Soundcore by Anker Life Q30 Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Headphones with Multiple Modes, Hi-Res Sound, Custom EQ via App, 4

The sounds quality through Bluetooth is great, provides for a nice music listening experience, good bass quality – as much as a mid-range headphone can have. Ability to customize through mobile app is a nice plus. Noise cancellation is surprisingly good, with several environmental customizations. The transparency setting is a bit noisy, but still effective.Very comfortable to wear – no fatigue after wearing for long periods of time (>6 hours).It can double as a phone call headset, which is another nice plus.The one downside is that the noise cancellation turns off once the AUX mode is activated – meaning the 3.5mm AUX cable is attached. My intent is to use this headphone for air travel, yet noise cancellation is cancelled (pun intended :)) once the device is plugged into airplane’s entertainment system.In all fairness, the user manual does state this is how the device works. If needing to use in planes and noise cancellation is a priority, one is limited to own devices for entertainment – sometimes not the best option.Perhaps the Amazon description can be updated to alert shoppers that are seeking air travel headphones, like me.

4.5 stars! (knocked .5 for cons)pros!- pink color is VERY cute, pale pink!- noise cancellation is better than my airpods pro- foam earpads go around ears = more comfortable (comfy when wearing earrings too)- ability to adjust sound output/type of noise cancellation in app- works well with apple products (all buttons work, etc!)- aesthetically pleasing design- great price for the quality of the product- long, LONG battery life (used for 3 weeks for about 3-4 hours a day, only needed to charge after 3rd week)- nice protective carrying casecons!- when you accidentally brush the right earcup for too long, it turns on transparency mode. useful in some situations, but kind of an annoyance for me! definitely not a dealbreaker though.- the phrase “active noise cancellation” is written on both sides of the headband. this isn’t a huge issue, just something to note aestheticallyoverall!- great little set of headphones! if you’re on the fence, definitely buy!

I purchased these in July 2021 and they are working.Things I liked:- Battery life is great- Sound quality and features are great- Mic is serviceable for callsA few things that didn’t last over time:Build quality – they never felt bad or terribly creaky but the build didn’t last over time. That being said, I used these very regularly for almost 3 years now. I wore them on a single ear at times and would occasionally use them while working out so the faux leather on the ear cups has dregaded a bit over time (pictured). Also, one of the sides of the band had a piece break after around a year. After the initial break, the same side kept getting worse (pictured).Overall they’ve been solid headphones to the point that I am looking at the new Soundcore Space One model to replace them this year. Awesome headphones for the price!

I was so impressed with the sound quality of the headphones. I have the Bose Quiet comfort and bought these to travel with and they are very similar in quality at a much more affordable price. They are pretty comfortable and can be worn for several hours at a time. Easy to use and get connected to devices.

I previously owned ANC earbuds that fit in the ear from Anker which worked well, but I was having some issues with an in-ear device. I purchased this over-ear headset with the same ANC technology and was amazed with the sound quality and ANC in such relatively low price. A great value headset, and also supports multi-device connection. Just be aware — if you connect to two devices, it will not play simultaneously. It will mute one device when the other one begins making sound, and then switch back when the sound stops. However — this seems to be standard for multi-device as my Bose headset operates in the same way.With all that said, there is some room for improvement:- Compared to similar headphones from Bose, the button controls are less friendly. A power switch is better IMO than a button you hold down for 3 seconds as you can see at a glance if it is switched on or off and quickly toggle as needed.- The large touch surface of the right ear cup allows you to long press for transparency mode. This is nice, but if you ever stretch your arms above your head your bicep will trigger the long press. Slightly annoying.- The case requires you to put the headphones in a very specific folded orientation. There is a nice label inside the case to remind you of this specific yoga pose the headphones need to make in order to fit. If the mirror image would also work it would not be so big a deal, but it is like a classic USB port where you try, then flip, then try again.- I do like that there are physical buttons for volume, adjusting ANC, play/pause. However — they are placed exactly where you would grab when taking on/off the headphones or when adjusting the head strap. You have to train yourself to grab the headphones in a different way to avoid hitting these buttons accidentally.- I have not tried it myself — but I heard that in plugged in mode the ANC does not work. And I heard that it USED to work, but they removed this in a software update. It has not yet affected me as I have never used it in plugged in mode. But not ideal if true.

