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For most people, most of the time, you’ll get a full night’s sleep between charges. The case has enough capacity to charge the buds another seven times, significantly more than most. Only having to hunt out a (USB C) charger once a week at most makes a nice change from most tech gear these days. Real-World Testing
As I mentioned earlier, if you’ve a very light sleeper, have a loudly-snoring partner, or live beside the highway, you’ll be better off with the proper noise cancellation found inside the QuietOn 3.1. Anything less than that (especially if you prefer music to silence), and the noise isolation of the A10’s is probably enough. Audio Quality On the inside, the A10’s connect to whatever device you’re using via Bluetooth. From there, you’ve got two options: stream audio as you usually would, or fire up the Soundcore app to control a range of settings or play the included ambient sleep sounds. That’s probably why most companies haven’t managed it, and why I usually find myself tossing and turning for a few minutes trying to find a comfortable position whenever I’m testing these things. Usually, the end result is me giving up and grumpily pulling the bud out of the ear that’s on the pillow.When staying at a relative’s house for a few nights and using a harder pillow, I didn’t have as much success: it just wasn’t quite comfortable enough, and I ended up discarding one of the buds after a while. So, my takeaway is: try a softer pillow if you’re a front or side sleeper. That level of quality is fine for me when I’m trying to sleep, but I wouldn’t typically use them as everyday earbuds. That said, they’ve sometimes been the only earbuds I’ve taken with me on a weekend trip, and I’ve used them to listen to podcasts on the train or while out for a walk. I live in an inner-city neighborhood that can get noisy at weekends, to the point where it’s not always easy to sleep unaided. With the Sleep A10’s inserted and nothing playing through them, I’ve noticed a definite drop in the noise levels. Add in some quiet music or deep-voiced podcast hosts, and I’m asleep in minutes. Anker seems to be actively developing for the Sleep A10 (there have been two firmware updates and a few app updates during my review period, including the addition of several new ambient sounds), so I wouldn’t be surprised to see more new features added as time goes by. Noise Reduction
Probably because of that, I’ve never yet seen the earbuds run out of charge during the night. They’re still connected via Bluetooth in the morning, and I can play something on them when I wake up without a problem. Other than all of that, I had no other concerns about the comfort of these buds, and the medium tip fitted both of my ear canals well. I don’t move around a lot during the night, and never had any concerns about the buds falling out while I was sleeping or changing position.
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The Soundcore app (available on iOS and Android) is used across the company’s product range, but has several features specific to these buds. You’ve got the usual equalizer settings (preset and custom), along with being able to configure basic tap controls for playing or pausing whatever you’re listening to.
In terms of physical design, the only other thing worth mentioning is the ear “wing” on the top of each bud that stops it moving around. It looks like a grab handle, and acts like one as well, helping you remove the buds from the recesses of your ear canal each morning. It’s a simple approach that works well. Right off the bat, it’s important to note that these aren’t noise canceling buds. For some, that’ll be a dealbreaker: if your partner snores like a freight train or you live above a nightclub, you’ll be better served by something like the QuietOn 3.1. While active noise cancellation would make these the perfect sleep aid, I understand the trade-offs that go into making that decision. If the alternative is poor battery life or no Bluetooth streaming (and based on the competition, it seems to be), Anker has made a sensible choice here. Pairing via Bluetooth was no different to any other device, although Anker does warn that the connection may be unstable if used outdoors. From that, I take it that it’s a low-power connection to save on battery life.The volume needed to be set somewhere near maximum, but they’ve been usable in a pinch. Like I say, I wouldn’t choose to listen to music that way, but spoken word stuff is fine. Comfort verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{
For a first attempt at sleep-focused earbuds, Anker’s done surprisingly well with the A10’s. Battery life is better than expected, especially while streaming, and the buds are more comfortable to wear overnight than pretty much anything else I’ve tried in this space.I don’t really have a lot to say about the audio quality, which may seem surprising in a review of a set of earbuds. Sleep-focused versions are different, though: they don’t need to sound amazing, they just need to not annoy you whenever you’re listening to them.
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