Soundcore Sleep A30 by Anker Sleep Earbuds, Smart Active Noise Cancelling Sleep Headphones, Adaptive Snore-Masking System, Ultra-Comfort for Side Sleepers, 45H Playtime

One month update: I've been using these off and on for a month, and I'm in a place right now where I've dialed them in and have been using the regularly as of late. I think they're great and I've not really had any connectivity or issues with one bud not being on and the other on since I had that issue at the beginning. I still don't love the sounds the app comes with by default. I was using Stormfall for a bit but I just prefer the custom brown noise I made in the app which is less distracting. In terms of ear comfort I've been using the memory foam inserts and like those a lot, but I'm not sure how often they need to be replaced and how much those cost. I find if I insert the buds too well I end up just hearing the pulse in my head which is an issue I've always had with ear plugs while sleeping, but just backing it out slightly is enough to fix that. The ear buds have remained very comfortable for side sleeping. A few things to keep in mind: The sleep report feature is fun but basically junk. Don't buy this as any kind of intelligent sleep tracker. Also, for some reason there's an AI chat bot in the app? Hilariously senseless. Otherwise, very happy with the purchase still! Initial review: It's only been a few nights with these but I'm very happy so far. Before this I would wear wired earbuds with my iPhone playing my preferred type of white noise, or bose QC35 ii for really challenging sleep environments. I also occasionally would try airpod pros but only got 4 hours of battery on those before it would wake me up with the world's most annoying low power chime. All of these options were very unpleasant to wear but I felt I had no choice as I am an extremely light sleeper and find any variation in sounds to be extremely challenging for sleep. My first few nights with these have been quite pleasant. They block a lot of sound right out of the gate as they function as a sort of ear plug, but far more comfortable than normal ear plugs which I never wanted to wear for sleep. The noise cancelling seems to be pretty effective, and I couldn't hear one of our dogs whining to come into our bed last night (he's a good boy though). Given their low profile they are quite comfortable to wear while side sleeping. I also love just being able to get up to go to the bathroom and keep them in and not think about it. To me, the biggest question will be battery life and degradation over time. So far, zero issues with these things lasting through the night on a mix of bluetooth and local modes with the default ANC off after it detects sleep (no clue how it does that but I didn't notice it turning off and it didn't impact my sleep when it did). It's not all roses. Last night only one earbud would turn on so I had to put them both back into the case and try again, then it worked fine (reminded me of the airpod pros, so I'm used to that). The default sounds in the app I find very puzzling. I am the kind of person that cannot sleep with inconsistent sounds like rain, forest sounds, waves, etc. yet those are all the defaults in the app which makes no sense to me. I need consistent brown noise or airplane engine noise. Hearing the gentle sounds of a bird calling in the distance or random thunder is guaranteed to keep me from falling asleep. The White Noise app I've used for years on the iPhone has an Airplane cabin sound that I find to be my preferred sound. Unfortunately, the airplane sound in the Soundcore app has way too much bass, which also makes no sense to me. Bass is one of the WORST offenders for sleep quality in my experience. Thankfully, I was able to design my own white noise in the app using the brown noise setting so I've been using that, but it really should have been a default! I am going to update this review over the coming year as I use these but, so far, I've been very happy with them and I am absolutely the target customer for these as I was already using far less comfortable and frustrating options before.

I absolutely love these ear buds. I have a six month old baby and a snoring husband and these have saved my life by allowing me to sleep through all the extra noises. I typically can only wear ear buds for short periods because they make my ear canals hurt. These can after several hours, but they’re mostly comfortable. I find they help me go to sleep and I can take them out in the night if needed. I listen to music with them sometimes, and the sound quality is good. I’ve taken a couple phone calls and was not impressed. Charging is good, love the color. Only major complaint is sometimes they just don’t want to connect and I’ve had to use the reset button a couple times. Irritating but not a deal breaker. Wish there was a watch app so I didn’t have to open my phone at night.

