QuietComfort Ultra Bluetooth Earbuds, Wireless Earbuds with Spatial Audio and World-Class Active Noise Cancellation, Deep Bass, Up to 6 Hours of Playtime, Black

I don't work in a peaceful environment with timid people, who are respectful of each other and know how to shut up. No. I work in a warehouse. Not a good warehouse. A small warehouse. With 30 people in a single room. People who literally SCREAM along with the music playing over the speakers. People who think being the most annoying person possible is funny. What's worse. It's 10 hour shifts. I've had enough. I decided, time for noise canceling headphones!! This review is for someone in the same position as me. That NEEDS, DESPERATELY, some way to shut down the noise around them. After much debate, I decided between two choices. The Jlab Epic Lab True Edition (200 USD) and the new Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra headphones. (250 USD) I went with these two because 1) I was very interested how jlabs new signature headphones would compare to the 20$ version they offer. I wondered how much better it could be for 200$, also I was interested in the Knowles corporation equalizer preset. Big audio company. 2) Bose is the leader of ANC headphones. I've never had a pair so I had to see what the fuss was about. I got both of these on Amazon knowing I can return the worst pair within 30 days. After using these, I want to apologize to my past self for not doing this sooner. I have broken them in over the past week at work, and it's the only time I have been there I haven't wanted to walk out within hours or gotten crazy depressed. I realized. I actually like my job. Let's start with jlab I'm going to get this out of the way. If you relate to my situation at all. These are not the headphones for you. IF you have a good life. A good job. One without people literally screaming in your ear 10 hours. Please get these. The audio quality on these are amazing. I was shocked. I honestly teared up when putting my favorite song on for first time. I heard parts of that song I have NEVER heard. You will experience this. The Knowles setting is life changing. These are a daily driver for sure. I am impressed. Comfortable and very water resistant. The active noise canceling is actually pretty good. I could barely hear my husband with music on. But my situation....multiple...people...yelling, in union, to Taylor swift. The jlabs can not handle it lol. It does get muffled...a bit. Which honestly, is loads better than just white knuckling it. But if you are looking for strictly ANC, don't get these at 200$. Are they worth 200$ on sound quality alone. Gods yes. Are they worth that...to ME. Ehh.. Bose. Honestly I was not expecting to like these as much. I heard a lot of things about loss of connectivity plus not being water resistant. In my warehouse. I do get water on my hands sometimes so I did not have high hopes. But let me tell you. The second I put these on at work, before the music played it did the ANC switch and I was the happiest I have been in months. It instantly took out the warehouse music, the machines, the fans, the background noises and 80% of the talking. I felt like I could breathe for once. The overstimulation gone like *snaps*. Then the music started playing. I was watching my coworkers mouths and I broke out in a huge grin that lasted minutes. I could see them talk, but hear them talk I could not. This is the first week in months where I didn't get depressed after about 30 minutes of that. So the ANC is legendary. The sound...is not. I keep looking at my jlabs like... ??? How do they sound so much better?! I think the bose default settings out of box is just too treble heavy. I used the app to set mine +9, +4, -2. That is the closest I can get it to sound like jlabs but they still don't. Why?! I don't know why. They still do sound good. Like a 8/10. That plus not hearing my coworkers discuss if lobsters have souls, makes this purchase on sale at $250 a steal for me. I'm going to be returning the Jlabs and looking for a future sale. I would like to have them in my collection for when I just need some good headbanging. Both headphones are great, but get the one you need for the life you live. Take care!

