%

annoyingly worse

"annoyingly worse than my 1000xm2s"
74.8%

water damaged

"these got water damaged and could not live without"
74.8%

similar issues

"i know a couple of friends who’ve had similar issues"
74.8%

distorted noise

"the distorted noise is as if you can hear the blood in your veins flowing"
74.8%

sound leakage

"if you don’t mind sound leakage even on low volume and some background noise coming through the headphones whilst on noise cancelling then i suggest these are great as the sound is brilliant and extremely good battery life but just a shame there is quite major let downs which is annoying due to the price for the headphones is not exactly cheap"
74.8%

weird vibration

"on the bus if i sat over the engine it would cause a weird vibration of the headphones not sure what caused this"
74.8%

gets stuck

"the cable jack is not very tight so it's easy to have the cable unplug accidentally with a sudden head movement if it gets stuck somewhere inside coat chair at work"
74.8%

design flaw

"massive design flaw wherein the microphone focuses on background noise over your own voice especially a problem when used in a somewhat noisy office this issue is not had with cheaper headsets "
74.8%

long trips

"also the battery life is insane i go 3 days without having to charge these these are great for long trips or flights"
74.8%

no pressure effect

"no pressure effect either which i have experienced with others"
74.8%

still too distracting

"i wish there was a noise cancelling feature which allowed voice focus as the ambient option is still too distracting"
74.8%

some basic problems

"but there are also some basic problems that i can't believe more people haven't called sony out on"
74.8%

went wrong

"my first pair of these went wrong after only a month because of this design quirk"
74.7%

sounded far worse

"my previous bluetooth earphones although sounded far worse but were very consistent never stuttered or stopped during playback"
74.7%

cold nevertheless

"the first morning it was a little cold not ridiculously so but cold nevertheless"
74.7%

alexa issue

"response from sony technical support to the alexa issue was useless see below"
74.7%

have failed

"i may be unlucky but a tad miffed at the "premium" headphones have failed already"
74.7%

quite badly

"the one negative would be the bluetooth connection is affected quite badly in busy stations especially london bridge where even when i've selected all options for stable connection over quality i find i have to keep my phone fairly close to the headphones"
74.7%

weird issues

"i had the nad viso hp70 but suffered a lot of weird issues whining whistling noise dropouts poor sound quality uncomfortable headband "
74.7%

almost unusable

"i wish they'd keep things simple sound quality is good enough for its intended purpose anc excellent build better than i expected but the software application is terrible making the hardware almost unusable"
74.7%

matte feel

"the finish is particularly nice matte feel"
74.7%

known issue

"this is a known issue there are threads on the sony community forums the materials do not seem study enough"
74.7%

start creaking

"and i tried to wear it while i am running it start creaking"
74.7%

cancelling wasnt

"i recently bought a pair of sony 700 s they were very good but the noise cancelling wasnt"
74.7%

very noisy

"cannot believe how much noise these headphones cut out we live above a commercial kitchen and their extractor fans are very noisy"
74.7%

sorry bose

"sorry bose there is just no competition but and this is a big but they feel £50 !"
74.7%

heavy headhones

"i understand the choice as it seems most people want bass heavy headhones however the only way to change that is to switch the bluetooth codec to sbt for some obscure reason"
74.7%

slack skype

"so for example: you're working on your pc listening to audio and having calls with colleagues on slack skype throughout your day"
74.7%

slight inconvenience

"these headphones will only connect to one device at a time which coming from the bose which allows 2 devices is a little letdown and a slight inconvenience when i switch from my laptop to phone and vice versa as you need to disconnect and reconnect yes not life changing but feels like a basic change that would push these to 5 starts imho"
74.6%

cancelling drowns

"its very good noise cancelling drowns out some sounds more than others sound is good but not as good as a wired pair of audio technica m50x the touch controls for volume and forward reverse next ect are rubbish bring back buttons that react when you press them not this soft touch maybe it works if you rub it right rubbish the bose qc35 wins on that one for sure "
74.6%

cheap earbuds

"first you cant have more than one device connect at once i have some cheap earbuds that allow multiple connections this means if i want to connect to my laptop i have to go into my phone a disconnect from the phone settings and to connect back to me phone i have a disconnect from my laptop via the laptop bluetooth settings its a bit of a faff"
74.6%

uncomfortable though

"not to really say these are uncomfortable though"
74.6%

bass distortion

"i immediately noticed bass distortion on some songs but i wasn`t sure that the problem is caused by my phone bluetooth connection or software"
74.6%

completely unusable

"however as is typical with sony the complete over engineering of the firmware on which they run make them completely unusable"
74.6%

massive fault

"i don't know what sony has done but this is clearly a massive fault"
74.5%

daily frustration

"they're a daily frustration"
74.5%

expected result

"not a deal breaker but again not what i expected but having looked on the sony website since then it's an expected result"
74.5%

drowning out traffic

"drowning out traffic is never a safe move!"
74.5%

flat headphone

"so if you want a flat headphone and high quality streaming you can't"
74.5%

chatter sorry

"someone on the desk opposite insists on playing the radio all day and with these headphones on even without my own music playing i cannot hear a thing no annoying coughing phones ringing general chatter sorry i sound really anti social!"
74.4%

swipe gesture

"lastly the swipe gesture controls work well for playing pausing skipping music plus google assistant siri and alexa"
74.4%

most expensive

"my most expensive headphone is the beyerdynamic dt250 80ohm i bought in 2011 for £149"
74.4%

isolate yourself

"you completely isolate yourself"
74.4%

pretty heavy

"one charge tends to last me 4ish days of pretty heavy use"
74.4%

frustrating issue

"the bigger frustrating issue was the hinges creaking"
74.3%

some drawbacks

"this product delivers but it has some drawbacks"
74.3%

interference noise

"furthermore the left headphone developed a louder interference noise after a couple of days of use which was there even when it wasn't coupled to my phone"
74.3%

very expensive

"been using in ear headphones from cheap to very expensive for years but already i'd struggle to go back"
74.2%

slight niggle

"the only slight niggle is the touch control on the side of the headphone which takes some getting used to"
74.2%

thicker pads

"with thicker pads these would be 5 star all day long"
74.1%

fall apart

"bought these after my beats started to fall apart after years of use"
74.1%

lacked definition

"the base and mid range simply lacked definition in comparison and the artificially amplified treble still meant that vocals weren't as clear and as distinct"
74.1%

sadly disappointed

"thinking that these were the "bees knees" of wireless headphones after reading many reviews i was sadly disappointed"
74.1%

pretty poor

"originally purchased theae through amazon warehouse however i received the xm2s in an xm3 box pretty poor on amazon's part!"
74.1%

only gripe

"my only gripe with these is that the ear pads aren't easily replaceable in the same way you can replace the bose ear pads"
74.1%

terribly cheap

"the headband is too tight and too slim and the plastic used is terribly cheap looking !"
74.1%

muddy mess

"their clear crisp yet still punchy bass are a far cry from the muddy mess that the 35 quietcomfort ii produced"
74.0%

justifiable unfortunately

"so the price is absolutely not justifiable unfortunately"
74.0%

were clunky

"the touch controls were clunky and barely worked for me i appreciate that it takes time to build muscle memory and i am unable to comment on any charging related features as i didn't own these for long enough"
74.0%

connection problems

"connection problems will not reconnect to last connected device have to manually manage"
74.0%

lacked punch

"the sound i thought was very good but lacked punch"
73.9%

dishonest misleading

"to me this change to the warranty is dishonest misleading and probably illegal"
73.8%

forgotten about

"the motion touch control is a massive fail and in my opinion a worthless gimmick that should have been forgotten about during the design process"
73.8%

coat collar

"only problem that i have with them is when the headphones touch basically anything beit a a coat collar or something that'd nudge it into a slightly different position the bass gets very dirty sounding"
73.8%

little niggle

"the tap to pause is sometimes a little unresponsive but that is the only little niggle i've had and i have used them almost daily for 4 months"
73.7%

wretched earphones

"wretched wretched earphones"
73.7%

slight downside

"however i will say that there is only one slight downside"
73.6%

caused this

"on the bus if i sat over the engine it would cause a weird vibration of the headphones not sure what caused this"
73.6%

swipe function

"to improve: the swipe function for volume and changing track can be easily muddled"
73.6%

creaking noise

"i am buying this expensive headphone i expect i can wear it on the train or doing exercise once it start making creaking noise which is super irritating"
73.6%

really muddy

"a lot of bass in the mix and the bass mids were really muddy"
73.5%

forget bose

"forget bose"
73.5%

somewhat noisy

"massive design flaw wherein the microphone focuses on background noise over your own voice especially a problem when used in a somewhat noisy office this issue is not had with cheaper headsets "
73.5%

strangely misleading

"i thought them disappointing and the reviews strangely misleading for the money i couldn't live with them and sent them back"
73.4%

hissing noise

"however soon after receiving them i noticed that when noise cancellation is active there is a constant hissing noise coming from the left earphone"
73.3%

skip track

"operation of the earphones is nice and simple with swipe gestures for volume play pause skip track next track and previous track"
73.2%

great headphones

"great headphones"
73.1%

from cheap

"been using in ear headphones from cheap to very expensive for years but already i'd struggle to go back"
73.1%

treble ranges

"bass is ok but the treble ranges where the detail in music mostly resides are just awful"
73.0%

chat transcript

"i have taken a copy of the chat transcript highlighting all this and will be taking appropriate legal"
73.0%

really poorly

"no matter what you do it will always notify you with a really poorly sounding voice assistant that you have a received a message and who it was sent from"
72.9%

bloated bass

"if you use the phones with aptx or wired in other words when you want the highest music quality then you're stuck with the bloated bass"
72.9%

silly fiddle

"it's only 15cm long 6 inches which makes plugging it in to recharge in the back of my mac really a silly fiddle"
72.9%

never understand

"never understand why with a quality product like this they supply a poor user manual"
72.8%

expensive cans

"there are no replacement ment parts cups etc for wear and tear for such expensive cans why not ?"
72.7%

expensive headphone

"i am buying this expensive headphone i expect i can wear it on the train or doing exercise once it start making creaking noise which is super irritating"
72.7%

without them

"extremely useful on trains and airplanes and i would not travel on an airplane without them"
72.6%

drops alot

"the latency is the only bad thing the sound quality drops alot if you move away from the device you're paired with"
72.6%

than useless

"update: sony worse than useless"
72.6%

annoying problems

"but for a few annoying problems"
72.5%

more negative

"one more negative is the voice assistant"
72.4%

weather problem

"i've heard of the cold weather problem but this has nothing to do with that i live in bristol and london and neither city is that cold even in the peak of winter"
72.4%

sony 1000xm3s

"i had my head turned by these sony 1000xm3s after reading a lot of the reviews on amazon and various tech hifi magazines and websites"
72.3%

sony headphone

"i have owned two expensive top brand rivals and in my amateur opinion these sony headphone have the edge"
72.3%

sony 1000mx3

"i have tried bose 700 i have tried the over rated nuraphones and wasn’t blown away i saw that the sony 1000mx3 were no1 i always assumed bose should be no1 they were not the sony 1000mx3 really are the best sounding headphones available noise cancellation and sound quality are through the roof i listen to bob marley and love every detail of the album i’m so fussy and i’m always wanting the best the voice calls are not great "
72.3%

sony budukans

"it's like i've finally procured the sony budukans of massive attack legend"
72.3%

sony h900ns

"not tried the bose qc35ii to compare but tried the sony h900ns"
72.3%

sony 1000xm3

"i tried many headphones the sony 1000xm3 were by far the best and better than my original choice the latest bose ones"
72.3%

major problem

"this is the biggest problem i had with the headphones with voice calling every time you answer a phone call the mic would open up the environment around you in the caller could not hear you only the outside noise around you and this was a big major problem for me travelling on the bus"
72.3%

only drawbacks

"the only drawbacks that i've noticed are: 1 microphone in phone calls terrible quality"
72.3%

irksome feature

"the only irksome feature is the length of the charging cable"
72.2%

side inputs

"if you're in a windy environment with them on you will hear the hissing of the wind as it enters the side inputs"
72.1%

less intuitive

"connection is a bit slower and less intuitive that i'm used to i have apple products and a pair of airpods so everything is slow in comparison to that i have learned that switching devices means you will have to disconnect from one and reconnect with another"
72.1%

very minor gripe

"a very minor gripe on what are amazing headphones"
72.1%

very tight

"the cable jack is not very tight so it's easy to have the cable unplug accidentally with a sudden head movement if it gets stuck somewhere inside coat chair at work"
71.7%

