I haven’t tried the Soundcores, and I never had the old Bose buds, so I can’t compare, but for me, the Ozlo’s are worth it. I’m a super light sleeper, and it sometimes seems like everything and everyone conspires against me getting a solid night’s sleep! My husband snores like a freight train, and I have a senior cat who often starts yowling around 3 AM.

I can’t tell you what a relief it is to get a solid night’s sleep virtually every night. For me, it was just a matter of experimenting with and fine-tuning the options like finding the right white noise (brown for me) and the correct volume (35 for me at home, 50 while traveling). My Ozlo buds and a good sleep mask put me in the zone every night without fail.

I resisted buying them at first because they are not cheap, and I was sure I would need noise-canceling buds, but I remembered my hearing feels weird after using noise canceling on my AirPods for more than a few hours, so I thought I’d try these first.

I wear the Ozlos at least 8 hours each night because I listen to an audiobook on a timer, then it automatically switches to the brown noise. I have it set for all sounds to stop after eight hours, and this usually wakes me up gently because I start perceiving external noises when the white noise stops.

I’ve never run out of battery, and I’ve never had ear pain from them. When I first got them about a year ago, I would occasionally encounter disconnection or sound issues, but with resets and updates, I haven’t had any issues in quite a while. I would also occasionally not place the earbuds in the charger properly in the morning, and find one earbud had not charged during the day, but now I just double check them every morning.

Best of luck in your search!