SoundcoreSleep A20 by Anker Sleep Earbuds, 30dB High-Frequency Noise Reduction, Small Earplugs for Side Sleepers, 80H Playtime, Stream Content via Bluetooth 5.3, Sleep Monitor, Personal AlarmClimatePartner certified

Holy smokes. Amazing little helpers for my sleep. And I charge them MAYBE 1x/week. And they work ALLLLLL night. Not sure what magic they used to make that work. But it does work.Early 40s woman here with all the hormone shifts that come along with that.My sleep sucked and was getting avoidant of sleep bc it was that awful. If you know, you know.Then, I met these little guys (along with some HRT). Super comfy.These play my audiobook when I am falling asleep, then swap to white noise. Automatically.If I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t sleep, 2 taps on the ear bud and I’m listening to my book again and can doze right off. It beats reaching for the cellphone to turn something on (which wakes me and the hubby up).Really, stop looking. Buy them. I’ve worn them to workout too- they just don’t have microphone. Otherwise they’d be my daily headphone.These are worth their weight in gold.The sound is awesome.They fit comfy! No sore ears when I wake up. I’m a side sleeper

I’ve used these sleep ear buds for 6 months and have found these to be useful in sleeping through minor snoring and general background noise. Keep in mind that these are passive noise blocking devices; there is no active noise cancellation although the new A30 model has this feature.The key to blocking noise is to ensure the sizing of the bud tips and wings are properly selected. If they hurt when you sleep on your ear, they are too large.There is a learning curve to syncing the device via Bluetooth to your phone’s app or laptops audio and the sleep mode where the buds are in stand alone and play your canned sleep audio.What I like: decent noise blocking, good selection of sounds to play in sleep mode, battery life, comfort when sized properly.What I don’t like: round case is difficult to orient properly to slide open in the dark, the round case can roll away if dropped in the dark, the listed 30dB high freq reduction is difficult to realize since this is specific to an arbitrary ‘high frequency’ (most ear plug and muffs are rated in NRR which is broader noise). It takes a while to figure out the operations allowed in Bluetooth vs sleep mode.Overall, these sleep earbuds work for me. I do wish there was more noise isolation against louder snoring. I understand the new A30 with ANC might be better at this.

Let me start by being honest; Amazon's not letting me review the new A30's here but here's my review of both A20's and the new A30's. This is posted on SoundCore's site as well:First a couple of back story statements: Amazon is now not taking reviews of the A30's unless the buds are purchased through them and since I was part of the Early Bird KickStarter and got them directly from SoundCore I couldn't do a review there (where most of the reviews are posted and viewed). It seemed that the majority of reviews on Amazon were from first time SoundCore users. I've had six months of A20 use and the same amount of time communicating with SoundCore's Support Team and Tech Team so I have some viewpoints on that. As a note I was a Bose SleepBud user for three years and experienced all the down sides of their difficulties with battery, range and software glitches that eventually drove them to decide to discontinue the product. Here's my take going from the plus side to the somewhat negative side: For those of us who had good experiences with the A20's the shift to the A30's is far easier than it would be for a first time user. The app layout is similar with some changes that take into account the ANC tech and the ability to store more than one "Land" sleep sound whether white noise or snore blocking. While this seems a little clunky unless you want to continually change sleep sounds night by night I don't see any issue with this. The setup is quite easy as were the A20's and pairing whether using the app or the Bluetooth setting is simple. The app's navigation is similar to the A20's with some needed additions to the Sound Scape variety for pre-sleep. As with the A20's the range of the buds from a phone is excellent so if you have to head to a distant bathroom or elsewhere the long range really helps. The whole reason for switching from the A20's to the A30's was the addition of ANC to the product. The A30 bud is slightly larger than the A20 but certainly still low profile and comfortable and permits side sleeping without issues. The reviews mentioning the lack of sensitivity with the touch adjustments for sound level and switching from Bluetooth to Sleep mode may be due to the need to contact the bud DIRECTLY on the flat face rather than even slightly off center. A big complaint from reviewers on both A20's and A30's is the sudden transition from Bluetooth mode to Sleep mode that's jarring and tends to wake you up with the software detects sleep. I think this is being addressed but is a definite downside for both devices. Again, similar to the A20's. I've communicated some of my concerns about the transition from A20's to A30's directly to SoundCore's teams but my chief complaint is the difficulty in SoundCore's verbiage on the directions for the products. Simple is good and my experience with both the ear buds as well as other SoundCore speakers is that their directions use quite confusing wording and in general need to be far more clear and use simple statements that don't require trying to figure out what the terminology means and what they're intended to do. Finally, I've read reviews that are critical of the ANC function in terms of how much noise the A30's is blocked out. My experience is that the ANC is not nearly as effective as either over the ear cans or competitors' like Bose's noise cancelling but in such a small package that's very comfortable for sleep positions you're not going to fit total ANC in the bud. It does reduce background noise but is certainly not capable of true ANC as of right now. Now for the positive; In the six months I've dealt directly with SoundCore their Support and Tech teams are excellent. In a business that normally does not have the ability to directly contact the manufacturer by phone the Tech team is accessible and very helpful. SoundCore Support is email only but VERY responsive in a short time frame and is very patient and helpful. I know this may seem a side issue but for anyone that's experienced product and setup direction issues being able to get quick responses and tech guidance is a game changer. SoundCore is pushing hard on brands like Bose's product placement and is now in both Verizon stores as well As Costco. With the added customers i'm hoping that the customer service gets expanded and can keep up. I know that SoundCore is working on software updates and some technical tweaks and that should help but right now not sure that switching from the A20's to the much pricier A30's is necessary. For first time SoundCore customers the A30's function well and have some features that make it worth the bucks with the proviso that SoundCore will continue the software and direction improvement.