I purchased the Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra earbuds in the Moonstone Blue color to replace/be a backup to my Samsung Buds 2 Pro earbuds. Like all flagship earbuds/headphones, they ARE expensive, but you have to pay for quality - and if you can get them at a discount, don't hesitate to snag them immediately. THE BOSE APP: The same Bose app works for all of your Bose Bluetooth sound devices. For example, the Bose SoundMax Speaker. The app is necessary to access certain functions/features. For example, these features require the app: The simplistic Equalizer settings, renaming the device (helpful if you have more than 1 connected Bose device, changing/adding Modes (Quiet, Aware, Home, Exercising, etc), testing earbud fit, change the order of cycling between Modes, Turning voice Prompts on/off, and configuring what the long press on each ear does. The app works and is free, though the equalizer is simplistic with only Bass, Mid and Treble plus and minus. I've set mine to -3, +3, -1. Once any setting is changed via the app, the earbuds "remember" the settings and uses them on all devices to which they connect. NOISE CANCELLATION: Bose was correct to make the first word of the product name "Quiet". I have never experienced such complete noise cancellation. At maximum, and without music playing (also possible), it's not unlike what it must be to suffer near-total hearing loss. Any sound you hear is muffled and has an oddly mechanic tone. By far the noise cancellation is the best I've ever experienced. Out of the box the earbuds come with 3 uneditable modes, 2 of which are "Quiet" & "Aware." Quiet is Max noise cancellation and Aware is minimum and, in fact, slightly amplifies sound around you to compensate for having something blocking your ear canal. I was surprised how natural ambient sound is with the "Aware" mode. At the other end of the scale, I'd say that maximum is for when you don't want to hear ANYthing/one around you if you're using a jackhammer to break up your backyard sidewalk. If you're listening to music you won't hear anyone talking to you, possibly even if they are right next to you. SOUND: The sound is classic Bose. By this I mean a little heavy-handed with the bass with clear highs. The mid-range is OK. I knew this going in and compensate for most of this using the Bose app equalizer. Sound can get painfully loud without distortion and bass can be made to make you feel like it's going through your head (if you're into that sort of sensation), all without muddying the sound. BATTERY: I have found that the 6 hour expected battery life with ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) is accurate for the "Quiet" mode of maximum cancellation. I have discovered that you will get more than that if you don't set the noise cancellation to maximum. So only set it to the minimum that you need. In the Bose app and in the voice prompts, battery life is only reported in increments of 10 (10%, 20%, 30%...90%, 100%). FIT: I have unusually sized/irregularly shaped ears and ear canals that has led to so much frustration over the years. What works for one ear will not work for the other. For example, with other manufacturers, I've struggled to get a good fit (both with my senses and the manufacturer's software fitment tests) - even if I buy after-market tips. Bose is the only company for which I can get a fit that is both comfortable (doesn't lead to pain) and doesn't eventually fall out. This is because of their use of fitment bands that go around the middle of earbud in 3 sizes, combined with 3 sizes of tips. FEATURES: Other than the Quiet and Aware modes that cannot be modified in the level of ANC, the level of ANC can be changed to any of about 10 steps of cancellation for any Mode that you add to the list in the Bose app. This is helpful so that you can save battery by only using the amount of ANC you need for your environment. Using the app you can not only add and remove modes to choose from, but using the star/favorite icon in the Bose app you can set which ones are included in the list to cycle between. For new Modes you add to the list - and ONLY those - you can set a custom level of noise cancellation at any one of about 10 steps between off and Full, important to saving battery (see above). I did not play with the Immersion feature as I've never found that battery-hogging feature interesting to me. Oh, it works and it's freaky to play with, but at the end of the day it's a gimmick created by someone with WAY too much software development time on her hands. There is no detection of me talking that automatically switches the buds to "Aware" mode, but this mode is automatically engaged when taking a phone call or when only 1 earbud is inserted. Phone calls are clear and natural sounding both for me and the other person. Multipoint Bluetooth connection can be turned on in the Bose App and works as expected, allowing you to simultaneously connect to more than 1 audio source (first come, first served). Range for Bluetooth is great (as expected). Easily reaches me in the when I go to the ground floor to use the restroom from the basement where I work from home and leave my phone. Even at that range (about 50-70 feet as you walk and about 20 straight line feet traveling through the floor to the restroom). There is no skipping or sound quality degradation. I HIGHLY recommend these earbuds, as they are my new favorites.

