but the fact is if you are wearing headphones for a long period of time they trap your ears and they get uncomfortably warm

If you don't have sensitive ears and don't mind the recharable battery and on ear design, these are great, just not for me.

I don't have a keen ear for great audio

About 15-20 days ago the right ear stopped working

For long flights they start to hurt my ears even though they are very comfortable for anything under 4 hours.

Hurts my ears to wear after a couple minutes and over priced

Its a personal matter if you prefer the around ear or the on ear.

Some people worry that these are on the ear and might be uncomfortable, but even after wearing them on 10+ hour international flights, I have never felt that they were crushing my ears (I also wear glasses on long flights that usually get in the way of headphones, so that's some indication of comfort!)

After 1 hr, my ears hurt

Sound quality is excellent, I especially like the way they fit on top of my ear as the over ears design makes my ears all hot and sweaty

What I really don't like - they hurt my ears after 30-45 minutes

It is on the ear and it hurt my ears by cutting circulation off

Now a few years later these QC3s are broken again with no sound out of the left ear

However, I personally still prefer QC15 because my ears are quite sensitive to presure and I cannot have the QC3 mounted for a long distance flight (5 hours+) without resting my ears once in a while

I tried wearing them backwards to make sure it wasn't my hearing, but I had the same problem on my left ear

QC15 cannot escape the fact they are bulky + closed design may give you "sweaty" ears as mentioned above

but my god they really numb and hurt your ears after a while and gets super uncomfortable

Case is very bulky and stiff inside, which can mess up your ear muffs if you don't set it exactly in the right place ever time

Easily fall off ears.

I am disappointed with this product asmy ears get warm and start hurting after using the head set for just 20 minutes

Unfortunately, after about five minutes, my ears started to hurt from the pressure of the on-ear nature.

I tried wearing them backwards to make sure it wasn't my hearing, but I had the same problem on my left ear

No regrets here, one of the best noise cancelling headphones that does not irritate your ears when worn for a long time.

It felt as if my ears were going to explode

I acknowldge that I have sensitive ears and the pressure was too much for me.

wow these are awesome, no more ear buds for me :)

My ears are sensitive and get sore and I need to take them off

pads hurt my ears. not noise cancelling.

because these aren't around-the-ear headphones, they have to clamp down on your ears pretty hard to get a insulating effect

I'm not much of an audiophile, but these $350 headphones don't seem to cancel noise nearly as well as, nor do they sound much better than, my cheap Sennheiser CX200 earbuds

They have lasted plenty long for our domestic flights as well as to the Caribbean

They work very well with my Flat screen smart TV, as well as with my computer and laptop