soundcoreby Anker Liberty 4 NC Adaptive Noise Cancelling Earbuds, 98.5% Noise Reduction to Ears and Environment, Hi-Res Sound, 50H Battery, Wireless Charging, Bluetooth 5.3

My current Adidas earbuds are slowly losing battery performance after 18 months solid use, they were £150 in early 2022 so I've been looking at the high end Sony buds etc and then saw a launch offer on these. At the price I thought why not, have had lots of Anker products in the past and also soundcore items, always good value.Paid £1 for a £25 discount on launch day and have had them 24 hours. Been using them for maybe 5 or 6 of those hours so far.So for the cash I really am amazed at the quality of these. Pairing was super easy to my Galaxy A34, just opened the case and the phone found them , I did all ready have the soundcore app installed (have some Anker headphones for work and a speaker all ready) , which may have assisted with this , but the fast pairing is a great feature.The various options in the app are worth playing with , the ANC is good, not sure it's as good as they state but I've no complaints, and the auto changing to conditions really does work, walking our dog this morning it clicked in to remove wind noise and again to reduce traffic noise - very clever.They sound pretty good as well, listening to Spotify which is about the limit of my use for these, and I took and made a call while wearing them and the. Sound and microphone were both good.Regardless of the ANC to me they sound better with it enabled so for a fuller sound I'll be using the setting all the time.Battery life is good, and they came fully charged. Bonus.Overall .more than happy with these. I'm using the preinstalled rubber buds but will have play with them to see if the fit could be improved for my ears (I haven't had one fall out so far so think they are fine)One other feature of note is the ability to have 2 devices connected. I've added my Samsung Tab S6 lite to the app and again pairing was very simple.So a big thumbs up for me.Might even buy a spare set if they come up on offer again.Amazing value. For my usage (teams calls, commuting and walking mostly), I'm not sure I need to spend more. The Adidas set will revert to being for exercise use (which is what I got them for but then just used them all the time).Seriously worth a look and maybe the best earbuds you can get at the moment for less than £80.EDIT: had some issues getting them to connect to my wiondows 11 laptop - if you suffer the same go into phone app and add new device and then in windows settings ensure bluetooth advanced is selected - my hp laptop couldn't find them without this setting.all good now and very comfortable to wear over a working day.EDIT 2 - after 30 plus days. Took a 4.20 hour flight yesterday and with the normal 45 minutes before take off added the low battery warning came on before we landed. I guess almost 5 hours is pretty good and the ANC definitely worked hard on the flight! They didn't run out of life but I think I had hoped for more.Still very happy overall.

I've been using my Soundcore Liberty 4 NC earbuds for a couple of months now. I bought this particular item for 2 reasons. Firstly, I like and trust the Anker brand, and second, I wanted some wireless earbuds for the times when my Sony headphones wouldn't be practical to take out with me.To start, I think the build quality is excellent. The box they come in is small, light and very sturdy, nicely made - easy to put the earbuds in and out. Setting up and pairing to devices is very easy. Once paired, connecting to my iPhone could not be easier: Take out of the box, put them in your ear and off you go! The earbuds themselves are very well made, they feel very comfortable to wear and they fit very well inside my ear (I used the large tips - 1 pair of 3 different size tips provided) - no problems wearing them all day and my ear doesn't ache after a few hours. Charging is easy and quick and lasts for a long time - I'm always good about putting them straight back in the case when finished. The app tells you how much charge there is left in the earbuds and case.Sound quality is excellent for the price paid. I play a wide range of orchestral, rock, acoustic and the sound is solid, enjoyable, not tinny or cheap sounding. I've no need to even look at Apple Earbuds and shelling out 3-4 times more for them. More than happy with these for sound quality.Functionality on the earbuds is really good. Take an earbud out and music is paused automatically, put them in again and it starts - you can pause, rewind, FF, command Siri, volume up/down all from the earbuds. So easy to use. You also have the Soundcore app for more controls and features - well worth looking at. Noise cancellation isn't perfect but it does have Normal, Noise Cancellation and Transparency mode via the app. Also has wind noise reduction which I've found useful.I'd say that for £50 or thereabouts, they are well worth the money.

**UPDATE** - Anker CS got back to me and offered me different options to address the issue. I opted for a replacement pair as I quite like them despite the issues so hopefully the new ones will improve. Can totally recommend them just based on the great CS alone.____I'm torn about this product. 😑Context - I own multiple in-ear and over-ear sets. My usual go-to are sony xm4, wanted a cheaper and more portable set to complement.👍🏽 It's clearly good quality & value for the money, nice charging box, and works well with two devices. The app allows button customization, great! Very handy for podcasts on the go, you can set it to tap once to forward 30 sec to skip commercials e.g. Also think mic is ok, have done calls on it without issues. Finally, the fit once I'm seated is good - I can wear for long periods of time and forget they are there.👎🏽 However, sometimes a loud sound burst is emitted, like when doing daily Duolingo exercises, causing pain and discomfort. There's max volume control in the app, but it still hasn't stopped them at the max 75 dB setting. I suspect to have mild case of tinnitus after using them for 2 weeks, keeping me up at night. Fit isn't great for my left ear either when walking, and even my cheaper in-ers fits better. I think its due to the oval shape of them, not round as you find on most cheap sets!The ANC is as expected - not close to being a rival to XM4's - but ok for the price i guess.🟰 Overall I'd say be careful if you get them, especially for apps that give small bursts of volume at a time as Duolingo or Drops. If you do continuous listening, they should be fine though.I will likely keep them - can't be bothered with returns and avoid environmental waste - who'd get a second hand pair of potentially defective buds?