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The reason headphones aren’t a good idea is that they hinder your awareness of traffic around you. It’s the same reason some runners prefer non-isolating headphones. There’s none of this faff with the Trekz. Once they’re on and in position, no further adjustment is needed. 100% better. So What Is The Sound Like? They’ll definitely see me right over a 1–2 hour ride and would probably work up to the limit of what I’d ride solo.
Headline message: I feel comfortable wearing them out in public (and I’m as self conscious as the next buttoned up Englishman). Are They Comfortable To Wear? If you put them down on a hard surface (our kitchen worktop, say), you can hear stuff going on. I guess that’s the point though. They’re vibrating, which probably moves the air around them and maybe the hard surface they’re resting on. Right now, Shokz owns this space because there’s nothing really out there to give it some competition. Hopefully that’ll change in the future because there’s definitely an opportunity for others to push bone conduction tech even further. Also consider... A question for you. I have a pretty serious hearing loss and wear hearing aids which amplify sounds to my eardrums. Do you think these would work well for me leaving my inefficient but vaguely working hearing system to work as normal? Secondly do they connect to your phone so you could somehow use them to receive and hear phone calls?
Before you throw me on the heap as a negligent husband and father, and a liability on the road, hear me out. Unless I’ve missed a whole new technique for wearing them, I’d say the Trekz are not suitable for supine usage. How Much Do Aftershokz Trekz Cost (And Are They Worth It)? For me, I care a bit more about the volume than I do the sound quality (which I don’t really know how to measure or describe anyway).
As for ambient sound, with your ear canal not obstructed, you’re free to hear everything around you – provided the volume of your audio isn’t turned all the way up. The Trekz Air(s) are supremely comfortable. There is no real weight to the headphones as the loops rest above your ears and the vibratey bits gently grip your skull. I tend to forget I have them on, particularly when worn with my helmet.Like I said above, the Aftershokz are not suited to competing in very noisy environments. Neither am I, so this is fine for me. I’ve Got A Noise Bleed
With the first generation of Shokz, those issues were very prominent. You didn’t get a lot of power, they vibrated at higher volumes and they leaked a fair bit too. On the OpenRun, progress has certainly been made in some areas, but not in all. You are obviously not going to get the kind of results you’d expect from an in ear or over-ear headphones, but there are some noticeable improvements with the very gentle upping of bass, improved detail and overall upgrade in audio quality. Forget, for a moment, the AfterShokz Titanium’s bone conduction claims; being able to hear your surroundings while you listen to music makes this a genuinely interesting product. But is open-ear enough? With every new iteration, Shokz has successfully managed to shave a considerable amount of weight off the frame and the vital parts of its headphones, to make them lighter to wear and less noticeable when you’re on the move. Put the OpenRun up alongside the Trekz Air launched a few years earlier, and you can appreciate how much slimmer things have really gotten here. There is undeniably plenty of room for things to get better as that bone conduction tech improves, both in bass and clarity, but the differences between the Trekz Air and the OpenRun are noticeable.
The OpenRun Pro follow the same basic design as Shokz' other headphones, but it's been refined for convenience and comfort (Image credit: Future) My Aftershokz no longer turns on, even though it has been fully charged and is less than 6 months old. I haven't handled it since my last use (it stayed on my desk), and it's the 2nd device that does this to me :(((. They may offer the best of times, the worst of times, but the AfterShokz Titanium do sound perfectly acceptable most of the time. It’s rather obvious that they’re at their best in quiet environments, and actually rather exciting to use around an office where it’s possible to listen to music while keeping one ear on colleagues’ chatter. The Trekz are rated as IP55. Since everyday is a school day, I now know what that means (i.e. I Googled it). The headphones are rated to IP55, which equates to basic dust- and water-resistance. You shouldn’t have any problems wearing these in the rain, and they can happily cope with a bit of sweat. The Trekz Titanium are available in either blue, green or grey finishes.
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