sony packaging everything

"with the standard sony packaging everything came looking decent and there is a case contain all the cables and the headphone itself"
71.6%

swipe gestures

"operation of the earphones is nice and simple with swipe gestures for volume play pause skip track next track and previous track"
71.5%

really noisy

"if it's a really noisy environment it won't cancel it all out but they do cancel out a lot"
71.5%

only negative

"my only negative is that after a few hour or so my ears get quite hot but thats just me i guess it does not make it uncomfortable in fact i have work it for 4 hours straight without having to adjust it"
71.4%

done nothing

"sony have known about this problem in previous iterations but have done nothing about it"
71.3%

takeover complaining

"but when the flaws start to takeover complaining is inevitable"
71.1%

weather issue

"i don't believe the 'cold weather issue' is a thing anymore it seems as if sony have fixed that"
71.1%

ditch bose

"after reading all the fantastic reviews on here and other places it seemed a “no brainer” to ditch bose and choose these"
71.0%

sons heating

"these of course are not damaging my sons heating as like i have already said he wears them 24 7 "
71.0%

frustrating weekend

"update after a frustrating weekend with these and discovering their inability to access any kind of meaningful volume control via the touch sensor this pair is going back and i'm hoping the reacement pair will eork as intended"
70.9%

cold weather

"in this cold weather they are great at keeping my ears nice and warm"
70.9%

single drop

"these are soft touch plastic and on a single drop can scratch the black color off them leaving a white surface"
70.8%

were expensive

"so yes these were expensive but also worth every penny"
70.7%

using them daily

"i've owned these cans for a couple of months using them daily and literally every time i put them on as the noise cancelling kicks in 2 3 seconds after turning them on it puts a big smile on my face"
70.6%

pronounced hiss

"set as 'ambient sound' instead there was a pronounced hiss"
70.5%

phone pocket test

"also it passes the phone pocket test"
70.4%

first problem

"i wanted to use the headphones for the noise cancelling because i commute on the bus twice a day this is my first problem i had with the noise cancelling"
70.0%

without realising

"you can get lost in your own little bubble for hours without realising"
69.8%

could hardly

"i could hardly complain about the quality price ratio!"
69.8%

interrupting sound

"i've tested even for music production playing keyboard you really hear the sound clear with no interrupting sound leaking from outside"
69.7%

reported issues

"i thought it must be something to do with my settings so went onto the official sony forum where i discovered shed loads of people having the same issue and it would seam sony are not interested in responding to anyones reported issues"
69.7%

returned afterwards

"my first pair were returned afterwards my second aren't exhibiting this behaviour yet"
69.7%

noise problems

"i've needed them for a while longer to be honest living in shared housing noisy flats and roadsides i was tired of having to move due to noise problems"
69.6%

feel expensive

"they feel expensive"
69.6%

nothing worked

"i tried all the combinations of button presses and resetting and initialising but nothing worked"
69.5%

currently available

"overall if your looking for some of the best nc headphones currently available and don't mind forking out a load of cash for them these are for you"
69.2%

very average

"the sound quality is very average compared to cancelled headphones"
69.1%

something underwater

"sent for repairs but although sound is louder now it is still completely garbled like listening to something underwater"
69.1%

other problem

"the other problem is that the touch controls on the right ear up can sometimes be a bit unresponsive and can require multiple gestures for your intended action to take place"
69.1%

hooded jacket

"it can be eliminated if you have a hooded jacket"
69.1%

expected better

"the bluetooth connection is unstable when used outdoors with the music skipping and cutting out frequently although this can be solved by placing your phone in your breast pocket instead of your trouser pocket so the signal doesn't have to travel as far even so given the price tag i expected better"
69.0%

seems bizarre

"for equipment of this quality and price this oversight or scrimping on materials seems bizarre"
68.7%

engine noise

"they carry a high price tag but if you enjoy the lack of engine noise on flights as much as i do then you will appreciate them as much as i do"
68.7%

some issues

"i've had some issues with the headphones not working properly so when i am out in the cold at first i thought i did something to it as siri was activated without me touching it and the ambient sound was turned off and the motion touch was not working"
68.7%

irritating neighbours

"also works suprisingly well with cancelling the irritating techno music blasted by irritating neighbours"
68.7%

weird blips

"noise cancelling was only ok weird blips in and out when riding the underground weird when walking around decent on planes for ambient noise cancellation but didn't cancel voices much at all and barely worked at all in an office setting"
68.6%

cancellation system

"i am disappointed about the noise cancellation system i am happy when your listening to music you can't here anything but its not a two way system like a cheaper £30 headset"
68.6%

does n't however

"it doesn't however deserve 5 stars"
68.5%

noticing the problems

"i have to admit that if you simply left the 1000xm3s on for a while you stopped noticing the problems but that's not quite what one hopes for with a premium product is it!"
68.3%

beats headphones

"i’m not talking overpowering bass like you’d get with beats headphones just a little more punch"
68.1%

little ninjas

"cancel those annoying screams and shouts from little ninjas in the airplanes coffee shops etc"
68.0%

little beauties

"finally i have with these little beauties"
68.0%

little beep

"just give be a little beep for beeps sake!"
68.0%

main issue

"my main issue is that the alexa control is not built in it uses the mobile phone alexa so that all needed to be running separately"
67.9%

additional accessories

"it's useful for carrying an additional usb c cable but i'd like to see a little space on the inside of the case to carry a few additional accessories"
67.7%

skip tracks

"you have to double tap to play pause music and swop left right skip tracks and up down for volume"
67.4%

charged them

"charged them up and paired with my phone straight away"
67.2%

this issue

"maybe a firmware update will fix this issue"
67.2%

turning my head

"build quality could be better it sometimes makes noises when i'm walking or turning my head"
67.2%

flimsy controls

"it's a shame that this flagship headphone is let down by the flimsy controls on the right ear"
66.9%

irrelevant the hear

"just to add the costs of either headphones are irrelevant the hear"
66.9%

flakey touch system

"they should use buttons and not an unresponsive and often flakey touch system"
66.9%

disable these touch

"worse still there appears to be no option to disable these touch controls so just be careful!"
66.9%

lost in the game sound

"i have been told that my voice sounded slightly distant and could get lost in the game sound"
66.8%

weird quiet noises

"the right earpiece of headphones started making weird quiet noises after 4 months"
66.8%

could no longer

"i didn't know what to expect but the second i put them on in the office and could no longer hear people chatting away and even the sound of the aircon was gone i thought to myself wow these are worth every penny"
66.8%

assistant problem

"however like the google assistant problem this was completely unprompted and worse still i could do nothing to switch this mode off apart from reboot the headphones"
66.8%

overwhelm the mid range

"the headphones default to a rather v shaped equaliser where the bass is going to overwhelm the mid range"
66.8%

poor quality control

"cons: poor quality control before the black ones i've ordered the silver version"
66.8%

noisy kids

"completely blocks out the neighbours when they're using their noisy garden tools or cutting the grass blocks out noisy kids playing next door too"
66.7%

cheap feel

"totally overpriced with a cheap cheap feel and look !"
66.6%

lost in the music

"i’ve missed trains or caught the wrong one at once once a week because i’m lost in the music the app is amazing also"
66.6%

terrible quality

"the only drawbacks that i've noticed are: 1 microphone in phone calls terrible quality"
66.5%

more minor

"one more minor thing it is supposed to come with an inflight adapter?"
66.5%

unsure on these

"i'd you are unsure on these just get them"
66.3%

rubbish for phone calls

"the mic is also rubbish for phone calls!"
66.3%

failed on this product

"amazon on the other hand just failed on this product"
66.3%

swipe on the side

"the volume controls are annoying as you constantly have to swipe on the side to change it one by one"
66.3%

ruined the sound

"however the sound guality is just not there for me the anc is good they're comfortable and they don't sound too bad at low volumes but for high volume listening that bass just drowns everything else out and trying to fix that with the built in equaliser has just ruined the sound even more"
66.3%

havent tried calling

"havent tried calling yet"
66.3%

lacking in treble details

"apart from that they're an acceptable pair of headphones not particularly comfortable but lacking in treble details but that's the kind of thing you get used to or play with the equalizer in the app for"
66.3%

bump in the road

"as the bus was going along the noise cancelling was cutting out all the noise around me but every time the bus went over a bump in the road all there was a lot of vibration"
66.3%

hesitant to start as

"i thought it was time to upgrade my pairs of xm2 as i was hesitant to start as i was unsure what had changed"
66.3%

failed on the easy part

"sad really sony achieved the hard challenge sound quality & nc but failed on the easy part"
66.3%

skip start stop

"against:not sure what sony were thinking when they decided to not have buttons for vol skip start stop and calls"
66.3%

stolen in transit

"headphones are fine but purchased from argos as the ones i ordered from amazon were stolen in transit and the box clumsily re sealed"
66.2%

15feet away

"they not only sound incredible you can be approx 15feet away from the source player without any loss of signal or audio quality"
66.2%

chatting away

"i didn't know what to expect but the second i put them on in the office and could no longer hear people chatting away and even the sound of the aircon was gone i thought to myself wow these are worth every penny"
66.2%

annoying power cycles

"however the bluetooth rarely connects first time resulting in annoying power cycles"
65.8%

says it all unfortunately

"the title says it all unfortunately"
65.8%

ruins the immersion

"they do seem a little bass focused which cannot be adjusted when using high quality audio however this by no means ruins the immersion for me"
65.7%

outright horrific

"it's outright horrific"
65.6%

poor to my mind

"very poor to my mind"
65.5%

very low frequencies

"if you compare these to beats for example on beats headphones you hear the bass very well and it is the very low frequencies that seem to come across"
65.3%

common issue

"i searched online and this seems to be a common issue with these headphones"
65.2%

ruins any music

"running with these on causes thudding sounds which ruins any music"
65.2%

walk along

"when i walk along while wearing the headphones there is an occasional whoomp in sound as a tension in my neck muscles causes the earcup to momentarily break its acoustic seal"
65.2%

hopefully these issue

"i have requested a return and will wait for the next generation of these and hopefully these issue will get fixed"
65.2%

difficulty believing

"put the headphones on & the noise completely disappears had to turn it on and off a few times as i had difficulty believing it was possible"
65.2%

perfect headphones

"the xm3 are the perfect headphones for me"
65.2%

unusable for phone calls

"i always liked bose in ear qc 30 nc headphones for low ear warming and being able to use for long hours but they almost unusable for phone calls"
65.2%
...

very disappointed in both products

"sadly the rest of my experience of this product has left me very disappointed"
99.0%

just awful in both products

"but if you compare it to wired earphones with comparable price tag the sound quality is just awful"
98.9%

biggest disappointment in both products

"but these headphones are by far the biggest disappointment"
93.3%

return mine in both products

"i had to return mine because one ear kept disconnecting and putting the earbuds away or using the button to power cycle them didn't work"
74.9%

fault them in both products

"i can't really fault them"
74.9%

same issue in both products

"just a fyi incase anyone experiences the same issue i had"
74.9%

similar issue in both products

"had similar issue to most in that the left right werent always pairing together correctly"
74.9%

even worse in both products

"the volume is also a bit of a problem being really quite quiet and made even worse by the fact that half the sound ie a lot of the mid and the bass isn’t even there"
74.8%

only problem in both products

"the only problem i have is the risk of the unit falling out of my ear"
74.5%

same problem in both products

"anker replaced them but same problem"
72.4%

very minor in both products

"my only issue and its very minor is when you want to use only one earphone it's simple to just use the right one"
67.2%

biggest gripe in both products

"this is how good they are my biggest gripe is with the lid to the case because of the design it’s fiddly to hold without pushing on the hinge and closing it all the time while you are getting the buds in and out"
61.3%

skip rewind

"with mono earphone this purpose is defeat as you can either only then skip rewind depending on which one is in your ears"
99.9%

truly disappointed

"truly disappointed in the sound honestly anker has been my number one brand but this is a complete let down"
99.8%

poor microphone

"most earbuds have the same issue which is poor microphone for calls"
99.8%

total waste

"total waste"
99.8%

huge disappointment

"this is a huge disappointment!"
99.6%

quite disappointed

"i normally expect good things from anker products so when these were on sale i grabbed them kept as backup until i had to use them today and was quite disappointed"
99.4%

fails badly

"however whenever i walk through a very densely populated area waterloo station bank station the connection fails badly"
99.3%

almost unbearably

"if you want them for asmr this can actually be a problem: some sounds page turning especially are almost unbearably crisp through these things"
99.3%

really frustrating

"this is really frustrating given how great a purchase these would have been otherwise"
99.0%

