Maresca acknowledges that $249 is a pretty high price. “If they’re going to pay $249 ,(customers) are going to expect this thing to help them. Keeping that in mind, however, you may want to keep the volume of the sleeptracks at a modest enough level so that you would hear a fire or carbon monoxide alarm in the event that you need to wake up in a true emergency.īose introduced Sleepbuds prototypes on Indiegogo in November to solicit feedback because, as Maresca said, having such a bedroom product, is “such a different paradigm for us.” The prototypes sold out in six days. You can set an alarm through the Sleepbuds to wake you and (in theory) not the person you share your bed with come morning, lest you not hear a conventional bedside alarm clock. They come with small, medium or large-sized tips to help you find a proper fit and not have them fall out of your ears. But I want to judge how they feel after I wear them for extended hours, in my own bed when I flip from one side to another. The Sleepbuds felt comfortable when I got to briefly place them in my own ears to hear how external noises were blocked out. But these are not the buds you'd place in your ears to listen to songs or podcasts while commuting, say. What's more, you can't just stream your own New Age-style soothing music at bedtime, either. They come in a brushed aluminum charging case and are easy to travel with. Yes, you’re supposed to wear them all night long, and can do so, Bose claims, even if you sleep on your side. With a tiny rechargeable silver-zinc battery inside, Bose says Sleepbuds can last 16 hours. You'll have to play one of the sleeptracks to get the proper effect it is not enough to just put these in your ears to drown out sound. They come with 10 preloaded soothing “sleeptracks,” such as rustling leaves or gentle waves that mirror the frequencies of snoring, barking dogs, traffic, noisy neighbors and so on, to silence the noises that might keep you awake. They don't just pump in white noise.Īnd Bose explains that they’re not active noise-cancelling headphones either, but rather buds that exploit proprietary “noise-masking” technology. Indeed, the $249 in-ear Sleepbuds are not designed to have you stream or listen to music. Bose is launching a new product that promises to make insomniacs rejoice.Įvery Bose product you’ve ever worn in or around your ears was meant to be heard. But the aptly-named new Bose Sleepbuds that go on sale Thursday are instead supposed to help you get a good night’s sleep by quieting distracting external audio.
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