AfterShokz - Air Wireless Bone Conduction Open-Ear Headphones - Slate Gray

I have used Aftershokz headphones for years. They have definitely gotten better over time. Due to a hearing deficiency, an audiologist recommended I use bone conduction hearing aids. When I saw the Aftershokz bone conduction headphone, I immediately gave it a try and have been hooked ever since. I think I have tried every one they have ever made. You will find this particular pair very comfortable to wear, with good sound. For me, I prefer the older Titanium over the Trekz-Air as the Titanium was simply bone conduction and delivered excellent sound through the bones. The Trekz-Air is both bone conduction and has a speaker which delivers sound normally into the ear canal. Given my condition,the speaker which delivers sound through the ear canal does me no good. However, the bone conduction the Trekz Air is fine, though I do not think it is quite as good as the Titanium bone conduction. For folks with normal hearing, I would think the Trekz Air would be an excellent choice. Aside from sound quality, for making phone calls, the sound is good, but callers have a hard time hearing me as the microphone on the wireless headsets seems to pick up everything around me as opposed to just my voice. Callers generally have a hard time hearing me on any of the Aftershokz wireless products. For phone calls, I use the Aftershokz wired headset as it has a microphone on the wire which I clip onto my shirt collar. In summary, if you have normal hearing and do not intend to regularly use the Trekz Air for phone calls, you will love this set. If you have hearing issues, get the Titanium instead. If you want to make phone calls, get the wired version -They are also very light and comfortable, but allow callers to hear you. One other note: the company is releasing bluetooth bone conduction suntglasses which I have pre-ordered - I will update this review when those come out. I have also heard the company is working on underwater goggles with bone conduction - I will be interested in those as well. To Aftershokz, thank you for letting me continue to enjoy music through your excellent product. Please keep the hearing impaired in mind as you expand your product line - it is an absolute blessing to our community and I have bought several pairs of these for my friends and family who have hearing issues.

I wanted a good pair of headphones for running and other activities. I don't like the occluded feeling that ear buds have. I don't like not being able to hear surrounding noises while running, walking, or even working. I don't like readjusting and inserting ear buds 20 times during my runs. I don't like turning my music way down or off and pulling out the ear buds to say hi to people. I don't like not being able to listen to music when running with someone. I LOVE these AfterShokz. Please don't expect them to sound like $400 Bose Quietcomfort headphones, that is not their intended purpose. I feel like their intended purpose is to address all the things most people hate about running or exercising with ear buds in. They are super light and comfortable and do not move when running, sprinting, hiking or doing jumping jacks (first thing I did). The only downside is that if you are doing something on your back with your head down, the back band will hit and move the "earpieces". So, I don't lift and use these. They sound good for music and podcasts, in fact better than I expected though my expectations were in check based on all the research I had done prior to purchase. Listening to talking/podcasts can create a little vibration tickle, but that goes away once you move. The mic works well enough, but again, using these exclusively for conference calls are not their intended purpose. Battery is more than adequate and the 2-year warranty gave me piece of mind. If you are looking for a great headset that addresses most everything people hate about earbuds, pick these up. I really don't think you'll be disappointed.

This is the second pair of Trekz Air’s I have purchased. The first I wear to the gym and when I have to make long phone calls. At the gym they sound great. They can be overwhelmed by loud music, which has only happened to me once in almost a year. I never wore headphones in the gym, because I sweat a lot. With the Trekz open ear concept, comfort is maintained no matter how hard the workout. They are easy to clean and if I look at them a year later, they look like new. Charging takes less than an hour. I can’t tell you how long they last, because I typically charge them along with my Scan Disk blue tooth audio player. The Trekz definitely lasts longer than the Scan Disk player. As I mentioned, this is the second pair I have purchased. This pair my Wife uses primarily for phone calls. She initially tried my first pair and fell in love with them. Her comments, comfortable, sound clarity was excellent and the mike on the headset works very well. I have seen comments that the Trekz Air sound quality is not very good. I have a pair of Bose Quiet Comfort headphones and they do sound better than the Trekz. They also have noise canceling technology, sealed over the ear cups and cost twice as much. I have to admit, prior to buying my first pair of Trakz Airs, I was very concerned about sound quality. This concern disappeared immediately after I put them on. They are not as good as Sony, Bose or Beats over the ear, but I think they sound very good. If you are looking for the best headphone sound quality, the Trekz is not for you. If you want headphones that play as hard as you do, allow you to hear surrounding noise like cars coming and are built to last, then I highly recommend the Trekz Air. It has brought music to my workouts.

This is the most expensive headset I’ve ever bought. Thanks to BB’s amazing winter sales return policy I have been using it for almost a month and still have a few days left to return it...but I’m not going to. The battery life is really good, lasts my whole 8 hour work day streaming music from my PC with answering the occasional phone call from my cell phone. Yea it syncs up to both devices simultaneously and is really convient to use. It feels comfortable and light enough to wear all day without putting a ton of pressure on my head, and prefer it to having something over my ear lobe (like wearing glasses) as opposed to being inside my ears all day. I just realized that I don’t wear glasses...I don’t know if this headset will work well (or comfortably) with glasses. Being that this headset delivers sound via bone conduction, I recently found another geeky way to use it...wear this headset at the same time you wear earbud style headphones while playing PS4 or Xbox. With this, I can be playing and talking on the phone at the same time...geeky, but super cool right?! Some extra bit of information That might be useful: My PC is the multipoint Bluetooth paired device and my phone is the regular paired one. 1) Pair PC as multi point device 2) turn off headset 3) pair phone as regular device 4) turn off headset If audio from PC is not working on headset after pairing steps above, simply turn off headset and then turn it back on. This usually happens if I temporarily lose connection with my PC (step away from it for a while) and my phone becomes the main sound source. There’s also an annoying reoccurring pairing attempt beep it makes when trying to automatically repair with the PC. If that happens I just simply turn off the headset and then turn it on again.