sound awful

"these sound awful and don’t stay in your ears no matter which size buds you use"
98.7%

terrible bass

"terrible bass"
98.5%

truly terrible

"pros: they are very loud good balanced sound with deep bass nice treble and slightly recessed mids but not too much just as i like voice call quality also good i didn't experience any problems with connection or buttons minor cons: out of the box the sound was truly terrible especially treble sounded very harsh and unpleasant"
98.4%

sound dreadful

"in comparison to the soundbuds surge they sound dreadful"
96.1%

terrible mics

"of special note is the terrible mics"
95.5%

working initially

"i had a bit of trouble pairing properly at first with just one earphone working initially"
95.4%

extremely distracting

"edit: in addition to the above there is a high frequency hiss coming from the right bud that is extremely distracting when volume is lower"
92.8%

main highlights

"main highlights are: great battery life good passive noice cancellation good sound quality for the price the ipx7 water proofing rain no longer makes me worry about my earphones main problems are: the case is quite bulky the earbuds don't quite fit me and can sometimes fall out when switching from two"
91.9%

been terrible

"however anker seems to really not care about the quality of the actual rubber tips of their earbuds they've been terrible for multiple earbuds i've used"
91.6%

truly awful

"connectin to music via spotify and youtube was truly awful"
90.9%

sound terrible

"gotta be honest these sound terrible they do what they say on the box but the sound is so hollow"
90.6%

poor connectivity

"my issue was the poor connectivity and underwhelming audio quality"
89.7%

major disadvantage

"if i used the phone more for calls this would be a major disadvantage for me and lose some stars"
89.4%

most frustrating

"have a lot of anker products and this is the most frustrating ownership experience"
89.3%

quite rubbish

"these earphones get 2 stars purely for the small size low profile and the battery life which is excellent but i’d struggle to give them more as the sound quality is really quite rubbish"
88.7%

pretty terrible

"so my earbud journey started with a pair of enacfire which are pretty terrible"
88.0%

thin unimpressive

"with the memory foam tips on the life p2 are not chargeable as they dont fit in the charging case but without the memory foam tips the sound was thin unimpressive and the earphones are no where near as secure in your lugoles"
87.6%

appalling as well

"the worst sound quality ever and the call quality is appalling as well"
85.8%

noisy loudness

"microphone works well in silent places but if it is getting noisy loudness of you voice will become as low as level of noise around you"
75.0%

annoying on darkness

"other cons are the constant flash of the leds on the earbuds that can be annoying on darkness"
75.0%

very difficult

"their size and black colouring also makes them very difficult to find if one does drop out"
74.9%

sacrifice functuality

"these earbuds are very cheap but still manage to not sacrifice functuality"
74.9%

isolate waaay

"isolate waaay more noise than i thought they would even though they're just passive"
74.9%

sync issue

"i didnt find any lip sync issue that i can sometimes get with other bluetooth headsets while watching movies"
74.9%

sitting down

"this means that anything more active than sitting down will eventually cause the earphones to loosen or dislodge"
74.9%

massive issue

"and this is a massive issue as i cannot use my phone hands free at all as nobody can hear me speaking"
74.9%

isolation drop

"using the biggest size the sound quality and isolation drop considerably"
74.9%

noisy environments

"sounds clear and loud enough for noisy environments"
74.9%

false product

"i haven't tested the full battery life but the thing that has me feeling that i have been misold a false product is the sound"
74.9%

returning these

"i think i will be returning these"
74.9%

only issue

"my only issue was i felt that they were a bit too loose"
74.9%

charging issue

"it’s definitely not a charging issue as i have checked so perhaps i just got a bad one?"
74.8%

more expensive

"they feel like a more expensive product"
74.8%

returning them

"can't comment on battery life as i'm returning them after less than a day one round trip commute"
74.8%

connectivity quibble

"the only minor connectivity quibble is that if you pull out only the left earbud and use that for a while then pull out the right and use both together and then put the left away and only use the right there is minor disruption while it switches from using the left earbud pairing to the right earbud pairing"
74.8%

small issues

"for me theres too many small issues that make this practical to use everyday"
74.8%

discernible audio

"connected to a huawei p30 pro with no discernible audio lag"
74.8%

causing soreness

"turned out to be extremely uncomfortable to my ears causing soreness"
74.7%

cons biggest issue

"cons biggest issue for me is the microphone s 100% useless on any type of call normal phone call whatsapp skype etc"
74.7%

some drop outs

"i find that the earphones seem to have some drop outs and this is very annoying especially when listening to audiobooks"
74.7%

fault case

"my major fault case cut out is a little fiddly to get the buds out"
74.7%

tiring listen

"without taming the treble these are a tiring listen"
74.7%

money battery

"i've just used them on holiday and the plane thought they were brilliant for the money battery nearly lasted a full day of non stop use"
74.7%

particular issue

"i've uploaded a video to demonstrate this particular issue"
74.7%

extremely difficult

"if for example a bud were to fall out on the leaf covered floor of a wood whilst walking it would be extremely difficult to find it again"
74.7%

earphones main problems

"main highlights are: great battery life good passive noice cancellation good sound quality for the price the ipx7 water proofing rain no longer makes me worry about my earphones main problems are: the case is quite bulky the earbuds don't quite fit me and can sometimes fall out when switching from two"
74.7%

honor issue

"could be my phone or a huawei honor issue bluetooth 4"
74.6%

absolutely unusable

"absolutely unusable in these circumstances"
74.6%

pretty noisy

"the noise cancellation referred to in the description is to filter your voice from background noise when you use them in this way not for when you listen to music and it definitely works despite being in pretty noisy surroundings a lot of the time!"
74.6%

frequency hiss

"edit: in addition to the above there is a high frequency hiss coming from the right bud that is extremely distracting when volume is lower"
74.6%

absolute nightmare

"let's start off with the headphones good build quality nice sound good fit and the noise cancelling seems to work however the bluetooth pairing is an absolute nightmare"
74.6%

very stiff

"also the buttons on them are very stiff so you find yourself pushing down on the quite firmly which isn’t ideal given that it’s in your ear"
74.6%

insecure meaning

"i tried all the various earbud combinations but alas none of them seemed to work for me unless absolutely motionless these would start to ever so gradually become insecure meaning that i'd had to constantly jab them back into my ears even when doing basic things like walking just untenable in the long term"
74.6%

little babies

"these little babies are spot on"
74.6%

disappointing quality

"disappointing quality"
74.6%

earbud buttons

"note to pair these to each other if the bluetooth doesn't have them already paired then hold both earbud buttons for three seconds whilst in the charging case"
74.5%

spent ages

"spent ages looking for a good pair of wireless earphones that didn’t look feel like something ordered from wish chinese retailers "
74.5%

pretty useless

"pretty useless"
74.5%

arrived late

"i order these to arrive same and arrived late"
74.3%

disconnects seamlessly

"syncing to a mobile device was a bit tricky at first but once properly synced it connects and disconnects seamlessly"
74.3%

avoid these

"if you want decent sounded headphones then avoid these"
74.3%

just false

"it's either something wrong with it or just false advertising " 4 microphones""
74.2%

stock earbuds

"to compare soundbuds curve has more or less same audio quality passable with stock earbuds and twice as good with proper ones"
74.2%

feel uncomfortable

"the only problems are they sit quite deep in your ear canals which can feel uncomfortable and can sometimes come loose and fall out if not pushed in the carry charge case is also quite large but does charge from usb c and has huge capacity"
74.1%

below average

"the sound level and quality are well below average"
74.1%

annoying sometimes

"can get annoying sometimes"
73.9%

returning immediately

"huge let down and will be returning immediately"
73.8%

losing charge

"its a shame i had to go through this 2 days later despite only being paired to my phone and not losing charge at all"
73.8%

equally poor

"i have also tried different 2 different brand handsets and two tablets with equally poor results "
73.8%

disappointing results

"having tried out a few of the airpod knockoffs on here with disappointing results i went for these branded ones and they blow them away"
73.7%

utterly useless

"if you don't they will sound utterly useless and free of any bass frequencies"
73.7%

completely lacking

"trying to listen to music is a waste of time you will only hear the high notes and even talk radio where it wouldn’t matter so much is very tinny and completely lacking bass"
73.5%

return these

"going to return these"
73.4%

seal breaks

"no i tried changing the tips several times but it still didn’t make a difference they just wouldn’t stop in my ears and in turn the seal breaks letting background noise in and the quality of the sound out"
73.2%

random choice

"apple are vastly expensive and the random chinese named ones are always a random choice for quality etc"
73.0%

seems very thin

"lid of charging box seems very thin and only time will tell if it survives seems as if it might be easy to snap it so i’m taking great care as i open it and always close it when i put the speakers in"
72.9%

earbud combinations

"i tried all the various earbud combinations but alas none of them seemed to work for me unless absolutely motionless these would start to ever so gradually become insecure meaning that i'd had to constantly jab them back into my ears even when doing basic things like walking just untenable in the long term"
72.9%

nosie cancellation

"call quality and nosie cancellation is bad compare to china products is better"
72.8%

actual device

"value for money and ideal company for a jog or gym 👍🏻 i find the biggest ear bud attachments worked best for me as brought the actual device out of the ear canal a bit more improving the sound"
72.6%

prevent scratches

"one thing i would suggest is if they made a cover or like a fabric pouch to put the case in to prevent scratches from happening and adds protection"
72.4%

large stalk

"the nature of the design of the p2 is that there is a large stalk coming off the body of the phones that slides into the ear"
72.3%

fall out easily

"fall out easily and are uncomfortable"
72.1%

noise isolation

"the sound quality and noise isolation is very good they also have great bass if you fit them tightly in your ears"
72.0%

sound broken

"it crackles and makes noises in my ear which make it sound broken"
71.9%

cancellation stay

"good balanced sound and noise cancellation stay in ears well and good choice of bud size no foam buds though all silicone"
71.8%

very fiddly

"as for the annoying flashing lights on each ear bud annoyingly they won’t stop flashing until you put them back in the case which is very fiddly if using them at night to listen to an audio book in bed "
71.8%

returned item

"returned item"
71.7%

budget earphones

"i bought the life p2 tw buds as an upgrade to my soundbud slims which have been a great set of budget earphones"
71.7%

dead battery

"not hit a dead battery yet"
71.6%

faint and unclear

"maybe my ears are not made for this type of earphones but whilst the quality of the sounds is good people complained that my voice was faint and unclear on calls unless i take the earbud in my head and hold it in front of my mouth"
71.3%

returned these

"we returned these as the quality wasn’t great with regards to noise cancelling or sound"
71.2%

connection issues

"neither of us had any setup it connection issues"
71.1%

mediocre experience

"i was really expecting a mediocre experience at this cost but i am so pleasantly surprised"
71.0%

some chinese knockoff

"was skeptical about buying a good pair of wireless earphones that weren't your go to ones like airpods because every other brand seems to be some chinese knockoff but these are the real deal"
70.9%

sounds tinny

"the left earphone is quieter has less bass response and sounds tinny compared to the right one"
70.5%

gets blocked

"background noise gets blocked and people talking to me traffic sirens etc all get through which is good"
70.4%

very inconsistent

"old review: very inconsistent quality"
70.3%

frequent drop outs

"i'd struggled to find a pair that worked well for both of my use cases: my last pair of wireless buds left me with frequent drop outs from the watch rendering them not fit for purpose they went back "
70.2%

barely usable

"noise cancelling is basically useless these let in more noise than anker's £15 wired bluetooth headphones with no such feature and are barely usable on the tube"
70.0%

slight difficulty

"slight difficulty working out when the battery is getting low"
70.0%

lower volume

"one ear bud has a lower volume than the other"
69.4%

music cons

"strong and instant bluetooth connection noise cancelling and therefore you can hear every element in the music cons: since they’re noise cancelling you’re unable to have conversations with people if both earphones are in double tapping the right earphone skips a song whereas doubletapping the left one rewinds"
69.2%

passive noise cancelling

"the passive noise cancelling is fair similar to any other in ear phones they block out most sound when listing to music but can't be compared to my sony wh 1000xm3 fully nc headphones"
69.1%

little echoey

"call quality is good but occasionally a little echoey"
69.1%

little adjustment

"i've had the soundcore life p2 for a few days and after a little adjustment on my phone sound equalization the sound is pretty good bass is not too strong and trebles are distinct "
69.1%

apple's fault

"no problems watching movies or youtube audio delay aside but that's apple's fault not anker "
69.0%

