[makruiten]

The noise cancelling is very good, but not better according to rtings.com [1].

I think that the comfort while sleeping/resting is a valid concern. I really like how comfortable the QC-35 II are, but you can’t rest your head against them. The Bose 700 headphones appear to have better mics as the main advantage over the QC-35 II.

Personally I like the sound of the Bose headphones better than Sony’s, but judging from online comments I think that most people prefer the more bass heavy Sony sound.

My advice to OP for over ear headphones would be the QC-35 II. Physical buttons, decent sound quality (although you can get better sound quality if you don’t need noise cancelling) and very comfortable. I can’t speak for the Apple AirPod Pros, as I’ve never used them.

[1] https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tools/compare/bose-quietco...

[georgespencer]

I actually can't see rtings saying that noise cancelling is better on there -- just noise isolation. But I'm probs missing it and also think it's highly subjective -- in-ear just feels more effective to me.