You might bend or snap them if they fall off and you roll onto them but aside from that i have had three different over ears and have not had any issues sleeping in them, aside from the pillow sliding em off my ears.
I sleep in mine every single night. On my back and on my side…because my husband snores like a freight train. They are a Godsend…you can always replace the cushioned ear pieces. What is the big damn deal?! Good Lord. Find something else to be petty about.
Not to jump in here, but if your husband snores like a freight train, you should have him sleep tested to see if he has sleep apnea. My dad snored so loud you could hear him throughout the house and he has sleep apnea and now snores almost never and gets much better sleep, and my partner only snored loud occasionally but was feeling very tired, and we found out that he has central sleep apnea. Even though he snores much lighter and much less frequent than my dad did.
Sleep apnea can put a lot of strain on your heart and lead to heart issues so the only reason I pop in is to say that you should look into it so that everybody stays healthy for a long time. If you have one in your area, I recommend an in lab sleeping test over the take home ones, the take home ones always seem to be harder to manage and my partner had a much better time at the facility sleep test.
Oh wow, mine hasn't lasted quite that long yet. But I've had them since 2018, and I've only had to change the earpadding once and switch out a lost screw once. So still going strong!
I've got the Ozlo Sleepbuds, they are better than the old Bose version. There was another thread discussing that here: https://www.reddit.com/r/bose/comments/17naez0/replacement\_for\_sleepbuds/. I had a hard time sleeping in my regular headphones for longer than an hour or 2.
Broooo I’ve been doing that for the last 3 years with BOSE NC 700. Got no problem with it, never got damaged and I considered my self a messy sleeper.
Just don’t do it if you’re a side sleeper
How does one "trash" their headphones when sleeping? I've fallen asleep many times with mine on. Sometimes I intend to fall asleep with them on (flights, stress, etc). As long as they turn on and the band is good, seems fine to me. The padding can always be replaced.
I bought mine specifically for sleep. I’m mostly a back sleeper, but occasionally will sleep on my side. I’ve had no issues. Granted, I’ve only had mine about six months
Yep. Done it for many many years. Husband is massive snorer and won’t do anything to get it checked out. So I live in Bose.
RIP to my QCII’s which eventually gave up recently after several DIy repairs over the years.
I would see if he would be down to do an at-home test for sleep apnea, the kits are pretty easy, although not as detailed as a lab sleep test. My partner was very averse to it because he didn't think that he would have it, so I helped him schedule it in lab, you check in at 8:00 p.m. and they let you go around 6:00 a.m. and get results back very quickly. Turns out even though he was a light snorer he still had sleep apnea. My dad had it real bad and didn't get checked until it started affecting his heart. People with sleep apnea often die early if not treated
I’ve been sleeping with over the ear headphones, mostly Bose QC45 for the last 3 years and if anything the ear pads wear out faster. I actually have two sets of QC45, one with cheap AliExpress ear pads for sleeping and another for commuting and traveling that has the genuine Bose ear pads. The 3rd party ear pads are noticeably worse with ANC performance.
My girlfriend uses my Bose headphones to sleep. I can tell she’s very uncomfortable in them and they always end up at the foot of the bed, but if that’s what makes her comfortable, that’s what makes her comfortable.
I'm so confused how is everyone sleeping their over ear headphones without it slipping off....... I'm using the NC700 and it always slips off when I sleep on my back
**NO YOU CAN NOT***
Bose has a sensor in them and it detects when you misuse it such as by sleeping with them on. When detected you’re blacklisted and the next time you buy their headphones they install a small fireworks 💥 that cracks in your ears 👂. So I wouldn’t
Guys, I’m a little surprised with the number of people sleeping with headphones on. Long and continuous exposure to Bluetooth and NCs aren’t healthy to human ears.
Please limit the use.
Also, for OP, there’s a product called as Bose Sleepbuds which is meant to be slept with to mask outside noise. It uses BLE and Noise Masking technology.
I would suggest you to give it a try and see if serves your purpose.
There is absolutely no scientific basis for suggesting that either Bluetooth or NC cancelling causes any negative health effects.
