AfterShokz Aeropex
Open-Ear Wireless Waterproof Bone Conduction Sports Running Bluetooth Headphones,
Cosmic Black/Eclipse Blue
Last months deal is back until the 21st (or until OoS I guess)
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Does anyone know of a product similar to this that goes in the ears (not bone conduction) ?
What, like headphones that go in your ear, not on them?
That'll never catch on!
I feel like we all read this in the same voice. i certainly laughed.
Yes the Sony Walkman - I have actually had three of them over the years. Love them for everything.
https://store.sony.com.au/walkman/NWWS413B.html
These have an ambient sound mode so lets in external sound - three modes. It's as if you don't have anything in your ears at all.
There's a Bluetooth version as well.
I have owned the Aftershokz Aeropex, but they broke while in my pocket, but I was really impressed with these headphones, so I bought the newer Openrun Pro.
Anyhow I did use these Aeropex headphones while I'm at work, I'm gardener/carpenter/maintenance, and I love them. They are fantastic for listening to podcasts, also for music but they do show there limitations in sound quality, they're good but not fantastic. I also ride a bike while wearing the Aeropex as they allow me to hear the traffic, but if I'm listening to a podcast in heavy traffic it becomes difficult to understand the conversation in the podcast, even at full volume. As these headphones don't block your hearing they are suitable in environments when you need to maintain audio contact with your surroundings. I still have to pause the headphones if someone comes up to talk to me, but unless you're in a quiet environment or up close they can't hear the sound coming out of the headphones. They are comfortable to wear for a long time, I will often wear them and forget I have them on when not in use. The battery does last 8 hours as stated, the standby time is also excellent.
Anyhow I highly recommend the Aftershokz Aeropex headphones for people that need to be able to hear their surroundings while enjoying their music/podcasts.
BTW if my review looks familiar it's because I copied and pasted this comment from an old comment/review I made a couple of months ago.
I find the happy medium for cycling with these with podcasts is an earplug in the left ear. You hear it crystal clear in left in trafic or high speed but still hear oncoming cars ect with right ear.
I do the same but use a "high-fidelity" earplug instead of a regular earplug. A regular earplug blocks as much as possible and makes everything sound muffled, a high-fidelity one blocks frequencies more evenly so things sound a little more natural, just at a lower volume. Being able to hear through both ears helps with locating the source of sounds like car engines or horns.
The one I use has a hard stem so it's really easy to insert and remove quickly. The price has gone way up though, there are quite a few cheaper options available now.
How did these compare to the Openrun Pro. I'm thinking would be handy for work in the office where my boss constantly tries to talk to me and I don't hear her.
@bleeder If you don't want to hear her, you could buy noise cancelling headphones, but I'm guessing for the sake of your continuing employment you want to be able to hear her. So in my case, when music/podcasts are playing I can hear someone talking to me and I can answer their question but it would not be possible to have a productive conversation. If someone enters the room and I have my back facing to them I can usually hear the door open, but the good thing is the pause button is just one press away, then you can hear as clear as day as you would expect.
I found the Openrun Pro to be slightly more comfortable to wear over several hours compared to the Aeropex. The battery life is excellent, I think it's rated at 10 hours and they're not dreaming, I reckon 10 hours would be on the money. The Aeropex is rated at 8 hours and I think that is accurate also. The sound quality of the Openrun Pro is a slight improvement on the Aeropex.The Openrun Pro are an incremental upgrade on the Aeropex in every way. They're both excellent for podcasts and good for music. If my Aeropex never broke and I tried the Openrun Pro I would see no reason to spend $200+ on an upgrade, the Aeropex are still really good. But if you're buying into this from scratch and don't mind spending an extra $100 I would recommend the OpenrunPro.
Thanks, very good information. Yeah I need to just hear when she wants to talk to me so I can hit pause, on my Google Buds I don't hear her calling my name at all sometimes.
I have had the old version of these for over 4 years now, they have had very heavy use most nights 2 hrs plus and much more on weekends. They still easily last over an 8 hours (8 hour hike the other week and still listened to them afterwards). I have never had them run flat, only if I forget to charge them overnight. The only issue I have had is 2 months ago I tore one of the rubber covers off the conduction part off (my fault as I was impatient when they were caught on something). I believe these new ones don't even have that rubber part being all one piece so shouldn't even be an issue now and would make them more water tight. That being said I don't know if the internals are the same quality but would highly recommend them from my experience.
PS, I bought them for $120 over 4 years ago ( I think the old model was "Air") so given these crazy times probably not too bad a deal at $150. A review online comparing the old ones with these: "Which is better Aeropex or air AfterShokz?
Our Verdict. The AfterShokz Aeropex Bone Conduction are an upgrade over the AfterShokz Trekz Air Bone Conduction. They're both bone conduction headphones, but the Aeropex have a much better control scheme, a longer battery life, and are rated IP67 for dust and water resistance".
Limited-time deal: AfterShokz OpenMove Wireless Bone Conduction Headphones Bluetooth Sweat Resistant Earphones with Mic for Sport (Elevation Blue) https://amzn.asia/d/0DybRKA
What about these ones with mic
I didnt realise these didnt have a mic, the old Air ones have a mic
The Swims are the only ones without a mic AFAIK.
These are older (discontinued in fact) and cheaper but they seem to be there only ones with multipoint - a bit strange.
The OpenRun Pro seem to have multipoint from the manual https://userguide.shokz.net/upload/user/20220211/619318e727f…
Then there's these ones which have the same name (except no After) and are newer and have newer BT version but no multipoint???
I've been looking at these. According to the user guide at https://cdn.shopifycdn.net/s/files/1/0074/1890/4612/files/Op… the Open Move do have multipoint
Bought one last year from Microsoft eBay store and after a few months the left ear part is dead, no sound no vibration at all. Had it returned but still want another one so this is the perfect time.
I use it while running because there will be no sweat in the ears. Tried to use it for teams meetings but found it's not a perfect match because once you try to increase the volume to catch what your colleagues are saying it will vibrate drastically on your ears so you will immediately get distracted. Just sharing in case ppl plan to use it like what I tried.
Aeropex seem to all develop the “death rattle” over time. I would hang onto the serial number and proof of purchase which you need to submit a warranty claim (2 year warranty). Mine were replaced last month with Openruns which are pretty much identical apart from the woman saying welcome.
Their warranty process is easy and you can also upgrade if you're doing a warranty claim, by paying the difference in price.
Mine got the death rattle just as it was approaching 2 years. Warranty was really easy, I had to cut the band of the faulty pair and send them a photo of it along with the serial number. I got a brand-new retail boxed replacement so I got a second charging cable from that.
Used these for phone calls at home and to listen to music on the runs. Can vouch these are great for both, whilst keeping your ears open for surrounding voices etc. Don't expect the audio quality to be comparable to headphones, these are bone conduction earphones.
listen to music on the runs
Probably better to have ears (and nose) blocked in that situation.
Has anyone used this swimming?
Not sure about swimming but great in the shower and bath.
Might have issues with connection. I think thats why a lot of swimming wireless have memory to store files on and not needing connection to a phone. Bluetooth and water dont seem to mix well. Just my thoughts, please correct me if I am wrong.
I’ve being using them for cycling for about 3 months now and am pretty happy with how they perform.
However, I did have some issues using them with iPhone/Google maps when driving. Each time Google gives a voice direction, the Aeropex struggles and you miss part of what was said.