Honestly, I do not write reviews though… I bought two of these and they are very decent. For sixty us monies they are good. However i knocked a star off for many small issues.1. The largest of the small issues is they are simply NOT durable loads of duct tape on mine.2. The next issue is very niche, however if you plan on wearing these on the couch or head on a pillow ect, you will head even the softest fabric scratching very loudly at your ear drums.3. The noise canceling works only kinda and will not help with issue 2.4. This is also number 1 again cause the are so very inexpensive, they break like every single part save the functionality. Meaning the head band breaks, the slider breaks, the ear swivle breaks, the ear phone stuffing comes apart.5. The reason 4* still, they keep working if you tape them back together before the wires get ripped out. however as said in 4 every single plastic bit breaks.

I’m not a high level audiophile, and I didn’t know there was a Soundcore app until reading the reviews for this, but I can tell when audio is compressed garbage or not. I bought these to use with my phone since I’ve managed to damage the audio port on it, and the last Bluetooth headphones I tried absolutely sucked, but I was happy with the product I have received. The battery lasts roughly 40 hours, not that I’ve been measuring it, and the charging is surprisingly fast. I have never had any comfort-related issues.My only complaint, if you could call it that, is that when you power them on they say “Battery High/Medium/Low”, and the battery % is only listed in increments of 10. High is 70-100, Medium is 60-20, and low is only at 10. Not really a big deal since the battery life is good and charging is fast, though.

I used to have, many years ago, Bose headphones that I lost. I recall the ANC being fantastic, what I was in the market for, but I was not going to spend over $300 on headphones. After doing research, especially on headphones people who go to the gym enjoy, these were one of the highest ranked ones. While I can’t be sure how they hold up in the gym, I will test them in the near future, they are AMAZING regardless.The best part, in addition to the ANC, is the Soundcore app. You can customize what the headphones focuses on, for example elevated base, to customize your listening experience. Some may find it annoying to download, but I personally think it is worth it.The ANC, when compared to my old Bose, are great given the price. I could barely hear anything when not even using ANC. The transparency mode is fantastic if you want to pay attention to people talking around you as well. The sound quality, regardless of the mode you are in, is amazing. I don’t even have to go up to half volume on my phone to feel like I’m listening to max volume on my small ear buds (also part of the reason I wanted standard headphones).Regarding fit and quality – I personally don’t have an issue. You get what you pay for regarding quality, but I would say it seems pretty durable/strong. I have no issues with the fit of these headphones. However, that may be due to the size of my head. Again, I can’t make commentary on how they hold up in the gym, but I’m hopeful they won’t slide off/be a nuisance. Even if they don’t work in the gym, they would be great for any other setting like a coffee shop or public transportation.In summary, these Soundcore headphones are amazing ANC headphones at an amazing price. The ANC is good, the battery life is fantastic, and they are comfortable to wear. The sound quality is up there as well with plenty of ways to customize your experience with their app. If you are in the market for good ANC headphones, are a friendly price, GET THESE.Edit: Unfortunately these are not the best for the gym. They are better suited for lounging/not intense movement. They will slide off your head while exercising.

I spent about $60 on these and am pleasantly surprised with how good they are for the value. They come with too much bass in my opinion so you have to do a few adjustments. Anker has an app you can use with an equalizer. It’s not amazing but it works well enough. The sound quality after you make adjustments is awesome for a pair of headphones that’s under $100.Other positive things are the battery life, these things last absolutely forever and charge pretty quickly. The noise cancelling on these is amazing for a cheaper set a headphones. I can’t hear anything unless it’s very loud and right next to me if I have noise cancelling mode on. It’s very easy to switch between transparency mode and noise cancelling too. The comfort level of these things are amazing too. I’ve worn them for 6-8 hours at a time and there’s been no pain or discomfort at all.Please note that these do leak a lot of noise in both transparent and noise cancelling mode. Not something I care about but it’s good to know before buying them.Overall I’m very happy with this purchase and would recommend these to anyone that need a budget set of Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones.

