Soundcore Sleep A20 Earbuds by Anker, Noise Blocking, Comfy for Side Sleepers, AI Brainwave Audio, 80H Playtime, Stream Content via Bluetooth 5.3, Sleep Monitor, Personal Alarm

If you’re looking for a pair of sleep earbuds that truly deliver on comfort and battery life, the Soundcore Sleep A20 Earbuds by Anker are a standout choice. I’ve worn them all night, even as a side sleeper, and they’re so comfortable I often forget they’re in my ears. The battery life is impressive-easily lasting through the night (and then some), so you don’t have to worry about them dying before your alarm goes off.One of my favorite features is the configurable EQ in the Soundcore app, which lets you tweak the sound signature to your liking. There’s a preset that softens loud noises and balances the sound, which is perfect for narrated audio or podcasts I like to fall asleep to. The built-in library of white noise and nature sounds is another plus, and you can even save a selection directly to the earbuds, so you don’t need your phone nearby or worry about notifications waking you up.On the downside, I found the touch controls a bit too sensitive-they’d sometimes trigger accidentally as I moved in my sleep. Thankfully, you can disable them, which I did since I keep my phone close for any media or volume adjustments anyway.If there’s one thing I’d love to see in a future version, it’s active noise cancellation. I know that’s a tall order in such a tiny and comfortable form factor, but it would be a game changer for blocking out even more ambient noise.Overall, the Soundcore Sleep A20 Earbuds are a fantastic investment if you value a good night’s sleep and want a customizable, comfortable, and reliable solution for bedtime audio.On site note: If you're having trouble making an account in the app, it might be because you had a Eufy account at some point. Apparently Anker and Eufy share the same authentication system, so if you have one, you have both. That was my only pain point in setting up the device, and caused me to scratch my head for a few.

I have trouble falling asleep and the only thing that works for me is listening to podcasts or comforting TV show re runs. I've tried many earbuds and headphones but I find that they either fall out, become uncomfortable, or I somehow take them off while asleep.These are super comfortable for sleeping, even as a side sleeper. I don't find them to put pressure on my ears like other reviewers though I did have to replace the ear tips with smaller sized ones. They come with a huge variety of breathable and sealed tips.Battery life is okay, they claim 10 hours of Bluetooth streaming but for me they die somewhere between 7 hours and 9 hours, which is enough for my needs.Sound quality: they are passable but nothing to write home about. For people thinking about these for working out or whatever, I don't think they'll work well. Remember the whole point of these is their thin profile for comfortable sleeping. Specifically, they are pretty thin and hollow sounding, spoken voice is intelligible but everything lacks richness and detail. Occasionally the left and right channels become slightly out of sync.In terms of significant flaws, I would say the main issues I've hit are that if you sleep on your side, the side facing down sometimes either loses Bluetooth connectivity or gets pinched in a way that you can't hear it anymore. Overall it's slightly annoying but it does resume connectivity when you toss and turn.Finally, all of the settings seem to have been changed by a recent software update and don't really match the manual. It tries to be clever about stopping Bluetooth after some time or when it detected you asleep and switched back to ambient noise. I personally turn those features off -- when I awaken in the middle of the night I want to just be able to resume my podcast with as little mental effort as possible.

I hardly ever write reviews but here is the rare exception. I work a rotating swing shift that has given me severe shift work sleep disorder.I've spent 20 years buying every crackpot hairbrained product to try to help me get a little sleep. My go to was acoustic sleep , a fine product about half the price as the A-20. The acoustic sleep has one fatal flaw, it has no passive noise reduction, you hear ambient noise that's louder than the device but that's due to its product design. I almost didn't give the A-20 a chance because I wanted active noise reduction...man am I glad I did. As a side sleeper these things are comfortable and don't fall out while I sleep, but the biggest draw is the combination of excellent passive noise reduction and whatever sounds you like to sleep to ( for me its rain) . They do an exceptional job of insulating me in the sounds of the thunderstorm , isolating me from the outside world.I have 3 college young men upstairs and they run across their apartment a lot, I cant hear them or most ambient sounds with my A-20s.( I guess when they throw a party that will be the big test) I haven't even explored the many features of the app, first nite I went simple with one of the loadable sounds ( thunderstorm) and I was amazed how well they worked...Im happy with that . They are a little pricey but after the first night I realized what a great value they are. (Customer service is fast also.)2nd week updated...you have to keep these buds clear/clean of earwax or they will not work. My left bud stopped working. I examined it to find a ear wax buildup on the mike/speaker on the inside of the bud.After cleaning all was well. Im still happy1 month update..I love them BUT they need cleaning every week. Its a reasonable tradeoff2 month review no problems and i still love them