Bose Soundsport Pulse Wireless Headphones, Power Red (With Heart Rate Monitor)

bose soundsport pulse wireless headphones power red with heart rate monitor

Bose SoundSport Pulse Wireless Headphones, Power Red (With Heart Rate Monitor)

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Built in heart rate sensor makes it easy to track your performance. Connectivity Technology: Wireless
Bluetooth and NFC pairing so you can connect to your devices wirelessly
StayHear and Pulse tips provide a secure and stable fit for your most intense workouts ; Sound sport pulse wireless headphones do not employ noise reduction technology; To ensure an accurate reading, the sensor window (located on the left earbud) should be in contact with the skin; If the sensor stops providing a heart rate measurement, try adjusting the left earbud and verifying bluetooth connection to your device; If that doesn't restore function, wipe the sensor window with a damp cloth
The Bose Connect app gives you real time heart rate readings, and continually adds more functionality to your headphones;If the sensor stops providing a heart rate measurement, try adjusting the left earbud and verifying Bluetooth connection to the device; If that doesn't restore function, wipe the sensor window with a damp cloth
Works with popular fitness apps like MapMyRun, RunKeeper, Endomondo and Runtastic. Wireless range up to 30 feet; 5 hours of wireless power from the rechargeable lithium ion battery

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Brand : Bose
Category : Electronics,Headphones, Earbuds & Accessories,Headphones & Earbuds,Earbud Headphones
Rating : 4.1
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bose soundsport pulse wireless headphones power red with heart rate monitor

Bose SoundSport Pulse Wireless Headphones, Power Red (With Heart Rate Monitor)