I was forced to buy new earbuds becuase I accidentally left my old BOSE QC earbuds in my pants pocket and washed them. They would eventually power up but would not connect etc. so I opted for the new BOSE Ultra QC earbuds. But, the only thing ultra about these earbuds is that the sound quality is slightly better the the regular QC's and for me is the only Pro in my evaluation. I'll preface this with I use my earbuds on multiple devices. iPhone, iPad and laptop. Let's start with what I hate about the case. 1. Its smaller then the regular QC's which is good for slipping them in your pocket. What I miss in this case is the indicator lights that show you the battery level of the case. The ultra case does not have this and haveing it is very helpful to me. 2. With the regualer QC case you can also toggle between devices with the small button inside the case. Although the ultra case has this button on the back, its pretty much useless and barely has any functions. Its almost wasted effort in designn and manfacturing for BOSE. 2.a With the button on the regular case you can press it once to see what device it is connected to. very simple and very useful. The ultra case does not do this. You have to open the BOSE app on your device to see where its connected AND you have to use the app to change devices. This may be my biggest issue. Its musch easier to just toggle the button on the case while the buds are in your ears to change evices. I don't want to have to get my phone out, open the app, wait for the app to connect , touch the earbud icon to see my choices and select what device I want. I simply want to toggle the button on the case. 3. Trying to withdraw the earbuds from the case is not easy. The only way I can get them out of the case is by tugging on the rubber ear piece. I'm sure over time they will tear apart. This seems to not been thought through by the designers. Now lets go with the earbuds. 1. They are small and I guess that's ok not much of an issue here except for the earpice options. While I have to use the largest option from the choice of 3; even the largest option isn't really big enough. It fits ok but not great. My regular QC's biggest option is larger and fits really good. I'm not sure why they didn't retain the same sizing options for the ultra. 2. While using, you have to luanch the app to see the battery life. With the regular QC's you simply touch the left bud to hear the battery level. Again, very simple and useful. 2.a Lets talk about battery life. While initially I just used my new ultras for conference calls and listening to videos while connected to my laptop and it all seemed good. Then one day, with a full charge, I went for a walk that lasted just over an hour. With about 10 minutes left on the walk I started getting low battery responses. I'm like, no way. I can't have this. I normally have several conference calls that last over an hour and I can't have these dying in the middle of a call. I also travel a lot by air and often have flights over 2 hours. So reason #1 why I returned them. 3. The sound quality is very comprable for both and while the ultra may be slightly better but not worth the extra $$. I'm a sound nut and not opposed to spending extra doe for better quality but not here. Especially with the other issues I have for this version. All in all, I'm very dissapointed in BOSE's effort with the Ultra's. I have a lot of bose items and this is the first time I've been dissapointed in their products. So much so I sent the ultras back and purchased the regular QC noise cancelling earbuds like I had before. Now I'm happy again.

I rarely write reviews, due to lack of time and the fact that if a product performs the way it's supposed to, it doesn't deserve my time to review it. For the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds, I will make an exception. Simply put, they are wonderful - the sound, the noise cancelling, the ease of fit and comfort. A solid product all around. I have never been a big Bose fan. I thought their products were good, but not great and overpriced. I was looking for a pair of earbuds to replace my old faithful Jabra 65T Elites that finally died. They were nearly 4 years old and didn't owe me anything. Based on reviews, I tried the Apple AirPod Pro 2nd gen, the Sony WF-1000XM5 and the Bose. I was interested in the AirPods mostly because of their compatibility with my Iphone and my son's recommendation. I returned them for three reasons. First, to get them to fit with a tight seal was an ordeal. Fifteen minutes of futzing around to finally pass the seal test (and that's with Comply foam tips -- the Apple silicone tips didn't work for me period.) And even after passing the seal test, I did not find the ANC particularly effective. Adjusting the volume by sliding my finger up and down the stem was wonky -- not working, pausing the music or shifting the bud, the seal I worked so hard to get, broke. Also, not having a real equalizer is a drawback. Apple has a customization wizard, but I like to have different settings for different genres of music. The customization wizard uses Apple's own sound track. On to the Sony's. I liked the Sony's. I have the WH-1000XM4 over the ear headphones for serious listening and they are great. But they are not suitable to wear for dog walking, bike rides or the gym. I need earbuds. The over the ears are also bulky to take on airplane flights taking up a lot real estate in my string pack or messenger bag. Anyway, I tried the 1000XM5's and liked them. The sound is very good as is the ANC. The three drawbacks are ease of fit, comfort and volume control. While easier to pass the seal fit test than the apples, it still took more futzing around than I care to do. Also, to pass the seal test, I had to use the large tips which hurt my ears after an hour. Finally, the four tap volume control is a pain. I either got know response or went back a track because I only tapped three times. So on to the Bose. Nirvana. Fit and Comfort. So easy to get a fit with their innovative tip and wing combo. The wings are really a small silicone gasket that fit inside your ear, but outside the ear canal. Select the right combo of tip and wing (sized independently) put them in your ear and you pass the