AfterShokz Air AS650CR Open-Ear Wireless Bone Conduction Headphones with Reflective Strips, Canyon Red

I got these for Christmas 2019 and I've used them at least 6 days a week every week since and they are amazing. For workout headphones my main priorities are: are they comfortable?, Do they stay in place?, Do they sound good? and will they last?. First off, comfort. They are incredibly comfortable. I've never had a situation where any part of my ear or head was feeling sore from extended use and I've had them on for 3+ hours continuously. Plus, they fit under a bike helmet no problem so they are especially great for the road because you can still hear the cars around you. Second, do they stay in place? Absolutely! A problem I've had in the past with workout headphones is that sweat will sometimes drip in the ear, make it slippery, and then they'd fall out. I've never had these fall out or even get loose and I've used them on long bike rides, half marathons, doing burpees, pull ups, box jumps, etc and they have never fallen off or even gotten close. Third, Sound. The sound is actually a lot better than what I was expecting and I love being able to hear things around me. They won't be top of the line sound quality but I wouldn't wear top of the line headphones while working out. You can hear the music clearly and as loud as you'd want. Sound is no issue. Fourth, longevity. As I said I've used these almost every day since I got them at Christmas (over nine months) and they are still as good as the first day. The battery life is a solid 8 hours (sometimes more) so I charge them about once every week and a half depending on the use. The main thing I ask over most of my purchases these days is after I've used the product for x amount of time, would I buy it again if I could go back in time? The answer for these is 100% yes, without hesitation.

I've been a bone conduction user for almost 2 years now. First I started with some no name Amazon ones, they were comfortable, but didn't have enough volume for noisy environments. I'm an aircraft mechanic and there are helicopters running and taking off just outside the hangar door. Even with foam earplugs in, the no name brand was not loud enough to hear my music. Next I bought Tekz titanium by aftershokz, they had plenty of volume and could still be heard with helicopters running, but they're not as comfortable. My employer is an air medical provider, and I have to wear a mask at work. Over time my ears have been easier to irritate from the elastic and the headphones ridding behind them. I couldn't just stop wearing my shokz because I also have four conference calls a week to participate in, and my shokz keep my meetings from being heard or distracting other employees from their work. I bought these aftershokz airs because they have the same curved ear bows as my original no name headset and those never had a real pressure point behind my ears. The airs have not irritated my ears, and have the same volume and sound as the titaniums, without seeming to buzz on louder or deep notes like the titaniums could sometimes. The microphone and noise cancelling software does a very good job in a sometimes noisy hangar when I'm on my conference calls, it only seems to struggle with wind noise, but turning my head until the noise abates, and also putting my hand over the ear piece seems to reduce it enough for callers to no longer complain. The controls are easy to operate and easy to find by touch. My no name headset had three tiny buttons that had nothing to help distinguish between them, aftershokz makes their buttons feel different by touch, since one has a bump on it. Making volume up and down easy to distinguish. The answer button is easy to find, and works flawlessly. I usually wear my shokz all day at work, and charge them in the car. I find they normally are ready to also go for an hour or two of exercise after work on my rowbike, my mountain bike, gravel bike, inline skates, kayaks or cross country skis. The open ear feature of bone conduction allows me to enjoy nature, hear approaching vehicles or faster riders, which is good for safety, while enjoying my music in the background. It's like a radio playing in the background, but can quickly be stopped by a simple tap if I want, and just as easily restarted. I've worn earbuds for years at work, but hated not hearing someone talking to me, my last employer didn't allow headphones for safety, but let me wear one earbud at a time, as long as one ear was open. These would have been better because both ears would have been open. I just sold my friend on a pair of these, he wears two hearing aids and still struggles with hearing people. I saw a display in the store, so I put the demonstration pair on him and turned the music on. He couldn't believe how good the music sounded, and that I could still talk to him while he listened to the music. They did not interfere with his hearing aids, which most headphones do he told me. He was excited to try them out for phone calls, since his wife complains about how loud he turns up the volume on his speakers when she's in the truck with him, or he's on a zoom meeting with his laptop. He's on one of my conferences each week, and was impressed when I told him that's how I join the meeting and share each week.

These earphones are amazing! They are EXACTLY what I needed. Something I don't need to take in and out all the time. They stay so perfectly stable on your ears and sometimes I don't even notice if they're there. I can have full conversations with people while the music is playing and if needed, I can pause and play with one button any time. The call quality is fantastic and better than any other earphones I ever owned. I've run through so many BT earphones, some with 2 pods, some with lose cables that fall off easily. These ones have solved ALL the issues I used to have with earphones and that's exactly what i wanted. They're barely noticeable by other people while speaking to them so you never appear rude. Onto sound quality and volume. Yes, the sound is not super high quality but that's okay for me because I don't care much. The music sounds a lot like ambient music and not something blasting in your ear and that's perfect. The volume feels lowes since you're also listening to other things but they provided the earplugs which cancel out a lot of noise and give you the same volume as normal earphones. Another funny thing. Sometimes when I have something else on my head/ears but I still want to listen to music, I just hang these earphones on my cheeks upside down and I CAN STILL HEAR THE MUSIC! It's the magic of bone-conduction.

No los recomiendo para nada, la calidad de audio es regular, se mueven a cada rato, son incómodos para gym, para correr cumplen su función. Descuidan mucho la calidad de sonido y sobretodo son terriblemente incómodos. Son únicamente para correr y tal vez para estar en la computadora.