Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen)
Comfort and quiet on flights
$449Checked November 1, 2026
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My short take
Bose rates it at 30 hours in Quiet mode, 23 with Immersive Audio on. It weighs 264 g (0.583 lb) and Bose says it is not water resistant. Against the Sony WH-1000XM6, the codec list is shorter: no LDAC.
The specs
- Battery life (ANC on)
- 30 h
- Weight
- 264 g
- Active noise cancelling
- yes
- Driver size
- 35 mm
- Bluetooth codecs
- SBC, AAC, aptX Adaptive
- Water rating
- None
- Multipoint
- yes
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