Customer Reviews for Shokz - OpenRun Mini Wireless Bone Conduction Open-Ear Bluetooth Endurance Headphones (USB-Charging) - Black
Customer Rating
5
Great headset
on June 20, 2023
Posted by: Philip P.
Great headset for running, bike riding. Excellent battery life. Super easy to pair with my phone. I use these to get turn by turn directions using Ride With GPS. Fidelity is good, comfort great.
These are just what I needed for running. I also find myself using them for work calls quite a bit more than my ear buds. Amazed at the quality for the price.
The OpenRun minis are my second pair of open ear headphones from Shokz. My first pair were the AfterShokz model and I fell in love with the whole open ear concept! I have a pair of high end in-ear buds but after a half hour or so my ears hurt. The Shokz open ear headphones are very comfortable and best of all I don't have to pop one out to hear someone speaking to me. If you've never tried them I encourage you to do so. The sound quality is excellent. I also recommend buying the Shokz brand. A friend of mine tried mine for a day then bought another brand. He had them on for less than an hour and decided to return them and purchase the OpenRun minis as well.
Very comfortable and work well when there’s only a small amount of noise. Some downsides: Hard to hear with a lot of other noise as they are not noise cancelling. Difficult to manage with long or bulky hair. I have so trouble getting in the right place with small ears.
If you are setting on the fence not knowing if the OpenRun is a great choice to purchase, it is worth the investment. I have purchased just about all of the earbud options out there and this product is hands down worth every penny!!! Order them you have nothing to lose and everything to gain from the clarity in hearing and being about to be heard perfectly. Bought this for my husband and myself … best purchase in a long time. If you purchase quality you are always happy.
The open-ear concept has its niche for certain uses. It is not a catch all for every scenario nor is there for any type of headphone or in the ear pods. Each has its own purpose. For me. I have over the ear hearing aids I wear obviously for being hard to hear. The shokz do ok with the wrap around the ear with the hearing aids though they could be tweaked a little bit for people who wear hearing aids. I also use ear pods as well. In a noisy environment the open ear concept is not going to eliminate outside noise so it will still be hard to hear your music or conversation. That is when I use my ear pod. I still want to hear my environment because of my hard of hearing so one hearing aid and one ear pod. I have my hearing aids, my ear pod and my shokz all with me when walking or riding my bike. Less noise I use my shokz because I can still hear my music or conversation and still have my hearing aids in to hear around me but in a noisy environment I put and use one ear pod until the noise subsides or if the noise is going to be a while then I just stop the music or conversation until a different time or noise is gone. I bought the shokz to try with their 45 day trial so I didn’t have to always take out a hearing aid and decrease hearing my environment and to see how they work. It works for me and I will keep mine. Obviously a noisy environment with the shokz open ear concept doesn’t work well for me but for someone who hears normally it may be fine