I have the Bose sleepbuds II. Here’re some thoughts:
+ They fit my ears great.
+ They do a very good job at masking sound. Better than noise canceling if you put the volume high enough.
+ At this point, even putting them in my ears makes me feel sleepy.
± They require your phone to adjust, but there is a phone-free mode where you can pick one sound/one volume and they will play without the phone nearby.
- They sometimes lose pairing w/o the phone nearby. If you don’t sleep with your phone (
) this makes them unreliable.
+ White noise sounds are great.
- The nature sound loops are too short and kinda obvious when the loop occurs.
- The review videos I watched talked about how great the battery was, but in my experience it’s something you need to charge everyday. This could be because I keep it in phone-free mode.
± The way the charging case is designed makes it easy to use in the dark, but the light’s too bright (in the dark).
Bottomline: I am very happy with them, but I only needed them because I’m a light sleeper and wanted noise masking. I would not recommend them to someone who needs something that’ll help them zone out (e.g. TV show or book) to fall asleep.
Oh, and: I got my refurbished from Bose’s eBay store and they were about $100 less that way.