fit test, first time, every time. I hardly feel them in my ears. Sound Quality. Superb. The Bose bathe me with aural warmth. I liked the Sony sound until I listened to the Bose. I would characterize the sound as warm but accurate. The Sony sound is like sunlight. The Bose sound is like an incandescent lamp. Despite the warmth, the sound is always clean and bright when it needs to be. I listen to a very wide range of music and the sound has been great for every genre. I think that classical music really tests the quality of an audio product due to the tonal range of instruments and voices and the variety of textures. Listening to Mozart's Requiem was sublime. It was like falling in love all over again. The immersion sound option raises the sound quality to a whole new level, bringing a depth and presence to the music. Just wow. And unlike the spatial music technology of Sony and Apple, immersion works for all sources. What I said about Mozart applies to any rock, jazz, and Latin that I have thrown out them. I've heard sounds, I've never heard before. The Bose app has a basic equalizer but I leave everything flat. ANC: Can't be beat. I can listen to quiet music while my wife is watching TV and it doesn't bother me. Sharp sounds such as a firecracker breakthrough but it's not a sensory deprivation chamber after all. I remember the early days of ANC -- it deadened the sound. Not these buds. The sound is alive and well. Can't wait to take them on my first flight in two weeks. And the aware mode is terrific. Just switch to aware and have a conversation without taking the buds out or when using them while on a bike ride. Controls: Work really well and sliding you finger to increase/decrease volume is easy, unlike my experience with the AirPod Pros. I learned that the double and triple taps to move forwards and backwards between tracks does not have to be super rapid. Overall, the touch controls work as well as the physical controls of my old Jabra's. Phone calls: Very secondary for me but so far they have worked just fine. I hear voices clearly and it seems that I am easily understood. Battery Life -- The only weakness- 4 hours with immersion on but I'm told with moderate volume, you can eke out 5 hours, enough for a cross country flight. And I will keep my over the ear Sony's up top in my carry on if I need them. I am not too concerned. Not concerned enough to take take a star off. Everybody's tastes are different. Some folks will be wed to Apple and it's ecosystem and the buds are $50 less. Sony has better battery life. But for me, Bose wins hands down for the combination of fit, comfort, sound quality, ANC and controls.

To put it up front, the only reason I'm not putting this at 5 stars is the lack of wireless charging and the size of this case. I have had the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro for the last 2 years, and I genuinely felt disdain towards them from very early on. I could never find a good ear fit, I bought several replacement ear buds, I did anything and everything I could. I got into running last summer and they'd stop detecting my ears, feel like they were falling out, and I constantly felt like they were not good fits for my ears. On a whim I decided to try these Bose QC Ultra buds, and it's night and day. The shape of these ear buds are definitely what my ears needed and they fit incredibly well. The little wings help them with reinforcement in my ears, and they just feel so much more natural. I also always struggled with the Buds 2 Pro's smaller size, where constantly having to adjust them within my ear would set off touch controls. Having a clear, distinct section of the ear buds that are meant to be touched is a welcome change to me in these Bose buds, and in general they're much easier to handle within my ears. Sound quality initially felt about on par with the Buds 2 Pro, but having listened to same sections of songs back to back, the Bose QC Ultra definitely are a step above. If the Buds 2 Pro were an 8/10 sound, I would put these at 9/10. Not a huge leap, but still a noticeable improvement in quality. The bass is strong (if you want), EQ is fully customizable with the low/mid/high ranges, and the volume is plenty loud for me. The battery life also has not been a huge issue for me yet. I've only had them a few days, but I've still used them for extended periods and still had plenty of battery life left. This may change as time goes on, but we'll see for that. Regarding the negatives, the lack of wireless charging is strange in this day and age. I also don't like how much larger this case is for charging, it's about 50% larger than the Buds 2 Pro case, which also supports full wireless charging. With such an increase in size and less features, it's strange to me. It's harder to carry these into the gym, where my Buds 2 Pro case fit neatly within my glasses case. It's not a huge change, but enough that my consolidated routine of keeping everything I needed in one section is a little more difficult now. Touch controls are also a little strange to get used to. You can stroke a finger from top to bottom of the touch section to lower volume, but it's such a small area that I typically end up just pausing the song I'm listening to. Play/Pause, next song, and previous song work great so far (Single Tap, Double Tap, Triple Tap respectively). I also wish there was a way to turn off the voice prompts for everything. For example, holding down my right bud turns on "Quiet" mode, which takes about 1-2 seconds of holding to activate. When it does activate, it lowers the volume on what you're listening for about a second while the voice says "Quiet", then brings the volume back up. I personally would prefer a simple audio queue to let me know it's activated and not interrupt my music. I also wish they could connect to multiple devices at once (like my Bose N700 do), but I knew that prior to purchasing and can't ding it for that. Overall the headphones are great with a few smaller issues I wish could be resolved. They're simple to sync up to any device, have great audio quality, fit my ears well at least, and feel like quality headphones. No issues with desync as others have mentioned (using S22 Ultra, also tried on Sony X85K TV with no issues).