My main purpose for having noise-canceling headphones is to blank-out the announcements on the city bus. They’re overly loud, overly long, and overly infantilizing and intrusive to my thoughts. It’s also nice to have the roar of the engine muffled, since I like to sit at the back of the bus. From carrying them daily for a year-and-a-half, my Karman-Hardon Fly NC headphones had become physically ragged, their battery capacity had dwindled, and their sound had lost volume (or so it had seemed). I had to admit that it was time for a new pair of ANC bluetooth cans.From the online research, reading reviews and watching YouTube videos, I figured that these Soundcore headphones would suffice for the ANC, audio quality, and the price. I can’t do $300+ for the good Sony or Bose, and I expect less-than-stellar audio from headphones considerably less expensive. (I also don’t want to pay that much for something that I’m going to run into the ground from everyday usage.) As long as the audio doesn’t insult my ears, it’s worth the mitigated annoyance of loud canned announcements.These Soundcore Q30s are alright. The ANC feature does its job right. The audio is full and with a lot of nuance, but it’s bass-heavy in a weird way. I try to use the custom EQ to flatten the sound, but the sliders on that GUI don’t respond the way that graphic EQ normally responds (I know from audio mixing), so it’s hard to arrive at a relatively-flat audio profile. It would be great if headphone designers, anticipating usage with an app for such a purpose, would design headphones with an unbiased audio profile, rather than trying to appeal to the nightclubbers with extra bass. It will take some more fiddling in order to arrive at an EQ setting that won’t shred my hearing with highs nor pummel it with lows. I listen to a lot of different types of music, and don’t need to be told what preset EQ on the app corresponds with which; they’re all kind of wonky.Lastly, I hate the internal voice announcements. Ironically, one of the reasons why I have ANC headphones is to cancel-out external announcements. There are no stating-the-obvious “power on/power off” announcements, but those for the battery level and for the transparency/noise-canceling toggling are stupid. The voice also gets in the way of what might be important to hear at the moment when it’s announcing “transparency,” which is, again, something ironic. It’s obvious when the transparency and noise canceling are going, but it seems that I just can’t make it through life without annoying and infantilizing announcements being imposed upon me.I gave Noise Canceling five stars; Audio Quality four stars despite its EQ bias; didn’t rate Bass Quality because it’s good but too much.

I was looking for headphones that could compare to a microsoft or Sony and all the fancy stuff. Here’s a list of good and bad.Features of these headphones•Great audio for the average person• Noise canceling, transparency, normal mode (dedicated button on left ear and gesture feature on right)•Hand covering gesture to switch between noise canceling and transparency or transparency and normal mode (depends on which one is set first with the button^^^)•Easy use buttons (play, pause, skip, volume, etc) It takes time to get comfy with the button position but you’ll get it after a few days•long lasting battery (I can go around 10 days without charge using them 3-4 hours a day, 30-40 hours of music!)•usb c to usb charging cable and headphone jack•Matching hard case (zipper) and string pouch for cables•long lasting and mostly gym proof•Easy to clean sweat and makeup (I use rubbing alcohol around 70%)• Easy adjusting band/foldable•does not hurt for a few hours, even with glasses on (metal or plastic frame, does depend on your head shape, I have an average female head)•adjustable bass, etc on the app. I personally haven’t used it and find it’s not necessary.If your the average person/student these will be just as amazing as some $300 headphonesNegatives or not a feature•Small heads will have trouble with slipping (I have a pretty average female sized head, its fine for the most part unless I am laying down)•can slip down during a bench press or hip thrust type of position (anything where your on your back) Although it does survive some cardio on the treadmill on incline and stair master•No pause feature when you take one ear cup off. Sucks but really not a deal breaker for me, transparency mode kinda saves that at times(Not a negative but transparency mode is really great to enhance your surroundings if your by yourself and just walking out of the gym to your car, you’ll here those footsteps even louder!)Care Tips I’ve had mine since May 2022 and it’s been 1 year and a month now. I take care of my electronics and have no ripped fabric, broken plastic or messed up audio.• Use rubbing alcohol to clean sweat, makeup and dirt, don’t get it in the ports• Store in the case it comes with when your not using it, I have mine stored around 4/5 times I’m not using it•This is obvious but do not have liquids near it. On your desk or in your backpack, even if you trust your water bottle•another obvious tip, don’t throw or handle them roughly! If you have issues its probably your fault, could be a damaged product but chances are its you.