So far, I have to say that I am very happy with the Soundcore Sleep A30 Special by Anker. Having gone through sleep masks and various headset types, my husband and I decided to give these a try when my current one wasn't lasting the whole night and his old Jabra headset was dying. With Jabra no longer making headsets, we decided to start researching. After spending some time on Reddit, we decided to try the Soundcore Sleep A30 Special by Anker. Honestly, we are so glad we did! This headset is truly amazing. It has the best noise-canceling system I have seen to date. While testing, it blocked out my husband talking, his music, and our dogs walking around on our hardwood floors. I was honestly quite stunned. I then put on my storm playlist on Spotify, which I normally listen to for sleep, and the thunder sounded absolutely incredible. The sound quality is superb. I also loved that it blocked out noise (especially my husband's snoring). Its app also has some built-in sounds and meditation music, which I enjoy (I will get back to the app to the end - the reason this doesn't have five stars). While it worked perfectly for sleep, I didn't expect this headset to be great as an all-purpose headset too. It has fantastic sound quality for listening to music, both streaming and what I keep on my phone. I was also very impressed with the quality of voice calls (just know you have to turn on call functionality, since it is off by default). In other words, it is a nice, portable headset with lots of versatility, making it more than just a sound device for sleep. Fit was also superb, being the first headset I have found that actually has xxs wings and nubs for very small ears. Most headsets fall out of my ears, so I was very happy to see this. I also didn't really fill them in my ears, which was another plus. Now, for the reason this doesn't have five stars - the app itself is extremely obnoxious, forcing you to make an account. You cannot perform firmware updates without creating an account, nor can you change many of your device's settings. It is likely you only have partial functionality, which was extremely annoying. The app itself is also a bit on the mediocre side, and you cannot use most of its functions unless you are using the earbuds or have the case open. It was also a bit of an exercise getting it to connect for the first time, but once we figured it out, it wasn't a huge deal (connectivity was pretty average). While this isn't a dealbreaker, it is something you need to know. Overall, though, I still do love these headsets and am glad we purchased them. I don't consider it a bad price, especially since I paid a similar price for my old headset back in 2020.

Full disclosure - I have smaller ears and canals, and I am a side sleeper and I have been using these for the last 7 days. I am moving to a new town and decided to rent an apartment for a year to help me decide where to buy a house. Well, the apartment walls and floors are not well insulated. I hear footsteps, creaking floors, snoring through the wall, and sometimes can hear the tv shows they watch. Needless to say, I was having serious trouble sleeping. I could fall asleep pretty well (go to bed early), but I would be awakened at some point, or several points, in the night by all these noises, banging, walking, creaking, and snoring and was not able to get back to sleep. I needed something to help. I tried Mack's foam ear plugs. They work pretty good for noise reduction, but my ears would hurt and throb making my sleep difficult in that way. I even had the small ears size. They were comfortable to side sleep with. I bought some fake Loop alternatives as just ear plugs. They were comfortable, did not throb like the Mack's in my ears, but did not block out enough sound. When I tried a bigger ear plug piece, I found the throbbing ear syndrome again. These were comfortable to side sleep with though. I then bought a cheap knock off brand of "sleep buds". They were the most comfortable thus far. They would bluetooth to my phone so I could play either music or some white noise from my phone. They claimed to have ANC. They were helpful to block out some sound because of the ear fit, and because they could bluetooth to my phone for music or white noise. However, with the ANC on or off, I did not detect any difference in sound reduction. These were kidney bean shaped sleep buds and did not stick out much from my ear. The ear plug piece was comfortable, but the harder plastic part would start to be annoying after a few hours when on my side. They were ok. Sound quality was decent. Maybe a C+ for an overall grade for these. However, they didn't stop all the sounds and I still woke up occasionally. I hesitantly tried the A30's. This is no small investment! With the rubbery ear plug piece and ear fin, these buds were comfortable. While on my side, they have been the most comfortable thus far. I can sleep well with them in actually. I still have a little bit of pressure while on my side, but some nifty pillow management helped relieve the pressure. I am using the attachments they came with out of the box. I really like the white noise sounds. I have Still Lake as my favorite. It is a sutble sound that helps my brain drift off. With the fit of the A30 alone, I can block out most of the noise for the night with these standard size pieces without using ANC. Last night, I had both my wife snoring and banging on the ceiling above. (To be honest, my wife's snoring is not super loud but enough to wake me up). Then I realized I didn't have the ANC on. Well, i turned the ANC on and WOW what a difference. It was almost like I had over the ear headphones with ANC on. All that noise disappeared. I was very impressed, at least I recall being impressed. I was asleep!! The sound quality is perfect for night time sleeping. In reading other reviews, I agree that these are not your everyday all day ear buds, they are really designed for sleeping only. The ANC works really well and I noted quite a difference between on and off. Last night I set them to use ANC until I was alseep and then go to local mode. After 8 hours, I still had 30% of the battery left in each ear bud. So far, the battery life has been great. I have yet to spend a whole night with bluetooth and ANC on, however. I haven't needed to. I know at $200 it seems like a lot to spend for ear buds that you only use for sleep and that aren't designed for super high quality audio sounds. However, this week has been the best sleep week I've had in two months since those neighbors upstairs moved in. You do need several nights to get used to the fit and feel. Not because they are uncomfortable, but because when something new is in your ear and you aren't used to it, it can feel funny and weird which may keep you awake instead of helping you sleep. But, give it a few nights, and if you are like me, they get more comfortable the more you wear them. I can sleep on my side with these but I need a soft pillow. A really firm pillow would hurt my ears after a few hours, as it would everyone else with anything in their ear. Everyone is a different size and shape, but I have found these A30's to be comfortable, and of high quality. The app is full of options to help customize the experience, and they do what they claim they will do. After this week, my wife (who is very thrifty) is asking if she can try these out and maybe get a pair because she notices such a difference in my morning wakefulness. Hope this helps those of you out there like me needed something to help get your sleep back. I would definitely buy again and am grateful for this product.

