AfterShokz Wireless Headphones

2024 Update. I've now owned these for 3.5 year. In that time I've gone through a couple of them. My first pair had a bad mic from accidentally spraying hair spray in the mic. Shokz warranty replaced them. My 2nd pair I wore 16 hours a day 7 days a week for about 15 months before they shorted out and quit working. I wore them in the shower and although I tried not to get shampoo on them I did almost daily lol between my sweat, soap and hair gel getting all over it the adhesive that holds the soft outer coating on the hard plastic shell underneath came undone entirely. Sweating in Arkansas 105° Summers eventually shorted them out. I ordered another pair. The ones I wear today. I recently bought a cheap off brand go wear in the shower so they don't break on me. I've been told by Customer Service at Shokz that showering with the Aeropex or the renamed Shokz OpenRun is a no go. My wife is about to replace her first pair as they have a lose rattling in each side. It's a common failure and can br fixed by some DIY methods but we love these so much we will gladly through another $150 their way lol my wife's headphones are worn about 4 hours a day. Hers lasted her well over 3 years without issue. In 3.5 years I've gone through 2 pairs and am on my 3rd. I wear then all dang day and use them constantly. In 3.5 years I've listened to over 4000 hours of audiobooks with these headphones. I'm a massive fan. Asurian(spelling?) Offers a extended warranty for these when purchased through Amazon. I think it is well worth it. Shokz covered the first year but unless you're doing an Ironman challenge every week I doubt you have any real issues in that time. With heavy use after the 1 year mark you'll start to notice some issues. Thinks like a loose rattling or the soft cover coming unglued if you sweat and use a lot of product. I got the $20 3-year warranty so I'll eventually get another set for that $20 insurance cost lol I have run into zero other reportable issues. Buttons work great! If my wife would quit dropping hers on tile they probably wouldn't have got the rattling and had I not wore them in the shower and accidentally coated them in sweat and hair gel every day for over a year I'd have never had an issue either. If your a casual user expect these to last a long time. Oh! One final thing. The Shokz OpenRun have a different voice that speaks and I'm less fond of it than the Aeropex. It's not a big deal. Just sounds ever so slightly less clear. *Edit* I love these things more and more each day. I utterly forget I'm wearing them and I frequently don't charge them at night. Despite this I've noticed I can get at least a full 2 days worth of battery out of these. Let me be clear. I put them on at 9am in the morning before I shower and I don't take them off till about 1am at night. During that 16 hours they are connected in multipoint paring mode to my cell phone and my Nintendo Switch at all times. Of that 16 hours they are on I listen to music about 3 hours of the day and watch probably an hours worth of videos on my phone. I use them for notifications and phone calls mostly allowing me to be hands free and without bothering those around me. I answer probably 5 calls a day and talk on the phone about an hour a day and then in the evenings I listen to audio books for about 5 hours. So they are on for 16 hours connected to Bluetooth per day every day with about 10 hours of use and about 6 hours of using them solely for notifications on my phone. After doing that for 2 days without charging the battery was at 40%. The device will only tell you battery high, Battery Medium or battery low. Checking my phones Bluetooth I can see the devices battery and I've noticed it moves in 20% increments only so perhaps it was less than 40% after 32 hours of Bluetooth connection and roughly 20 hours of actual use. I've never seen them go lower and I literally do this every day. I LOVE THEM! These things rock. Seriously amazing! My only complaint is that they don't make a pair with an adjustable band. I like listening to my physics lectures while I sleep and my pillow does cause them to shift around on my head. it's so minor given I can actually wear these to bed and wakeup with them still on. My other headphones fall off or have to be set beside me and volume set just right to not wake my wife. These headphones are tremendous about not making noise for those around me. They can be heard after 2/3 volume from a very close distance. At full blast they can can be heard 10 feet away faintly. To be honest half way up the volume is seriously like jamming out! I loved these so much I ordered the Aeropex mini from BestBuy to try for a more tight fitting around the back of my head. They turned out to be slightly too small and would shift when I turned my head. (A size in the middle would be utterly fantastic. If they were adjustable there isn't a single thing I could think to complain about.) So I exchanged them for another set of the original aeropex and now I have 2! One for me and one for my wife. We got these for my birthday and my wife and I instantly fell in love with these so she got the extra pair. Anyway, I wanted something that would free up my hands while allowing me to answer calls, get notifications, listen to music/audiobooks and all without inhibiting me from experiencing the world around me. Oh and I wanted some water resistance for listening to music in the shower. I have a baby on the way and that is what lead me to find a product that would achieve everything I wanted. Bone conduction seemed to be the best choice but having never used the technology I wasn't too confident about it. So I wanted the best ones available. After much research the Aeropex was the clear winner. After wearing them from the time I wake up till I go to bed at night for a couple weeks I can already tell I'll be a lifelong fan. I literally wear them all day. From the moment I wake up, I put them on and play music while I shower. I have to turn them up high to hear clearly over the shower but I don't mind. They do vibrate the louder they get. Feels like a tingle. Some frequencies cause it more than others. I'm quite used to it now and don't mind one bit. In fact I really can't say enough good about these! They do jut out from the back of my head slightly so I angle them down and actually prefer to wear them this way now with the band down around the base of my skull instead of being horizontal to the ground. This allows me to lay down and they stay in place more efficiently when I lay down or lean back in a chair. My sunglasses stack on top of these and I can't tell it's anything other than normal. Even with a hat all 3 doesn't feel like too much. In fact I forget I'm wearing these most of the time till I get a text and I hear my notification noise come from inside my head. This is one my favorite things about the headphones actually. Turning the volume really low creates something similar to having a song stuck in your head. I can hear my music but only just slightly and it seems almost like it comes from my brain. Quite a unique experience and I love it! The battery also last substantially longer than advertised. At 1/3 volume- where I keep it usually- they last all day and after 12 hours still have over half the battery left. In fact I listened to 6 hours of an audiobook and had the headphones on and connected to my phone for 14 hours that day. Also playing music for probably 2 or 3 hours and talking on the phone for maybe an hour and after all that they were 60% battery. Haven't seen them go lower than that after a full 12 hours of use a day for the few weeks I've owned them. They are amazing. The sound quality is good. It's definitely better than an inexpensive pair of in-ear buds. Do they compare to my Beats Studio over-ear headphone in audio quality? No, but they serve an entirely different role while also being FAR more versatile. The sound quality definitely goes up substantially with earplugs, which is neat in its own right. I truly cannot complain about these headphones. I forget I'm wearing them most of the day. I love how lightweight they are. Seriously recommend them to everyone. Pricey but worth it. Seriously shaping up to be my all time favorite device purchase! Oh and I don't get why others complain about the beeps being so loud. They are set to probably 50% volume and are not that loud at all. People just like to complain I guess.