Are you interested in the Bose
QuietComfort 35 headphones from Costco?
well in this video I'll have the
unboxing, feature description, and review
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ok let's jump into the video
today I'm talking about the
Bose QuietComfort 35
headphones from Costco
remember that listening to loud sounds
and music for long periods of time can cause permanent hearing loss and ringing
in the ears or tinnitus so just make sure you enjoy your music at a softer
safe volume I recently purchased these headphones and I'm excited to try them
out what I have today are the original QuietComfort QC 35 1 from Costco the
newer QC 35 2 is also available which has an extra button for Amazon Alexa or
Google assistant as well as the Bose AR or augmented reality for use with the
Bose Connect app for the latest pricing make sure to check out the links in the
description below you never know when these might go on sale I'll also include
a link for the manual in the description below
it's really nice cover here let's
take the case out the manual right here I want to take a look at that later some
safety instructions a little quick start pairing guide for the phone itself so it
works with your stuff
first thing I see here is the audio cable so this is the wired audio cable
so you can use these headphones in a wired mode if you choose to and we also
have here on the side the connection for the airplane so if you are flying and
you want to have that airplane audio connection okay so this is your charging
cable so this is what we'll use to charge up the headphones and then
headphones themselves looks like yeah that's it so we've got the headphones
I'll go ahead and close this out we'll take a look at these headphones here in
a second so we got the new Bose headphones here
on the table and as you can see they are collapsible which is really handy for
storage and Oh first thing I notice here is you've got a right and a left ear cup
so it has if you ever forget which side is for which year you've got the right
and the left ear cup on there and then so all we want to do is just turn these
headphones here and open them up look at that that is a really nice really nice
construction these are really sturdy I like that so if we take a look at the
bottom of these headphones we can see there's three buttons we have a plus and
a minus for volume control and in the middle we have the multifunction button
which allows you to turn on your music pause your music also reject a phone
call answer a phone call and then activate the voice control on the side
of the earphone we have the power switch right here so you can see it right there
that also is used to pair the headphones so that activates the pairing process
for your headphones and then here on the bottom we have the little power plug the
power plug for charging these headphones and then on the other side that's where
we have the audio wire so you can hardwire your headphones into whatever
device you're listening to so just to orient yourself a little bit we have the
left ear cup here that's where the audio plug is we have the right ear cup here
that's where the charging port is and the power on switch and also all the rest of
the buttons okay now i'll cover all the key
features of these Bose QC 35 1 noise cancelling headphones
an all day listening design these have a soft headband and soft ear pads so they're
very comfortable to wear acoustic noise cancellation microphones on the outside
of these headphones listen to your environment and use something called
sound wave phase cancellation to cancel out the noise around you this allows you
to reduce the overall volume of the sounds that you're listening to with the
headphones and listen in comfort active EQ or sound equalization this is used to
improve the sound quality of your music Bluetooth wireless with up to a 33 foot
range there's also a wired option if you want to listen to devices without
Bluetooth lithium-ion rechargeable battery 20 hours of battery life when
you use wireless and 40 hours of battery life when you're using wired a 15 minute
charge will give you two and a half hours of use the headphones are fully
charged in two hours and 15 minutes if your battery dies the headphones will
still work however the active noise cancellation
and active EQ is disabled dual microphones for phone calls two
microphones work together to reduce the noise so that the person on the other
end of the phone can hear you more clearly voice prompts with bluetooth
pairing this just allows you to know if a device is connected or disconnected
near-field communication or NFC for bluetooth pairing you just place a
device near the right ear cup and it will connect multi-point technology or
connection to two devices this allows you to be listening to music on one
device let's say your iPad or computer and then if you get a phone call the
music will automatically pause and it will go over to the phone so you can
answer the phone the Bose Connect app the app gives you even more control over
the headphones
okay so I've had the opportunity now to try these headphones for about the last
week or so and I have a number of impressions things I really like some
things I don't like as much so I'll go ahead and go through that with you right
