Customer Reviews for Shokz - OpenRun Mini Wireless Bone Conduction Open-Ear Bluetooth Endurance Headphones (USB-Charging) - Black
Customer Rating
5
Happy Hubby
on January 7, 2023
Posted by: Anita O.
I purchased these for my husband for Christmas. He wears hearing aids during the day. At night he uses his Shokz and loves them! The sound quality and comfort are great. He no longer has to deal with earbuds that constantly fall out of his ears or sound muffs that make his ears sore.
This is my 2nd generation of these, I had the Aeropex from about 4 years ago. These are lighter, the sound is really WAY better (getting stereo effects nicely). However, the volume seems to be lower. The buttons are still a little difficult to find, especially the volume down (so I rated them only "good" for this below). The buttons are even harder to find if I am wearing light gloves. But, I don't usually need to change volume unless I'm doing a city street run, and there is lots of traffic (turn them up) or light traffic (turn them down). I got the minis which come in only two colors. Why? I would have really loved to have the minis in red, but had to settle for blue. These are a lot more comfortable than the previous versions, maybe because they are lighter. The magnetic charger is nice, when I'm sleepy, I don't have to hunt to figure out how to connect the charging cable; close is good enough, and it snaps right to! Charges fast and battery life is good for those long runs. Not sure it will make the ultra distance, but no problems with slow marathons.
the volume +/- buttons need to be able to be felt easier. Also the button on the left ear needs to be raised a little to be able to "feel" where it is. Over all pretty good. But still needs more "Bass" boost.
A very slim profile and good sound quality (headphones and mic) make this a great choice. The multi device connectivity is the icing on the cake - extremely useful especially to switch between MS Teams calls on the laptop and phone calls. Unfortunately, I hit some issues with this functionality after a few days. However the CS (and you are provided a number to talk to a real person !! - Joanne in my case) was excellent and I'm waiting for my replacement headphones which should solve this. Nitpicking - lack of an app to control and avoid the multi step pairing process.