I love these bad boys! I bought it with the express purpose of being able to hear my surroundings. The volume isn't great but that's expected and if you want a full sound experience you can plug your ears. There is some pain the the back of my ears with the way the headphones are deigned though. I went through the same thing when we had to wear masks but those went away so I'm hoping the pain for this does too.
Great way to listen to podcasts or music while walking the dog, knowing that my ears are still open to hear traffic or other people coming up behind me. Not ideal on busy roads or on trash pickup day as obviously loud environmental noise isn't blocked at all. However I wanted these bc I needed to be more aware of my surroundings, and these are perfect for that.
I love these! The sound quality is incredible and they’re very comfortable to wear. I can hear what’s going on around me at all times with these. They fit under my cold weather running cap just fine and don’t slip around during warm weather runs when I get sweaty.
I’m very happy with my shokz open run headphones because I can wear them comfortably with over-the-ear hearing aids plus eyeglasses. Every other wired and wireless ear pods I’ve tried have failed to stay in place with my hearing aids or have been uncomfortable. These work great since they sit in front of my ears, not in them. If I want less ambient noise, I turn off the hearing aids (not a trick available to the hearing unimpaired :grin:). If you wear hearing aids, you’ll love these!
The sound isn’t quite as clean and crisp as in-ear buds, but it’s very acceptable. I use them mostly for phone, podcasts, news, etc, and they’re fine for that. I can’t really evaluate them for music.