Bose QuietComfort Ultra problems

“The Bose QuietComfort Ultra doesn't quite measure up here. With ANC on, you're looking at around 24 hours of battery life, and with immersive audio active, it drops further to 18 hours.”

“they do actually have a shorter battery life if you turn on immersion... You get four hours in the earbuds and 16 when you include the case when you have immersion on”

“In comparison, the Bose QuietComfort Ultra provides up to 24 hours of battery life on a single charge or up to 18 hours with Immersive Audio switched on.”

“One downside I can still shake off is the fact that these headphones need battery power for the wired connection.”

“Dyson OnTrack by contrast offers 55 hours while the much less expensive pair of Marshall Major 5 boasts over 100.”

“although you get two hours of playback from it it is 20 minutes of charging which isn't the quickest charging”

“Unfortunately, the Bose Ultra hard case, it has these kind of... molds for you to actually position your headphones correctly, which to us actually makes it harder to position them correctly...”

“The ultras you need to buy a stupid silicone accessory to give it wireless charging, which is a cash grab.”

“these are $300 and it doesn't have a wireless charging case, that would be strike two.”

“The case doesn't have any dust or water assistance and it's quite a large case”

“this pair of ultra earbuds doesn't have wireless charging.”

“the fact that this does attract fingerprints”

“the QC2, the old version, it looks the same, it sounds the same, does a better job of noise cancellation, and still doesn't have multipoint. So if the QC2 is available for cheaper now, why not just save the money?”

“The only slight criticism here is Bose still leans more towards lightweight plastics rather than ultra premium metal materials.”

“the black does show smudges especially if you have greasy fingers”

“the metal hinge here is especially annoying because it's got so much resistance that you'll have to hold the headband like this and pull it out one by one”

“One of the few drawbacks of the QuietComfort Ultra is its design, which some users find a bit dated compared to more modern, sleek competitors.”

“unlike my previous Bose QC35s where I had to replace the cups literally every year.”

“Keep in mind if you're not playing any music and you're really listening closely, you might hear a little bit of white noise hiss.”

“despite boasting the best active noise cancellation and the best audio performance from Bose ever, I've decided to return them.”

“There's a slight hissing sound that comes in when the noise of my voice appears.”

“If I had to give the edge to one, maybe the Bose's, maybe. I found that it was a bit quieter in these in most situations. It was like a toss up. It was like barely quieter.”

“the Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones second generation do not do any better and also lets in a lot of background noise”

“The XM5 and the monitor 3 seem to do a better job of passing through your ambient sounds compared to the quiet comfort.”

“when you're using multipoint pairing, it does not affect the ultra's sound quality, whereas on the 700s, it will affect its mid-range”

“I've had one instance where I think they've remained on and my phone has connected to the headphones in the case.”

“Unlike the Bose, these headphones actually allow you to use the 3.5mm headphone jack for listening even when the battery is depleted.”

“the bigger change the one that's caused the most uproar is the removal of the ability to just cycle through previously connected devices manually.”

“With the sound customization, you're only getting a 3-band EQ, which is why I brought the score down quite a bit.”

“you get a three band EQ and you can adjust each of these from minus 10 to plus 10... but the bummer is that if you find a preset you like, you can't save it.”

“Now the Bose app, very clean, very minimal, they're trying to sell you a product in the middle, I don't like that”

“there's no custom EQ preset here so you have to change it manually every time”

“at the current market prices, the Ultra is roughly around $80 more expensive than the regular QuietComfort.”

“They're just not $300 good.”

“Like the Bose QuietComfort Ultras are 429, these are better.”

“Then you got touch controls on the outside of the stem which work fine for general use you can customize them a little bit and they're pretty reliable you know when you're traveling or sitting at a desk on the run they're not that useful I…”

“Probably one of the few glaring flaws of the QC Ultra is this volume rocker which relies on touch... This volume rocker especially is really hard to control”

“the power button and the Bluetooth button is so clean, this is so clean and so subtle, so good luck finding which button is where when you need to use it”

“You don't get much customization except for the long hold on the left and right earbud”

“There is only one thing that irks me about the Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra second generation's design, and that's the control scheme, because you've got a mix of physical buttons and this touch strip here. Personally, I am not a fan of this…”

“Bose headphones are a bit more complicated. All the controls are on the right earcup. You have this touch bar right here on the side which you can raise or lower volume with... Then you've got a multi-function button and a bluetooth button.”

“when I first put this on it was just massive thunderous overbearing muddy bloated bloated bad quality base just way too much.”

“one of the things I say is improved, but what I find is when I'm making phone calls, people find my sound uh a bit compressed”

“The first is the call quality. The microphones are fine, they get the job done, but they're not going to blow you away.”

“I found that the QuietComfort Ultras don't actually sound that great at all.”

“The regular QC Ultra is to be honest quite horrible in noisy conditions”

“it adds a bit of top-end to the voices on the bose and you definitely hear the background noise and the wind coming through so it's definitely not the great which is a disappointment”

“sadly on the Ultras, the call quality is still not very good. I think Bose call quality is just not improving at the same pace as the Apples and the Sonys”

“I have found that I never used the immersive audio on the Bose QC Ultra 'cause I feel that the bass sounds too artificial. I found that immersive audio just adds a whole lot of reverb to your bass and as a result, there's just a lot of…”

“And one of the Bose's biggest new features is Immersive Audio and it's something that doesn't provide any sort of improvement or value and it's something that I pretty much just turned off to save on battery life.”

“Now, since this uses leather ear cups, they can get a bit warm during hotter weather or warmer environments.”

“...the Bose QuietComfort Ultras... all suffer from the same problem of just falling off my head when I move around the gym, especially when laying down...”

“The ambient mode is solid, it definitely works, but if I had to pick the one that sounds the most muffled compared to the others, it would probably be these.”