Soundcoreby Anker Liberty 4 NC Wireless Earbuds, 98.5% Noise Reduction, Adaptive Noise Cancelling to Ears and Environment, Hi-Res Sound, 50H Battery, Wireless Charging, Bluetooth 5.3Carbon Neutral Certified by SCS Global ServicesClimatePartner certified

I've gone through several pairs of cheap and mid-price ear buds (< $100). Three I like are the earfun pro 3, 1more comfobuds pro, and now the Anker Liberty 4NC. Overall the Ankers win hands down. I think they have the best sound and by far the best wind resistance. After you load up their app and connect to the buds it gives you a hearing test to give a base level of response, then gives a bunch of A-B comparisons to a piece of music asking which one you prefer as it tweaks the response curve. I think the end result is great, but I'm no audiophile and am 65, so take that for what it is worth. The other two are good, too (I rate the 1more buds above the earfun's, but I like them all). I got the 1mores first, and if I were only going by sound quality I'd have stopped there (glad I didn't, but I didn't know that at the time!).I usually listen to them when I ride my bike on a local rails-to-trails path. The downfall of the 1mores is that there is a lot of wind noise that comes through. Noise cancelling overall is good, but not for wind. So I saw the earfuns on sale, so tried them. Much better wind noise reduction, but still more than I'd like. Finally I saw these and bought a pair on their launch. As I mentioned above the sound is great, and the wind noise reduction is very, very good. I hear a little from time to time, but most of the time I feel the wind on my face but can only hear it if I am really looking for it. They have a lot of modes you can set it too, but the one that works the best for me against wind is manual mode, maximum (level 5) noise cancelling with wind reduction on.They remember their settings no problem after you take them out of their case. The earfuns seemed to turn off sometimes (go back to non-cancelling mode). The worst thing about that in the earfun case is that in order to connect to the buds with their app you MUST have an internet connection. This was a problem on my last flight as you might imagine. The 1mores were great on the flight -- and no issues about connecting to the app in flight. It was a transatlantic flight and they ran out of juice so I switched to the earfuns for a while so they could get enough charge back into them. With the 1mores the engine noise and other extraneous airplane sounds were almost gone and I enjoyed my music. I have not flown with the Anker's yet. Hopefully they will do as well as the 1more's there (but I'll have the 1more's along just in case!). Supposedly the battery lasts longer in the Anker's, but only ride for about 3 hours at a time so I have not tested that.One final GREAT thing about the Ankers vs the others I've tried is that you can disable the on-bud controls. I always have my phone on my bike, so if I need to change modes I can do so. Since I found settings I like I don't need to anyway.... In the app you can select what every combination of taps does individually. And every combination has a do nothing setting. You'll still get a beep if you trigger the setting while inserting or wiggling the bud around, but it has no effect. Just what I want. If I want to skip a song my phone is right there, usually with the app up that is playing said songs.Sometimes I start hearing wind, and that just means the buds have slipped a bit. A quick twist or wiggle and the wind is gone. They've never fallen out, but I'm riding a recumbent so I'm just sitting in a lawn chair while I pedal.I use these only for listening to music. My wife called me when I was out while using the earfuns and she said I sounded fine. I have not used these so far to talk on the phone while I ride so I cannot speak to that.

The best sounding earbuds at this price point!! Great noise canceling, bass, loudness and all around sound as well as a comfortablef fit with plenty of ear tips that should fit most. All features on these buds including touch controls are far better than the higher priced Liberty Pros priced at $150!! These even Knock the socks off the New Samsung Galaxy Buds3 FE priced at $150! Not even close!! I would say these stack up to and in some cases surpass the Galaxy Buds3 Pro priced at $250! Can't recommend these enough to anyone who wants great sounds at a great price!!

Were it not for noise reduction I would have rated a solid 5 star for sound quality. Very impressive at all ranges with excellent base, mid-range and very good high end crisp treble. I've had other brands of earbuds and these exceed those in quality of sound. I've used and have several Anker brand electronic products and have ALWAYS found them to be of exceptional quality and these earbuds are no exception.They come with a nice charging case and 4 sets of ear bud tips covers which offer a good range of sizes so the buds will fit securely in your ear. And this is critical for not only optimum sound quality, but for what noise reduction they do provide - more on that later. Be sure to download the excellent Soundcore app to your phone so you can customize the features to your taste and to achieve max performance. There is even a cool test you can run with the app to test the fit of the earbuds so you can change the rubber tips to fit your ear. And it works great. I played with it a bit and every time I did not have the correct piece or I pulled the bud out slightly, the test came out negative. There are some other settings and features provided by the app including equalizer settings (I didn't end up using this feature since I didn't think it improved the sound over standard setting), and on the noise reduction, what type of noise you are trying to filter, etc. Really an excellent app so I suggest using it.The set up is minimal and the buds pair quickly with Bluetooth. I'm also quite impressed with the battery life as it is in line with that as advertised. And of course it charge with any USB C charger and comes with a USB C cable, which most of us have a zillion of by now lying around anyway.But with regard to noise reduction, I am disappointed. Perhaps this is a expectation issue but what I was expecting was when I placed the buds in my ear with NC activated, all sounds would be eliminated or at minimum reduced to virtually nothing. This is not the case or at least my experience. In various tests around the house and outside, I always heard about the same amount of noise as I would have with just earbuds in the ear muffling out sounds as they would since they are jammed in the ear canal like ear plugs. And of course I tested this with NC on and off to determine any difference and there was minimal. Driving in the car with no music playing, there was minimal difference but with music playing there for some reason seemed to be an improvement in sound with NC on vs off. So perhaps they work best when playing music and are really not intended to block out sounds with no sound other than the "white noise" the buds produce sans music?? Not sure. And I highly doubt these Anker's do a lesser job than any other earbud brand. Anyway, they do sound great playing music in the car. The real test will be in a month when I take a long international flight. If they can block out even half the engine noise I'll be a happy listener! I imagine headphone NC would work better for obvious reasons, but I simply don't have the room to carry yet another bulky item on board in my briefcase, so earbuds are my only option. For the money, I'm happy with them overall.

These things are absolutely incredible! I’m comparing to the likes of $20-30 earbuds I’ve used over the years though.Battery is unbelievable. I’ll use them on and off for weeks hours a day and nearly never have to charge the base. I’ve had these for almost 2 years and have only charged like 3 times and use them a couple hours a week.Range is also better than almost anything I’ve ever used. The bass is good although won’t hit hard enough for bass junkies. But over like 60hz it hits every nite loud and clear. But super low stuff it does just won’t rock your year drums but than again for ear buds like crazy good. I hear notes that no other system home/car (infinity, pioneer, Bose, Sony), headphones have ever shown me clearly.Pass through is very good but takes a few seconds to turn on and off with the touch and hold. The noise canceling works well with everything but wind noise for some reason being one intrusive factor sometimes.Lightweight and comfy enough to wear for a couple hours personally.