soundcoreby Anker Space A40 Auto-Adjustable Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds, Reduce Noise by Up to 98%, 50H Playtime, Hi-Res Sound, Comfortable Fit, App Customization, Wireless ChargeCarbon Neutral Certified by SCS Global Services

The Soundcore by Anker A40 headphones are a fantastic choice, especially for the price! They offer an impressive audio experience with a nicely balanced sound and surprisingly effective active noise cancellation that truly helps you immerse yourself in your music or podcasts.The comfort is also a huge plus, with multiple ear tips ensuring a snug and secure fit that you can comfortably wear for hours. And let's not forget the battery life – it's truly remarkable, keeping the music playing long after many rivals have given up. Plus, the Soundcore app allows for great customization, letting you tailor the sound and controls to your preferences. If you're looking for an excellent all-around earbud experience without breaking the bank, the A40s are a brilliant option! Fits perfectly!

Had these for a while now and they’ve done very well. Good sound quality, easy to change modes (transparency, noise cancelling) with just a hold of the ear bud.I use them for hours before they run out of battery and they charge quickly.I also have the full over ear headphone version in the same colour and they both connect to the same app which is helpful.I also sleep in them every night and haven’t had any issues.

These headphones are fantastic.They have excellent battery life.They're comfortable in my ears where a lot of ineate headphones are not.They're excellent value for money.The controls can be a little bit fiddly like some of the push to change. Functions don't always register as well as they should.Having said that, these headphones are excellent for what I use them for, which is for some noise cancelling whilst running. And they do not fall out at all.I have one gripe.I wore these out on a run. Had the charging case in my running vest. It started to absolutely hammer down with rain. The charging case got wet and now the headphones don't work at all.So these are fantastic provided you don't get them wet.

These are great headphones. The sound quality is very good and seems comparable to more expensive headphones. The noice cancelling is also very effective as a London commuter. These headphones are good for people with small ears and I have found them to be the best fit yet.Finally, they are pretty robust and are still working with no noticeable change in sound after a round in the washing machine and tumble dryer. Very impressive!

Just purchased this recently on sale and am very pleased with the quality of the sound and bass. I like the fact that you can customise the controls and sound via the app. They are also very stylish. Would definitely recommend.

Brilliant

In general, works OK (as any other earphones), but I bought it because it was stated they block "up to 98%" of noise. It does not mention the situation, so you might think (as I did) it is all of the time, but it is not. It just blocks reasonably, those constant background noises (like plane/car engine sounds), all the rest is blocked maybe 30% and I have to say it is only because of the rubber sealing, like any other non ANC earphones. I say that because when ANC is on or off, it has no different for simple noises, like writing on my keyboard as I am doing now using the earphones, hearing loud and clear every key I am pressing.So I feel like I was deceived by the advertisement saying "up to 98%" of noise cancelling. BTW I also have Soundcore headphones (Q20i) and they block a lot more noise than this earphones.Another thing is that, I don't know when the earbuds are charged after inserting them to the case, there is no indication (that I have seen so far).One last thing it, the ANC is so bad that I can't even know exactly when I change the functionality from ANC to Normal. On my Q20i headphones it says (literally) the mode you are on, with this one it is just a fancy beep to inform you are swapping modes.