Quick disclaimer. I did not buy my set from Amazon. I received mine as a Christmas gift from my mom who purchased it from Nebraska furniture Mart.First off sound quality is slightly below the previous generation\'s wired version. That being said, it\'s Bose and it\'s still insanely better than the next competition in line. With the volume on full blast, it\'s very difficult to hear any ambient noise around you. I particularly do not want to hear any noise. Especially, when I\'m at the gym because they gym usually has music playing that I don\'t care for. However, if you\'re a runner or biker and you\'re out in traffic you\'d want to hear cars passing by. So you\'ll need to turn them down to about 80%. You\'ll get crystal clear sound but you will still be able to hear the environment around you. It is wireless so it\'s not going to give you the same pristine sound quality as a wired set. Nevertheless, the fact that it\'s wireless, the sound quality is amazing. I often forget that it\'s wireless. It\'s that good!Next up is battery life. It\'s amazing. Although I did notice that my iPhone\'s battery drained a little faster. Obviously, I don\'t know why I forgot to expect that. Before, the wired version didn\'t need to connect to BlueTooth so my phone\'s battery life stayed full longer. Any BlueTooth device that\'s connected to your phone is going to use slightly more battery not just in the headset but also on your phone. So you just have to remember to keep your devices near full charge if you plan on hitting a workout later. I usually keep a backup battery charger on me and that takes care of those issues. The best part about the battery is that it charges very quickly. The battery was at 80% and in 15 minutes it was fully charged. The only downside is that there\'s no progress bar. So you can\'t connect to the app to see where the battery level is while it\'s charging. So you have to unplug it from the charger, turn it on, open the app, then you can see the battery level. It would have been amazing if I could just connect to the app and see the battery level while it\'s charging. Maybe I\'m being a little too picky but I don\'t always need my devices to be 100% fully charged. I\'m perfectly content with 98%. In fact, I often hear that overcharging a device can hurt the battery life in the long run. I\'m not sure if that\'s true but I try to play it safe and always quickly unplug my devices when they\'re near full charge.Finally, comfort. This is where I\'m experiencing some issues. Wearing this set makes my ears a little sore. More so than the previous wired version. The headset does come with three changeable sizes; small/medium/large rubber covers. You may be familiar with these if you\'ve owned the wired versions. Out of the box, the mediums are already on them. I tried those for a while, then switched to the small and still my ears were sore after only wearing them for an hour. Now as a good rule, you want to give your ears a break from audio headphones. It\'s not good for your ears to have loud audio being blasted into them for long periods of time. Your eardrums need a break from time to time. But I\'m not talking about listening to audio for long periods of time. I\'m talking about just leaving the headphones in while there\'s no audio playing. That\'s what\'s making my ears sore. My only solution is to immediately remove them from my ears if there\'s no audio playing to give my ears a break. And by ears, I mean the outermost where the headset rests on, not the internal part of my ears like the eardrums. I tried to take off the old pieces from my wired set but they don\'t fit the wireless version. I have some time to try to get used to them but I\'m worried that I won\'t and I may have to return them for this reason. I\'m really bummed out because the wired versions felt like clouds. The comfort level was unparallel. I think it\'s just the shape of my ear. I simply don\'t expect Bose to make a headset that fits everyone\'s ears perfectly. But let there be no doubt that these headphones do not fall all. Just like the wired ones, you really have to yank them out for them to fall out of your ear. Once you nudge them in, they\'re there for good. So you can run, jump, lay down, roll over, you name it, and they stay put. Really remarkable. If these fit your ears and they\'re comfortable then I think $199.00 is awesome considering the fact it comes with a heart rate monitor that notifies you via voice command so you never have to look down to your watch or heart rate monitor. Just not sure how accurate it is. But it\'s okay that it\'s not perfectly accurate. As long as it\'s consistent. That I don\'t know. Anyways, hope everyone enjoys their headset as much as I\'ve enjoyed the previous wired versions.
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For the most part, I have really enjoyed these earbuds. This was my first experience using something other than over the ear headphones, so there was a learning curve that more experienced users would not have.I started off using the wrong size earpiece, not realizing that a different size would stay in my ears better. (I do not remember whether I had put in something too large or too small.) When I realized my mistake, oh! What a difference that made.I bought the earbuds to help me as I trained for my first marathon. I ran with them in light, spring rains and hot, summer sun. I ran for up to five hours at a time with no problems from my battery. The sound quality has been fine (though I am not an audiophile). And the Bose app allows the heartrate monitor to connect to my preferred fitness app.My experience has not been perfect however.- The clip with which one could connect the wire to one\'s shirt or jacket to keep it out of the way, fell off while I was on a 10 mile (16.1 km) run.- In order for my fitness app to notice the heartrate monitor, I must first connect to the Bose app. Then, I must switch to my fitness app and wait for it to notice the heartrate monitor is available. Unfortunately, sometimes the Bose app turns off the monitor when I switch away to a different app. So I have to start the process again. This can take several tries before I successfully get the setup to work.- Finally, although I keep the earbuds in their charging case when I am not using them and do not expose them to excessive wear, the outer silicone casing came loose and the buds ceased charging after about a year and a half. Fortunately, I purchased the extended warranty and they repaired my buds at no charge. But that is something to keep in mind.
I will compare these to the Jabra Sport Pulse, which is a very similar in-ear HRM retailing for about $100 (half the price of the Bose SoundSport Pulse Wireless). I have been using the Jabra for almost two years. There are at least two recent professional online reviews comparing these two products (search \"Bose Jabra pulse review\") , but here is my personal view:Fit: ok. The Bose tips feel like they are going to fall out of your ears, but they don\'t. Still, not as secure a feeling as the Jabra tips.Sound: Bose sound is better, richer, deeper. BTW: I have been using the Jabra with Comply 200 foam ear tips, which provide much better sound than the standard tips that comes with Jabra. I am. told the latest model of Jabra comes equipped with Comply tips.HRM accuracy: Bose and Jabra use the same Valencell optical sensor, so performance is very close. I compared the Bose product to a Polar chest strap HRM over a 75 minute work out and found the average heart rate measurements essentially identical (difference of only one BPM).Apps: Big difference. The Bose app is a joke. In fact Bose encourages you to use its HRM with one of the commercial fitness apps like Endomondo, Strava, RunKeeper, etc., instead of the Bose app. Jabra\'s fitness app is great. It measures resting pulse rate and VO2 max levels to provide precise fitness zone measurements, tracks your level of effort, etc. Jabra also has a sound app that downloads your iTunes library and plays it through a Dolby sound system. You can use the sound app without the Jabra fitness app. Very cool.Durability: The Jabra Sport Pulse would be a hands down better value for the money but for the fact that (as noted in many Amazon reviews) users report the device dying without warning after three or four months of use. And that was my unhappy experience. Several times. There is a moisture problem Jabra has never been able to fix. The Jabra service people are nice enough about sending you a new device within the one year warranty period, but it\'s very disappointing.I bought the Bose product hoping to find a more durable product. The first Bose SoundSport release experienced similar moisture problems and had to be recalled by Bose this summer. The SoundSport Pulse model is supposed to incorporate improved waterproofing capability. Time will tell. I will report back in about six months.