Rec your noise canceling headphones please

[love1999]

DH and I travel and have decided noise canceling headphones would be nice for long haul and red eye flights. Do you have a brand or style you would recommend? Thanks!

[v]

Bose QuietComfort 15

[pumpkin]

Bose QuietComfort

[babsbunny]

Audio technica from amazon. Less expensive to try before diving into Bose.

[VillainV]

Definitely Bose Quiet Comfort if they are in your budget.

[maddiepaddy]

Nov 22, 2014 1:53:25 GMT -5 babsbunny said:

Audio technica from amazon. Less expensive to try before diving into Bose.

I have these, too. They're great. I've had mine for about five years now and am about to replace them with a new pair. The leather on the ear coverings is starting to come apart, but I've used them on 70-80 long trips. So I feel like they've help up well, considering. 

[larzhope]

I have had both the Able Planet ones and the Bose. I ended up giving the Able Planet ones to my FIL because they hurt my ears. My rec is definitely Bose, they are extremely spendy, but so worth it, especially if you travel more than once/twice per year.

[noodleoo]

We just got the Bose in ear ones and they are AMAZING! I had no idea how well they could work. It was amazing on the plane, although the guy sitting next to me kept trying to talk to me and I felt bad because I couldn't hear him at all. It was crazy, I could just see his lips moving.

[shaynaatl]

I have the Bose in-ear noise cancelling ones (not the big round ones), and love those. They are small and easy to transport too.

[cransplash]

Bose Quiet Comfort. I resisted for so long but finally bought them and they are amazing!!

[y4m]

Bowwrs and wilkins c5

[thedutchgirl]

I got my Bose Quiet Comforts at the factory store. They are refurb and were quite a bit cheaper than brand new.

[Deleted]

Anyone seen noise-canceling headphones that go around the BACK of the head, rather than on top of the head? DH needs to mow while wearing a hat AND nc headphones. The foam disposable earplugs just aren't good enough for several hours of mowing.

[peachdragon]

I turned around to ask my husband what kind of earphones he has, and he didn't hear me. Because he had them on.

They're Jabra Evolve 80s. I guess they're for call centers (he got them free from Jabra so he could demo them), but he said they're good with music.

[Deleted]

Another vote for the Bose. They are fabulous. I bought them for MH as a gift a few years ago when he started traveling a lot for work. MH and I may need to Rock Paper Scissors for them next month when we go to London.

[Deleted]

Yet another vote for Bose. I've tried a number of others and Bose wins both for wearability/comfort and the amount of noise reduction.