Anker Soundcore Life Q30 Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Headphones with Hi-Res Sound, Custom EQ, 50H Playtime & Bluetooth Multipoint Connection

7 Reviews For This Product

1. 

   by Reviewer June 15, 2025

   Fair quality for the price. Anker customer service is the best.
   When I first received these I would have easily given them 5 stars. But after using them for a few months I’ve realized they only seemed amazing because I was coming from the $28 BT earbuds I was using daily. Now that I’ve had time to REALLY put them through the paces they’re a lot more “meh” than I would have initially thought.The noise cancellation is mediocre at best as I’ve heard FAR better NC than this. There’s still a TON of noise that gets through that should be silenced in full NC mode. The second setting is OK if you WANT to hear things around you better, but the 3rd setting is so laughably useless because it AMPLIFIES all the background noise so it’s stupidly louder than if you weren’t wearing the headphones at all. If you’re buying these for noise cancellation stop right now and go look at some Bose. You’ll pay a lot more, but they’re worth it if NC is what you’re chasing.Then when it comes to sound quality of course they blew my cheap BT earbuds out of the water, but after I took a minute to dig out my Sennheiser studio headphones that I rarely use because I don’t want to deal with wires in 2025, I realized these sound poor in comparison. Not bad, but far from audiophile. The frequency response of these must look like a slide going down towards the high end because the bass is OK but the highs are way too weak to even hint at being “audiophile” quality. It sounds like you’re listening to a nice stereo that’s in the other room when it comes to clarity. Seriously you rap fans need to stop glazing crap headphones because they have half decent bass. The more I listened to music with them the more disappointed I became.But the biggest issue I have is how tight they are. I only wear a 7 1/2 hat. I’m dead center of what’s “average” for an adult male. If I wear these for longer than an hour while working it starts to give me a headache because it feels like my head is in a vice. That’s great if you’re working out but horrible if you’re sitting at a desk all day. Another issue I have is I’ll randomly get the “connected” chime while I’m using them when they never disconnected. Something I’ve never experienced with 4 other BT headphones on my PC. Not a big deal but an annoying bug nonetheless. Then the earpads I have zero doubt will be shredded within a year. The material covering them is way too thin an cheap. For this price range they should be using a quality vinyl or PV fake leather. Not this tissue thin vinyl. Again, not terrible, but not ideal.But don’t think it’s all bad. I’m nitpicking here so anyone reading knows what to truly expect. Where they DO shine is battery life. These last stupidly long which has been really nice when my previous earbuds were lucky to last 4hrs. You can go DAYS without recharging them. Not to mention I’m looking at these compared to REAL headphones so I’m going to be extra picky but I’ll be fair overall.Value = 4/5 They are pretty affordable, but it feels like they cheaped out by not giving you a measly $4 3.5mm cable for $90 headphones. I’d also like to see more money put into the earpads. Edit: now with a 20% coupon they’re a strong buy.Sound quality/frequency response = 3/5 Great if you only listen to rap music, garbage if you’re an audiophile. But acceptable for the price.Build quality = 3/5 Good on the plastics, but the earpads themselves are already getting creases that tells me they’re going to crack soon and I’ll be buying replacements. Probably won’t effect you if you use them once in a while, but if you’re the kind of person that doesn’t leave the house without your headphones these are going to look shabby.Noise cancellation = 3/5 It works, but I’ve heard far better and the 3rd setting is completely unusable. For the price it’s acceptable as there’s far better out there, but often for far more money.Comfort = 2/5 Headache unless you have a child’s head. My wife likes them though. This is the frustration that got me to pull up the sale and write a review. I wish I could figure out a way to stretch them out or something.Battery life = 7/5 This is my review, I make up the ratings rules.I almost want to give these a 4/5 because for the price they’re actually pretty competent headphones and by no means feel like cheap crap. But at the same time I’m literally wearing them right now and I’m already getting a headache. If you took that part out they’d be an easy 4 stars all day, but it’s hard to think of the good stuff when a product literally hurts you.>>>Five Star Edit: Anker contacted me over this review which I felt wasn’t even that negative to begin with. The offered me a full refund while never once mentioning anything about changing my review. THAT’S customer service that should be rewarded. If a customer isn’t happy then see what it takes to make them happy. They never once asked how long I’d had them or tried to walk me through a help file that would never solve the issues like too many companies do today. They just wanted to make it RIGHT.I miss companies that stand behind their products. I’ve bought at least a dozen Anker products over the years between headphones, BT speakers, multiple USB power bricks and wall warts, and battery packs. They make excellent battery packs and I think mine is at least 10yrs old and still kicking like a tank. 😜 This just makes me want to look to Anker first when I’m looking at gadget accessories and why I chose these headphones in the first place. I finally found one of their products I didn’t love and Anker STILL did me right. Thank You Anker. This is how you run a company.