May 2015. Had them for 5months and now the full charge lasts less than 4hrs. Absolute rubbish.Just keeps getting worse… now the double tap doesn’t work, another star taken off. These earphones are rubbish.Month Update:Ok, I’ve been wearing these for a month now and feel now I’d the time to give my final update on these earphones and tbh I’m liking them less and less than when I first had them. The issues I’ve found are they are just not as comfortable to have in your ears for extended periods of time Day after day after day. You are constantly readjusting them to stay in your ears because they only have the ear canal tip and not a rubber fin on top of them to mould inside your ear, they move all of the time and want to come out. The ear pieces are obviously weighty because of the batteries and electronics in them and this weight slowly pulls them out of position. Next issue is the touch button, every time you touch them to readjust them to go back in your ear it alters the volume and that’s just playing annoying. It’s also hard to locate the precise place to double tap them when you actually want to as apose to a physical push button and lastly as I mentioned in the original update the ANC is pretty useless. I have actually been using my older Life A1 ones inbetween charging these and the fit compared to these is absolutely loads better. Not sure if I’d pay for these ones again because of those three main issues for finding like me who wears them literally every waking second of each day. So I’ve dropped stars again for these issues based on a month of every day wearing.Little Update:After wearing these continuously for about a week, I have noticed that compared to the SC Life A1 the Bluetooth range isn’t as long when connected to my iPod touch and also noticed that the ANC isn’t really that affective tbh, so it looses a star for those issues. Out of the 2 settings, “Transparency Mode” I’ve no idea why anyone would want to use this setting to actually hear more, which it does enable you to, It’s like it focusses in on distant noises like the kitchen extractor fan or the dehumidifier fan going. Whilst on the flip side, the actual “Noise Cancelling” option does dull the sound say of the TV heard over the film you’re watching on your device through your earphones, but doesn’t eliminate it, it’s still audible, so just be aware of that if you’re purchasing those soley based on their ANC capabilities, they’re not that good in that respect. Also the IPX waterproof rating on the Life A1 is ipx 7 compared to these A40 which is only ipx 4 rated by Soundcore. One more thing is that the touch buttons are no where near as responsive as an actual push buttons as in the older model LIfe A1’s. So it looses another star for that too.***************Original Review:I’m going to compare these with the Soundcore Life Wireless A1 earphones because I’ve owned about 6 pairs of them over the past couple of years and they were the best earphones I’d found so far out of the reasonably priced Soundcore bunch. They had amazing bass, the three button tap to change from bass to two other settings was really good, they were comfy to wear the entire day, waterproof even in the shower and the battery life was good. You knew when they were low on charge because a red light came on and when they were in the charging container, you could see the lights on when. It was charging and knew when you had to re-charge the box as the lights went down and started to flash.The main problems with the Life A1 is that the circular rubber cover that is over the ear press button comes away from the unit causing the components to be exposed and then moisture gets in and thats the end of that. They also have a silicone earpiece which constantly comes out of position from where it should go, causing you to re-adjust constantly throughout the day. This also caused the earphones to be a pain going back into the charging container because sometimes the silicone had moved preventing the connections to align and for it to charge properly. Soundcore recently decided to change the Life A1 with a newer model which allowed it to be operated via an app, they did away with the three button press to get the equaliser deeper bass setting and the sound was not as good as the earlier Life A1 model. If you buy them now, they will all be the newer model just called A1 and compared to the old, they’re not worth it. So well done Soundcore, you spoiled them.Now compared to the Soundcore Space A40 which I’ve recently purchased because I was sick of the newer A1 models sound and lack of functions, Ive got to say that so far i’m pleasantly surprised. First thing you notice is that there are no inner ear silicone fins to perfectly fit your upper ear, they just have the different sized plugs so it sits looser in your ear. But because of this, they go straight back into their charging box and connect straight via the magnet to the correct position to charge. It relies soly on the app which you are allowed to customise the touch button press, but sometimes is hard to just press it and it doesn’t always register the press, which is annoying, but saying that, there doesn’t appear to be that circle of rubber covering the button which comes apart from the A1 model. There are no lights on the A40 earphones so you don’t know they’re actually on unlike the A1. Also noticed when they are in their charging box, there are no pulsating lights on the box to show they are charging either. Ive got to mention that Soundcore claim that when the earphones have run out of charge, by putting them into the recharging box just for 10 minutes will give them 40% charge. I tried this and timed the 10 minutes and reconnected them for them to show exactly 40% charge, so that was awesome. The sound of the A40 is really good, the bass is I’ve got to say better than the A1 and the active noise cancelling mode is really good. You can change the settings of the ANC in the app, theres a transparency mode which I’ve no idea why you’d want to use this and a full ANC mode which does actively dowse the noise around you, this feature wasn’t on the A1 and tbh I like it, yes it drains the battery faster, they reckon 8hrs instead of 10 before you need to recharge them but we’ll see later on.The earphones themselves are comfy, I’ve had them in all day and gone for walks etc in them and they stay in, the ANC can be turned off and on via the 2 second long touch option which you can disable if you want to. You can also customise the one touch for volume and two touch for play/pause and a few other settings. Again, sometimes it’s hard to lightly touch the earphones twice top change the setting compared to a solid button press as with the earlier model A1. So far they’re good, they are more expensive than the A1, but like I said they’ve ruined them with the upgrade and I’ll never go back to them. The sound quality of the A40 is really good as previously mentioned and when watching a movie, the sound effects are bassy and loud which I love compared to the newer model of the A1. The no charging lights does concern me as i don’t know if they are charging, but so far they have been, but it’s nice to have a visual aid to verify this. You can also add a widget to (I’m using an iPod touch and iPhone) add the earphones to so that by swiping the widget screen on you can control the ANC setting and also see how much charge is left on the earphones, which is useful.One more thing with Soundcore, I did order a set of Life A1 from their website, they advertised them as the older Life A1 model with three button press etc, however they sent the newer model which they falsely advertised and I didn’t want so I took advantage of their “hassle free returns” which turned out to be a total nightmare. Had to email them through their site about 5 times, force them to pay for the return postage because they’d sent out the wrong product and they wanted me to pay for returns, physically called them on the phone once and used their online live chat twice escalating it to a complaint the third time, then back and forth with a team leader a few times in order to resolve the issue. I for one will never buy anything direct from their website again so thank you Amazon, your returns procedure is flawless and you have my business for life, which is why I purchased these new pair of A40 from Amazon and not the Soundcore website direct.One thing about making earphones that relies purely on apps to work and to modify them is not everything has an app. I can connect my earphones through Bluetooth to my tv, this I cant put the Soundcore app on to change it’s settings, the radio is another i can connect to but can’t put an app on to modify and also Amazons Alexa, there is no option to put a Soundcore app on it to modify the earphones on that either.So regarding a 50 hr battery length claim, I fully charged the earphones on delivery via the cable, then wore for 8hrs with ANC on, waited till ran it and turned off, did a timed quick 10 min charge (put in exactly 40% of charge) lasted 4 hrs, another timed 10 min charge (again gave it 40% charge) and on for 3 hrs before putting away for the night. After a full charge wore for 11 hrs then a timed 10 min charge (went to 50%), wore for 1 1/2 hrs then put away for the night. Next day from a full charge lasted 10 hrs, in case (case lights showing 2 lights) for timed 10 mins (50% charge) lights went down to 1, wore for 4 1/2 hrs, back in case overnight. On for 9 1/2 hrs, in charging case for timed 10 mins giving 20% charge then wore for about an hour before finally running out of charge, so all in all about 52 hrs before needing to charge the case again…. Prettttttty good.Got to tell you this too, with all my wireless earphones, I tend to take out an ear when i need to listen to something quick and put it down somewhere and then spend ages trying to find it again. Ive found out with the Soundcore Space 40, if you leave the earplug, go into the app and into its settings and there is an option to locate your earphone ?!?!?!?!, you select which one you are trying to find and then press the play button for it and it sends out an audible tone so you can locate it ?????? I know right, amazing. Used it three times so far as that’s how often I loose them, tone goes and you just walk round listening for it until you find it :-) Definitly recomend these and definitely going to get another pair.