st perfect.These headphones get nearly a perfect score. Let’s focus on the bad, then move into the good.The bad-Limited Bluetooth Volume Control – The volume control that is designed to keep you from hurting your hearing also works against itself on certain occasions. Sometimes you must play an audio track that is by default lower then it should be, maybe the YouTuber uploaded a lower quality of the song and it comes in at half volume. Well your out of luck now, the headphones think your at full volume and restricts you to playing the maximum audio at only 50% or less volume. This is extremely annoying and if it was not for the ability to install an audio overboost app I would have returned these headphones for this very reasonBass quality – if you are a bass lover at max volume, then these headphones are probably not for you. The bass sounds excellent from low to med volume, but pump it up to the max on a bass heavy song be it rap or techno, and it probably can’t handle most of what you throw at it. The bass fades into the background or sounds too blown out trying to do what it cannot. (*Tip for bass heads looking for a pair of good bass headphones. – skull candy makes a competitive version that is directly designed for bass) So if you only play bass heavy music at full volume, you should probably pass on the Q30.Price- At nearly $100 retail, that is just too steep for these headphones because they are “nearly perfect” not “perfect”. I got them on sale for $60. That seems to be a more suitable target price for the Q30.If they are able to fix the problems that are highlighted in this review, this would turn these into the perfect universal headphones.The Good -Excellent Sound Quality – Sound comes in crystal clear.Excellent Bluetooth Range – I can walk around my entire home without fear of disconnecting from my audio source. Older style headphones cannot even handle a couple of feet, let alone an entire home.Excellent Battery Life- Battery life is excellent. I have yet to fully drain this headset even after using them for a full 40 hour work week.Excellent Phone Calls- Phone call quality is awesome. Comes in crystal clear both thru the headset and microphone.Excellent noise cancelling- Excellent ability to noise cancel or not to noise cancel. At the click of a button you can go from hearing conversations or noises in the room, to pure silence.Excellent EQ App – Adjusting the equalizer with the app makes *a huge difference*. Gives you the ability to adjust how the song plays dramatically. I am impressed at how much of a difference it can enhance the song from great to amazing. I just wish the app had the ability to auto adjust, so that I do not have to keep going back into the app and adjusting for different songs. They do have a universal mode but it is way too conservative. You can also make your own settings which can help enhance the songs sometimes even more then the pre settings.Excellent Carrying Case – nice quality carrying case includedOverall these headphones are nearly perfect. Redeveloping loudness control and bass would send these headphones into the realm of total perfection. Thanks for reading and I hope this review helps!

luetooth headphones at a fair price!. I bought this pair of headphones for use at work, because they are wireless and feature noise canceling. I’ve owned a number of brand name earbuds and headphones over the years from Bose to Beats to Apple AirPods pro. I wasn’t expecting a great sound from these and boy was I surprised!!!I was also surprised about their range. I could go upstairs, in all rooms and came back down with absolutely zero distortion or break up of the signal. I then went into the basement and walked to the furthest point away from my phone (which I left on the couch upstairs) Still… zero breakup or distortion. I would have gone outside to see how far I could go in the yard, but it’s dark and already winter here, so I leave that little test to you. I’m satisfied with the range for my purposes.Noise canceling? I have dogs and can still hear them bark. I could not hear the water running in my bathroom and could not hear a flushing toilet. I only want to muffle my co-worker’s voices, so I think the level of noise cancelling these headphones provide will be adequate. I’m not 100% they would cancel out the noise of an airplane, but they would probably significantly reduce the sounds of take-off and landing.Other things that I liked/disliked about this pair of headphones? Well, it came with a handy well-made case. I’m not a fan of the short charging cord, but I imagine I could buy one that is longer.Things I am on the fence about? The headphones are pretty big. I couldn’t make them smaller. So, there was a perfect-sized piece of foam in the case that I pulled out and stuck (sticky side down) on the inside of the business that goes over your head. Boom! Now the headphones feel less big and don’t move at all when I move my head. It would have been nice if they could have adjusted to make them smaller. On the other hand, that might have made them too tight and created headaches if left on too long. So, I’m on the fence… but believe the foam solution will work fine!To recap, if you’re looking for an inexpensive pair of over the ear, noise canceling, Bluetooth headphones, look no further. I’m thrilled with the price and the sound quality!!! I could care less if they have a brand name.