gives annoying

"and while listening music sometimes it breaks and gives annoying aound"
68.8%

extremely noisy

"also extremely noisy when walking running so not suitable for use at the gym"
68.8%

just a shame

"it’s just a shame that making calls with them it’s such a terrible experience"
68.7%

minor disruption

"the only minor connectivity quibble is that if you pull out only the left earbud and use that for a while then pull out the right and use both together and then put the left away and only use the right there is minor disruption while it switches from using the left earbud pairing to the right earbud pairing"
68.7%

return window

"what’s good: sound quality battery life product quality and build would return them but unfortunately i tried them just long enough and missed the return window"
68.5%

major flaw

"one big major flaw"
68.5%

also nowhere near

"the sound is also nowhere near as good as my old soundcore spirit x’s either"
68.2%

sadly it is going back

"sadly it is going back"
67.8%

stopped working

"then a couple of days ago one of the earbuds just stopped working?"
67.8%

semi frequent

"decent sound quality but crackling sound audio cutouts are semi frequent"
67.5%

rubber attachments

"my main use is for gym work and as they come with several different rubber attachments you can easily get a perfect fit"
67.3%

skinny men's jeans

"the charging case is just about 'pocketable' ina pair of skinny men's jeans"
67.2%

n't quite there

"but the tech isn't quite there yet they'll get it right on the next version"
67.1%

apple airpods

"i previously purchased the soundcore wireless earphones that look very similar to the apple airpods they are very good but these are a sporty upgrade meaning i now have a set for the gym and do not have to worry about getting sweat on them"
67.1%

apple bose

"considering what you'd pay for the apple bose etc these are pretty good"
67.1%

apple earpods

"but at this price its very good compared to apple earpods or other true wireless headsets"
67.1%

wrong with

"it's either something wrong with it or just false advertising " 4 microphones""
67.0%

offered a refund

"hi did have an issue with the left one stopping working could not hear anything through dot after about a week of use amazon offered a refund as bought from anker direct so i contacted anker and after some tests they requested i send mine to them and a replacement was sent to me"
67.0%

were rubbish these

"i've dabbled with some cheap brand you've never heard of wireless earphones from amazon before and they were rubbish these are a revelation!"
66.8%

negative points

"the only negative points would be the confort of usuną after the few hours you feel a little bit the presure and your ears"
66.7%

waste of money

"waste of money won’t stop falling out"
66.7%

receiving these

"i was looking forward to receiving these as i sent my last wire free headphones back as in my personal opinion we’re no good sound quality wise anyways let’s get on with these first impressions were very very good excellent quality excellent packaging so all good"
66.6%

quite uncomfortable

"the fit was quite uncomfortable too"
66.5%

much pressure

"don't bother using the buttons they require too much pressure and you just end up pushing the tips into your eardrum"
66.5%

they deserve

"which means that effectively you can use them both for 5h and it is a decent result but still less than advertised major con: pretty much useless for me as didn't fit my ears i was wondering how many stars they deserve and for build quality sound etc"
66.4%

widespread problem

"not sure if this is a widespread problem but i am left disappointed with this product"
66.3%

multiple earbuds

"however anker seems to really not care about the quality of the actual rubber tips of their earbuds they've been terrible for multiple earbuds i've used"
66.3%

wish chinese retailers

"spent ages looking for a good pair of wireless earphones that didn’t look feel like something ordered from wish chinese retailers "
66.2%

incapable of bass

"i don't like deep bass these aren't incapable of bass but aren't suitable for anyone who prefers bass"
66.1%

last forever

"battery seems to last forever"
66.0%

manual wouldvr

"my only concern is the fact that the instructions wernt written alongside the displayed tuturials on the manual wouldvr made my life alot easier"
65.9%

biggest problem i found

"biggest problem i found is that regardles of the bud size they fall out of my ears every 10 15 minutes"
65.8%

press it skip song

"the design to change your song is a bit stupid because you have to press it into your ear and it hurts so you have to remove it and press it skip song"
65.7%

pairing problem

"i've never had a pairing problem and i've never run out of battery whist in use"
65.6%

falling out in your

"they come in a small case strong magnets hold them in so no worries about them falling out in your bag"
65.3%

with falling

"pretty comfortable no issue with falling out"
65.1%

harsh and unpleasant

"pros: they are very loud good balanced sound with deep bass nice treble and slightly recessed mids but not too much just as i like voice call quality also good i didn't experience any problems with connection or buttons minor cons: out of the box the sound was truly terrible especially treble sounded very harsh and unpleasant"
65.0%

noise leakage

"you don't get a lot of noise leakage either coming out of the phones while listening or from outside noise coming in when listening as long as you get the fit right with the silicon buds 6 sets of varying sizes are supplied"
64.9%

unable to hear

"it appears that the single microphone picks up so much background noise that unless you're in a silent room the other person will be unable to hear you"
64.8%

been a problem

"i’m disappointed as anker products have never been a problem before"
64.7%

unless you are shouting

"the bad things: call quality is terrible in most environments people cannot hear what you are saying unless you are shouting"
64.7%

hesitate to purchase

"do not hesitate to purchase"
64.7%

loose the earbuds

"decent size and magnetic so you don't loose the earbuds in transit"
64.6%

lacks on highs

"sound quatliy is ok for the pice but lacks on highs although the mids are clear"
64.6%

real problem

"this is a real problem especially if you want to replace the tips with decent foam ones or others that you know fit your ear well or your current size wears out and you need to replace them"
64.4%

close proximity

"i can only assume it is down to the sheer number of other bluetooth users in close proximity"
64.1%

annoying flashing lights

"as for the annoying flashing lights on each ear bud annoyingly they won’t stop flashing until you put them back in the case which is very fiddly if using them at night to listen to an audio book in bed "
64.0%

overpriced brands

"in my opinion much better than the overpriced brands"
63.9%

wearing earphones

"i appreciate this problem may be unique to my particular ears however i've never experienced this issue with any other earbuds i've had in 20+ years of wearing earphones"
63.9%

very little low

"very little low end on the soundcore life p2"
63.9%

unless i hold them

"can’t use them unless i hold them in"
63.5%

replace them

"this is a real problem especially if you want to replace the tips with decent foam ones or others that you know fit your ear well or your current size wears out and you need to replace them"
63.1%

nothing works

"i have followed different ways to change settings on the phone to see if it improves it but nothing works"
63.0%

noticeable delay

"i've watched a few videos too and latency wasn't a problem no noticeable delay in audio video sync"
62.9%

connection or buttons

"pros: they are very loud good balanced sound with deep bass nice treble and slightly recessed mids but not too much just as i like voice call quality also good i didn't experience any problems with connection or buttons minor cons: out of the box the sound was truly terrible especially treble sounded very harsh and unpleasant"
62.9%

only minor complaint

"my only minor complaint is that for me they occasionally come loose from my ears i have to use the smallest silicon ear buds when i brush past my ears with my hands hair"
62.8%

more trouble

"if like me you want to use your earbuds on multiple devices be ready for more trouble"
62.7%

miss misplace them

"they are hard to find when you miss misplace them"
62.6%

rather unpleasant

"double clicking a button while the earphone is in your ear is rather unpleasant"
62.5%

little deaf

"my partner tested these as well and his only comment was that they could be a bit louder however he might be just a little deaf : haha in big range of all wireless headphones ive tested i would say their sound strenght is at the top of the first quarter therefore overall based on price i am giving these 5 stars"
62.4%

just passive

"isolate waaay more noise than i thought they would even though they're just passive"
62.4%

small earphones

"having tried them by playing flac i am very impressed with the sound especially how good the bass sounds for such small earphones!"
62.3%

been a pain

"but the connectivity has been a pain"
62.2%

absolutely motionless

"i tried all the various earbud combinations but alas none of them seemed to work for me unless absolutely motionless these would start to ever so gradually become insecure meaning that i'd had to constantly jab them back into my ears even when doing basic things like walking just untenable in the long term"
62.2%

your earphones

"this has only happened a few times but it's inconvenient enough to drop 1 star as you may think your earphones have charged when they have not"
62.1%

fail at this

"i’ve not tried the phone call abilities get but have no reason to believe they will fail at this"
62.1%

zero charge

"my left ead bud suddently looses its battery from full charge to zero charge sometimes"
62.1%

call quality is not great

"call quality is not great"
61.9%

under neath

"very large button area but a real small click trigger under neath it"
61.7%

shame cause

"based on my experience i wouldnt recommend these airbuds which is a shame cause i have lots of anker products and this is the first one that i've been disappointed with"
61.4%

only shame

"only shame is the price dropped in under 12 hours of ordering them by £10 which was a bit annoying !"
61.3%

very poor quality

"very poor quality for something i paid £45 for"
61.2%

no foam buds

"good balanced sound and noise cancellation stay in ears well and good choice of bud size no foam buds though all silicone"
60.9%

vastly expensive

"apple are vastly expensive and the random chinese named ones are always a random choice for quality etc"
60.9%

huge issue

"considering i mainly use these for calls on the go this is a huge issue for me"
60.8%

hesitate to recommend

"for the price i would not hesitate to recommend!"
60.7%

hurt your ears

"only slight problems are they can hurt your ears after a few hours of being in the same position but that's expected with most earphones anyway"
60.5%

fall out on the leaf

"if for example a bud were to fall out on the leaf covered floor of a wood whilst walking it would be extremely difficult to find it again"
60.4%

cancel out all sounds

"cancel out all sounds in the gym and stay in my ears while i’m running"
60.4%

negative review

"i never ever thought i would be writing a negative review when it comes to an anker product"
60.2%

return back

"might consider to return back this"
59.9%

audio output

"i like these earbuds but cannot get both of them to connect to the audio output simultaneously"
59.7%

audio cutouts

"decent sound quality but crackling sound audio cutouts are semi frequent"
59.7%

fell apart

"where these really fell apart for me was with calls"
59.2%

remove from the case

"oh and they are a little but trickier to remove from the case than they need to be but the strong magnets mean they'll never fall out!"
59.1%

no such feature

"noise cancelling is basically useless these let in more noise than anker's £15 wired bluetooth headphones with no such feature and are barely usable on the tube"
59.0%

defective unit

"hopefully it's just a defective unit!"
58.9%

kettle boil

"they are noise isolation isn’t great either i can still hear the tap run and the kettle boil"
58.8%

soundstage was all wrong

"they sound bright thin and the soundstage was all wrong"
58.8%

just be unlucky

"i think i may just be unlucky and have a dud pair"
58.8%

major downside

"only major downside is the buttons they're too hard to press and it feels like i'm jamming the buds into my ear to pause or change a track"
58.7%

jeans coat pockets

"the charging case is tiny so can be carried in jeans coat pockets without any issues easy to pair had no issues pairing and then un pairing as necessary to my android and ipad"
58.7%

left side nothing

"i have brought these anker soundcore life p2 when i pair them up to my phone only the right side works and the left side nothing can someone help me please i only had these for 3 days"
58.6%

every size and no luck

"i went through every size and no luck"
58.6%

sound quality is poor

"bought these ears pod with high hope and expectations based on anker brand and more than 1400 good review but to my disappointment the sound quality is poor"
58.5%

hurt my ears

"then on to bose soundsport which although sound great are rubbish in hot weather hurt my ears after a bit and make me look like herman munster they stick out that far"
58.1%

vocals but not here

"some earphones will blow out the action scenes leaving you cranking up the volume for vocals but not here"
58.1%

such small earbuds

"good bass for such small earbuds decent sound clear call quality so far strong bluetooth connection to phone long battery life good fit"
58.1%

walks constantly

"even with the range of tips i haven't found one that stays in and i spend my dog walks constantly shoving them back in my ears before they drop out"
58.0%

stop falling

"waste of money won’t stop falling out"
57.8%

not start to charge

"lastly and possibly the most serious sticking point is that occasionally when the earphones are inserted into the charging case they snap into position as per the magnetic connectors but do not start to charge"
57.6%

completely dead

"the left is at 50% while the right is completely dead"
57.4%

experience i wouldnt

"based on my experience i wouldnt recommend these airbuds which is a shame cause i have lots of anker products and this is the first one that i've been disappointed with"
57.3%

probably a bit dated

"there is an almost imperceptible lag between video and sound but my tv is several years old and the bluetooth version is probably a bit dated"
57.3%

made sound poor

"very treble noise which made sound poor"
57.3%

have to remove

"the design to change your song is a bit stupid because you have to press it into your ear and it hurts so you have to remove it and press it skip song"
57.3%

minimal of stress

"resolved the issue with the minimal of stress and replaced the pair immediately"
57.3%

