Got these 4 months ago. These are hands down the best earbud type headphones I’ve ever owned and I’ve tried ALOT! My ears are really small so all others I tried either fall off, fall out, and just plain hurt my ears. These headphones right here are the truth!! They clip on which is so much better. They are comfortable, stay on my ear, and do not hurt. Most of the time I forget they are on. They are better than advertised, and of course sounds quality is great. This is a real review, not something fake to get you to buy it. I’m just very appreciative.

I was just talking to my son about how I can't seem to find earbuds that work for my tiny ears. I've tried them all. My two main complaints regarding the ones I had tried is that they would fall out and if they did stay in, they would be very uncomfortable and I could only wear them for a limited time. THEN I got an email from BOSE about the Ultra Open Earbuds. I thought to myself "Self...why not give them a try". WOW! They are perfect. The unique design keeps the Earbuds securely attached to my ear without causing any discomfort. The sound is great and they very easy to control. An added bonus for me (since I like to wear them in environments where I need to stay aware of what's going on around me) is that they don't block out the ambient noise. This is crucial if you wear them while walking. I would highly recommend these to anybody and everybody...but especially to people who have small ear openings.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] These are the buds I’ve been waiting for! I never wore earbuds because I need to be completely aware of my surroundings. The Ultra Open Earbuds make this possible while giving me a soundtrack to life. Listening to a book or podcast sounds like a friend chatting with me as we stay aware of our surroundings when walking down the street.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought a month ago and have loved them. The balance of being able to hear your surroundings while still being able to hear your music is great. I always struggled with hearing others if my headphones were in even if they were off and now that problem is gone.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought these about 2 months ago and what is very cool about them is you do forget you're wearing them. The type of ear buds that go in your ear have always made my ears very uncomfortable very fast, but these you really don't feel. You also don't stand out so much as wearing ear buds, depending on your hair style, but since they don't have that long part sticking down you don't necessarily look like you're walking around with ear buds on. They also are unlike the other type of ear buds in that they do not interfere with your normal hearing - you hear everything plus you hear whatever you're listening to with your phone which I really like. I have kids and I also like to listen to audiobooks so this way I'm not "off in my own little world." I'm still very present and aware of everything going on around me but listening to a book. If someone talks to me I don't have to go, "huh?" and take out an ear bud and then ask them to repeat. And because you're still so present and they're so comfortable and you forget you're wearing them - they have scared the total crap out of me more than once when I'd get a phone call. One time I was in a public bathroom and suddenly loud and clear and all around me was "Jingle Bells." I jumped but no one else was reacting - then I realized it was my phone ringing with my Christmas ringtone. Really these things are great. I hope that eventually they would be better integrated with iPhone so they'd read my text messages to me, but I think that's just iPhone being proprietary.

I feel there should be a way to have the music funneled toward the ear canal. I barely hear my music. I won’t return them because the concept is great. I was in a running event and I saw where a runner couldn't hear a runner shouting “passing left” so the slower runner should move to the right. The faster runner had to jump the curb because the slow runner couldn’t hear what was going on because of the ear buds they had on. Wish you made a short extension piece, just to get the music closer to the ear canal without touching. Maybe about 1/8 coned adapter extension would be wonderful. I’m loosing to much of my music. Hope you can develop something. The coned thinking is to direct the music. Trust me it won’t block surrounding sounds.

Incredible sound. I walk around downtown with them in immersive mode, and it seems like the entire city street is filled with music, even though it's just a few grams of gear hanging off each ear lobe. Sound quality is exceptional. They last all morning, at least 6 hours for me. I'd love for them to last longer, but with present battery technology, I'm sure that would double or more their weight. As is, you can completely forget that you are wearing them.

I bought these a few weeks ago, I love them! They are pretty easy to control and they have great sound. *The only thing I could think of that would make them even better would be to put a small strip of padding on the Inside of the buds that would wrap around the ear to pad between the ear and the portion of the Earbud that Grips the ear. It gets a bit sore after while because you don’t want to take them off.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought these while on a business trip. They are very comfortable, don't hurt my ears, and the sound is awesome. I don't like noise canceling earbuds so these let just enough outside noise in, that I still know what's going on around me.

Hi, as always as you’d expect from Bose, it has reach, full sound quality and effects! The one thing that I noticed is when you push the ultra open earbuds to your ears, the sound becomes louder and reacher! But I guess that’s just how openness of earbuds is. Anyway totally satisfied with my purchase and I got it on sale! Beautiful piece of equipment for music lovers!!