I so badly wanted to love these earbuds. My older, very nice, air pod pros had been confiscated by my wife. And at the prompting of a buddy (an audiophile) I bought the Bose QC Ultra ear buds. I'll state up front that the sound is amazing. I can do without the immersion mode, though. It's kind of neat but I can hear a sort of "syntheticness" that takes away from the music. I much preferred "quiet mode". I have no experience with the older Bose earbuds, but suspect you could own a pair of really great, older earbuds at a much better price point. Here are my problems with the Bose QC Ultras. Connection to the iphone is pretty hit and miss. If you can't get it to connect, you can probably sort out the situation in 2 - 10 minutes. But that gets old real fast. I have a 7 year old and can only workout at 5am. Spending 5 minutes in the parking lot trying to connect my ear buds to my phone is infuriating. First world problems, I know, but they cost too much and the nitwits at Bose know full well there is an issue and that it could be better. It wasn't just my phone that had issues. It would randomly disconnect and have issues with my Nvidia shield. The second major issue has to do with volume during calls and online meetings. The volume is SIGNIFICANTLY reduced compared to that of the apple air bud pros. It's just not useable. You cannot make it louder. If you're in a quiet room, fine. But if you're going for a walk or out in public, you are not going to be able to hear. And you can look this up...it's an issue. Again, come on, Bose. You know full well that phone calls need to be louder. Music is plenty loud, so what's going on? Big fail. The 3rd thing is that sometimes, not always, when listening to music you can hear a sort of "sputtering" going on with the music. I can tell you that the ear buds were NOT too far away from the audio source. And the batteries were charged. I typically listen to music through Amazon HD Music. So maybe the issue was on Amazon's end. Maybe. Again, I wanted to love these ear buds. I heard parts and layers in songs I had not heard before. The bass is rich and deep. It's really good. I suspect that if you did NOT use your ear buds for calls and you owned an Android phone, these ear buds might be great. But not if you are an apple user. So I'll sacrifice the audio greatness of the Bose for the pretty great audio quality of the Apple air bud pros (Gen 2). The interfacing with other apple products is just so good. And the Apple air buds do sound great, too. I was also told, but didn't explore this idea, that the Bose app is the problem regarding bluetooth connection. The notion is that if it is removed, an Apple user might not have any connection issues (letting the bluetooth software built into an Apple iOS or computer take over). That wasn't going to work for me because I also own the Bose L1 Pro16 PA system. I have to keep the Bose app on my phone. On a positive note (regarding the Ultras) the comfort is amazing and the battery life is really awesome, too. So that's my experience. Hope this helps. All for trying out any new Bose ear buds that move the ball forward. I googled the issues above and plenty of people were experiencing the same thing. And Bose decided to ignore it. Bose employs really smart people. Not fixing these issues is just declaring that you don't care. Hopefully this review saves you some time and energy.

