Bose Ultra Open Bluetooth Earbuds, True Wireless Earbuds with OpenAudio for Awareness, Clip On Design for Comfort, Immersive Audio, Up to 48 Hrs of Playtime, White Smoke

Usually I say they are good for what it’s worth. In this case, for what I paid for them, they are not worth it.Pro’s: the ear clip/cuff design is different and good, the fit is pretty secure and won’t fall off, comfortable, immersive sound is a plus, turning off the immersive sound and they last longer between charges. When running I hardly noticed I had them on my ears. The sound was good when I was running. I noticed as I was running that the music got louder. I think it was because they settled onto my ear lobes and also I turned the automatic volume control.Cons: too expensive, can’t adjust to being closer to ear canal, left me wanting and expecting more from the ear cuff buds. They seem limited when turning them up to 7 or 8 on the flat setting. Should be priced around the sound core and shokz open fit buds price, maybe even pricing them lower like $125-$150 on the high end. For $300 they should have wireless charging, multi point connectivity. Most of all a larger and louder volume level. I’m returning them. My aftershockz aeropex bone conduction headphones do a better job and lasts my whole 10 hour workday without needing to be charged.Maybe another software update with automatic multipoint switching, adjust the eq curve to have more low end and not cap the bass when playing at a higher volume, and drop the price and they would an awesome product.Update 3/12/2024So I returned my first pair of ultra earbuds, and got a set of Shokz open fit earbuds. I tried those on for some time and really like how they performed overall. But somehow I started to miss the bose earbuds, and wanted to compare how they went up against the Shokz offering. The price is still steep, but I had an amazon gift card balance of $157 so I went ahead and bought the Bose to do the comparison.The fit was excellent as before, the sound is excellent, I registered them to get the two year nose warranty as I can see these being replaced sometime in September the future. The Shokz are really good and probably rank them as one of the best hook buds in the market. For me and my ears, the Bose and the Shokz are an excellent buy. They both are light and fitment is excellent, the sound is superb, the call quality I give to Shokz, the update happened to both and somehow the call quality on the bose really improved. I still prefer the physical button over the touch sensitive approach that Shokz went with. I still like the Bose ear cuff design vs the earhook. So which do I prefer. Running and exercising-Bose without a doubt, mountain biking and any sport with a lot of wind noise-Shokz hands down.3/19/2024I started noticing the Bose ultra open buds starting to lose connection when putting them on. The right ear would get the connected prompts, but the left would not connect and when it does connect, it loses drops connection a couple of time more than connects and syncs up with the right ear. I’m going to request for a replacement pair. Overall, these are excellent buys if you have a gift card balance to buy down these buds. The Shokz were on sale so I returned my black pair and got the white pair. I had some Amazon credits and used those credits to buy the Shokz at much lower price.3/29/2024Bose pushed an update to the open ultras (version 1.10.4). The audio sounded clearer, the connection issue seems to have been resolved, I noticed while doing yard work that my Bose lasted approximately 5 hours on the immersion setting. No multipoint connectivity like the Shokz open fits have. Also, I saw that Bose released a wireless charging case on their website for $50. I decided to not get the wireless charging case because I was already used to the usb-c plug approach.

I always wanted earbuds that did not plug my canal but still sounded good. I cannot believe the sound quality on these buds. They sound just like if you were playing your phone speakers out loud but it’s private and in your own ears. There is sound leakage BUT only if you are directly ear to ear with someone else which will almost never happen.I’ve convinced 3 other people to use these earbuds now and all of them love the product. One loves the all day comfort, my brother loves it while running because he is aware of his surroundings, and all love it for the fit.Ive used airpods ever since they came out, and I got the airpods pro as well, but they do not come close to these earbuds. I always used the airpods pro in the transparent setting just so I can hear stuff happening around me, just in case. It got tiresome to pause music but then the silicone kinda jiggles a lil and now the feel is off. With these Ultra Opens, they practically disappear on my ears and I can wear them all day long.Also, other reviews may mention the microphone quality on these buds as really poor, but a firmware update was released and people tell me that it sounds just fine and its never been an issue, even with background sound happening.These have quickly become my favorite buds and as an entry into BOSE, I am excited to get their over ear headphones for travel (just because these guys cannot drown out an airplane engine!)

I've been interested in open-ear buds for some time and did actually try a few options, none of them worked out and returned. So when I saw this I was like "Wow this is different, and may actually work" and ordered right away.At first try it sounded thin and hollow but it didn't take long for me to realize that I've put it on backwards - the barrels stay outside, not inside. The comfort factor is 100%, you REALLY forget you have them on especially when you turn off music and forget about it until you touch your ears and realized you forgot to take them off - did happen to me once.Now it does not have all the bells and whistles like AirPods Pro - no ANC (obviously) no integration with your Macs and iPhones, no mute shortcuts, and bass is limited - but I don't mind it so much, I do use it with Bass boost EQ on. But the sound these put out is so balanced and musical, I just love them so much. Microphones seem to work fine, I haven't heard any complaints yet from Zoom callers though I haven't done any specific testing. I did try the spatial feature and I guess I liked it that you can "convert" any songs into surround but meh, haven't used the feature since.There was one night the buds were connected to my Mac and I was listening to music and I knew it was past bedtime but I just wanted to stay at my desk and keep listening... It never happened to me before. It sounds so natural and comforting that I can listen to it all day and more. Luckily it has enough battery life to literally last all day, esp. with immersion off. Makes me want to try other buds from Bose but I have spent enough on earbuds for a while so I'll have to wait.Which leads to the gripes. Yes I love the sound and fit but really wish it was $50-100 less, like others have mentioned, I'd gladly trade immersion feature for $50. Also sometimes I've noticed that one side loses connection and you have to reset it before getting it back. I'm monitoring it and make sure that it's not defective.And the case... I like it that it's small and discreet and can live with it not having wireless charging but it's cheap plastic case that does not look like there's $300 buds inside. Can't wait for a decent cover to pop up in Amazon.But so far to me, it's worth the price. Since I've gotten these, my AirPods pros are just collecting dust now, but I don't really use ANC that much anyway working from home. I like the uniqueness, comfort, and SQ. This is one of the products that makes you feel like an early adapter.Update: Microphone sucks - After a week I've noticed people go silent when I'm talking during conference calls, and stay silent for moments after. Finally when I was talking to my friend on the phone call I've asked if he has hard time hearing and he says yes, it sounds like I'm in a cave 10 yards away. So looks like I'll have to keep my AirPods for calls...