Let me preface this by saying that I bought these mainly for the noise cancelling, to use both to focus when working/watching media on my PC and to mitigate external sound when sleeping. I actually don’t really listen to music that often and can’t say much about the audio quality beyond “it’s acceptable”. I do have many things to say about the other two use cases though.When using it on the PC :As long as you plan to use it by BT you should be fine. I had some trouble getting it to connect at first but I blame that on my PC being old (Win 7), I made it work somehow by using a newer BT dongle, the fact that it somehow works at all on such an old setup is a plus to me, whether this was intentional or not. There’s two inconveniences though :1.- Even though you can connect by 3.5mm, the product listing doesn’t tell you anywhere that NC or EQ features are not supported during this mode. What’s worse, apparently the feature WAS supported a few years ago, but it got disabled by a firmware update somewhere down the line because of some bogus reason (the fact that more expensive models that came after this still support the feature is kinda fishy too). If you were an old user, this was a choice, whether you wanted to update or not, but new buyers will find that the product now ships with the latest firmware when you buy it, so you’re stuck with it. I wouldn’t blame you if you just assumed NC should work over 3.5mm, as it is a normally a standard feature in this price range, even worse, a lot of the reviews out there on the product are from the time when the feature was available, so people deciding to buy without doing research or based on old information are in for a bad surprise. As it is now, when you use 3.5mm the logic part of the headphones is completely turned off and only the speakers work, so you’re left with the regular unfiltered sound, and to put it frankly, the audio quality like this is terrible and not worth it, do not buy these if you plan to use 3.5mm at all, you’ll be sorely disappointed.2.- Speaking of NC and EQ, those features have several options that can be adjusted to your liking through a phone app. This is a good thing as the default config may not suit everybody’s use case, what’s not so good is tying these adjustments to a phone app only. Why do I have to switch over to my phone when I want to adjust a setting on the fly instead of being able to do it directly from my computer? What if something happens to my phone or the app stops working/gets pulled from the store sometime in the future? A PC app would have been a great alternative, and being able to modify some of the options just by using buttons would have been even better.When using as a sleep aid :This is gonna be a very picky and niche use case, but sometimes, I may be woken by unexpected noise in the middle of the night, at that point I like to be able to grab my NC headphones and put them on as soon as possible, without having to think too much about it or turn on the lights, to be able to go back to sleep. This product fails in that regard in several ways.First, the case that they ship with : The headphones only fit in when you fold them inwards a specific way, taking them out and unfolding them is a bit cumbersome and I wish they would have given you a bigger case in which the headphones fit normally without doing this. I think the idea is to make it so it takes less space when packing them or something, but the case is fairly big as it is, so if you want to save space you’re probably gonna take them out of it anyways. Should keep the folding ability but make the case itself bigger so you don’t need to store them folded.Turning on the thing is also unnecessarily complicated, the power button is same size and shape as every other button, and you have to hold it for 3 secs to turn it on, again, not the fastest or easiest thing to do in the dark. My generic brand headphones from similar price range but much older have a single slide toggle switch, it’s size and shape are different from the other buttons and turning it on just takes a flick, I would much have preferred something like that.Once the thing is actually on, turns out it will turn itself off after a few minutes if it’s not paired to anything. So if you want to just use the NC by itself, though luck, you better have your phone nearby with BT turned on so you can connect to it, even if you don’t play anything on it. Again, not the fastest thing to do when you’re on bed.Lastly, and this is a minor gripe, the device has an LED status light to indicate whether it’s ON, in pairing mode, etc. For some reason the thing is perpetually blinking regardless of state. I can understand for pairing mode, but why not just make it solid when it’s actually connected? If I take off the headphones and lie them around on my desk and forget about it, I can’t tell from a quick glance if they’re ON or OFF, I have to stare carefully for a few seconds to see if the blinking comes on and what color it is to know what’s going on. Annoying.”Better sleep” function :This is a feature of the app, it is not highlighted that often but a few reviews mention it, as one of the few people that could make use of it, I will give my thoughts on it : It’s basically a white noise machine, you have a few white noise loops to choose from and you can adjust the volume of each one individually so you can mix and match to your liking, so for example, you can have loud rain with faint sounds of birds in the background or vice versa. You can also set a timer for how long this will play for. It’s a handy feature but nothing exceptional, the stock noises are limited and may not be of everybody’s liking, the loops also feel kinda short. I find myself using mostly the rain only. If you’re into this, chances are you probably already have your own long white noise loops saved on your phone anyways, which would work just as well.Good things :Putting all that negativity aside, I do think the hardware itself is very good at this price range. The NC has 3 different settings and is worth trying them all out to see which one works better for your environment, it won’t silence everything a 100%, but it works much better than my previous cheapy headphones, and I doubt you can get much better NC at this price range. The headphones are comfortable and I have no problem sleeping with them or wearing them for hours. Is hard to tell how well the build will hold over time, but after a month of usage, nothing has broken yet. The battery is LONG and I only have to charge it once a week if anything. Although it’s not something I was even aware when I bought the product, turns out it has a built in mic and it’s surprisingly good quality, I have been able to do many long voice calls with it with no complains about the quality from the other party so far.Overall, despite the poor user experience and having to adapt to its many quirks, I do find this product useful and plan to keep using it in the future. I just hope when/if I upgrade sometime in the future, that the newer products on the line don’t suffer from the same usability problems.