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 work in an environment where I need to be able to hear certain beeps, prompts, and for my name so being able to listen to a podcast, audiobook, or music until then is amazing.The sound quality is great and the comfort is so good that I forget I have them on.I got the anniversary color way and I’ve gotten a fair amount of compliments on them.They connect very easily after the initial pairing, which can be a bit tricky with the app pairing. Overall, it’s not bad to do.The battery life so far has been great as I’ve only charged them twice and I’ve had them for 2 weeks with constant use. Roughly about 4-5 hours a day during the week, less on weekends.Functionality is great if you use them the way I plan to, keep your music going while also being attentive to the outside world.Only “issue” I’ve had is that the right earbud for me has a weird sand-moving sound when I move my head down or back. It’s just a weird thing that happens, but it doesn’t hinder any of the functions of the buds.Overall, I love these headphones and they are worth the money especially if they are on sale, fortunately for me they were when I bought them.

I have about 16 over ear headphones and 7 earphones. Among them I have the Shokz OpenComm2 which are bone conduction. I like them because I can hear my surroundings while I'm on a Zoom or Teams call. They sound great but with the boom mic it wasn't a practical choice for using while out and about. I wanted open ear earphones because I like to be aware of my surroundings when I'm out of the house. I prefer to use noise canceling or isolating headphones/earphones in the safety of my home. Most reviews claim these are the top of the line open ear earphones. Plus my Infiniti QX80 has a Bose system and I like the audio quality so I figured I'd give them a try. So I bought two of them. I've had them two days now. I love the sound quality (after EQ). It's great with more than enough volume. I love that at moderate volume I can listen to music and talk to people at the same time. The immersive audio sounds awesome but I didn't notice any difference between the motion and still version of it. What I love most of these earphones is the fit. You forget you have them on. They weigh nothing. Are super comfortable and most importantly they don't fall off no matter how much you move your head. The battery life is great. The one downside is connectivity issues. Multipoint isn't effective all the time. I have them paired to my phone and my laptop. Sometimes the change isn't seamless and they refuse to connect to Teams or Zoom automatically in the transition. At times they disconnect from my phone for no reason. Then I have to go to my phone settings and reconnect them. Also sometimes while I'm watching a video one earphone momentarily goes silent and then it alternates with the other causing a panning effect. Also during calls the sound crackles at times, especially if I cover the phone with my hand or put it in my pocket. I have the latest firmware which was supposed to correct connectivity issues but apparently it didn't. For this I'm taking a star away. Fix this Bose or you're going to have many product returns!!! It's a great product if you have the patience to tolerate the connectivity issues.