now okay when you first turn on the headphones you'll notice that it tells
you the battery level so it'll say battery 100% battery 90% wherever you're
at currently it'll first thing it'll tell you is how much battery life you
have and then it will say connecting or connected to iPhone whatever the name
of the device is that you're using them whenever you get a phone call it'll tell
you call from and then I have the phone number so you know exactly who's calling
you when you get a phone call okay so let's start with the pros these are
great noise cancelling headphones they're not sound isolating meaning that
they don't completely block out everything but they do a great job of
cancelling out just general noises in your environment I haven't had an
opportunity to use it in a very crowded room of people yet I do want to do that
but I got to say using these around the house it really does a great job of
blocking out other distractions and I just really hear the music or the video
or whatever I'm listening to I hear it very very well and I'm not distracted by
the noises around me these have a great wireless range you know the
specifications say up to 33 feet I don't know if I got up to 33 feet or not but I
got to say I went from one room to the next and these still worked great
it wasn't until maybe I turned a corner or I got really far away that I started
to hear the the sound fade out a little bit but overall I'm able to walk around
do whatever I want to do with the headphones on listening to music and it
holds connection very well I also did not notice any Bluetooth latency when
I'm watching video so as somebody's speaking and I'm listening to them on
these headphones I did not see any lag in the movement of their lips and the
sounds of their voice one of the things I really like about these headphones is
that they're very comfortable and light they have an adjustable headband when
I'm wearing them it almost seems like I'm not wearing them at all because
they're so light on my head that is definitely a nice change because I've
used other headsets that are really heavy they might be great at cancelling
out noise they press too hard against my head
these devices are not like that these are very comfortable I can wear them
literally for hours and not have any problem whatsoever they have excellent
sound quality the bass response is great my music sounds great I'm very happy
with them these have a firm fit so the ear cups are specifically shaped so that
the right side fits the right ear and the left side fits the left ear it just
hugs your head really well and it stays in place
the volume control on the headphones is also very convenient so if I am walking
away from my phone and listening to music I can turn the volume up or down I
don't have to go over and adjust my phone the multifunction button gives you
access to Siri so if you have an iPhone you just press and hold the
multifunction button it'll activate Siri you can start speaking out loud the
headphones will pick up your voice and send it over to your iPhone and then
Siri can respond back to you that's one feature with the other model the QC 35
2 those headphones have an extra button which allow you to activate Alexa or
Google assistant that sort of thing so if you don't have an iPhone but if you
have an iPhone these headphones work really well for voice-activated requests
okay so let's talk about a few of the cons with this device there aren't that
many honestly one thing I didn't like as much was how flimsy the headphones
sometimes are the way they fold up so you know when I'm picking him up and
maneuvering him these little ear cups they fold in real easy I mean that's not
a bad thing you can easily fold them up and store them but when you're just kind
of picking them up and using them I did feel like they're they're a little too
flimsy for for my preference noise reduction has a soft hiss that's very
minimal it's sometimes more noticeable when it's really quiet when there it
really isn't that much going on around you but you if you're hearing is
normal you don't have hearing loss you probably will notice just a very
slightest hiss that is playing in the headphones and that's just part of the
noise cancellation process I did take a few calls with these headphones and I
noticed that I couldn't hear my voice that well so
obviously if you're not wearing headphones you have better awareness of
your own voice you're not covering your ears but I found that I was speaking up
a little bit more than maybe I otherwise would because I couldn't hear my voice
as well when I was using them on the phone and one last thing these
headphones have a USB charger so they don't have an adapter to plug them into
a wall outlet that's just a minor inconvenience but something to be aware
of so for my final thoughts on the bose qc35 1 noise cancelling headphones
these are some of the best headphones I've ever purchased and I say that
because they sound great they feel great when you're wearing them and they're
super easy to use so I hope you'll try these headphones
out for yourself remember the links are in the description below so for today's
question have you tried the Bose QuietComfort 35 1 headphones from Costco
how do these headphones compare to other devices that you've used I'd love to
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