I was a bit nervous to order these headphones given so many poor reviews.

However, I read so many negative reviews about them that it has taken me about 6 months trying to decide which would be the best investment for my money.

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I was a bit concerned about these from some negative reviews but my experience over the past few weeks of daily use has been outstanding.

I ignored are the reviews complaining about this and even the reviews complaining about poor quality and things falling apart are falling off

I don't understand the negative reviews.

Perhaps it is partly due to that history, plus reading all the negative reviews on the NC on the QC-30s, that I was not expecting great noise cancellation

In response to bad reviews on Amazon, Bose hired a reputation management firm to artificially prop up their score

Before I bought these, I looked at all the bad reviews

Not sure snit all the negative reviews.

Unfortunately that day has finally come where I have to return a product and give it a bad review

I saw a few other reviews mentioning this issue as well

I've been debating about this headset with all the negative reviews

I always held BOSE to high standards and I choose to ignore all the bad reviews and bought this QuietControl 30 headphones

I checked the earliest reviews for the QC20s and discovered that, ironically, they too suffered overwhelmingly negative reviews in the beginning.

Not sure what the negative reviews are about...perhaps the product has been upgraded since they got their unit?

There are some negative reviews on the peeling of the band itself which is why I also purchased the squaretrade as a secondary precaution

I've seen all the other negative reviews here and they certainly can be

I seen all the poor reviews here and can't really get a grip on them

I really hate to have to give Bose a bad review but the Quiet Control 30 just is not worth the money that you spend on the product.

I'm not sure why this has so many negative reviews

All the reviews about these being hard to use make no sense to me.

I checked the earliest reviews for the QC20s and discovered that, ironically, they too suffered overwhelmingly negative reviews in the beginning.

I don't understand all of the bad reviews

I was very surprised considering some of the bad reviews, which now I’ve got to take with a grain of salt and consider motives (competitive) within the audio industry

First off, i VERY rarely write reviews, good or bad

I purchased these with some trepidation, with the somewhat split reviews

Some reviews have criticized these earbuds as not having noise cancellation as good as the Bose QuietComfort 20 (which I've owned), but I've thankfully found that not to be the case

Anyone who gave them a bad review probably didn't spend enough time figuring them out

these r pricey and when not in your ears they just kinda dangle

Also of note, when they broke I contacted Bose and they replaced them for free, no questions asked