Battery life is longer than 9 hours. I got them at 630pm charged em for maybe n hour put em on around 730ish and fell asleep with em in and they were at 10% at 10am the next morning. I'm really impressed with the battery life and the fact that I can use either my right or left earbud by themselves and that function isn't only for the right one was a very nice surprise because I use them while at work and can only typically use 1 at a time so when one dies I can just use the other. Haven't bought a pair that does that yet so it's new to me. I enjoy the sound quality and noise cancelling. The sound quality in my honest opinion isnt crazy out of this world but it is really decent. I'm actually impressed by these little things I love the way they fit in my ears, I was contemplating getting over the ear ones because of the way in the ear ones feel and fall out but these ones fit really nicely n snug in my ears so it adds a decent element to the noise cancelling. I love the app and that I can choose what each bud does for the tapping feature. Love the white noise options and how clear the phone calls are. Honestly a W for the price and the quality. You really cannot go wrong for $20. I highly recommend if your on the fence about it these are a solid choice for real. Update 3 weeks later Both still work perfectly. I found the battery life is just insane. I start wearing them around 7am and don't get the "soundcore buds battery at 10%" alert until literally 9 or 10pm. I also found that I can leave my phone inside take my dogs outside and they don't disconnect. Really sweet range and I have not had one single sound glitch or issue at all. For $20.. I'm incredibly happy with these. Usually with other earbuds I've bought for $40 or more the left one dies within the first week. I end up having glitches and the range is always dog shxt. I barely walk out the door and they disconnect and the battery life seems to die on the other ones more each week. It's like I can wear them n hour less and now they barely last 2 hours and takes forever to charge only 3 months of having them. I'd say the soundcore earbuds blow the more expensive ones out the water. The charging case charges quickly and hold charge incredibly well. I maybe have charged them 3x. If you drain em til dead and charge the case for like 10-20 mins they'll last you til the next day it's crazy. I Highly recommend you literally cannot beat the quality for the price. Update Sept. 2025 5months later. Everything above still applies. Both buds still work and I way overwork these things. I'm not exaggerating when I say I have an earbud in more in a 24 hour period then I do not my wife constantly tells me how horrible it is for my ears to wear them and fall asleep with them in the way I do lol and I only charge them once a day, I could probably go once every 2 days if I forgot to charge them once but I choose to charge the case fully for work at night and I've never had the charging case even blink red. They're literally working all day and I switch them back and forth. Not a glitch or anything and the battery life is still top notch and sound quality has not dipped at all. I'm even more baffled that I use them the way I do and they still work like new 5 months later. I actually came here to buy another pair so I can leave a pair at work and one at home so I'm not using one pair to death the way I currently do. Buy em. I have a buddy who has the 10mm driver's and they're not as good as these. If your doom scrolling through Amazon looking for the right ones I'm telling you try these. It's barely $20 if you don't like em you only spent $20 but I'm 100% honest with my review and highly recommend buying these. Your welcome

