for air travel, music, even sleeping in noisy environments

However, if you were trying to use them as a hands-free phone communication device in a noisy environment like a call center or some type of technical support

If you are buying these for an airplane or a noisy work environment, maybe, if you care about the sound and quality of the music you listen to, no.

Another great feature is the headphones also cancels the noise from the microphone when I am on a call in a noisy environment.

but if I am simply wearing them to try and block out a noisy environment, all I hear is the annoying hiss.

They changed my life, as I live in a noisy environment.

It makes taking calls in a noisy environment impossible.

Don't buy these if you want to use them in a silent environment without bothering other people around you

Noise canceling feature is amazing and they are also great for trying to meditate in a noisy environment, or just work on computer if kids are watching

I originally purchased them because my work was in a noisy and headache causing environment

Sound is good enough but won't satisfy audiophiles, buy this if you travel a lot, or if you need a bubble to focus in a noisy office environment.

I tend to only use my headphones/buds at work, which is a highly noisy work environment.

(though doesn't work in the wind or while charging) I wore them around in a noisy environment (outside on an airport) with them on but nothing playing and they are quieter than anything I've ever tried

Pros:- Excellent quality for what they are, they are NOT audiophile headphones, they are headphones for use in NOISY environments and they do great there.- Super Comfortable for

Excellent noise cancellation, excellent battery life (10 hours or more in a noisy environment).

Suppose I am in a library, this is a very quiet environment and I need to use some kind of headphone/earphone

My company recently moved to the dreaded "open office" environment and I quickly realized that I would need a way to avoid distractions and ambient noise levels.

Music is recorded in a somewhat dead environment so why not reproduce it in that way??

The sound quality is great and the noise cancellation makes noisy environments more pleasant and safe for my hearing

The person on the other phone says it is very clear even though I know I am in a very noisy environment.

After finding a better work environment, I passed them on to my wife who loves to sit out on our back deck and enjoy the outdoors

This is a must-have for concentrating in noisy environments

You buy these for airplane trips and noisy office environments and for listening to ridiculous Youtube videos your girlfriend hates to hear while she is reading a book in bed next to you!Provide great sound muffling on their own and go far beyond that when you activate noise cancellation

The sound quality is great and the noise cancellation makes noisy environments more pleasant and safe for my hearing

You will have quiet environment when you put this on when you travel on a plane.

Everything about this product is good but the calling quality in noisy environment like coffer shop will be really bad

The only positive I can give these is that they are comfortable

So, B&O looks like a lot at first, but it's about 100 more than the average high-end

n’t say it knocked my pants off either

Yeah, I don`t know if its fake advertising, if the product I got wasn`t good enough, or if my hearing is just too good, because the noise canceling was NOWHERE near the ~sound coccon~ that many talk about