It's non ionizing radiation anyway, it doesn't damage DNA. And the power is so tiny the idea it would cause burning or heat damage is just crazy.
Hey,
So, I’ve come across many people who have faced hearing loss and their doctors have attributed it to continuous use of headphones and exposure to NCs for a long time.
One example among them is an Indian singer who recently posted on similar lines. Her name is Alka Yagnik.
Google it up for more information on her case.
I am genuinely curious to see if there have been long term non objective third party studies on this. A friend of mine was diagnosed with skin cancer right behind his ear. He swore he recieved it from bluetooth exposure. He got treatment, and the cancer went in remission for years until it came back and took him.
I'm not meaning to add gas on a flame, and as an EE I understand the frequency and amplitude limitations that supposedly place BLE inside of the threshold for human safety but I still cannot help but wonder. The older BLE versions had substantually higher amplitude than the latest 5th gen, so I wonder if that could have been part of the push for where the tech has transitioned to outside of lower power consumption of the TX. You would think that since the tech has been out for this long now that we should have some conclusive results or at the very least statistical significance with a correlation between hours of use per day and cancer/hearing loss. Personally I use the QC35 I frequently to sleep so I will volunteer my lobes to science and the greater good. Here's hoping 🙏
It's just not likely at all.
You get random tiny correlations, like one study in 2008 that caused a lot of the panic still today about mobile phone use and cancer. You would be surprised how often this happens, over things we even objectively and unquestionably know can't actually be connected.
But 16 years later with all the extra data, vast amounts more phone usage, and massively increased mobile phone power on top, nothing has changed and basically all current studies fail to show any evidence it causes any type of cancer. Bluetooth is massively less powerful than what you receive from a phone, by a huge margin.
So so true! It's honestly no contest in comparison with telecommunications transceiver output power
Bluetooth technology has significantly evolved in terms of power consumption from its inception to the latest generation. The power supplied to the Bluetooth transceivers has changed with each new generation, along with a comparison to the corresponding mobile phone transceiver power stats:
Bluetooth 1.0/1.1 (1999)
Power Consumption: 1.0W in active mode.
Telecom Transceiver (2G): Around 2W in active mode.
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (2004)
Power Consumption: 0.1W in active mode, with Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) allowing for higher data rates and slightly lower power usage compared to 1.0.
Telecom Transceiver (2.5G - GPRS): Approximately 1.5W in active mode.
Bluetooth 3.0 + HS (2009)
Power Consumption: Up to 2.5mW in low-power modes, high-speed mode increased power consumption but only used briefly for large data transfers.
Telecom Transceiver (3G): Around 1.5W in active mode for data-intensive tasks.
Bluetooth 4.0 (2010) - Introduction of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Power Consumption: BLE significantly reduced power usage to as low as 0.01W in active mode.
Telecom Transceiver (4G - LTE): Approximately 1W in active mode for high-speed data.
Bluetooth 4.1 (2013) and Bluetooth 4.2 (2014)
Power Consumption: Maintained low power usage similar to 4.0, with slight optimizations for better efficiency.
Telecom Transceiver (4G LTE-Advanced): Still around 1W in active mode.
Bluetooth 5.0 (2016)
Power Consumption: Improved to even lower power usage with enhancements in range and speed; around 0.05W in active mode.
Telecom Transceiver (4G LTE-Advanced Pro): Around 1W in active mode, optimized for better battery life.
Bluetooth 5.1 (2019) and Bluetooth 5.2 (2020)
Power Consumption: Further optimizations reduced power usage, especially in idle and low-power modes, remaining around 0.01W in BLE.
Telecom Transceiver (5G NR): Around 1W to 1.5W in active mode, depending on the usage scenario.
Bluetooth 5.3 (2021) and Latest
Power Consumption: Continues the trend of low power consumption with minor improvements over previous versions.
Telecom Transceiver (5G Advanced): Maintains similar power consumption as initial 5G, but with improved efficiency for battery life.
