Customer Ratings & Reviews

These headphones are way too expensive, however very much worth it if you are willing to splurge. The noise cancelling feature is great!

amazing sound quality. absolutely the most comfortable pair of earphone I have ever worn.

Replaced my QC15 with these. These QC20's are GREAT!! Having such a great run with my QC15's, I decided to purchase these only due to the size and my desire to carry a smaller carry-on thanks to my dear airline friends..... My QC15's are still rocking after 5+ years, and I am not letting them go. I am using these QC20's on planes all of the time, and cannot tell the noise cancelling difference between these and the QC15's. Highly recommend, you will not be sorry.

These Bose 20 Headphones are excellent for travel as they fit in a small case. The Noise Cancelling is really good especially on airplanes. Battery life is good as well. I can use them with my cell phone as it has a built in speaker. They also are very comfortable to wear, no pressure on the ears.

For such a small earbud, it does a great job at noise cancellation. They are also much more comfortable than the over-ear headphones. These are so much easier to travel with because of the small size as well.

A few weeks ago I was looking to upgrade from my old LG bluetooth headset. I was looking at these earphones and was reading reviews, watching YouTube videos, googling all information about them as I could find before buying them. I needed noise canceling to not hear the world around me at all, wired cause wireless/ bluetooth makes audio sound a bit worse, aware mode incase I wanted to hear cars, horns, emergency when walking on street. I found these and kept reading. I decided to buy them cause I have a 30 day return and ended up loving them. 1. They're comfortable 2. Yes, the box is weird to get used to but when in the pocket, it's like it's not there. 3. The noise canceling is in the top, love it. I can't hear anything but my audio unless I turn on the aware mode. 4. The case fits in the pocket like a wallet. 5. Price... it's fair. For those kinds of earphones, I'd pay the same again. I own two Bose bluetooth stereo speaker mini (original version) and love their company!

I travel a lot for work, and I travel light. These earbuds are simple, compact and work amazingly well. I was a bit leery about the comfort of the earbuds on long trips, but seemed to do just fine. The lack of wireless option would be the only drawback for me, but i sacrificed that fro extreme portability. But performance wise, they work awesome.

This product is so comfortable that you dont even know that you are wearing them except that the world just turned into a silent film. The audio quality is good with moderate bass. My only con is that the battery pack at the end of the wire is hard to pocket sometimes with tighter pants.

Used to use the over the ear model but this one does a great job while flying and it's very compact.

Amazing Sound, Amazing Active Noise Cancellation, Amazing Bass/Mids/Highs.

I got these for the plane and they really work. They are also comfortable.

Very comfortable to wear. Noise cancellation works great. These are my second pair.

Great sound. Awesome at canceling noise. Compact and great fit in ears.

The noise cancellation works as advertised. I love it for all my trips. I normally prefer the over-ear variety, but these are great because they are so comfortable, and easy to pack. I don't regret getting these over the bulkier over-ear headphones.

These headphones do a very good job at blocking the loud background noise when I ride the train to work. It's amazing to turn them on hear the noise level around me drop dramatically. I don't have to turn the volume up nearly as loud as I do with other headphones. They don't block conversation noise nearly as well as background noise. They also don't work very well when it's windy outside. Overall, I think they work very well for their intended purpose.

Blocks noise and has great sound. Compact to travel with.

Great for in flight entertainment and very comfortable they dont fall out like other. Pretty expensive for what they are, a wired head set

I spend lots of time on planes so I wanted an in-ear, noise-canceling headphone. Additionally, I wanted a pair of quality in-ear headphones to listen to music while snowboarding so I thought I'd give these a try. These fit well and are comfortable for long periods of time (I've worn them continuously for 3+ hours) and stay put during activities. The noise canceling is excellent and sound quality is good, though they don't have enough bass or volume for my tastes. The sound canceling electronics box is large (about the size of a newer generation iPod Nano) and needs to be charged with a separate cable. Mine transmit a very annoying clicking sound when first starting up that eventually goes away after I push various control buttons numerous times. Overall, these are OK: comfortable, great noise canceling but they are awkward, bulky and not loud enough.

I purchased these on the recommendation of several of my co-workers, as we all travel frequently, and have dealt with noisy or distracting airport terminals and planes. They were worth every penny. They come with a nice, 3x5x1 1/2 inch, zip-close carrying case, that fits the headset itself, the charging cord, and two extra sets of flexible ear inserts--perfect for travel. My sole complaint is that the case itself has the Bose logo in clear grey on the outside of it, which made me worry that they would be easy targets for theft (the logo is also much more subtly marked on the zipper tag, so I'd have preferred that be all). The set itself has an inline volume control and mute/pause, and a clip to attach to your clothing with an overall length of 4-4 1/2 feet, so plenty of room to tuck into a pocket while moving, or to move around if your device is sitting nearby. After purchasing them, I tested them at home, by having my son ring the doorbell and letting my 4 large dogs bark. Without the noise dampening, I could hear them; once I turned the noise dampening on, wow! Almost completely gone, even sitting 4 feet away from the front door where they were barking and at the same volume. We then traded, and my son tested them the same way, then with me clapping 1 foot in front of him, yelling and banging on a pan in the kitchen. We took them outside, as the LifeFlight helicopter went over the house, and as emergency sirens were sounding nearby. My son wore them as we drove across town to a birthday party amid honking horns and traffic noise. Again, each time, the background noise suppression was fantastic. During my next travel, I had a family of 3 crying, toddler age children sitting behind me on the plane-- turned on noise suppression, and not only did that disappear, so did the noise of the plane itself. I used them in the hotel, and they blocked out the noisy people above and outside the door. I highly recommend these in noisy circumstances as a result, and issue only this word of caution-- these are Not the earbuds I would recommend for working out out-of-doors or while driving, as they will completely block out the noise of other people or animals approaching, sirens, and honking. Well worth the money.

I had never used the Bose noise-cancelling earbuds or headphones because of the cost. I have a co-worker who is very loud and so I thought I'd give them a try. Incredible. I use the earbuds because I wear eyeglasses and these are comfortable and do the trick. I hear virtually no outside noise.