Bose SoundSport Free Truly Wireless Sport Headphones - Black

Great headphones

I have several Bose headphone including the QC30 and have recently purchased the SoundSport Free. My thoughts after a month:Weight. Some speak of them as being heavy in the ears, this is not the case. I have relatively small ears and these fit well and do not protrude as much as people claim. They seal well, the wing tip supplied are by far the best I have used with many similar products. Even after a whole day listening these are fine. I don't do the gym but do walk my dog, there is no wind noise, they do a great job at isolating ambient noise.Battery Life. Superb, I listen all morning, put them back in the case while I eat lunch and they are good to go for the whole afternoon. The simplicity of the charging via the case is a dream, the magnetic recess which holds them in the case is a nice design. Some say the case is too large but I have not found it all bulky in the front pocket of jeans an chinos.Sound Quality. For me this is the most important factor, I follow the ethos of testing headphones by listening to tracks I know well, and I have done this with these, they offer very crisp clear audio, warm and very pleasing depth with good bass, a very powerful soundstage, there is a purity to them that I think is beyond compare with many more expensive wireless earphones and earbuds.Style & Build Quality. The colours on offer are funky, the buttons are quite small but easy to get used to but they are definitely not so hard that you have to remove them from your ears to use the options. I very easily updated them via the Bose support site to the latest software upgrade, it was a necessary upgrade for phone-call quality and a doddle to do.Overall - This is a quality product that will hold its place in the wireless earbud market for a long time to come. There are clearly Bose lovers and hater, if you are a hater, you are unlikely to be reading this review, for the lovers, adding these to their range has been a triumph. Expensive, maybe, but quality always is.

I have been using these now in the gym for about a week and let me start off by saying that I really do love these!! Totally recommend them and that's why I have given them 4 stars as there is a little issue with them I will explain later!The pairing was really easy, and they just worked great with my iPod Nano device. The sound quality for me is awesome and even those these are not noise isolation they do a really good job! When I am in the gym and have the volume up on them I dont hear any of my surroundings.I am not a runner, so only use these for gym workouts and while weightlifting but they honestly are superb.So.. what didnt I like about them? The only gripe I have with these is they stick out a bit from the ear. This isnt a big problem until you do any sort of running. Soon as you start running with them there is a "bouncy" feeling in the ear. They never fall out and they have a very good tight fit for me unlike other brands I have tried before. You do get used to the "bouncy" feeling and start ignoring it after 5-10 mins but could have been avoided if the design was more flush with your ear or the weight of the ear piece got reduced.Also after the firmware update I did the left earbud stopped playing sounds through it. This annoyed me for ages until I held the bluetooth button in for 10 seconds to clear the devices list from the Bose, then I cleared the pairing from my iPod nano. After I did a new sync everything started working again and has been working find since for a few days now. So looks like the left bud got out of sync from the master right side some how. But before you send them back cause of this issue just re-sync them and see if it helps.So overall, if you are not a runner or dont mind the "bouncy" feeling in your ear then I would recommend them! Yes they are expensive but Bose quality is defiantly shown in this product.

Update after a few weeks: they are ok. Decent sound but let down be frustrating connection issues. Worst thing is connecting them to one device then leaving that device turned off and hoping to use these headphones on another device but they keep trying to connect to the last device despite pressing on the button for them to connect to something else.That alone ruins the enjoyment for me as I often use them for my laptop but try to connect to my iPhone when I go to bed and it is a nightmare trying to get the darn things to stop trying to connect to my laptop.OMG! I tried another brand of in-ear headphones and they promptly went back in the box and back to Amazon. Why did I waste my time on anything but Bose? Bose SoundSport Free are AMAZING! Exactly what you'd expect from Bose. I've not been this pleased with headphones since I bought wired SoundSport in the past and the amazing QuietComfort 35.The ONLY thing that lets these down slightly is the pressure required to press buttons and the terrible Bose Connect app (which I was already familiar with because of having Bose QuietComfort for a few years).Come on Bose...Why does the app have to be so basic? Take a look at the brilliant Jaba app!Why can’t it include an EQ that sends sounds preferences to the earphones so that it applies to all music regardless of the app the user is using?And why oh why does it take over an insane length of time (over an hour on a 200mbps connection) to download an update?

My perfect ear buds. I have very sensitive ears and lots and lots of ear plug type phones hurt and make my ears ache very quickly. These are my second pair - was relived to find them for sale although was disappointed that they were not brand new. Think they are refurbished? Had no proper box or charging lead - not a prob for me as already had one.The sound quality of BOSE for me is incredible. So crisp and smooth but such a clear sound. Absolutely over the moon that i found replacements as mine had lost their side buttons after quite extensive use over the past few years.Product arrived very quickly :)