Bone conduction works. The technology has improved. If you are buying headphones in this price range, the AfterShokz Trekz may prove to be a viable alternative. Make no mistake, bone conduction technology does not improve upon the technology that sticks something in or on healthy ears. If your eardrum is damaged, bone conduction may be the only alternative to headphones. I like the idea of being able to hear my environment while listening to music. I want to be responsive to people, traffic, emergency services, etc. AfterShokz Trekz is good for this. My first disappointment was the noise cancellation on the microphone. The AfterShokz Trekz purchased from Best Buy did not prove any more capable of eliminating background noise as any other run-of-the-mill Bluetooth headset. People complained that I was distant and they heard "electronics noise". My second disappointment was the sound quality of music. It matches a transistor radio from my youth but is not as good as a couple other portable radios with speakers that are in my small collection. Adding earplugs might be confused as bass enhancement but it only muddied the sound for me. My greatest disappointment is that Best Buy would not assist me during the return process. The store representative suggested that I audition conventional headphone technology but would not permit me to audition another AfterShokz Trekz. I could only prove if my purchased pair were defective by purchasing another pair. I considered that I may have encountered a narrow-minded employee but I encountered the same "policy" at three other stores (2 in Colorado, 2 in Pennslyvania) and was given similar explanations. If you want to listen to a ball game while riding your bike, the AfterShokz Trekz may be a good choice. If you want a headphone that will not shake off your head while excersizing or working, the AfterShokz Trekz should be considered.

I really liked the idea of a headphone that would let me listen to music, podcasts, audio books, etc. while still being aware of my surroundings. I bought these to use while dog walking and bicycling, mostly. I do use them for those activities, but only when I'm listening to podcasts and audiobooks -- the sound quality is just too poor for music. The headphones lack any kind of depth or clarity -- you can listen to music with them, but you'll miss a lot of detail. Even listening to spoken word sources, the voices are pretty flat and any background music or sound effects are pretty thin and lifeless. On the plus side, the Bluetooth connection is pretty much bulletproof, and they do leave your ears totally unobstructed so you can hear your surroundings. My only other issue with them is that there is no way to tell what the battery level is. Other Bluetooth headphones I have will announce the battery level when you power them on, or there is an app that lets you see how much juice they have -- the Trekz Air just makes you guess. Overall, if you're looking for something that leaves your ears unobstructed and also gives you much, much better audio, look at the Bose Soundwear -- it's double the price, but sound quality is excellent. For the price, I would not recommend the Trekz Air -- despite the advantages for some situations of using a product like this, the sound quality just does not justify the cost.

1st off - my background: a music producer in my past life & avid music enthusiast. I’ve always had expensive studio over ear headphones for accuracy & clarity. When on the go, at work, exercising bulky over ear is not practical. I’m sure many are aware, but for those who are not - ear buds/in ear headphones are not good as air mist be able to circulate in & out, especially while sound waves flow in & out. Ear buds trap air creating pressure pockets & then music pulses those pockets, creating damaging bursts of pressure on the ear. So, these are perfect for an alternative to bulky over ear. Reading some complaints about ambient noise or music levels I’ll add, with experience in production, album quality music is not mastered to be listened loud. 60-85 db is ideal. These headphones offer decent sound for the levels music was designed to be listened to. I was actually surprised as they sounded far better than I expected. There is ambient sound, but I haven’t experienced nearly as poor performance w/ ambient noise as others have rated & reviewed on. People often come talk to me while at work and I almost never hear what they’re saying without pausing the music, and that’s at 60% volume. I wonder if people are positioning them correct. Lol. Zero complaints as they are better than I expected and serve the exact purpose they are intended for.

I purchased these headphones in September 2018 to use for my first half marathon and ongoing training. These have been awesome to listen to music and audio books while I run outdoors. I feel much safer and more aware of my surroundings than my previous ‘in ear’ headphones. Game changer for running and cycling safety! I only use my in ears now at the gym. The challenge there is that the music they play overhead comes into your ear canal while this music comes in through you cheekbone. However, I could use their included AfterShokz earplugs to silence that piece, but since I already have a pair of Bluetooth in-ears, I just use those. Personal preference for me but if I didn’t have the extra pair, I could easily do that too. Cool that they thought that out and included them. Overall, these have been great for me and I’m couldn’t be happier. Highly recommend. Now here is what made me an AfterShokz fan for life. I had an issue with these headphones this week (which was entirely my fault btw). I reached out to their customer service, just to see how it went. I was planning to purchase a new pair anyway. Well, I quickly received a reply from their customer care team, they understood my situation, and went ABOVE AND BEYOND to take care of me. The warranty process was super simple and they exceeded my expectations.. by FAR! It was really a great experience and I would recommend this product and company to anyone.