2. 

   by WKim June 15, 2025

   Better or as good as other brands, seriously
   I’ve had these headphones for about a year. I’m writing a review now as I genuinely have such love for them, especially compared to other products.I first had the Airpod Max, but started having issues maybe 1-2 years in. By year 2, they completely died. So I got these headphones as a replacement. But eventually I thought I should ‘upgrade’, and got Skullcandy headphones for around the same price, and ended up returning as I HATED them compared to these. And now, just recently I got Bose headphones (Quiet Comfort), not because there’s anything wrong with the Soundcore, but as it was a good deal. And throughout all of this, I’ve realized I just absolutely love my Soundcore headphones, and even still prefer them in very certain regards.To the actual review — the fit, comfort, and durability are high quality. I hated the Skullcandy (Hesh ANC), as they were SO uncomfortable compared to these. The Soundcore has great (and crazy soft) cushioning, doesn’t feel so cheap with the plastic material/weight, and doesn’t snag at my hair. Also, I prefer them in shape to my Bose, maybe not aesthetically but definitely functionally — the cups are bigger, such as how my piercings don’t rub against the insides, and I can very comfortably sleep in them. Due to the cup shape and size, they also don’t make any static noises when you shift or put weight on them wrong (although, this is relevant only if you like to wear headphones while laying down). The durability is strong and solid, as I’ve certainly dropped them many times. Overall, fantastic build quality and feel.Now, onto the sound — I genuinely don’t notice a difference between these and my Bose. I am so not an expert, but sound quality is super important to me, considering I like heavier sounds, and go on lots of intense runs. I’m also wearing my headphones nearly 24/7. Given that, the Soundcore holds up amazingly.Other notes that people may find important — the microphone quality is great, I have gotten compliments on it. The settings or features work great, such as the different transparency modes. Noise cancellation is very important for me in headphones, and although they aren’t ‘Airpod Max’ quality, it does the job well, and totally submerses you and effectively blocks out the outside world. I’m no expert on bass, but I still think it’s pretty good (or at least the sounds I listen to are very rich). I don’t think bass is a highlight, but also I wouldn’t expect that unless the price point was crazy high. There’s also EQ controls in the app, although I haven’t used them much.One more thing — there’s this thing with static and headphones, maybe a connection issue or something. I fly a lot and it usually happens during take off, for example, or can be pretty random. I have started hearing the very occasional static with the Soundcore, but it is very minimal, especially compared to other brands. Airpod Max I would have static issues, even downright intense bouts that would make me jump, especially near the end of the headphone’s life. The Bose I’ve dealt with static on flights after just purchasing them, and when I rub against them the wrong way. But the Soundcore’s issue with the static is almost nonexistent in comparison.My very small complaints are: the little logos peeled off, quickly at that. I recommend peeling it off in general, as otherwise it will start to come undone on its own, which looks a bit bad, and is sharp or scratchy to the touch. Also the cups have started to fray ever so slightly, but literally that’s just because I’ve worn them everyday for some time.Basically — I LOVE these headphones. I extremely recommend them.

3. 

   by Whosphoto June 15, 2025

   First near HiFi wireless Headphones for me, they do sound good powered from my phone via Bluetooth. The noise cancelling work wells, some say you can get better. I wore these on the Piccadilly underground in London just to protect my ears from the squeeling noise, it worked well even without music or a podcast playing. The handy app on the phone is good also. BTRange is good battery life very good.Now the downside, as most new electronic gadgets have small buttons to switch on/off, find press and hold …….. Hold keep holding off or on, why can’t we have a switch instead of a press and hold button?I find the ear muffs a bit too small.The head band does flop about a bit and can move.Not too heavyI don’t like the button press sounds, bit annoying.Music is very good sound quality, I like that, bass maybe not too deep, I can hear the depth of the music, like I said near very good hifi sound.Buy them if you walk around in public and enjoy your music to a high quality with good noise cancelling. The best part is the price really good value. Now who wants mega expensive headphones whilst out and about in dodgy areas that they could be easily snatched and nicked?Phone calls are very good, no one has complained yet, so good for chatting.Buy them, look out for Amazon special offers, or maybe buy two.ThenSave your money on these to buy some really expensive wired hifi ones for late night listening at home through a decent amp, forget MP3, listen to CD or hi res streamed music. These work really well you won’t be disappointed.

