Shokz - OpenFit 2 Open-Ear True Wireless Earbuds - Beige

I became interested in bone conduction headphones oit of pure curiosity. I just did not understand how they worked. Rewind to two years ago ibtook a chance on the top brand shokz and bought their newly Open Run Pro model. I was blown away. Not because of the sound quality, but just how they worked. I started seeing them everywhere. Conventions, at work, gym, and they easily became my most used earbuds/headphones and i have A LOT. Kind of obsessed. Anyways on my first pair the multi function button broke. They still worked amd i could control play pause with my phone or ipad, but not having that button quickly became annoying. Shokz has a great registration replacment policy so it was easy to get a new pair. A year and some change intobthe second pair the right "bone conduction piece" i guess you can call it(Think of it as the right ear cup, but bone conduction) just slips off dangling by a few wires. I thought it was all one piece, but its not. At first it was nothing just to slide back together, but you could see the slight separation. Eventually they would no longer hold. Just a dangling right piece on the side of my head. So by now the open run pro 2 series are out and at first i wanted to just get those, but then there was also the open air 2 out. I went back and fourth for about a week or two and decided on the ear hook desigin of open air 2. At first i was not feeling it. The way they sit on you was weird to me. Over your ears, but only slightly, looks like its going in your ears, but its not. They wiggled a bit, i was just like, "oh no this is not it." But i wanted to give them a few days. I took them everywhere. Work, walks with the dog, food places, theme park, you name it. I grew to LOVE them. I dont know what happened, but they suddenly just fit right. No more wiggle. Must have been doing something weord that first day. The sound is no in ear earbuds, but was really good. A lot better than the bone conduction. Clearer, more defined with some actually bass. And to think i almost returned them. Also, great that they use USB-c type charging. Battery life is crazy. I think ive had them a month and maybe charged the case twice. A tech at my job was able to super glue my bone conduction ones i mentioned, there is just now this visible gap that annoys me a little. Still works though. So now i just have two shokz products. Pics are my broken open run pro, open run pro after super glue, case size difference between the two, open air 2 case actually fitting in the open run pro case, then the openair 2 themselves

These are by far the best SHOKZ headphones they’ve ever produced. The bass AND treble is super impressive. Clean sound…especially when you use the SHOKZ app and create custom EQ settings (up to 2). They’re very comfortable, as well. My SHOKZ Air headphones that I bought last fall were pretty good, but are no comparison to these when it comes to the bass and treble. I believe the battery on these is much better as well. Super happy! These are keepers. Thank you BestBuy N Canton (OH). Job Well-Done.

THIS… Is the Shokz OpenFit 2, Shokz second generation of bud less, sport earbuds and honestly one of the most unique ‘earbuds’ I have ever tried on. Shokz makes some very unique headphone / audio products, so I knew I was in for a treat when I saw these. Ok, so what is so nifty about the OpenFit 2’s that any other earbuds aren’t? These earbuds do not enter your ear canal! These earbuds slip semi onto your ear canal / next to your tragus and shoot the sound down your ear canal to deliver sound… and it is pretty good at it! Ok so starting chronologically, opening these are just like any other earbuds until you take the case out…and this might be the lightest/slimmest case I have ever held. The case was small enough that it could fit into all of my running shorts/pants and light enough that I never noticed it was even there. The case, while still holding a good charge for the earbuds, was virtually unnoticeable in my runs or lifts which is fantastic to not have to feel the case pressed into my leg on a run. Once you take the earbuds out of the case, though, I only had one question… How the heck do I wear these? Where does the sound come from? And how do these even stay in your ear? It is super simple, you the straps / prongs slip over your ears tightly and you simply hold the earbud onto your ear/tragus area while it shoots audio down your ear canal. Now his is where my only setup problem occurred. For my wife and I, it felt like the earbud was going to perpetually fall out of our ear for the first little while since it doesn’t anchor into your ear canal. After a bit (an hour or so), it got better and eventually that sensation did go away permanently with time. What is awesome about the OpenFit 2’s is that they really feel secure during workouts, runs and in day to day life whereas my other in ear earbuds would either fall out or feel like they are about to fall out during my lifts and certainly during my runs. You also don’t have to fiddle with the earbuds tip size and the inevitable wax goblin that they create, which is always a nice +1! The OpenFit 2’s have quickly wedged themselves as my go to for workouts and running due to just how secure they feel. I think that the Shokz OpenFit 2’s are also fantastic for those that do not have normal ear canals, my brother has abnormally small ones and he really enjoyed the idea of not having to order a custom set for his earbuds to fit right. So although these are generally meant for sport, I really like the physical design and find that it makes earbuds more accessible for those with alternative anatomy that makes hearing difficult, and for those like my wife who hate the tipped earbuds. Something else that I really enjoyed about the ergonomics of the OpenFit 2, was that I was able to wear these while laying my head on a cushion or in bed without having to feel the bud press deeper into my ear. Now that we have covered all of the groundwork here… how do they sound? Well, the short answer is pretty good! Something I wanted to touch on first was just how interesting / unique the OpenShock 2’s sound… as they aren’t firing the sound directly into your ear but more ‘bouncing’ sound into your ears. This gives a really pleasant concert-esque sound that really just has to be tried to understand. It almost makes the music / podcast / video sound like it is actually coming from a larger speaker. Obviously, the counter to not having a physical bud that goes into your ear, there is no noise canceling. Passive or active, there is really no external sound dampening. That being said, erroneous sounds are only as bad as your environment, but there is no stopping them if they do exist outside of turning up the OpenFit 2’s. When you turn the volume up on these earbuds, apart from being not as loud as traditional earbuds, the OpenFit 2’s still retains a crip sound everywhere except bass. I am not sure if it is the lack of isolation, the way the sound has to enter the ear or the speaker drivers, but bass just doesn’t have that same thump as a true in ear earbud. Something interesting though, is that the thud of bass still thuds through the prongs/straps (whatever the technical term is) that wrap around your ears. I didn’t find the bass to be so lacking that it was a deal breaker… but something I certainly was able to notice as the volume was turned up. I really did love these when I was interacting with other people though, as it was so easy to hear my music and talk to someone at the same time without having to fiddle with my phone or my earbuds to turn the sound down or off. The OpenFit 2’s also have a physical play/pause button which is always a huge +1. The OpenFit 2’s do pretty well in most applications, but I found them to really excel when I was running as I didn’t hear myself breathing as much due to the lack of physical noise isolation. To wrap this up, I really can’t think of any complaints to bring forward! Battery life is so good that I don’t even think about it and I have dropped these enough to know if they were going to fall apart (team butterfingers). I think that I need to clarify a few things real quick though. Are these the best sounding earbuds? No, but they really don’t have to be. These are sport earbuds, and they are genuinely the best ‘sport’ or ‘athletic’ earbuds that I have ever used. The design of them is unique and takes some getting used to, but I have never had an earbud feel so secure on my ear while being active like these earbuds. Regardless, if it is casual listening around the house, or on a run, I found that the unique ergonomics really outweighed some of the downfalls regarding the lack of bass, but that's why I urge you to try the OpenFit 2’s and also what makes Best Buy awesome. You never have to worry about buying earbuds that you don’t like or that don't mesh with your flow! So there is no harm in testing if the Shokz OpenFit 2 is right for you. Until next time :)