What keeps coming up
Battery life gets clear praise. Most owners who mentioned it were happy with how long a charge lasts.
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Headphones and earbuds · Bose
Bose 700
Some owners have kept the Bose 700 for years for its rich, full sound and for noise cancelling they rely on, even to fall asleep, though views on both are divided.
What keeps coming up against it
Customer support is a clear complaint. One owner called Bose support among the worst they have dealt with, and another found the support email address no longer worked, which left phoning as the only way to reach the company.
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What it is
The Bose 700 is a pair of wireless over-ear headphones that block outside noise. It's for commuters, travellers and office workers who want quiet and clear calls. You can also plug it in with a cable.
Specs
| Type | Wireless over-ear headphones |
|---|---|
| Noise cancelling | Yes, 11 levels you can choose from |
| Battery life | Up to 20 hours |
| Charging | USB-C; full charge in up to 2.5 hours; 15 minutes gives up to 3.5 hours |
| Bluetooth and codecs | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Weight | |
| Water resistance | |
| Warranty |
From the maker's spec page, checked October 5, 2026. A blank row means the maker does not state it.
What the specs mean
20 hours is about two long-haul flights, or a few days of commuting, between charges. If the battery is flat, 15 minutes on a USB-C cable gives you a few hours of listening. With 11 levels you can choose how much outside sound to block, from almost none to as much as possible. Bose gives no water rating that we could confirm, so don't wear them in rain or for workouts.
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Life with it
Owners are divided on sound, but plenty of the long-term praise is about sound. One owner who has had a pair for close to a decade still finds the sound fuller, richer and wider than newer Bose models, which they felt had muddier treble. Another wears them to bed every night with noise cancelling at its strongest and brown noise playing, and says it helps them sleep. A buyer who got a used pair cheaply says the wireless convenience suits everyday computer use better than their wired high-end headphones, though they found the noise cancelling weaker. Noise cancelling and comfort both come out divided.
The app is a clear complaint. One owner who is sensitive to harsh treble got much finer control from a third-party equaliser than from the Bose app. Another found that when connected to a TV and a phone at once, a phone notification pulls the audio over to the phone, and it won't go back to the TV until the headphones are switched off and on again. Volume level is a smaller concern: most of the owners who raised it wanted more.
Reliability & repairs
The core electronics seem to last. Owners describe pairs still in use after six and after eight or nine years. Ear pads are the part that wears out. The owner who sleeps in them has replaced the pads several times over the years and still thinks that's a fair result for how hard they use them. One owner felt a firmware update made the noise cancelling worse and moved to a newer Bose model. Owners are divided on both build and product durability, and with support rated a clear complaint, getting help when something fails can be hard.
The long-term record for this model is thin. Only a few accounts describe years of use, and many comments filed under these themes are actually about other products, including Sennheiser's BTD 700 dongle and Bose soundbars. So the picture of how the 700 headphones themselves age is limited.
Lifespan
- When it breaksNo account here describes a failure yet.
- Still going4 say theirs still works after a year or more. The longest: 7 years.
From 4 owner accounts that said how long they have had it. Own one? Add how long yours has lasted.
More detail
What owners praise, where they are split, and the
follow-up timeline
What owners praise
- dongle compatibility7 of 10who raised it
- eq customization4 of 5who raised it
- battery life4 of 5who raised it
Where owners have concerns
- customer support10 of 12who raised it
- app usability10 of 12who raised it
- volume level4 of 5who raised it
- ear pad durability3 of 4who raised it
- firmware updates3 of 4who raised it
Where owners are split
- sound quality29 for · 10 against · 13 mixedof 52 who raised it
- noise cancellation8 for · 9 against · 3 mixedof 20 who raised it
- comfort5 for · 7 against · 4 mixedof 16 who raised it
- build quality5 for · 2 against · 4 mixedof 11 who raised it
- codec support3 for · 2 against · 2 mixedof 7 who raised it
- longevity4 for · 3 against · 0 mixedof 7 who raised it
Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.
38 more subjects came up from fewer than 4 owners each, which is not enough for a fair reading. To see how it stacks up, compare it with another machine.
Does it still kick?
The same owner, asked again at each point. Fills in as owners answer.
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Still good used?
What a used buyer should know, from owners a year or more in
Among the 4 owner accounts here that gave a duration, 0 described a failure.
Before you buy one used, ask the seller: how old it is, whether it was ever repaired and by whom, and whether any of the parts above have been replaced. Ask to see it run. A receipt tells you the warranty start date; most makers honour the term only for the first owner.
Where this came from
Where this came from
Public discussions we read and summarised in our own words. Nothing here was submitted to Still Kicks.
- Forum threads 172 accounts
- Owner accounts collected here 0
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