A:Answer Skybuds are better at noise reduction than my wired Bose noise canceling buds.
When Skybuds came out, I was an early adopter and wrote in that the only problem was that when you had them on, you couldn't hear when someone came up to talk to you.
Now, they have a pass-through function that allows you to hear people when you pause music, or if you press a button on your phone.
The passive noise isolation is amazing!