Soundcore Sleep A30 Earbuds ZDNET's key takeaways The Soundcore Sleep A30 are now available for $230
The earbuds are comfortable with helpful sleep features
Their active noise cancellation falls flat. View now at Soundcore
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I care a lot about my sleep, to the point where I watch what I eat before bed, exercise regularly, and stick to a regular sleep schedule. Every factor within my control is accounted for, but that doesn't stop uncontrollable factors from obstructing my wind-down time.
You see, the root of my sleep issues has little to do with my own inability to fall asleep -- it's more to do with the noisy four-way road outside my bedroom window. The symphony of sounds might make for a great scene in Ford v. Ferrari, but I'd prefer silence, not the sound of zooming cars, as I try to doze off.
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This is all to say: I use the heck out of sleep earbuds to quiet down noise and fall asleep. And I'm in luck, because Soundcore just released its third-generation sleep earbuds, the Soundcore Sleep A30, with several upgrades (and an icy new mint color). I tested the earbuds out during one noisy night and even put them to the test in the chatter-filled office to see if they were up to snuff.
The job of a sleep earbud is fairly simple. It should stay in your ear throughout the night (a tall order for me, a girl who's constantly tossing and turning), mask most of the disruptive noise around you, and be comfortable enough to feel like it's dissolving into your ear (and not a hard piece of plastic in between your ear and your pillow).
The Soundcore Sleep A30 attempts to address all of these issues. It's got a thin, flat build with wing tips to properly twist and set in the ear. It comes with active noise cancellation (new to this model) to dim down sound, and two types of ear tips, silicone for comfort and foam for further cancellation.
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