have to return

"the packaging is very lovely and the way they store the extra ear buds is very organised so they won’t get lost but unfortunately the way they built the earpiece it does not fit properly in your ear so it would not stick in place if you move around and for that i have to return it and cancel the insurance"
57.2%

these pods are shocking

"unfortunately these pods are shocking"
57.2%

stop skip functions

"the fact it's a button control and not touch sensitive it's actually a bit painful when you use the start stop skip functions"
57.1%

large and uncomfortable

"they are also a bit tacky and cheap looking lack any style and are large and uncomfortable"
57.1%

really frustrated

"having had these for a few days now though i am getting really frustrated because i cannot get a good in ear fit with the stock buds tips supplied"
57.0%

soundcore earphones

"these are the second different anker soundcore earphones i’ve used and i can’t fault either on sound or build quality"
56.9%

complete let down

"truly disappointed in the sound honestly anker has been my number one brand but this is a complete let down"
56.8%

become loose

"the buds themselves stay in your ears most of the time however i did find that eating causes them to become loose quickly"
56.5%

expensive earphones

"these look and feel like a pair of v expensive earphones and i use them for when i gym"
56.5%

most disappointing

"the most disappointing aspect is that the earphones do not stay in my ear"
56.4%

terrible experience

"it’s just a shame that making calls with them it’s such a terrible experience"
56.3%

noise cancel well

"the fitting was a little fiddly i had to find the right sized cones from the pack and choose between the two different textures they now fit well and noise cancel well too"
56.3%

noise cancelling

"the battery is brilliant they have a quality feel the noise cancelling is great never had it before so can’t compare to others easy to pair comfortable in your ear and the sound quality is faultless"
56.1%

no discomfort or slippage

"no discomfort or slippage when using so far"
56.1%

before they drop

"even with the range of tips i haven't found one that stays in and i spend my dog walks constantly shoving them back in my ears before they drop out"
56.0%

fall out no lead

"have used them on the treadmill and they don't fall out no lead to get in the way"
55.9%

seeking sports earphones

"i highly recommend these to anyone seeking sports earphones but also for anyone generally needing a good reliable set of bluetooth earphones"
55.9%

it's a no brainier

"when you consider that these cost less than a third of the price of the amazon offering albeit without the noise cancelling that does not work it’s a no brainier"
55.7%

plenty loud

"volume is generally a little quiet compared to others but still plenty loud for me"
55.7%

flimsy or cheap

"the earbuds are of solid construction don't feel flimsy or cheap at all"
55.7%

traffic sirens

"background noise gets blocked and people talking to me traffic sirens etc all get through which is good"
55.7%

louder or quieter

"i've found each time i connect the earbuds to bluetooth they are either louder or quieter than the previous time despite being at the same volume on my phone"
55.6%

flat battery

"i haven’t experienced a flat battery at all cause it’s really hard to listen to music or talk for 7 hours however after 5 hours using it it was still working"
55.5%

next to useless

"next to useless if you are buying these to use as phone headset nobody will hear you "
55.3%

gave the harsh top

"all that bragging about carbon drivers and their responsiveness gave the harsh top end i feared"
55.3%

even on low volume

"the only downside is that my ears get tired when i user them for more than 2 hours even on low volume"
55.3%

battery is getting

"slight difficulty working out when the battery is getting low"
55.2%

lost confidence in anker

"i have majorly lost confidence in anker as a result which is a shame"
55.2%

sound quality is horrific

"honestly didn't know what to expect at this price but the sound quality is horrific"
55.2%

sound quality is sketchy

"the sound quality is sketchy"
55.2%

the left away

"the only minor connectivity quibble is that if you pull out only the left earbud and use that for a while then pull out the right and use both together and then put the left away and only use the right there is minor disruption while it switches from using the left earbud pairing to the right earbud pairing"
55.2%

sounds so lifeless

"music sounds so lifeless if you listen through these"
55.0%

sound is so hollow

"gotta be honest these sound terrible they do what they say on the box but the sound is so hollow"
54.9%

take very long

"doesn't take very long to charge"
54.8%

deteriorate with

"i won't give it 5 stars because as with all lithium batteries they will eventually start to deteriorate with age"
54.7%

single charge

"the battery life on both the earphones and the case which doubles as the battery pack is surprisingly long i charge the case about once every 10 days and i’ve watched about three hours of nonstop netflix on a single charge of the buds"
54.7%

very little bass

"sounded muffled and flat with very little bass"
54.7%

no warmth to the audio

"tinny and no warmth to the audio"
54.7%

does not use aptx

"no problems using them with my ipad however ios does not use aptx "
54.7%

not true wireless

"maybe there is some sort of setting that is causing it i don't seem to get it with other bluetooth headphones but they are not true wireless"
54.7%

buds got squeezed

"when i closed my mouth the buds got squeezed and the sound got muffled"
54.6%

have a dud pair

"i think i may just be unlucky and have a dud pair"
54.6%

which was a bit annoying

"only shame is the price dropped in under 12 hours of ordering them by £10 which was a bit annoying !"
54.6%

single bad thing

"i cannot say a single bad thing about the battery life"
54.6%

hard to press

"only major downside is the buttons they're too hard to press and it feels like i'm jamming the buds into my ear to pause or change a track"
54.6%

were n't purchased for

"maybe wouldn’t recommend for child size ears they weren’t purchased for me but i loved them and so tried my boyfriends set and i have such petite ears they won’t stay in my ears even with the smallest in ear piece"
54.6%
...

Compare Pros

truly excellent in both products

"as per the other reviews these are truly excellent headphones"
100.0%

excellent product in both products

"really pleased i bought these excellent product"
99.6%

good perfect in both products

"the noise cancelling is scary good perfect for public transport and working without distractions"
99.2%

absolutely brilliant in both products

"maybe a choice of more colours would make it a little more of a personal buy but i think they’re absolutely brilliant"
98.4%

works perfectly in both products

"the volume control on the sonys works perfectly as does the sony app on both my samsung s2 & s10"
98.1%

quality excellent in both products

"expensive but build quality excellent"
95.9%

superb sound in both products

"superb sound with rich base and the settings let you fully tailor the sound to your specific liking"
95.8%

excellent sound in both products

"i just wanted something that delivered excellent sound with sleek design and great material quality"
94.6%

really good in both products

"gesture control added features that make this really good voice assistant button google alexa siri kinda cons: price design some may or may not like it the gesture controls can take some time to get used to it comfort some do say that the bose are better"
93.1%

well worth in both products

"if you love your music and want to invest they are well worth it"
92.1%

great battery in both products

"• great battery"
91.4%

very satisfied in both products

"very very satisfied"
90.4%

absolutely fantastic in both products

"they are absolutely fantastic"
89.9%

very pleased in both products

"very pleased i went for these ones"
89.6%

absolutely amazing in both products

"absolutely amazing headphones nc is superb tried it on many long haul flights and it has worked every time flawlessly"
89.2%

excellent sound quality in both products

"excellent sound quality and anc ability"
88.4%

looks good in both products

"it allows for smooth seamless design that looks good!"
75.0%

very useful in both products

"the ability to cup the headphone to lower the song volume and noise canceling to speak to people is a very useful feature"
74.9%

works well in both products

"you can temporarily cut off noise cancelling by cupping your hand over the right headphone works well"
74.7%

look great in both products

"they look great and the build quality finish and battery life are all excellent"
74.7%

great better

"the noise canceling on these is great better than the bose ones"
100.0%

truly amazing

"it’s truly amazing"
99.9%

rated best

"bought these after agonising over different brands such as bose and even the surface headphones that were rated best by the which?"
99.9%

really excellent

"noise cancelling was really excellent"
99.8%

great performance

"great on a plane but the plug in lead tends to be on the wrong side of the headphones for me not a big issue as mainly use with bluetooth which has great performance"
99.7%

just brilliant

"just brilliant"
99.6%

huge improvement

"the bluetooth is a huge improvement over my old pair probably being version 4"
99.6%

excellent mind

"the sound quality is excellent mind you it's just that you can get better for less by buying a wired pair"
99.5%

great partner

"the app for ios and android is a great partner and allows you to adapt the level of noise cancellation to your surroundings and movement as well as allowing you to adjust the eq to your personal taste"
99.4%

very beautiful

"they are very sturdy well built and have a very beautiful minimalistic design"
99.2%

brilliant sound

"these headphones also provide comfort for hours brilliant sound and build quality all alongside superb battery life"
99.2%

outstanding battery

"nice sound outstanding noise cancellation outstanding battery"
99.0%

very cleverly

"well these are all very cleverly and very discreetly built in to the right headphone cup"
99.0%

amazing clear

"the sound quality is amazing clear sounds and deep punchy bass without affecting the trebles the design and feel of them is great"
98.8%

favourite equaliser

"i've heard so many new little details in songs that i've never noticed before and the app gives you quite a bit of control i love bass so my favourite equaliser is "clear bass""
98.8%

best headsets

"probably one of the best headsets i've had"
98.6%

brilliant bass

"the sound signature is everything you want it you are in to hip hop and rnb v shape with a brilliant bass and solid treble"
98.4%

very satisfactory

"i’ve tested it in a medium size hall and beyond the slight feedback that you would expect on approaching the speaker signal strength is very satisfactory"
98.3%

just amazing

"the noise cancelling is just amazing"
98.3%

great equaliser

"sound is also subjective but that's why you have a great equaliser to set it to your preferences with many options to please everyone"
98.3%

great additions

"sound quality is elite level for this price range and although the swipe and tap controls can at times take a couple of tries to operate or master they’re great additions"
98.3%

great headphone

"overall a great headphone just rather expensive"
98.3%

great shape

"the ability to replace the pads is what kept my previous bose ae2w in great shape for so long so i miss that time will tell if it is an issue with the sony headphones"
98.1%

great brilliant

"noise cancelling is great brilliant for using in my noisy office"
98.0%

fantastic piece

"another fantastic piece of audio equipment from sony they will not disappoint"
97.7%

favourite albums

"brought the best out of my favourite albums"
97.7%

great controls

"• great controls"
97.6%

great product

"just a great product and if the price puts you off then just know that these are a very well worth it investment!"
97.5%

really enjoyed

"this is a absolutely beautiful and brilliant headphones for noise cancelling and the beautiful sound when you want to enjoy it i really enjoyed used them the battery life is more than brilliant and the quality of the sound just perfect i have hard time to compare them with bose but i'm very happy my only issue is the touch control is very sensitive and i'm wondering how long will work and depending how you touch it instead of putting volume up or low you already changed the song maybe there is a new upgrade?"
97.3%

best thing

"the best thing i have ever bought"
97.3%

exceptionally happy

"overall exceptionally happy"
97.2%

excellent headphone

"this is excellent headphone those who like to listed heavy extra base music"
97.0%

best features

"'quick attention' is one of the best features for me: i used to have it fiddle about with my beats trying to pause playback or take my headphones off completely if someone started talking to me but with quick attention i can place my palm over one side of the headphones the noise cancelling turns off and the volume goes all the way down so i can have a quick conversation"
96.7%

best current headphones

"my opinion if you want the best current headphones without the worry of something significantly better coming round the corner buy these"
96.6%

extremely high

"they were too expensive at £320 but the price has dropped over £70 to a far more affordable level for their quality and extremely high rating in all the music and gadget press"
96.1%

best songs

"i trawled the web for advice on the best songs to listen to in order to test out new headphones and i tried a range of music and sonic ‘challenges’"
96.0%

favourite tracks

"and with the eq sertings in the 'headphones' app my lord you can adjust the track to sound how you want it believe me it makes a great difference and is well worth it for your particular favourite tracks "
95.9%

extremely effective

"even without playing music the noise cancelling is extremely effective"
95.6%

absolutely breathtaking

"the noise cancelling on the headphones are absolutely breathtaking i absolutely loved blocking out all my surroundings and just mellowing out for an afternoon"
95.1%

great functions

"all in all great functions and noise cancellation was great"
94.8%

secure storage

"the headphones come with a really slick carrying case which can act as secure storage for the headset charging cable and flight adaptor"
94.6%

outstanding uncanny

"noise cancelling is outstanding uncanny!"
94.6%

super clean

"the sound quality is amazing they look super clean and are super comfy to wear battery lasts very very long sometimes i go a week or two and they are still not needing a charge"
94.6%

best purchases

"purchased these at special price on amazon and one of my best purchases ever"
94.6%