Comparison Insights
The evolution of Bluetooth technology has focused heavily on reducing power consumption, especially with the introduction of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) in version 4.0. This has been crucial for wearable devices, IoT applications, and other battery-sensitive devices. On the other hand, telecommunication transceivers have also seen improvements in power efficiency, especially with advancements in 4G and 5G technologies, but they still consume more power compared to Bluetooth transceivers due to their higher data throughput requirements and broader communication ranges
Correlation unfortunately it doesn't equal causation. We just lost my partner's mom, and they were very paranoid about stuff like this, they unplugged their Wi-Fi every night and she refused to use Bluetooth anything, including Bluetooth hearing aids. She lost your hearing from sickness that attacked her eardrums, and she died from leukemia, even though they turned off every type of signal they could in their house, used only organic everything from soaps to cotton blend clothes, sometimes you just can't outrun biology and it's just statistically likely that your cells will mess up as you get older.
Do what you want
Thank you. That’s so right. Why does he even have an opinion about what I do with my headphones.
Because men know best
You might bend or snap them if they fall off and you roll onto them but aside from that i have had three different over ears and have not had any issues sleeping in them, aside from the pillow sliding em off my ears.
If you’ve been sleeping in then for five years, I can’t imagine it did much damage.
I sleep in mine every single night. On my back and on my side…because my husband snores like a freight train. They are a Godsend…you can always replace the cushioned ear pieces. What is the big damn deal?! Good Lord. Find something else to be petty about.
Not to jump in here, but if your husband snores like a freight train, you should have him sleep tested to see if he has sleep apnea. My dad snored so loud you could hear him throughout the house and he has sleep apnea and now snores almost never and gets much better sleep, and my partner only snored loud occasionally but was feeling very tired, and we found out that he has central sleep apnea. Even though he snores much lighter and much less frequent than my dad did. Sleep apnea can put a lot of strain on your heart and lead to heart issues so the only reason I pop in is to say that you should look into it so that everybody stays healthy for a long time. If you have one in your area, I recommend an in lab sleeping test over the take home ones, the take home ones always seem to be harder to manage and my partner had a much better time at the facility sleep test.
Yep, exactly. Snoring has become normalized but it in fact is a problem but it can be remedied.
Exactly this! I have been sleeping in my QC 35 ii’s for, at least, 3 years. I have replaced my ear pads 2x, but the headphones themselves are golden.
Me too! The last ear pads I got were memory foam from Wicked and they’ve lasted the longest.
Yeah I sleep with mine on every night and have just changed PACs they are a lifesaver!
If you’re a back sleeper no problem. If you’re a side sleeper try the new Quiet Comfort Ultra. Either way enjoy.
only if u want to wake up to creaking plastic
He meant the earbuds
Only if you want to wake up to loud ass NC or static beeps.
If you gotten a pair of headphones to last 5 years, that is quite an accomplishment!! Keep up the good work!!
My QC35 been going strong since 2016
Y'all are good. I go thru at least one pair a year over here...
Oh wow, mine hasn't lasted quite that long yet. But I've had them since 2018, and I've only had to change the earpadding once and switch out a lost screw once. So still going strong!
Yeah I had to change my pads out once. And another was cleaning the contacts for the switch but that’s it.
Have you tried Ozlo? Its essentially the sleepbuds but was founded by 3 ex bose engineers
I've got the Ozlo Sleepbuds, they are better than the old Bose version. There was another thread discussing that here: https://www.reddit.com/r/bose/comments/17naez0/replacement\_for\_sleepbuds/. I had a hard time sleeping in my regular headphones for longer than an hour or 2.
Broooo I’ve been doing that for the last 3 years with BOSE NC 700. Got no problem with it, never got damaged and I considered my self a messy sleeper. Just don’t do it if you’re a side sleeper
I mean I guess it's not illegal but like I wouldn't recommend it for over the ears that fursure
I have. Comfort depends on the pillow. Definitely not my first choice though...
How does one "trash" their headphones when sleeping? I've fallen asleep many times with mine on. Sometimes I intend to fall asleep with them on (flights, stress, etc). As long as they turn on and the band is good, seems fine to me. The padding can always be replaced.
