Bose sleepbuds

NoobCannon · 16 Oct 2019 at 17:12

Just an fyi these have been discontinued as they are inherently faulty. you can get a full refund u till the 31st of December.

mine have been a disaster, i returned them twice and the replacements are just as bad. got so fed up with them i just threw them in my drawer as the return window had passed.

https://www.bose.co.uk/en_gb/support/products/earphones_support/noise-masking-sleepbuds.html

SeatIbiza · 16 Oct 2019 at 17:14

ha, very glad I didn't invest!

TBH their wireless headphones suck too. On a run or bike ride the wind noise is crazy. My Jabra elites are great...!

Vince · 16 Oct 2019 at 17:19

I dont have a pair but did read the message. Other companies should certainly take note as that's a very well written response.

Ciao bella · 16 Oct 2019 at 22:19

I had a Pair and they where excellent until the batteries just didnt charge past 56% returned for full refund.
I hope they continue with the tech and fix the issues because i would buy them again in a heartbeat.

Liquid_Entity · 16 Oct 2019 at 22:38

BOSE Buy Other Sound Equipment

darael · 16 Oct 2019 at 23:03

Fair play to Bose for being open and honest by giving what seems to be a decent explanation. Pretty rare you see that these days.

VincentHanna · 16 Oct 2019 at 23:26

Liquid_Entity said:
BOSE Buy Other Sound Equipment

The BOSE Quiet comfort II's I have are fantastic. Best thing I bought in 2019.

Philtor · 16 Oct 2019 at 23:33

What a load of old bull. “Because we wanted to help you. We still do. We always will“.

We wanted to make money from you but made a **** product so failed. We still love you but. Give us your monies xo

Liquidfox · 17 Oct 2019 at 12:31

SeatIbiza said:
TBH their wireless headphones suck too.

Apart from the fact they QC35s are often winning all sorts of awards

cu3ed · 17 Oct 2019 at 13:19

Philtor said:
What a load of old bull. “Because we wanted to help you. We still do. We always will“.

We wanted to make money from you but made a **** product so failed. We still love you but. Give us your monies xo

I dont think you can say BOSE actually intends to manufacture bad stuff.
All the research etc is also likely true to make a inner headphone work all night in bed.
Whys it strange they want to make money form that? The posted one of the best responses to getting something "wrong" I have seen from any company.
Better than the likes of Apple that just blame its customers.

glenimp617 · 17 Oct 2019 at 13:46

Respect to Bose!

Other companies could learn a lot who sell stuff which plainly doesn't work

Never heard of sleep buds before, if they get the technology right I'd buy a pair

CREATIVE!11 · 17 Oct 2019 at 15:20

What I don't get is how did they get it so wrong?

BOSE is supposed to be a respectable brand... so release something that is clearly so badly designed is odd...

Surely they did internal testing? obviously not.

SeatIbiza · 17 Oct 2019 at 16:17

Liquidfox said:
Apart from the fact they QC35s are often winning all sorts of awards

I meant the in ear ones as that's what we're talking about...I have some QC35s and yes they are good. But the Jabra in ears are leagues ahead.

diamount · 17 Oct 2019 at 16:30

SeatIbiza said:
ha, very glad I didn't invest!

TBH their wireless headphones suck too. On a run or bike ride the wind noise is crazy. My Jabra elites are great...!

SoundSport? They fit great with the right earbuds but battery seems bad, maybe it's a perception thing but my £20 pair of wireless didn't seem to go out of battery as fast.

the-evaluator · 17 Oct 2019 at 17:11

I've had a pair of Sleedbuds for about a year and so far they've been excellent, I'm sleeping better now than I have for years.

At this stage I've got no intention of returning them. I've spoken with Bose, they expect to have stock for replacements for about 5 months. If mine fail after that (but within the 2 year warranty) and they haven't got stock to give me a replacement set then they've confirmed that they'll give me a refund at that point.

Relentless81 · 17 Oct 2019 at 17:18

What, you can get headphones for sleeping in, like an alternative to ear plugs?

Is there a good alternative to these Bose ones?

the-evaluator · 17 Oct 2019 at 17:20

They're headphones of a kind but they only play a limited range of sounds - you can't play music through them. I've always liked listening to the rain when trying to sleep so I use a similar sound in my Sleepbuds.

I'm going to look at alternatives and see what the options are.

Relentless81 · 17 Oct 2019 at 17:38

the-evaluator said:
They're headphones of a kind but they only play a limited range of sounds - you can't play music through them. I've always liked listening to the rain when trying to sleep so I use a similar sound in my Sleepbuds.

I'm going to look at alternatives and see what the options are.

Yeah that's fine I'm into podcasts at the moment I wouldn't be able to listen to music before bed anyway and I use ear plugs I never new there was sleep specific ear buds

SeatIbiza · 17 Oct 2019 at 17:43

diamount said:
SoundSport? They fit great with the right earbuds but battery seems bad, maybe it's a perception thing but my £20 pair of wireless didn't seem to go out of battery as fast.

Yes, they fit absolutely fine but you can't stop the wind noise and trust me, 30mph on a bike and you certainly know it! They almost chanelled the sound in...they're probably aimed for people who just live in the gym...

cu3ed · 17 Oct 2019 at 18:59

CREATIVE!11 said:
What I don't get is how did they get it so wrong?

BOSE is supposed to be a respectable brand... so release something that is clearly so badly designed is odd...

Surely they did internal testing? obviously not.

Samsung released a phone that exploded.