wondrous yummy

"adorable alluring alright ambrosial amusing arresting astonishing astounding awe inspiring awesome beauteous beautiful bewitching beyond words blue ribbon bonny breathtaking brilliant capital captivating charming classy congenial dainty darling dashing daunting dazzling delectable delicate delicious delightful distinctive divine dramatic dreamy electrifying elegant enchanting entertaining enthralling enticing excellent exceptional exhilarating exquisite extraordinary eye opening fabulous fantastic far out fascinating fearsome fetching first class first rate fun glorious gorgeous graceful grand gratifying groovy heavenly ideal impressive incomparable inconceivable incredible informal inspiring interesting irresistible lavish likable lovely lunatic luscious luxuriant magnetic magnificent majestic marvelous mesmerizing monumental outstanding overwhelming pleasant previous prodigious psycho radiant refined riveting satisfying savory scrumptious sensual sexy shocking showy spectacular splendid staggering striking stunning stupendous successful super superb supreme surprise surprising taste thrilling transcendent tremendous unbelievable unexpected unreal unutterable very good wonderful wondrous yummy"
94.5%

very bright

"the music quality itself is very bright with enough punch if you like it to be bass heavy"
94.4%

favourite songs

"the music is so clear and detailed that your favourite songs will sound so much different and better"
94.4%

been outstanding

"my experience with these has thus far been outstanding"
94.3%

loved this

"loved this on the planes and trains cuts out almost all cabin noise"
94.3%

incredibly convenient

"incredibly convenient and a lot less disruptive"
94.2%

excellent i love

"the noise cancelling is excellent i love wearing them on the train even if i don't have enough phone battery left to play music"
93.9%

excellent oppo

"i've medium sized ears and suppose i must be pretty sensitive as i sold on my excellent oppo pm2 because of comfort issues but these sonys are seriously cramped and a heat magnet"
93.9%

really pleased

"really pleased i bought these excellent product"
93.9%

energetic and powerful

"the sound is energetic and powerful and all frequencies are handled very well"
93.9%

superb even

"the sound quality is fantastic also playing hi res files wired is superb even using wifi with ldac is wonderful they are worth every penny you'll have no regrets purchasing these head phones an i am a audiophile buy them "
93.9%

stunning simply

"the sound quality is stunning simply amazing it has the bass treble and a magnificent soundstage"
93.8%

really is amazing

"it really is amazing"
93.5%

great bass

"usb c great bass make them rumble!"
93.0%

happy customer

"waiting to see if they will deliver the 30hrs as boasted but aside from that i'm a happy customer"
92.9%

really clean

"everything sounds clear the vocals sound really clean there's a very good balance between all the lows mids and highs"
92.9%

brilliant cuts

"the noise consolation is brilliant cuts out of mist of the aircraft noise also i like a louder vast and these were awesome"
92.7%

quite remarkable

"these headphones are quite remarkable!"
92.5%

excellent quality

"upon opening the box the first thing i noticed with the sony wh 1000xm3 was the excellent quality of the materials used"
92.4%

amazing and immersive

"simply amazing and immersive"
92.4%

still amaze

"i’ve worn these everyday for 12 hours for the last 3 months and they still amaze me"
92.1%

best option

"i got these as a present to myself for christmas i'd been promising myself a new set of headphones all year and did lots of research into what might be the best option and once again sony came up trumps with their technology"
91.9%

brilliant midrange

"the bass is brilliant midrange is great and the top end is also great"
91.7%

brilliant sensors

"it has brilliant sensors for volume control and the best noise cancellation which us best for the flights"
91.7%

cancelling excellent

"noise cancelling excellent"
91.2%

amazing cans

"entirely happy with my purchase these are amazing cans"
91.1%

highly praised

"i bought these headphones mainly because of the highly praised noise cancellation technology"
91.0%

great surround

"noise cancelling is superb plane noise is gone app is simple but includes great surround and eq options touch controls are super easy and the 'cup the earphone to temporarily cut sound so you can talk to people without removing the headset' function is brilliant"
90.9%

best headphones purchase

"these might be the best headphones purchase i've made"
90.9%

brilliant as well

"the battery life is brilliant as well can go a few days without needing to charge at all and even if i did run out i have a quick charge cable and plug which charges to full within a hour or so"
90.9%

brilliant quality

"they are brilliant quality and amazingly comfortable to wear even for extended periods"
90.8%

excellent definitely

"battery life is excellent definitely as advertised and the app to go with it works well"
90.8%

super easy

"noise cancelling is superb plane noise is gone app is simple but includes great surround and eq options touch controls are super easy and the 'cup the earphone to temporarily cut sound so you can talk to people without removing the headset' function is brilliant"
90.8%

best noise cancellation

"it has brilliant sensors for volume control and the best noise cancellation which us best for the flights"
90.8%

extremely well

"noise cancelling works extremely well and really does cut out most ambient noise"
90.7%

best of the best

"we're talking about the best of the best here you've really got to be into your audio to purchase these but if you do you won't be disappointed "
90.4%

clever i love

"the control for volume up down ff and rew and pause as well as mute are so clever i love it!"
90.4%

favourite setting

"my favourite setting is the concert mode making it feel like you are listening to your favourite song at a concert live"
90.3%

quite good

"the noise cancelling is quite good but gives me the sensation of pressure in my ears"
90.1%

magnificent soundstage

"the sound quality is stunning simply amazing it has the bass treble and a magnificent soundstage"
89.9%

best availbale

"if you are in the market for some nc headphones shop around and try them all but for me these are the best availbale at this price point"
89.9%

best headphonesi

"these are the best headphonesi have ever known"
89.9%

amazing and easy to

"battery life is amazing and easy to use"
89.6%

great a non issue

"the sound quality is great a non issue all my music sounds crisp sharp and the balance is great"
89.6%

with the best

"overall a very nice set of headphones with the best nc"
89.6%

amazing headphones

"amazing headphones i have the v1 of these and loved them but i bought these in black friday for the wife but she prefers the v1 over these the only thing i miss on these vs the v1 is the leather feeling touch control it's some how more responsive on the v1 vs these but still great headphones for the price i got them at!"
89.4%

very impressive

"the noise cancelling technology is very impressive far superior to anything else that i have heard"
89.1%

impressive and absolute

"very impressive and absolute quality"
88.8%

these are brilliant

"i bought these as i fly a lot and wanted more comfort i must say these are brilliant"
88.8%

winner = sony

"winner = sony!"
88.7%

absolute bliss

"absolute bliss!"
88.5%

good to excellent

"the sound quality delivered is good to excellent"
88.5%

does a brilliant

"just to set expectations it won't cancel all noise as that's a little optimistic but when playing music and on transport mode it does a brilliant job"
88.5%

beautiful and packed

"they are also beautiful and packed with features so the sony’s had a lot to live up to"
88.5%

amazing and configurable

"sound quality is amazing and configurable which is a fantastic"
88.4%

amazing i love

"the technology in this thing is amazing i love every aspect of it"
88.2%

quite comfortably

"sits quite comfortably"
88.0%

sound quality is superb

"sound quality is superb"
88.0%

works great

"even dsee hx works great for the most part filling in data and doing a decent job"
88.0%

superb sound quality

"i sold my old beats studios for these and i'm so glad i did superb sound quality with great sound cancelling features even the headphone app works well my only gripe is the range for wireless my old beats worked up the garden when my phone was in the lounge the sony break up when i get by the back door or go upstairs but this is only a very minor gripe as being fussy"
87.7%

wonderfully silent

"i tested it by blasting the tv on loudly during an episode of top gear jeremy clarkson’s voice was rendered wonderfully silent"
87.2%

really great

"you can also assign your preferred voice assistant whether it be alexa or google and both work flawlessly noise cancelling is stunning as is the sound quality wireless range is amazing with no connectivity dropouts no voice sync lag when watching videos and they also come in a really great carrying case"
86.7%

less expensive

"i was super glad to get these during black friday week so they were slightly less expensive than full price"
85.7%

favourite song

"my favourite setting is the concert mode making it feel like you are listening to your favourite song at a concert live"
85.6%

clearly superior

"versus a previous generation sennheiser momentum and akg k 550 the sony are clearly superior"
85.4%

expose shortcomings

"on remastered tracks you will simply hear detail that wasn't audible before on older recordings the cans will expose shortcomings but therein lies their accuracy"
85.0%

remarkable expansion

"furthermore the sound quality is phenomenal i listen to music all the time and could tell there was a remarkable expansion over my in ear headphones from sony"
84.9%

very sturdy

"overall i'd say that these headphones are musically excellent with the vast majority of music 8 10 very sturdy and fairly conformable 8 10 and seriously unbelievably good in the noise cancelling department 10 10 "
75.0%

pretty comprehensive

"phone app previous mentioned is pretty comprehensive allowing you to tweak settings including sound effects"
75.0%

positive aspects

"plenty of reviews with the positive aspects so i'll just list the reasons of why i returned these headphones in order of importance to me"
75.0%

fidelity codecs

"on preset eq sound quality is good and high fidelity codecs are supported 3"
75.0%

reasonably feasible

"i did look to replace the earpads with better quality ones but this didn't seem reasonably feasible sony's ear pad connections "
75.0%

fairly decent

"amazing noise cancellation sounds is decent albeit it slightly muddled with the hard hitting bass touch controls work well and the comfort was fairly decent"
75.0%

decent noise cancellation

"i wouldn't recommend these for home use where you don't need noise cancellation you can get better sound quality with many other headphones see b&o play for the best sound quality and decent noise cancellation "
75.0%

comfort 35ii

"better noise cancelling & much better sound than the bose quiet comfort 35ii"
75.0%

build quality

"build quality is great the headband and cups are very soft and the touch controls work very well once you get used to the positioning"
75.0%

prime importance

"i only use them when i'm flying long haul with ba so the noise cancellation is of prime importance"
75.0%

clean build

"discreet clean build and design"
75.0%

lower quality

"the case inside feels lower quality than you would expect for the price"
75.0%

sounds fantastic

"as for the sound quality when playing music i am no expert but my classical music sounds fantastic to me"
75.0%

lasting charge

"comfortable relatively lightweight & quick & long lasting charge"
75.0%

great feature

"it has the option to allow ambient sound too which is a great feature for when you want to hear around you at the same time as music podcasts etc the ios app is nicely created for managing software updates and configuring sound"
75.0%

great saving

"i finally bought these when they dropped to £260 which is a great saving from the initial price"
75.0%

lasts long

"battery lasts long and is quick to charge"
75.0%

more reliable

"reminds me of the over sensitive sky q remote which has now been updated to a more reliable one "
75.0%

sturdy build

"sturdy build"
75.0%

very sensitive

"this is a absolutely beautiful and brilliant headphones for noise cancelling and the beautiful sound when you want to enjoy it i really enjoyed used them the battery life is more than brilliant and the quality of the sound just perfect i have hard time to compare them with bose but i'm very happy my only issue is the touch control is very sensitive and i'm wondering how long will work and depending how you touch it instead of putting volume up or low you already changed the song maybe there is a new upgrade?"
75.0%

maximum comfort

"best money i've spent for maximum comfort"
75.0%

dedicated button

"the touch controls are very easy to use as well and having the dedicated button for anc means you don't need to use the app all the time"
75.0%

most useful

"a feature which i find the most useful is the right ear cup can be swiped with one finger to pause a track play next previous track and adjust the volume level without resorting to an array of fiddly buttons"
75.0%

good shout

"all in all being a first time sony headset product owner its a good shout of a headset for new wireless buyers!"
74.9%

provide comfort

"these headphones also provide comfort for hours brilliant sound and build quality all alongside superb battery life"
74.9%

comfort headphones

"i previously had bose quiet comfort headphones for several years but the "leather" protein leather bose call it parts started to break down in particular the ear cups and headband"
74.9%

awesome purchase

"awesome purchase recommended"
74.9%

sensitive controls

"'swiping gesture' touch sensitive controls are a bit hit and miss i would have preferred physical controls for track and volume although the single touch gestures for pause and 'temporary off' work ok"
74.9%

overall great

"the sound quality is overall great for me"
74.9%

enjoy bass

"finally the sound and in this i can say this headphones are really good if you enjoy bass"
74.9%

great cuts

"the noise cancelling is great cuts out engine and other noises"
74.9%

great solution

"seems a great solution for fitness instructors also"
74.9%

good looking

"they’re good looking and sound great"
74.9%

remarkably well

"noise cancelling works remarkably well really makes a huge difference on planes and trains"
74.9%

very intuitive

"music play by using gesture controls on the back of right cup it's very intuitive and easy to use"
74.9%

feature rich

"the product is well built and feature rich"
74.9%

beautiful case

"pack with features comfortable fit beautiful case but i’m sorry to say i had to send the headphones back for three reasons that they didn’t suit me personally"
74.9%

