Customer Ratings & Reviews

After less than a year the right earbud stopped working and stopped charging.

I was extremely excited about these headphones. Unfortunately, that excitement was short lived... 20 mins to be exact. The sound volume was underwhelming. Definitely not worth $300. I returned them within an hour of purchasing them.

Poor sound quality during communication. Too much noise in the background.

This product was not all good warning before you spend think twice

These ear buds did not work for me at all!! I dont know if my ears were to big, or the wrong shape! But I returned them the same day I got them. They may work just fine for other people, but for "me" no bueno...

Hearing problems complaints from the person on the other ens

As bose customer, I don't really enjoy my head phone. To me it worth the price.

hard to set up the app and the watch to phone heard to control sound

Don't buy, 1- bad microphone right away, 2- after a year the right earphone stopped charging,

Sound is not good for the price. Very disappointed.

Bose Open Earbuds Ultra are what Bose self describes as “Earbuds Reimagined.” It’s definitely varies from the current trend of earbuds. The earbuds do not actually go inside of your ear canal. So this means you can hear the outside world and noise cancellation is not a feature. These are not going to be earbuds that you’ll want to wear on an airplane or maybe at the gym. I wore them for about 3 days while cleaning and hanging out at home. They worked great for that purpose. The question you need to ask yourself before purchasing these is this: Do you want to be cut off from the world while listening to your music, podcast, etc. or to do like the idea of your music commingling with your everyday activities? The main pro of the Open Earbuds Ultra is that the sound quality is terrific which is to be expected from Bose. This should be the main thing when considering any kind of headphones and Bose delivers as always. It will take a moment to get use to the earbuds not being inside your ears. You can still hear all the highs, lows, bass and it sounds amazing. Again, a lot of your listening experience will come from how much noise there is in the background. Music will get drowned out if you’re in a noisy environment. Something else to keep in mind is that if you play music loud, others will be able to hear it. My daughter said she could hear my music when I turned my volume up to 70%. If The comfort of wearing the earbuds is both a pro and con to me. It actually feels better to me to not have earbuds inserted in your ear canal. Sometimes I feel like there’s pressure from wearing something like AirPods. Having the speakers sit right by your ear feels great. However the trade off is that the earbuds have to clip onto your ears which I didn’t find the most comfortable. I didn’t like the feeling of having something clamped to my ears even thought they were incredibly secure, more so than other earbuds. Another negative I have with the Open Earbuds Ultra is that I am not a fan of how they look aesthetically. This is a personal preference but I didn’t like the way it looked when I was wearing them. Others opinions will differ. I didn’t like the volume control either on the earbuds. It felt like it jumped too much when I wanted to volume higher or too low when I wanted it lowered. I ended up just using my phone to control volume. I really like these earbuds. I plan on using them around the house when I’m in a quieter environment. I do actually like the feeling of not having buds inserted into my ear. As I stated earlier, your intended use will really determine if these headphone will be an appropriate purchase for you. If you want to use while traveling, at the gym or have noise cancellation then buy a different set of Bose headphones. If you want to have the music integrated into your life but not feel like you’re completely cut off then I would highly recommend giving the Bose Open Earbuds Ultra a try.

If you plan to use these earbuds to make phone calls, you should look for different one. Too much noise while talking. We returned it.

Not good for people with small ears. Had a hard time putting then on and ended up returning them within minutes of trying them.

you hear everything around you. I don't like how they are designed; it feels like the earbuds are going to fall.

Dont at all try to use them to talk on the phone. You can barely hear anything. Sound quality when listening to music is just ok, connecting to an iphone messes up constantly

This review is for the new Bose Open Earbuds Ultras. And just like all my other Bose devices these just feel like high end earbuds. I’ve only had them a few days but you can tell from the build quality they were made to last. They have very good sound quality. But the bass just isn’t the same as in ear earbuds or over the ear headphones. They use the same easy to use app as my other Bose headphones, so if you already have Bose stuff you don’t need a new app. So far the battery life has been great. I haven’t had to charge the case once yet. Using them a few hours each day and then keeping them in the case they have stayed charged the whole time I’ve had them. The new fit did take me a little while to get use to. But on the flip side you can hear what’s going on around you very well. So when out running/biking I can hear cars or trucks coming up from behind me. As to where I can’t at all with my other in ear earbuds. Also phone calls went very good. No one I talked with could tell I wasn’t just using my phones mic and speakers. All in all if you’re in the market for a new set of ear buds you should give these Bose open earbuds a try.

The sound quality is awful. Did not meet my expectations.

Could not really hear the other person and they could not her me

This item didn't even last me a year! I highly do not recommend it

So I started out with Sennheiser Momentum True 3 earbuds. They irritated my ears so I returned them. Thinking that all in ear earbuds are not all the same I went out on a limb and purchased The BOSE Quiet Comfort II's and the same thing they irritated me but because I didn't know about the open ear category at the time I kept them living with the discomfort thinking that this is as good as is gets. Enter this new category of open ear head phones that I discovered. Hmmm these might be good to look into. So now as a experienced consumer I set up some criteria for open ear head phones and I wanted all the boxes that were important to me to be checked or I would take a pass: * They have to comfortable and not hurt my ears. CHECK * They have to be lightweight and not bulky like all the other open air head phones. CHECK * They must sound good realizing they won't sound as good as in ear head phones CHECK * They must be comfortable in bed when I lay on my side. These are the FIRST headphones I can wear to bed and fall asleep to music while wearing them. With all the others it's like wearing a light bulb sticking in your ear when I lay on my side. BIG CHECK * Noise cancellation wasn't important to me because I have both BOSE N700 and Sennheiser Momentum 4 over the ear head phones for noise cancellation when I'm mowing the lawn or on an airplane. CHECK While I would like these to be more affordable they check all the boxes for me and that's why I bought them. While the other open ear specs are better. I don't listen to specs. I listen to music and I think they sound great! David