For the last 3 months, I wanted to find a pair of wireless earbuds that were, at the very least, comfortable. My previous pair of wireless earbuds, Sony's WFSP800N were, by far, the most comfortable wireless earbuds I have ever experienced. That being said, they're going on four years old. They disconnected randomly from my phone, they often remained on when I put them in their charging case, and on a few occasions, just my sweat would be enough to trigger the touch sensors and either skip or pause whatever song I was listening to. So, I set out to try just about every major brand that *wasn't* Sony this time around. I tried the top of the line in the $200 price range from Jabra, Beats, and Sennheiser. Jabra was by far the one I wanted to succeed the most. I picked up the Jabra Elite 8. The sound was good. Noise cancelling was automatic and easy to cycle. And the fact that the materials were military grade and built to withstand just about anything really sold me. Unfortunately, prolonged wear hurt my right ear. I returned them a few days later and tried the Beats Fit Pro. I thought that the wings would provide stabilization and comfort. I was wrong. I didn't even get a chance to really try them out. My ears were in agonizing pain due to the rigidity of the wings. I returned them the same day I bought them. I had high hopes for Sennheiser, and though they sounded amazing, they hurt in the same way that Jabra did. Cue Bose to come in. The thing that set them apart from the competition were the comfort wings. They come in three different sizes. I tried using the medium wings first, but prolonged use still caused pain in just my right ear, even though my left was fine. The small wings though fit perfectly in both, and have not created any issues of discomfort or pain. They're actually on par comfort wise with the Sony earbuds I got almost 4 years ago. Now, the sound was night and day to anything I have ever tried before. The sheer depth of everything was immaculate, and with the app you can adjust the different tones accordingly. But the features that won out was the noise cancelling "quiet" mode, the sound heightening "immersion" mode, and the all around "aware" mode. These are the best noise cancelling earbuds I have ever experienced with the quiet mode. The immersion mode let's you listen to music in all levels around you as if you're sitting in the middle of an orchestra. The aware mode transfers sound from the outside to you as if you aren't wearing headphones at all. All three modes are miles above the other competing products I have bought. But the Aware mode is absolutely amazing as any other version of this sounds Tinny or Electronic. This was the first time I have ever forgotten I was even wearing headphones. The music may not have been playing, but the background noise was so clear that I just didn't need to take the headphones out and put them away. This actually made it easy to listen to music at a low volume and still be able to keep up with concentrating on conversations or work place activities and lectures. The case uses the USB C charging cable, and you get a full charge if it's completely dead in about 2 hours. That being said, I probably get about 6 to 8 hours with consecutive use of the earbuds on a single charge. With the charging case, I can probably go 20 to 25 hours without needing to recharge. But what I love is that not only will the earbuds audibly tell you when they are low after they've been sitting in the case, the case itself has a light indicator to tell you when the charging battery is drained. Overall, is this worth $300? Considering it blew every other $200 competitor, including my original earbuds out of the water (which I paid $250 for when they were released near 4 years ago), I would say that TO ME, they are worth the money. I'm not comparing them to current Sonys on the market, nor have I ever tried the Quiet Comfort 2s. If you feel that it isn't big enough of a jump, then cool. But to me, comparing them to all of the earbuds that caused me pain, I do feel like this is a case of "Getting Your Money's Worth." I sincerely like these, and I am happy I spent the money for the sake of impressive comfort and impressive sound quality. 11/14/2023

I keep trying to move off the Apple everything bandwagon and get frustrated that the alternative product doesn't work nearly as well. Pros using the Ultras instead of the Airpod Pros: Super comfortable, excellent fit. Phenomenal noise cancellation. The Airpod Pros come close with the noise cancellation, however, just not as comfortable. Better bass, better sound. Especially watching movies. Cons: Horrible connection problems. The Ultras drop and reconnect frequently, even while on a call. Callers can't hear me sometimes even though I hear them just fine. Ultras won't connect to another device when I need to answer a call. I have to forget the Ultras and reconnect at least once a week on multiple devices to get it working. Bluetooth says it is connected even though I hear nothing. Outside noise cancellation on a call is horrible. Nobody can hear me when I'm talking outside or driving my utility vehicle on the highway. Frequently, one bud will drop and try to reconnect. Frequently, only one bud will cancel the noise and the other will not, causing me to pull both buds out, replace them in the case, drop the Bluetooth connection and try to reconnect, having to do this several times, sometimes just giving up altogether and grabbing my AirPod Pros. The Ultras are easy to drop when you pull them out of the case. There's no easy grip so you'll use the tip of your fingers to pull them out and readjust your fingers to put them in your ears. If you're driving while doing this, you're sure to drop one and good luck grabbing the black earbud on the dark floor of a car when driving down the highway. I find myself giving up on the Ultras and grabbing my AirPod Pros more and more just because I know they will work every time with just slightly inferior sound quality and slightly inferior noise cancellation. The AirPod Pros have none of the Ultra's problems for me. Again, I really wanted the Ultras to work as well, especially for $250.