with features

"they are also beautiful and packed with features so the sony’s had a lot to live up to"
74.9%

sturdy feel

"build quality these headphones have a premium sturdy feel which is a fairly big achievement from sony considering plastic is the dominant material here"
74.9%

great quality

"bose headphones deliver great quality but lack seriously in the volume department there isn't a chance in hell i would invest my money in a pair of headphones more focussed on cancelling sound than actually producing it"
74.9%

refunded quickly

"i returned them next day & amazon refunded quickly nice one amazon"
74.9%

solid investment

"if the above doesn't cause concern it sure is a solid investment"
74.9%

good loud volume

"good loud volume and settings"
74.9%

helpful button

"if you finding this review helpful please click helpful button below and follow me for more reviews"
74.9%

look forward

"i commute everyday and travel quite a lot and i now look forward to watching all the chaos unfold from my bubble"
74.9%

pretty close

"by no means is it absolutely silent when on the tube but once your music is playing it’s pretty close!"
74.9%

more gentle

"maybe this would ease up with use the ones i tried on a shop certainly seemed more gentle in this respect"
74.9%

real knockout

"ok it's a sony so the good quality finish and well made carry case were as expected but the real knockout is the superb noise cancelling performance"
74.9%

excellent equalizer

"there is also an app which controls the sound noise cancellation and the sound optimisation as well as have an excellent equalizer"
74.9%

decent amount

"solution try them in store first and for a decent amount of time"
74.9%

blissful silence

"just turn on the noise cancelling and her dulcet tones just fade into pure blissful silence"
74.9%

comfort issues

"i've medium sized ears and suppose i must be pretty sensitive as i sold on my excellent oppo pm2 because of comfort issues but these sonys are seriously cramped and a heat magnet"
74.9%

great purchase

"another great purchase from sony and at least this time i got a hardcase instead of a soft case which is more reassurance when travelling"
74.8%

treat yourself

"i know they are very expensive but you have to treat yourself once"
74.8%

works properly

"the sound quality is great nothing to say especially when the noise cancelling function works properly"
74.8%

very excited

"after purchasing these headphones i was very excited about using them every review i read said they were the best on the market"
74.8%

comfortable bigger

"i also actually found the cn 700's a little more comfortable bigger softer pads and a little lighter"
74.8%

still great

"* sound quality is still great"
74.8%

good place

"sony's own forum is a good place to start"
74.8%

very frequent

"this didn't happen as often at the start but now it's become very frequent i actually regret spending so much money and purchasing these headphones"
74.8%

well built

"the headphones are well built & comfortable when worn for extended periods"
74.8%

system position

"surrounding system position of the sound and once tough google assistance work excellent"
74.8%

interact with

"the sound quality is brilliant the features it comes with as well as how well you can interact with it is phenomenal and overall i'm pleased with the purchase"
74.8%

best noise

"these are consistently rated the best noise cancelling headphones by a numbers of tech reviewers and i can see why"
74.8%

premium and solid

"in comparison the bose quiet comfort ii feel so much more premium and solid"
74.8%

good job sony

"good job sony"
74.8%

works really well

"you can even cover the right cup with the palm of your hand to essentially mute your headphones if someone is trying to talk to you and get your attention and it works really well"
74.8%

punchy bass

"the sound quality is amazing clear sounds and deep punchy bass without affecting the trebles the design and feel of them is great"
74.8%

good and high

"on preset eq sound quality is good and high fidelity codecs are supported 3"
74.8%

quality and comfort

"moved from some bludio to these and boy oh boy what a step change in sound quality and comfort"
74.8%

well justified

"well i guess the praise was well justified"
74.8%

ryanair flight

"taken on a ryanair flight with kids everywhere and adults talking all turned to silence at the press of a button"
74.7%

longhaul flight

"looking forward to using these soon on a longhaul flight"
74.7%

transatlantic flight

"tried these for the first time on a transatlantic flight and they were amazing"
74.7%

really useful

"the app on iphone is really useful"
74.7%

full price

"i was super glad to get these during black friday week so they were slightly less expensive than full price"
74.7%

champagne colour

"really glad i bought the sony as well very chic design and colour champagne colour with the swipe finger control over the ear piece brilliant comes with a cable for normal headphone plug ins as well as bluetooth"
74.7%

much cheaper

"i have much cheaper wired headphones that sound a lot better"
74.7%

vibrant base

"sound quality detailed and good vibrant base just really nice very comfortable battery is great and the quick charge is awesome if you have forgotten to charge up best in 49 years so far well done sony superb job"
74.7%

good match

"but to my ears they collapsed the soundstage significantly and for some of the genres i favor it was not a good match"
74.7%

came up trumps

"i got these as a present to myself for christmas i'd been promising myself a new set of headphones all year and did lots of research into what might be the best option and once again sony came up trumps with their technology"
74.7%

been happy

"i would have been happy without the wireless and the noise reduction because it would have made them lighter and cheaper"
74.7%

amazing battery loads

"amazing battery loads of features great noise cancelling great sound and comfortable to wear"
74.7%

good looks

"the transport carrier is good looks nice and i appreciate the extra connectivity for planes"
74.7%

pretty smart

"the app is pretty smart but you don’t need it it has a pretty smart feature which will allow certain kinds of noise through the noise cancellation depending on what you are doing for example if sitting still it’s on maximum but if you are walking it detects this and allows certain frequencies that might be useful to hear such as cars as you walk around"
74.7%
...

absolutely brilliant in both products

"love the earbuds had a small issue and the anker support was absolutely brilliant"
100.0%

truly excellent in both products

"considering how much premium brands go for these are truly excellent value for money"
100.0%

excellent product in both products

"excellent product with excellent sound quality"
100.0%

very pleased in both products

"very pleased!"
100.0%

excellent sound quality in both products

"excellent product with excellent sound quality"
100.0%

absolutely fantastic in both products

"furthermore as these are my first proper wireless pair of earbuds i have found having the charging case to be absolutely fantastic and incredibly useful offering an apparent 30+ hours of additional charging"
99.9%

great battery in both products

"these sound great have great battery and most importantly for me they have a rock solid connection to my phone"
99.8%

superb sound in both products

"superb sound with a firm warm bass"
99.8%

excellent sound in both products

"very comfy don’t fall out and excellent sound"
99.4%

really good in both products

"the battery life of the headphones is really good but with the charging case i don't need to think about charging these unless i have going on a long journey or the weekly top up to keep it going"
99.3%

absolutely amazing in both products

"i’m gonna preempt your questions: bass isn’t very good but it’s okay fit is very good for me but they do fall out of you run more than a few metres or you’ve just showered battery life is absolutely amazing"
99.0%

works perfectly in both products

"the replacement works perfectly as intended the sound is good for all music types and is great for listening to podcasts and talking on the phone"
98.6%

good perfect in both products

"fit snugly in the ear so the passive noise reduction is good perfect for the gym and tube"
98.3%

very satisfied in both products

"very satisfied!"
91.8%

quality excellent in both products

"build quality excellent one thing that it's missing"
89.7%

look great in both products

"they look great"
75.0%

works well in both products

"earphones: pros great deep and rich sound they turn automatically on once put outside and off once put inside of the case waterproof can use in the shower sleek and nice design works well with ios using one earphone is a massive advantage brilliant battery life"
75.0%

looks good in both products

"charging case looks good and is very handy"
75.0%

really well in both products

"they sound great for wireless earphones and block external sounds really well"
74.9%

very useful in both products

"can use the case to charge them round 40 hr time on the case so very useful would recommend and definitely buy again"
74.3%

well worth in both products

"in all in another great product from anker i've owned a few items of theirs over the years and well worth trying out if you're on the fence"
74.1%

quality is great

"quality is great"
100.0%

brilliant performance

"good quality brilliant performance"
100.0%

great perfect

"audio quality is great perfect for my use case listening to podcasts and spotify streams"
100.0%

excellent earbuds

"excellent earbuds for the money"
100.0%

excellent airpods

"excellent airpods i have owned apple b and o and beats and these are just as good that good i bought 2 more pairs for the kids"
100.0%

amazing comfy

"these are amazing comfy too had to change tips tho as i got little ears lol"
100.0%

brilliant product

"brilliant product for the money"
99.9%

really enjoyable

"this makes the listening experiences really enjoyable"
99.9%

connect perfectly

"it connect perfectly with my iphone 11 pro just open the box and boom connected i am"
99.9%

favourite assistant

"use on your favourite assistant either with one or both buds"
99.8%

amazing quality

"amazing quality for the price!"
99.8%

brilliant pair

"brilliant pair of ear buds recently bought my daughter some apple ones and these are equally as good if not better!"
99.8%

well rounded

"the sound is well rounded but if you spent double or triple the amount you may get better sound but these are very good for the price"
99.8%

superb pair

"for the money a superb pair of earphones"
99.6%

highly recommend

"highly recommend"
99.6%

incredibly attractive

"with it's attractive specifications and actual real life performance it's an incredibly attractive option for those looking for quality bluetooth 'true wireless' earphones without paying a premium price on some other options like apple's airpods or sony's wide range of bluetooth sets"
99.5%

sale excellent

"got them for £30 on sale excellent value!"
99.4%

extremely good

"very good extremely good for the price"
99.4%

good signals

"sound clarity on voice calls is really nice assuming you have good signals from your network provider"
99.3%

staggeringly good

"staggeringly good sound and long life between charges"
99.3%

really decent

"the earbuds themselves are really decent as described by multiple reviews"
98.6%

amazing product

"amazing product for a ultra low price"
98.5%

nice packaging

"nice packaging"
97.2%

great sound

"great sound"
96.8%

brilliant headphones

"brilliant headphones with a phenomenal battery life great sound quality quick pairing and a nice case too"
96.7%

best electronic products

"one of the best electronic products i've ever purchased"
96.1%

amazing piece

"amazing piece of equipment best headphones i've ever owned"
95.0%

excellent bass

"when listening to music they have excellent bass and a good soundstage"
94.4%

well made and great

"just what i was looking for well made and great sounds excellent price"
93.3%

sound is excellent

"when you get the right fit the noise cancelling is very good and the sound is excellent"
93.1%

earbuds are brilliant

"in both of these scenarios the earbuds are brilliant"
93.1%

battery life is brilliant

"connect so quickly and battery life is brilliant"
93.0%

exceptional value

"excellent quality for exceptional value"
92.1%

your perfect

"a number of different size buds are included which means you can find your perfect fit i had to change mine from the ones originally on the ear buds which has made a massive difference in terms of comfort fit and sound quality"
91.9%

very smart

"look very smart and stayed in even when i'm in the gym"
91.7%

battery life is great

"wow the quality is fantastic i am over the moon with them and the battery life is great"
91.7%

battery life is excellent

"the battery life is excellent it lasts 7 hours easily i use them all day at work without the battery dying and the charging case recharges this around 4 times which works a treat and they recharge quite quickly in the case"
91.7%

charge time is great

"no issues with sound quality not that i'm fussy and the charge time is great"
91.7%

amazing sound quality

"was a bit hesitant in buying these as i had just sent back another set from a different manufacturer due to poor quality but i’m very pleased i did get these as they’re fantastic great selection of rubber gromits to get the perfect fit and amazing sound quality"
91.4%

works a treat

"the battery life is excellent it lasts 7 hours easily i use them all day at work without the battery dying and the charging case recharges this around 4 times which works a treat and they recharge quite quickly in the case"
90.9%

sound quality is great

"the new earbuds work perfectly and the sound quality is great"
90.7%

great in ear buds

"great in ear buds i bought these based on the quality of the anker bluetooth speaker that i have and i am really impressed with the quality"
90.6%

great company

"anker is a great company i have a lot of products from them and i was always satisfied"
90.4%

really impressive

"excellent ear pods the sound quality is really impressive and noise cancellation is very good comfortable to wear and really good value for money i have already recommended these to my family and friends"
89.9%

flawlessly powerport

"i have a number of other anker products which all work flawlessly powerport speedplus duo powerwave 7"
89.7%

excellent little ear buds

"excellent little ear buds great quality and good fit in the ears"
89.5%

amazing for the price

"sound quality is amazing for the price"
89.2%

pleased and happy

"i am very pleased and happy with my wireless bose headphones they took literally seconds to connect to my iphone and i could play my music and make calls"
89.2%

good soundstage

"when listening to music they have excellent bass and a good soundstage"
88.8%

comfortable and great

"mind blowing sound deep bass extremely comfortable and great battery life"
88.6%

case is brilliant

"battery life is incredible and the charging carry case is brilliant and robust providing great protection"
88.6%

