Reviews for Bose® MIE2i Mobile Headset

It's a shame that the tiny flimsy rubber coverings on the in-line control switch comes off (rips) with time under nornal use, making the volume controls useless, and exposing the switch cavity. I have two pairs of the Bose earphones. Both sets failed, and need I say how expensive they are? I am not buying these again.

51 of 58 people found this useful

I've tried numerous Mobile ear pods and was never satisfied until I purchased these. I have been slowly losing my hearing over a period of about 30 years. No cell phone could provide the quality of hearing I needed to carry on a conversation and actually understand it. I now use the Alera hearing aids. Even so, it was almost impossible to use ear pods because the hearing aids were inserted into the ear canal. They were all inferior and would fall out within minutes. Then came these Bose ear pods! The soft "hooks" keep the Bose "ears" in the ear canal and are extremely comfortable. The sound quality and clarity are excellent. There is no comparison. Hands down, it's Bose.

40 of 40 people found this useful

Travel with them all the time and use for music, movies and conversation on my phone. They have great sound quality, stay in my ear very well and am still able to hear traffic around me. Would recommend to anyone.

38 of 38 people found this useful

I've gone through several pairs of headphones over the last decade, and never really found a pair that had the right combination of: 1) Staying in my ears, 2) Not hurting my ears, 3) Having decent bass, and 4) Not being offensive to anyone around me.

Being completely honest, this headset doesn't do it all either, but it's the closest I've had so far. (Just for reference, I've gone through: Etymotics, Skull Candy, Beats, Senheisser, etc...).

The tips don't stay in my ear canal, but the silicone wing keeps it in place by locking into the cartilage around it - and is quite comfortable with no pressure or hurting feeling. They don't "wiggle" out after walking or jogging (which has happened with every pair before this). If you have awkward ears like I do, this may be the pair for you.

Since they don't quite fit in my ear canal, I can hear outside noise easily (but I prefer that, since I'm always paranoid that someone is yelling at me / want to hear subway announcements). Though nobody has complained, I'm worried others around me will think it's too loud. I was worried that would all mean that the bass would be inaudible, but it's surprisingly good, though not amazing. The mids and trebles are clear, and I can hear individual instruments (I think). I listen to top 40 and dance, so take my evaluation of bass and sound with a huge grain of salt. I'm also biased because my last pair were Beats, which many say are unnecessarily "bass-y".

Overall, I recommend them, as they're the closest match to my wish list so far.

45 of 47 people found this useful

I have always appreciated Bose for their products although they are slightly on the pricey end. I read quite a lot of reviews before buying these and Bose review base is binary, you have people dissing them or loving them, I am falling to the latter after using this for over a year. I was looking for a good pair of headphones for everyday use. I was considering the Bose OE2i Audio Headphones vs Grado Prestige Series SR-60i initially but I could not use them practically everywhere, running, household chores etc, I tend to sleep with my headphones on so they had to be an in ear set.

The IE2s are well made, the ear attachments take a while to get used to but once you find the right one they stay put. I had a couple of issues with my controller buttons not working and had to exchange them twice (hence the 3 stars instead of 4), the third set is working allright, except for that, they are top notch. The sound is well balanced, my music choices range Classical Indian music to trance, and this delivers them perfectly the base allocation is just right and hits the soft notes and the pumping sounds equally well. These sound just perfect for every variety you might throw at them, Overall I would definitely recommend this product to anyone looking for a good pair of in-ear headphones

40 of 41 people found this useful

They fit very comfortably in my ear and sound great.

39 of 40 people found this useful

From product to customer service Bose is number one. Just purchased my second pair of MIE2i not because my other pair did not work or was damaged, I just like to have new products. This generation headset is better than the previous model, better bass and overall clarity. The new StayHear tips were not as easy to insert into your ear as the older tips but well worth the bother once I found the proper technique and the proper fit. All the functions work perfectly with my iphone4s. All in all the headset is a great product. Thanks Bose.

14 of 14 people found this useful

I used it for over a month and its just awesome! Lovely Bass and super clarity!

12 of 12 people found this useful

If your like me and you know that recording for most metal is dirt quality which translates to an endless search for headphones that gives it some bass without drowning out drums or shaking vocals into a vibration than look no further. For those who have no idea what I mean, bands like Metallica that most would call metal, they have fantastic recording studios which means it will be fine on any old pair of buds or a rock band like disturbed that is bass, guitar heavy with clear vocals you have much of nothing to worry about. Me, I like death metal and black metal and let me tell you, these headphones make every bass drum kick pound perfectly and giving a great amount of bass to individual instruments, separating each note so that the bass isn't one stream of noise. Of course if you can't understand the vocalist, at least he'll sound angry as ever. As far as quality goes, I had the first gen without the ear loop hooks and those these make the difference. Always have been comfortable for hours but not I can work out and jog without worries. Only con worth mentioning is my first gen wires were easily ripped twice in two different ways without any relation. Great headphones, they make them with and without the mic but I recommend mic. Got these on sale cheap but without mic and I now notice how often it have been handy. Hope this helps metal heads.

17 of 20 people found this useful