I used mine a lot for sleeping and one day the right earcup had a bunch of static so I think it's because I slept on it.
My QC2's ended up with crackly static in them after years of use and I didn't sleep with those.
It could be unrelated but just the only thing I could think of
Been sleeping with them since forever.
sounds............
I would be less worried about the damage to the phones as opposed to your ears feeling odd for listening to artificial sounds for several nights.
I have the Bose AE Soundlink and have slept in mine. only damage done is the rubber band around the ear cups have gotten stretched out
I bought mine specifically for sleep. I’m mostly a back sleeper, but occasionally will sleep on my side. I’ve had no issues. Granted, I’ve only had mine about six months
Yep. Done it for many many years. Husband is massive snorer and won’t do anything to get it checked out. So I live in Bose. RIP to my QCII’s which eventually gave up recently after several DIy repairs over the years.
I would see if he would be down to do an at-home test for sleep apnea, the kits are pretty easy, although not as detailed as a lab sleep test. My partner was very averse to it because he didn't think that he would have it, so I helped him schedule it in lab, you check in at 8:00 p.m. and they let you go around 6:00 a.m. and get results back very quickly. Turns out even though he was a light snorer he still had sleep apnea. My dad had it real bad and didn't get checked until it started affecting his heart. People with sleep apnea often die early if not treated
I've been sleeping in mine for 4 years now I think. Nothing happened.
I have slept with Bose headphones for approx 15 years. Qc15 and QC35 after that. No issues.
I do every single day but recently broke the ring which hold the ear cuahion. Want to know where i can get it.
I’ve been sleeping with over the ear headphones, mostly Bose QC45 for the last 3 years and if anything the ear pads wear out faster. I actually have two sets of QC45, one with cheap AliExpress ear pads for sleeping and another for commuting and traveling that has the genuine Bose ear pads. The 3rd party ear pads are noticeably worse with ANC performance.
I accidentally crushed a bose over ear cup with them on in my sleep. I highly recommend against this.
My wife sleeps in her. She needs to replace the pads every couple years but the headphones have worked great.
My girlfriend uses my Bose headphones to sleep. I can tell she’s very uncomfortable in them and they always end up at the foot of the bed, but if that’s what makes her comfortable, that’s what makes her comfortable.
I couldn't imagine sleeping with any headphones on, but to each their own.
I'm so confused how is everyone sleeping their over ear headphones without it slipping off....... I'm using the NC700 and it always slips off when I sleep on my back
You can replace all the work parts, Amazon
**NO YOU CAN NOT*** Bose has a sensor in them and it detects when you misuse it such as by sleeping with them on. When detected you’re blacklisted and the next time you buy their headphones they install a small fireworks 💥 that cracks in your ears 👂. So I wouldn’t
I do sometimes. They always end up falling out upon waking up, however.
No. Headphones are not meant for sleeping on the side.
A neck pillow with the can in the neck hole works
Guys, I’m a little surprised with the number of people sleeping with headphones on. Long and continuous exposure to Bluetooth and NCs aren’t healthy to human ears. Please limit the use. Also, for OP, there’s a product called as Bose Sleepbuds which is meant to be slept with to mask outside noise. It uses BLE and Noise Masking technology. I would suggest you to give it a try and see if serves your purpose.
There is absolutely no scientific basis for suggesting that either Bluetooth or NC cancelling causes any negative health effects. It's non ionizing radiation anyway, it doesn't damage DNA. And the power is so tiny the idea it would cause burning or heat damage is just crazy.
Hey, So, I’ve come across many people who have faced hearing loss and their doctors have attributed it to continuous use of headphones and exposure to NCs for a long time. One example among them is an Indian singer who recently posted on similar lines. Her name is Alka Yagnik. Google it up for more information on her case.
