Hi all - I've been using a pair of Shokz OpenRun headphones for about five years and they're literally starting to fall apart! My usecase is that I wear the shokz from when I wake up to when I go to sleep as a silent way of getting access to my phone's audio without disturbing those around me. I'm blind since birth and rely a ton on my "ear bision" / ability to echolocate things, and I like the shokz because they don't block the ear canal at all. I can't wear a hat with a viser because I can hear the presence of the viser whether the hat is forward or backwards. With all that in mind, what are people's thoughts on sets like the Anker Aeroclips or the new shokz OpenDots1 for that kind of use case? I'd love to not have a band going behind my head so I can lie on a couch or something without having to remove the headphones if possible haha.
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Huawei FreeClip
maybe the Huawei FreeClip could be a nice replacement for you.For what I have read,, they aren't fabulous for music but they are great for phonecalls and basic music, also they only weight 5.5 grams each and people say they even forget that they are wearing them for its lightness.
Bose ultra open earbuds
Hi, these aren't cheap but god they are just so good. For nearly everything nowadays they are my go to buds of choice. I am even happy to use them when I'm out walking connected to my phone getting the satnav updates as they hardly block out any sound.
Talking of sound that is pretty good as well. Obviously not as good as my Bose QC ultra's but their not designed for that. Another big selling point is they can connect to several devices which you can switch between just by pressing one of the controls and holding it dow. You get spoken feedback on which device is ready to be connected so in my case it is my iPhone, my iPad, My Android phone, my hifi tuner, my Sense player. Hope that helps
Re: Graham
Hi, I’m curious about those Bose you mentioned, could you tell me if your music or conversation could be heard by people surrounding you? I mean, does privacy is not the virtue of this earbuds?
Thanks in advance.
Bose ultra open earbuds
Hi, To be honest I don't know. They would certainly be no worse than any other earpods on the market. I wear these a lot and not one person has ever mentioned leakage. Hope that is of some help.
Graham
My Thoughts
I am personally a big fan of the clip-on style earbuds like the Huawei and the Bose. That being said, one is ridiculously over-priced in my mind (cough Bose cough), and the other one (Huawei) has a truly horrific app that requires you to have the buds in the case when changing any of the settings, so forget doing that in public. If you want to try out a clip-on bud, start with one on the cheaper end. The Tozo Open Ear Ring is about 1/6 the price of the Huawei and sounds nearly as good. Also, the app is very easy to use. Anotehr budget pair that has a good app is the Baseus MC1. I have not checked out the pro version, but that one has a good sound too. Still, my personal recommendation if you do want to try these out is the Tozo to give you an idea if you wil like the style. If you are not famliar with clip-on earbuds, it may take a bit of getting used to. However, in my mind, they sound better than any of the air/bone conduction headphones out there.
Huawei FreeClip
Hello guys!
I have FreeClip. I bought it because I have problems with my ears and I wanted something small and good.
So, even though in Brazil a headphone like this costs almost as much as AirPods Pro, I took the risk and bought it.
It was one of the best purchases I've made.
They are extremely comfortable, they don't hurt me, they don’t push earwax inside, and have very low latency. I use them with Android and the response time is amazing.
Besides that, the sound is extremely loud and it has several equalizer profiles. I love them, even for music.
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Two options
Hi,
I am late to this post, so you may have already made your decision, however, consider either the Shockz Open Fit or a pair of Meta Glasses.
Both would fit your use case of being able to be worn all day. Both, in my experience, are comfortable and provide adequate sound quality for most use cases.
The Meta Glasses do have a bit of sound leakage and lag with VO.
The Shockz Open Fit have quite good sound and do not block the ears at all.
Good luck with your choice.
SeaNoEvil
Huge Shokz and Open Earbuds supporter and user
Hey Shuteye. I am a heavy shokz user as well and started out with the Open Run Pro, and recently received a pair of the Open Run Pro 2 for my birthday and love them. I recently won a pair of the Open Dots 1 in a Shokz Giveaway, and these have become my daily earbuds, my daily drivers. I've ditched my Airpods Pro 2, and other headphones in lieu of the open ear design because like you, I am blind since birth and rely on audio for a lot of my things like my phone, and don't want to disturb folks around me. The Open Dots 1 let m? do whatever I need too, I even work out on the rower with them, and the sound, especially for open earbuds is as phenomenal as the convenience. I'e not tried the Bose but would love too if I could ever get my hands on a pair, but these are honestly my go-to right beside the Open Run Pro 2. Battery life is about 10 11 hours on the buds and about 40 hours on the case. I use them for work, and just every day, and they even got me through a baseball game in Atlanta this past weekend, alwithout blocking my ear canals, or worrying about Noise cancelling. I also have noticed, there's not a lot of soud leakage, and they even have a private mode in the EQ settings to help with that if you wish. Pairing to up to 2 devices, and seamless switching, along with Dolby Audio. I definitely can't comllain. Let me know your thoughts and what you decide on. I would loe to try others and compare them. My budget won't let me though. Lol. Hope that helps.
VO lag?
Hi everyone. I would love to have a pair of open earbuds for all of the same reasons mentioned here. I've tried several different ones already, but every pair I've tried had too much lag with VO for me to be able to stand using them for long. I currenntly use AirPods 4 ANC. I tried a couple pairs of open earbuds that had a game or low latency mode, and that did help, but it also usually caused issues with the bluetooth connection causing VO to distort horribly.
Does anyone know of any open earbuds that have low latency with VO like you get with the airpods? I would love it if they also had good sound quality, but honestly, low lag is my highest priority.
Thanks in advance for any information.
VO lag help
A lot of lag with Voiceover is the disrupted bluetooth connection. A user here had a work around I love: go to Background Sounds and select any sound, then turn the volume down to zero. Put Background Sounds in your control panel. Whenever you have headphones in, turn on that functionally muted background sound. It will stop your phone from briefly disconnecting from your headphones. You do have to turn it back on after phone calls and sometimes after listening to a video, but if you have it in your control screen it's easy to do.
I've had a set of the Open Shockz Move bone conduction headphones for years and nothing has been better as a daily driver, including my Bose QT pair. I tried the open ear ones but found them actually painful to wear and they still have a part sticking into my ears.