Great headphones for someone who wants to retain their awareness at the minor cost of sound quality
on January 18, 2026
Posted by: Ryan C.
I sought these particular headphones out as awareness of my surroundings is huge. There is nothing worse than someone who is, or pretends to be, oblivious to their surroundings. These headphones definitely allow me to enjoy listening to music again during workouts so I constantly don’t have to remove one earbud, or stop a workout to hear what someone is asking me. Although you lose really good bass quality with these, and I'm perfectly okay with that, you still do get really good sound quality. With these Pro2 I do enjoy how you can select bone conduction, air conduction, or both simultaneously. The controls of the device are fairly intuitive with a little bit of a learning curve remaining for me if there are swiping functions that I am not currently aware of yet as I have had the music paused during jump roping or on runs and I'm not certain if I accidentally brushed my had along the device, or my hoodie might have causing this, but thankfully this has not happened often. Lastly, I will give my overall praise for the fact that you easily could wear these all day and carry on conversations, watch tv, or any other activity where you may have to be able to hear some form of communication. The battery life as well, and one hour charging time, both are commendable pros for these headphones. The first handful of times I wore the headphones, I did notice a bit of a rash on the areas it sat, despite wiping down the device between uses and being an overly clean person, but this no longer happened after the first week or so. I will also say that I agree with purchasing the ‘mini’ version so that it will not affect you resting your head against a head rest, laying down with them on, or with wearing of a hoodie or balaclava for cold morning runs or skiing/snowboarding.
I loved my aftershokz and decided to upgrade. . . I love the sound quality and purchased one for my wife. She really likes it! The only thing I miss is the Power on/off announcement and the connected announcement.
very comfortable and sound quality is great. i can still hear outside on windy days which is a big plus over other open ear headphones. highly recommend!
Love the headphones. Thy are comfortable fit my big head and are loud enough for running. Only downside is they don’t get louder. Downloading the app helped but need a little more.
Even though I measured my head per the instructions and ordered the standard fit, they did not fit me at all, way too big and with volume settings all the way up I could barely hear anything. I sent them back and ordered the ones that hook on the ears.