Well! Had these for (at time of writing) about three months now. I have two pairs of Soundcore earbuds, this A20i and the A40's. The A40's have been flawless. These? Not as much. This could be a result of me using them for sleeping (I'm not doing that with the A40, and I'm absolutely not buying the sleep pair of earbuds, both are too pricey for me to do that!), but I do have a couple downsides with the A20. The first issue, the right earbud has ended up with a bit lower volume than the left after a few weeks of use, and I can't seem to figure out why. There doesn't seem to be any blockage in the mesh itself, from what I can see. Otherwise it's marginal, I notice it, but it's not the end of the world. The second issue, which seems to be a trend with these case designs for wireless earbuds in general, is the charging. It doesn't always engage, or the earbuds are never fully seated to the charger correctly, so they'll end up as being active, despite being in the case. Especially with the left earbud from my instance. I even drop it in to let the magnets do the job, and sometimes that may not work on the first try. Otherwise, sound quality is what you'd expect $20-$30 earbuds to sound like. If you're like me and you have the A40's, you can definitely tell that the A20s are lower quality when you swap back-to-back. But again, that's just how low-cost earbuds are in general. But they're not awful quality! Very passable for the price. I've gone the whole night with the earbuds playing from a full charge and still have about 60% left in the morning - after roughly 7-8 hours. Although some of it could be off/on playback and just standby from nothing playing. Otherwise, since these are under warranty, I'll likely look to get a new set of these earbuds (hi Anker Customer Service, if you're reading this!) Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the product, no disrespect meant, definitely no anger, I just use this differently than what might be expected of typical use. So all in all, your milage may vary depending on how you use the buds.

I really, really, wanted to love these sleepbuds. I had the previous generation A20's, which had their issues, but worked for what I needed. When the A30's came out, I immediately bought them figuring Soundcore (Anker) would have fixed the bugs in the A20's. And they have in most cases. But they haven't fixed all of them. When these sleepbuds work as they are supposed to, they are terrific. When working, they are amongst the best products for daily use that I've owned. I don't try to do anything fancy with them- I use them at night to block out sound, provide some white noise background, and set alarms. Simple. The buds are capable of SO much more. They are Bluetooth headphones for listening to music. The connected app with track your sleep, provides dozens of sounds, has a link to the Calm ecosystem, and even provides noise cancellation. It's pretty amazing all the options available in the app that links to the sleepbuds. They also come with a nice rechargeable case, great styling, and extra silicon ear pieces. It's a great package. As I said, my use is simple. I put them in at night, set them to local mode, play some white noise, and go to sleep. It blocks out most noise in the room (including my snoring dogs). The buds fit great, never fall out and the battery lasts through the night (if you don't' use noise cancelling) with capacity to spare. I love them. When they work. They come with (many) downsides that keeps me from fully recommending them. I bought my first pair the moment it came out in August 2025. They lasted until February when the right bud stopped putting out sound. It still charged, connected by bluetooth, but no sound at all would come out. Soundcore replaced them but the process took a few weeks and a lot of emails. The replacements lasted a month before the left earbud stopped working. I gave up on the regular A30's at this point and just bought the newer A30 Specials thinking newer models had to be better. The SPecials are basically the same as the A30's except the batteries have a little more capacities. They look the same, operate the same, and unfortunately have the same faults. The noise cancellation is meh and rips through the batteries. It won't last the night with noise cancellation on. The buds 'snap' back into the case for charging, but you can't trust the 'snap'. About 30% of the time, they snap back into the case, the fins light up as expected, but they don't seat to charge. I've come back the next night to find out one or both of the buds didn't charge. The key here is when putting them in, don't look for just the light, but for the bright light. If it's bright and pulsing, it's charging. If it's a dull light, it's not charging. You have to take it out. put it back in a few times, clean the contacts, and keep trying until it finally charges. It's unbelievably frustrating. The killer, for me anyway, is the alarm. On the app, you can set an alarm. It transfers to the buds so it works in all modes. When it works, it's great. I get up early. My wife does not. I can set an alarm, the buds play the wake tones, and nothing wakes my wife up. Great. Except it randomly fails to work about 10% of the time. Everything is set properly. The buds connect and work all night. And the alarm time comes and goes without going off. It worked the night before. It'll work the night after with no adjustments. It just randomly doesn't alarm for no reason I can fine. The result is being late for work enough times that I now have to set a second alarm in the room to wake me if (when) these fail to go off again. No idea why it does this, but combine all these faults and the A30 is not something I could recommend without caution.

