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These are the strangest earbuds I ever tried. How do they even go in/on your ears? Do they sound good? Are they secure and comfortable?

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ADDITIONAL REVIEW NOTES:
These are the newest earbuds from Bose, but of the hundreds of earbuds I tested, I have never seen anything like these. I mean when I opened the box, I didn’t even know how to put them in my ears. I had so many questions with these. How do you wear them? Are they secure? Are they actually comfortable? Do they have ANC? What do they sound like?

So these are the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Open earbuds. The name tells us a lot about these earbuds. I want to go over these in order of the questions I had and maybe you have as well.

Let’s start off with Question #1 How do they go in your ears? (design tour)

Aesthetics

#2 Comfort: I could definitely wear these all day - longer than other buds. They never get hot, and never cause ear canal fatigue. You forget they are there


#3: Are they secure?
I ran with these and never adjusted them

You may need to adjust them at first to get the sound right…

#4 Do they sound good?

Volume is surprisingly good. Open buds like this typically need to be cranked, but I like these and often listen below 50%. Sometimes even lower - probably healthier for your ears unless you are in loud environments

Snapdragon Sound should give you the high resolution codecs we like

Large 12mm drivers
Clear, focused, clean bass that is not head shaking and thumpy, but still delivers. Much better than most other open earbuds honestly

Does not quite sound like the audio is in the room with you, but also not in your head like most buds. It is somewhere in between and I really like it

Immersion mode (spatial audio)
Typically I hate this
Very well executed here. Hearing your surroundings adds to it imo. It is quite convincing. I heard a siren in the background of a song and I looked over my left shoulder. I was shocked at how convincing this was

The drawback - the isolation is obviously weak. Loud sounds in your surroundings impact your experience.


SOUND LEAK TEST
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Do they have ANC?

Mic test

How do you control them?
Buttons are simple and satisfying
Reliable when working out with wet hands, or in the cold
Customizable press and hold function (show the app)

Battery life
7.5 hrs / 27 hrs (about half that with immersive audio on)
Are they durable?
IP rating = IPX4

Auto play/payse =
2 colors = black and white smoke
Aesthetics? - kind of look like regular buds or an earring
Case design
Wireless charging = nope
Mono mode = ?
Bluetooth 5.3
Multipoint connectivity = not really

PROS
Great for biking when you need to hear surroundings but
Spatial audio works even better in my opinion. Almost too good
No cleaning necessary
Hygenic for sharing
Ears never get hot
No interference with most glasses and jewelry, also easily repositionable
90 day warranty encourages anyone to test these out

CONS
They obviously don’t block any surrounding sound
No wireless charging
Requires two hands to put in your ears - right?
Price - they are $299