4. 

   by Roger June 15, 2025

   Qualidade do Q30 é incrívelAcabamento, áudio, conforto, bateriaTudo vale muito a pena

5. 

   by Alex_M June 15, 2025

   Es difícil encontrar un auricular hoy día la verdad. Mil reviews (muchas de ellas pagadas con el producto gratis), y mil modelos tanto de bluetooth como de cable.En el audio el más dinero suele ir relacionado con el mejor calidad. Por eso si no podemos en ese momento o no nos apetece comprar algo demasiado caro, la amplitud de modelos a elegir no se reduce.Esta reseña parte de la base de que un auricular bluetooth jamás nos dará la calidad de audio de uno con cable por muy bueno o avanzado que sea el codec que utilice. En base a eso, en Internet hay un modelo en el que la mayoría de los compradores (o reseñadores de pago) están de acuerdo, Soundcore Life Q30.Después de la tralla que os he dado, al turrón, puntualizaré lo que quiero destacar:- Audio, graves, muchísimos graves. Olvidaos de la respuesta plana (cosa que yo prefiero y me encanta) o de predominancia de agudos. Soundcore le da mucha presencia de graves a este modelo sea el perfil que sea el que elijamos en la ecualización. Por supuesto indagando un poco por la red encontraremos la ecualización perfecta para obtener un sonido HiFi (con las diferencia existentes al no tener codec LDAC el cual sólo está en su hermano mayor de 100€, el Q35). La pongo al final de la reseña. Es por ello que evitad los comentarios en los que ponen pegas al producto por su graves. Se pueden reducir muchísimo y una de las gracias que tiene el producto es la personalización en su sonido. ¿Y por qué me quedo con el modelo si hay que afinar tanto la ecualización? Seguid leyendo.- Ecualizador, como comenté antes, gracias a él mismo podemos aumentar agudos, hacer más plano el sonido, potenciar graves (más aún de como vienen de fábrica), etc, una virguería.- Cancelación de sonido. Las cosas claras, no son los Sony XM3 o XM4, que no os engañen, pero por 59.95€ no existe nada igual en el mercado. El ANC funciona sorprendentemente bien y con gran calidad respecto al audio, por lo que no lo empeora.- Comodidad, todos los auriculares de diadema meten calor en la orejas, ya sea por la piel sintética o por la tela si es el caso. En verano todos nos dará calor, en invierno lógicamente menos. Una vez obviado esto las espumas parecen foam blandito que se adaptan a la cabeza super bien y no te enteras apenas que los llevas puesto, un 10 por el fabricante la verdad.- Bolsa de almacenaje, aquí no me ha gustado nada lo que ha hecho Soundcore. En las reviews del producto venía una bolsa distinta a la que están dando ahora. Antes tenía la forma de los auriculares en una especie de foam y con un bolsillo para los cables, ahora (ved foto adjunta) no es así y no hay bolsillo para los cables sino un bolsito que se cierra. Muy mal, de hecho les he escrito para comentarles el detalle, a ver qué me dicen.- Cable, el audio por cable es normalito, no son unos Audio Technica ni unos Beyerdynamics, da tanta calidad como por bluetooth pero sólo ellos lo saben, en la última actualización 2.30 se han cargado el ANC con la conexión cableada. Espero que lo solucionen.En resumen, no hay nada mejor por 60 euros, así de simple. Puedes probar 100 marcas, pero es que ni los Sony bluetooth de 30/50 euros se acercan a la personalización de sonido o al ANC que tienen los Q30. Reconozco que me desencanté mucho al ponerlos en funcionamiento y ver tantos graves, pero cuando consigues ecualizarlos, son una delicia. Y si a alguien le cabe duda, SÍ, el auricular lo compré de mi bolsillo 100%.NOTA: La ecualización la podéis poner así = -6, +5, +4, +2, +2, +6, 0, +1

6. 

   by mo June 15, 2025

   The Anc is great on this one its -50db and since i am sound sensitive it has been a blessing.Via the app you can tune the tones how ever you like it or choose the white noise options to have a moment for yourself

7. 

   by Craig Jones June 15, 2025

   Brilliant product. Nicely made, comes in a good compact carry case. Good levels of noise cancelling for my regular 4 hours on a plane/3 hours on a shuttle schtick. Very good battery life.Really good value, still going strong years later