Comfortable day and sleep. Nice fit. Easy to charge. Bluetooth connect easy to connect with each use. Highly recommend. Would rebuy. Blocks noise well enough for me to sleep. I’m happy with sound quality. I’m falling asleep quicker since wearing at night with relaxation music.

I’ve been using it for a month now, and it’s the best purchase I’ve ever made! I’ve been sleeping so much better, the noise cancellation is absolutely amazing, it’s comfortable to sleep with, the app is super easy and super cool. I also use as normal earbuds to listen to music and specially for audiobooks, when I don’t want to be distracted by the outside noise. Absolutely amazing product!

Tolle Kopfhörer für seitenschläfer! Ich bin begeistert. Sie passen sehr gut. Da ich kleine Ohren habe passen mir viele Kopfhörer nicht. Die Sleep A30 sind aber perfekt. Mit den vielen extra Aufsätzen kann man sie passgenau an die eigenen Ohren personalisieren. An muss darauf achten dass die gut abdichten und ich habe sie bisher noch nicht einmal verloren beim Schlafen. Sie halten wirklich gut. Außerdem sind sie auch beim seitlichen schlafen auf einem relativ "harten" Nackenkissen kaum zu spüren. Nach 2-3 Nächten hatte ich mich dran gewöhnt und sie stören überhaupt nicht. Zur Funktion: Man kann die Kopfhörer im Bluetooth Modus betreiben und dabei eigene Musik z.b. über Amazon music abspielen oder aber auch Schlafgeschichten über die soundcore App, sowie auch Gehirnwellen Audios oder Meditation. Alle diese Audios können mit ANC gespielt werden, das ANC der sleep A30 unterdrückt dabei tiefe Geräusche wie Schnarchen. Ein Fernseher mit höheren Geräuschen wird dabei aber noch gedämpft durchgelassen. Das ANC der Sleep A30 ist speziell auf das Schnarchen abgestimmt. Da funktioniert es wirklich total gut! Ich bin begeistert. Weiter kann man bei den Kopfhörern ein lokales Audio auf die Buds runter laden. Dieses Audio kann ein Weißes rauschen sein (welches man auch selbst konfigurieren kann) oder aber auch ein "schnarchmaskierendes" audio. Dieses maskierende audio kann in Verbindung mit der "dynamischen schnarchmaskierung" verwendet werden. Soll heißen: die Kopfhörer können das Schnarchen mit dem audio so übertönen dass das Schnarchen nicht mehr wahrgenommen wird. Und es funktioniert wirklich! Ich bin begeistert! Wichtig ist: bei der Schnarchmaskierung müssen die Kopfhörer im lokalen Modus sein und das ANC muss ausgestellt sein. Dann säuselt das Lokale Audio vor sich hin und wieder lauter und leiser sobald das Case der Kopfhörer ein Schnarchen wahrnimmt. Mich hat anfangs das einstellen dieser Funktionen etwas überfordert. Nach Recherche im Internet und Kontakt Aufnahme zum Support von Soundcore kann ich folgende Tipps abgeben: Wenn man die Kopfhörer im Bluetooth Modus mit einer Schlafgeschichte zum einschlafen betreibt, sollte man die Einstellungen " automatisch wechseln nach dem Einschlafen - lokalen Modus an, ANC aus" wählen, dann ist die schnarchmaskierung aktiv beim Schlafen. Die Kopfhörer erkennen das Einschlafen sehr genau. Man kann ebenfalls einen Wecker stellen der zuverlässig weckt. Bin begeistert. Der schlafbericht wird ebenfalls erstellt, egal ab man die Funktion "Schlaf beginnen" nützt oder nicht. Die