work brilliantly

"they even work brilliantly on phone calls"
88.5%

absolute bargain

"i would definitely recommend these earphones to anyone and they are an absolute bargain at their price especially when compared with something like the apple air pods"
88.4%

perfect especially

"the fit is perfect especially for my small ears which is usually a problem with other earbuds and they actually feel right as they don't hurt my ears"
88.4%

these are great

"these are great!"
88.4%

hearing me properly

"update 19 01 20 people have trouble hearing me properly"
88.3%

excellent ear pods

"excellent ear pods the sound quality is really impressive and noise cancellation is very good comfortable to wear and really good value for money i have already recommended these to my family and friends"
88.3%

best fitting tips

"excellent noise isolation once you have the best fitting tips selected good range and sound quality"
88.3%

great cheers

"edit 2: after editing my review anker very kindly upgraded me to their newer model which work great cheers anker"
88.0%

great earpods

"great earpods use the daily mainly at my desk and in bed and they are great!"
88.0%

great compatibility

"i have a oneplus 7 and these buds have great compatibility"
88.0%

great earbuds

"great earbuds for the price"
88.0%

pairing earphones

"there was no issue pairing earphones with my oneplus"
86.6%

agree these

"a with colleague recommended these to me given she had 3 pairs and i have to agree these are great the sound quality is great"
75.0%

fairly quickly

"the buds magnetically snap into the case which is a nice touch and connect fairly quickly"
75.0%

great deal

"due to the price point i wasn't expecting a great deal with regards to the sound quality however these are honestly well worth the money"
75.0%

good price

"these are such a good price for what you get!"
75.0%

decent base

"the sound is well balanced nice and clear with decent base without it over powering the audio"
75.0%

good hearing

"if you have 100% good hearing like me then you will require the volume to be turned all the way up"
75.0%

decent case

"decent case and overall nice things"
75.0%

great price

"nice bass good sound quality and a great price too"
75.0%

decent quality

"decent quality for the price"
75.0%

nice looking

"pros very reasonable price decent sound quality battery lasts forever nice looking and not big at all easy to connect cons stick way to deep in the ear almost touching ear drum only decent sound quaility not perfect one randomly gets louder than the other probs bluetooth range not enough more hassle than wired conclusion they're great if you are trying to keep with the times but honestly there is nothing wrong with wired headphones to whoever reads this i would honestly just get some decent wired headphones spend a littler mor for beyter ones"
75.0%

good points

"good points good deep sound battery life fit good build quality they feel solid"
75.0%

galaxy buds

"after consulting with a colleague at work who has the samsung galaxy buds he mentioned that his buds microphone are not great at all and eventually 3 out of 10 calls he needs to take them out"
75.0%

very handy

"charging case looks good and is very handy"
75.0%

love these

"love these!"
75.0%

favorite songs

"after wearing these for 5 hours i could genuinely forge they are there and experience my favorite songs as if i heard them a new the high notes and bass is perfect!"
75.0%

wireless buds

"these are a great set of wireless buds"
75.0%

outdoor loud environment

"+very good battery life +sound quality ok not enough noise isolation cancellation microphones not good enough for the outdoor loud environment"
75.0%

comfortable light

"very comfortable light and easy to wear"
75.0%

looks smart

"the design is sleek and looks smart"
75.0%

seamless pairing

"seamless pairing across a number of different devices iphone ipad pc "
74.9%

decent product

"as always with anker you know you will be getting a decent product and great customer service"
74.9%

punchy bottoms

"punchy bottoms and fairly good highs with enough detail in the mids to keep me interest"
74.9%

decent battery

"quality sound decent battery and distance from device with little interference"
74.9%

great value

"fantastic quality and great value for money"
74.9%

loves these

"daughter loves these and they are significantly cheaper than ipods"
74.9%

well presented

"the earbuds seem fairly well made and well presented"
74.9%

reasonably reliable

"great headphones really comfortable and bluetooth use reasonably reliable"
74.9%

premium price

"with it's attractive specifications and actual real life performance it's an incredibly attractive option for those looking for quality bluetooth 'true wireless' earphones without paying a premium price on some other options like apple's airpods or sony's wide range of bluetooth sets"
74.9%

suitable alternative

"personally i found these to be lacking in the requirements i have but once speaking with the anker sound core team they addressed my issues with a suitable alternative"
74.9%

beloved songs

"sound quality is outrageously good compared to my old panasonic headphones i'm noticing whole new parts in beloved songs!"
74.9%

would happily

"would happily recommend"
74.9%

great alternative

"i'm a big fan of sound quality along with noise cancelling and these were a great alternative to using my usual over ear sony headphones"
74.9%

recommended purchase

"very highly recommended purchase for anyone with android device"
74.9%

very nicely

"also they fit very nicely in the ears and don’t fall out and you get replacements just in case"
74.9%

recommended these

"excellent ear pods the sound quality is really impressive and noise cancellation is very good comfortable to wear and really good value for money i have already recommended these to my family and friends"
74.9%

quality feeling

"all elements have a quality feeling"
74.8%

comfortable look

"great quality comfortable look good and the battery life is unreal!"
74.8%

recommend these

"i would recommend these in a heartbeat"
74.8%

looks great

"also the case is so smooth which looks great but it’s guaranteed to slip your grip if you’re not careful"
74.8%

massive buds

"the battery life is fantastic the form factor is nice and small when you compare to some of the massive buds that you see out and about and the sound is surprisingly good"
74.8%

very quickly

"they pair with my google pixel 2 xl very quickly without much delay all you need to do it pull out a headphone and by the time it is inserted in the ear and the battery level confirmation is completed its paired with the phone"
74.8%

these buds

"i have a top range bose qc700 and these buds outshine bose in detail !"
74.8%

fairly well

"the earbuds stay in my ears fairly well"
74.8%

very comfortable

"the battery life on these are amazing and after my ears adjusted they’ve always proven to be very comfortable"
74.8%

price range

"i paid 35 quid for these and for that price range these are an excellent buy"
74.8%

could genuinely

"after wearing these for 5 hours i could genuinely forge they are there and experience my favorite songs as if i heard them a new the high notes and bass is perfect!"
74.7%

very comfy

"very comfy don’t fall out and excellent sound"
74.7%

clear instructions

"took me seconds to set up with the crystal clear instructions provided"
74.7%

nice design

"earphones: pros great deep and rich sound they turn automatically on once put outside and off once put inside of the case waterproof can use in the shower sleek and nice design works well with ios using one earphone is a massive advantage brilliant battery life"
74.7%

would throughly

"very pleased with my purchase and would throughly recommend!"
74.7%

significantly cheaper

"daughter loves these and they are significantly cheaper than ipods"
74.7%

great amount

"when carrying the headphones with the charging pouch the headphones last a great amount of time"
74.7%

price value

"very good for the price value for money and the quality you expect from anker products"
74.7%

improved dramatically

"the sound quality has improved dramatically indeed but the sound should have been good straight away battery life"
74.7%

five stars

"i would give them five stars if they wasnt so prone to falling out of my ears"
74.7%

integrated battery

"i love the case which they sit in and charge from the integrated battery"
74.7%

changeable buds

"great sound quality comfortable fit with changeable buds for different sizes compact storage charging case"
74.6%

fairly high

"but my bar is set fairly high got a pair of sony over ear cans that are in my opinion amazing "
74.6%

really comfortable

"fantastic battery great sound really comfortable"
74.6%

very smooth

"sounds great bass good connection very smooth fit well and comfy calls work well waterproof"
74.6%

blown away

"i'm blown away by the sound quality look fit and ease of setting up especially at this price"
74.6%

additional buds

"the 5 additional buds are a nice touch and fit my ears perfectly"
74.6%

works fine

"on network calls it works fine not more than fine"
74.6%

best value

"everything is amazing and honestly the best value you will get for this money"
74.5%

perfectly comfortable

"this is perfectly comfortable but the stock tips by necessity are quite short and snub again in principle no issue"
74.5%

just perfect

"i was a little disappointed with sound quality vs the old soundbuds flow but sound quality is still good and everything else about them is just perfect"
74.5%

quality products

"quality products and excellent customer service"
74.5%

good enough

"they sit stable in your ear and are good enough for a jog or a bike ride in my case"
74.5%

amazing price

"firstly its anker so you know you're guaranteed an amazing product at an amazing price with quality aftercare"
74.5%

music sound good

"nice sound for the price the music sound good the bass is missing maybe becose i lesson music on youtube but i’m happy and i definitely recommend!"
74.5%

sound amazing

"great battery life great sound amazing fit would have liked them to talk to an app like some of the other anker wireless products though"
74.5%

sounds good

"earbuds connect easily look good and sounds good"
74.4%

excellent value

"excellent value for money"
74.4%

will probably

"overall for the price a good buy but i will probably be saving up for a pair with better sound quality"
74.4%

pretty good

"that said it's actually pretty good but perhaps this depends on the fit which will be different for everyone"
74.4%

worked perfectly

"i switched them over and they worked perfectly"
74.4%

amazing value

"they don’t rival the airpods pro but for £40 they are amazing value!"
74.4%

solid base

"solid base too"
74.4%

extra 20 quid

"but if you are willing an extra 20 quid there are better alternatives right now"
74.4%

very easily

"they paired very easily to my iphone xr and the instructions were straightforward"
74.4%

utterly amazing

"soundcore customer service is utterly amazing"
74.3%

added bonus

"the 5 different size options for the ear piece is also an added bonus"
74.3%

significant amount

"the sound quality is brilliant and while they have no active noise cancelling like larger headphones they really do mute out a significant amount of external noise when fitted with the right buds"
74.3%

pleasantly surprised

"i pleasantly surprised considering how much cheaper than iphones they were"
74.3%

seems good

"battery life seems good and the claims are generally better than the rest which swayed me"
74.3%

absolute steal

"overall build quality sound quality design and value for money make these headphones an absolute steal!"
74.3%

good value

"good value worth the money"
74.3%

simple and easy

"these wireless headphones are simple and easy to use with very good sound quality"
74.2%

quality product

"look and feel like a quality product"
74.2%

fairly happy

"she is fairly happy with her's she likes to use just one earpiece while at work and is super happy to not have a cord hanging down"
74.2%

recommended them

"only just got them a matter of minutes ago and they seem awesome a friend recommended them to me"
74.2%

really nice

"case is really nice matt finish should hold up better than shiny good quality magnet and hinge buds drop into their spaces with locating magnets and auto charge"
74.2%

good stuff

"good stuff"
74.2%

perfectly well

"it works perfectly well"
74.2%

feels premium

"looks good and feels premium"
74.1%

total bargain

"very good quality and sound total bargain when you factor in the price"
74.1%

good battery

"great earphones good sound cheap good battery!"
74.1%

beats wireless

"the profile is much better for wind noise than the bose soundsport and power beats wireless"
74.1%

good highs

"punchy bottoms and fairly good highs with enough detail in the mids to keep me interest"
74.1%

right buds

"the sound quality is brilliant and while they have no active noise cancelling like larger headphones they really do mute out a significant amount of external noise when fitted with the right buds"
74.1%

liberty neo buds

"requested return from amazon & anker got in touch and sent me a set of liberty neo buds instead which are much better fit well good sound isolation & most of all no connection or interference issues"
74.1%

music quality

"fantastic for the price music quality better than ipods to me"
74.1%

good purchase

"a good purchase"
74.0%

with quality aftercare

"firstly its anker so you know you're guaranteed an amazing product at an amazing price with quality aftercare"
74.0%

very reasonable

"as been on road for most of my day time soundcore is really is best in very reasonable price"
74.0%

crystal clear

"crystal clear and well balanced"
74.0%

extremely helpful

"connecting to honor 20 phone anker have been extremely helpful in resolving the issues i was facing"
74.0%

sound great

"these sound great have great battery and most importantly for me they have a rock solid connection to my phone"
74.0%

very happy

"i am very happy with this product and cannot fathom paying 7 8 times the price for a top brand"
74.0%
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11.9% 70.3% 17.8%
  neutral 70.3%
  worry 14.8%
  happiness 8.5%
  sadness 2.2%
  relief 2.0%
  fun 1.1%
  hate 0.9%
  love 0.4%
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37.6% 33.3% 29.1%
  neutral 33.3%
  worry 22.1%
  happiness 21.8%
  relief 6.1%
  sadness 5.2%
  fun 4.5%
  love 2.9%
  hate 1.4%
  surprise 0.9%
  joy 0.7%
  enthusiasm 0.7%
  fear 0.2%
  anger 0.2%

* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-12-15