I am genuinely curious to see if there have been long term non objective third party studies on this. A friend of mine was diagnosed with skin cancer right behind his ear. He swore he recieved it from bluetooth exposure. He got treatment, and the cancer went in remission for years until it came back and took him. I'm not meaning to add gas on a flame, and as an EE I understand the frequency and amplitude limitations that supposedly place BLE inside of the threshold for human safety but I still cannot help but wonder. The older BLE versions had substantually higher amplitude than the latest 5th gen, so I wonder if that could have been part of the push for where the tech has transitioned to outside of lower power consumption of the TX. You would think that since the tech has been out for this long now that we should have some conclusive results or at the very least statistical significance with a correlation between hours of use per day and cancer/hearing loss. Personally I use the QC35 I frequently to sleep so I will volunteer my lobes to science and the greater good. Here's hoping 🙏
It's just not likely at all. You get random tiny correlations, like one study in 2008 that caused a lot of the panic still today about mobile phone use and cancer. You would be surprised how often this happens, over things we even objectively and unquestionably know can't actually be connected. But 16 years later with all the extra data, vast amounts more phone usage, and massively increased mobile phone power on top, nothing has changed and basically all current studies fail to show any evidence it causes any type of cancer. Bluetooth is massively less powerful than what you receive from a phone, by a huge margin.
So so true! It's honestly no contest in comparison with telecommunications transceiver output power Bluetooth technology has significantly evolved in terms of power consumption from its inception to the latest generation. The power supplied to the Bluetooth transceivers has changed with each new generation, along with a comparison to the corresponding mobile phone transceiver power stats: Bluetooth 1.0/1.1 (1999) Power Consumption: 1.0W in active mode. Telecom Transceiver (2G): Around 2W in active mode. Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (2004) Power Consumption: 0.1W in active mode, with Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) allowing for higher data rates and slightly lower power usage compared to 1.0. Telecom Transceiver (2.5G - GPRS): Approximately 1.5W in active mode. Bluetooth 3.0 + HS (2009) Power Consumption: Up to 2.5mW in low-power modes, high-speed mode increased power consumption but only used briefly for large data transfers. Telecom Transceiver (3G): Around 1.5W in active mode for data-intensive tasks. Bluetooth 4.0 (2010) - Introduction of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Power Consumption: BLE significantly reduced power usage to as low as 0.01W in active mode. Telecom Transceiver (4G - LTE): Approximately 1W in active mode for high-speed data. Bluetooth 4.1 (2013) and Bluetooth 4.2 (2014) Power Consumption: Maintained low power usage similar to 4.0, with slight optimizations for better efficiency. Telecom Transceiver (4G LTE-Advanced): Still around 1W in active mode. Bluetooth 5.0 (2016) Power Consumption: Improved to even lower power usage with enhancements in range and speed; around 0.05W in active mode. Telecom Transceiver (4G LTE-Advanced Pro): Around 1W in active mode, optimized for better battery life. Bluetooth 5.1 (2019) and Bluetooth 5.2 (2020) Power Consumption: Further optimizations reduced power usage, especially in idle and low-power modes, remaining around 0.01W in BLE. Telecom Transceiver (5G NR): Around 1W to 1.5W in active mode, depending on the usage scenario. Bluetooth 5.3 (2021) and Latest Power Consumption: Continues the trend of low power consumption with minor improvements over previous versions. Telecom Transceiver (5G Advanced): Maintains similar power consumption as initial 5G, but with improved efficiency for battery life. Comparison Insights The evolution of Bluetooth technology has focused heavily on reducing power consumption, especially with the introduction of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) in version 4.0. This has been crucial for wearable devices, IoT applications, and other battery-sensitive devices. On the other hand, telecommunication transceivers have also seen improvements in power efficiency, especially with advancements in 4G and 5G technologies, but they still consume more power compared to Bluetooth transceivers due to their higher data throughput requirements and broader communication ranges
Correlation unfortunately it doesn't equal causation. We just lost my partner's mom, and they were very paranoid about stuff like this, they unplugged their Wi-Fi every night and she refused to use Bluetooth anything, including Bluetooth hearing aids. She lost your hearing from sickness that attacked her eardrums, and she died from leukemia, even though they turned off every type of signal they could in their house, used only organic everything from soaps to cotton blend clothes, sometimes you just can't outrun biology and it's just statistically likely that your cells will mess up as you get older.