Kopfhörer machen vieles automatisch. Was bei mir nun leider nicht so gut funktioniert hat, war der Wechsel in den lokalen Modus ohne ANC über die "Schlaf beginnen" Funktion. Da habe ich es leider beobachtet, dass ich das ANC selbst ausschalten musste und der lokale Modus war zwar laut App aktiv aber es spielete kein audio. Der Support konnte mir dabei nicht wirklich helfen. Ebenfalls hat der schlafbericht (ob über "Schlaf beginnen " oder automatisch) keine Daten zum schnarchen aufgezeichnet. Die schnarchmaskierung hat funktioniert aber es wurde nicht getrackt . Der Support meinte dazu dass die Kopfhörer einen defekt hätten und haben sie ausgetauscht, jedoch haben die Ersatz Kopfhörer ebenfalls keine Schnarchdaten erfasst. Ich denke dass da ein Problemchen mit der App oder der Firmware besteht, welches hoffentlich behoben werden kann. Na ja Da ich die Kopfhörer noch nicht all zu lange habe bin ich immer noch am ausprobieren. Übrigens, zum Akku Verbrauch: ich kann die Kopfhörer 3 Nächte ohne Probleme nutzen. Am Abend mit 100% ins Ohr, am Morgen haben sie noch zwischen 40% und 10%. Das Case ladet die Bus dann wieder auf 100%. Das Case hält bei mir bis zu 3 Tage bevor ich auch dieses dann laden muss. Somit also bei mir kein Akku Problem. Aber ein positives erster Fazit zeigt sich schon jetzt: ich kann neben einem lauten Schnarcher jetzt deutlich besser schlafen. Der Kauf hat sich also schon jetzt total gelohnt!

Bra ljud och ANC. Bekväma att använda. Bra programvara med rikligt med alternativ att välja på. Toppenprodukt helt enkelts.

100% satisfied with the product... No connectivity issues. ANC is good Comfort in ears is good Value for money

Absolute game changer for me. I am someone who struggles sleeping due to noise disturbances in my neighbourhood, so always wear earplugs or headphones to sleep. These have changed my life - the comfort level is faultless — I am a side sleeper too. They block plenty of noise even without noise cancelling; with noise cancelling on you are in your own silent universe, or nature, if you’d prefer the nature sounds. Don’t waste your time comparing these to regular headphones: it’s like comparing apples on oranges. These are designed for sleep, not audio quality or phone calls, and they deliver on their promise as incredible sleep headphones. The sound quality is totally passable for music, nature sounds and podcasts, but of course they’re not audiophile grade. I am a music professional so will always keep other headphones for if I just want to listen to music, but I will never use another pair in bed again other than my soundcores. Hardware, design and comfort are all exceptional. Touch controls require a firm tap, which can be improved imo but are fine; the app is passable but could be better. I love the setting where, when my audio selection (eg a podcast) ends the Soundcores automatically switch to ‘local mode’ and plays my nature sound selection. This ensures a magical sleep, but also conserves battery. Love these and highly recommend for anyone hard of sleeping due to noise sensitivity like me. Btw, I’ve tried the regular pair too - the noise cancelling is totally worth the extra money. Can’t wait to try these on a plane today