Active Noise Cancelling Headphones

I first bought these headphones for my husband to use when he travels on the road and because I heard good things about the bass for the price. And I wasn't disappointed at all with what I found. I have a comparable set of headphones that these look like and that cost $300 dollars that are also foldable, lay flat and stylish like these and that is what made me want to try them was because I had to find out if they were really good or not and would do the job for my husband and maybe in the future I could get another pair. To my surprise they sound just as good that if my expensive headphones were discontinued and no where to be found I could live without them and have these because they give just the right amount of bass I need. Which says a lot.This set comes with a transparency mode which to me feels more like putting the headphones on a medium mode to where you still get bass and treble but you can hear more around you so your more aware of your surroundings for safety. I prefer to have them bass heavy so the ANC(noise cancelling setting) is what I like to set them too. If you follow the instructions that come with the set you will get these headphones to work at their most optimal level. To turn on the ANC while on bluetooth just tap the circular button quickly clicking the button instead of holding it for some time and you should turn them on and off easily. If you have the auxiliary cord connected then hold down the circular button for 1.5 seconds and then click again the circular button quickly and you should be able to turn on the ANC while not connected to bluetooth. That is a cool feature not even my $300 dollar headphones has and was a bit disappointing when I got them that I could only use the ANC while on bluetooth. I don't always use bluetooth and like to preserve the battery so I love using the cords so unfortunately I don't use my expensive headphones as often as I would like because of this feature lacking. But these headphones can do this and are a great affordable alternative.You can also make calls with these headphones and with the ANC the calls come out louder and clearer. Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with these headphones once you have learned how to use them. You will be really surprised at how good this set really is. They come with a 18 month warranty plan already with the pair you just need to register them. They also come with a headphone bag to put your headphones in and a usb-a to c cord to charge the headphones to your computer and a short auxiliary cable for your laptop.The pros are:1. Stylish and still made well enough to do the job.2. Very light weight.3. Have a variety of options like:ANC noise cancellation-so you hear only you and the music and nothing more.Transparency mode-not fully blocking out all sounds so you can be more aware around you for your safety and yet still listen to music.Audio voice speaks to you as you use the headphones functions.Bluetooth to listen to music and calls hands free and from a longer distance.Auxiliary mode so you don't need batteries to play your music or make calls.Makes phone calls, drops and receives calls, switch between held and active calls, redial last number called. Plays music from previous to next songs.Activate and deactivate Siri.Game mode for when your playing video games and would like to use the headset.Reset headphones when needed.Volume up and down for the headphones on your phone.

I have been using these headphones since February of 2024 and I have not had any problems whatsoever. The sound quality is excellent, they fit well, and with the excellent range, I can move from room to room with them on and still hear my audio book playing on my computer. These are more than worth the money. The only problem I have right now is that after over a year of use, one of the pad covers is splitting and exposing the inner padding. It is still functionable, but it will eventually become a problem and there apparently are no replacements available.

So I've had these for a few months now and they've lost 3 stars since. (Feb 17/2024)After my initial review the volume down stopped doing anything but dialing 100% random numbers when pressed. It became a joke at my job to get my attention so I'd hit the volume down and then have to run over to my phone to cancel the out going dial. Not even remotely joking, pressing volume down would literally dial a completely random number on my phone.Now, a month or so later volume up and down do nothing but beep when pressed and I can no longer pause anything I'm listening to by tapping the power button.The noise cancelling used to work "ok" but now it has a weird hum that causes a headache when used so I don't use it any longer.I've only ever owned one other pair of noise cancelling headphones and I had those for YEARS and they never once failed, but this pair, is crap.On the positive, the battery lasts a full week of probably 7 hours a day of use. I listen to audio books all day while at work.

I haven't had a chance to actually use the headset yet. I just did a 10 minute test to make sure I could pair them to my phone on bluetooth, the wired setup worked, and the noise cancellation worked. I am pretty old and use hearing aids so my hearing is not that good, but they sound OK (WAY better than the earbuds). I also sometimes use an older set of headphone my wife picked up from somewhere, but the ear muffs on those are so small I can only wear them for about an hour before my ears hurt so much I switch to the earbuds. The new headphones have large earmuffs that fit completely around the ear so I should be able to use them for a long time.The main reason I got them was to use on noisy airplanes and I haven't been able to test that yet. But we do have an air cleaner/filter in the house that makes a fairly loud "rumbling" noise similar to the inside of an airplane and it was able to cancel out that noise really well, so I think it will work well on an airplane also. I have an airplane ride coming in a few weeks and will test them then. That will also let me test the longevity of the batteries to some degree, though I still won't be able to fully test the supposed 100 hour battery lifetime. If the battery life really is that good, I would probably give it 5 stars but I don't know just yet.I do like the fact that you can use them either wirelessly (bluetooth) or wired, so just in case you do forget to charge them they can still be useful.EDIT:I tried them today on an airplane flight and they worked pretty well. The noise cancellation is not perfect, but definitely works well enough to be useful. It's WAY better than the old headphones or earbuds. My flight was about two hours and at the end the battery said 90%, so it does look the battery will last a long time. It appears that the battery percentages may be reported in 10% steps instead of 1% steps, so it's possible the batteries are really at something like 81% instead of 90%. I'm not sure. But it looks like the battery life will be very good, though I'd still be surprised if it's actually 100 hours.A couple of weeks ago my wife borrowed the headphones for a plane fight and she didn't like them at all. They really didn't cancel the noise for her. Her hearing is VERY different than mine even in normal circumstances, so it's just possible that no headphones will be very good at noise cancellation for her. I'm not sure.The biggest problem for her, though, is that the headphones are too small. Even with the headband pulled all the way in it doesn't touch hear head. So on her flight the headphone kept falling off. We could maybe add some extra "cushioning" to the top of the headset, but because the noise cancellation isn't effective for her it's not worth the trouble.Also, though less of a problem than the size, is that several years ago my wife developed cancer and they had to amputate here right arm. The headphone controls are on the back of the right ear so they are very inconvenient for her. So we put the headphones on her backwards (swapped left and right), which put the controls on the front of the left ear. A little less convenient than having them behind the ear, but manageable.My wife is going to look for something different -- something for smaller heads (like maybe a child's headset) and (hopefully) something where the controls are on the left side (or reversible or something like that). They work pretty well for me so I'll keep using them. I'll leave the 4-star rating where it is since the headphones didn't really work at all for my wife.