Hey Chris, great review! Do they come in different sizes as seemed to not fit flush at the back of head on you? ie do they wobble as you run? Loud enough to use them on a bike if fit flush under helmet?
Just a single size Paul. You don't need them to sit flush at the back, in fact if they did it probably wouldn't be comfortable. They don't move around when running and you can wear them with a bike helmet.
i just tried these for the first time, and after a few seconds the shaking around my temple gave me a headache, i could never own these, they would drive me crazy with the shaking of the temples. I prefer over or on ear as my favourites, and some buds like the ones with the sports hanger over the ears. Or the 1more open S30 or S50s, the bone conduction is a No Go for me. I liked the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 and Buds2 Pro, but unfortunately they do fall out of my left ear so i need the little hooks for any kind of running or sports.
I just got a "unnamed" pair for 16 bucks off of Ebay and for what they are they didn't sound too bad. Now, I've ordered a set of the Open Moves and I can't wait to do a comparison..
Thanks Sam. I would say that the Aeropex is more comfortable than the OpenMove. In terms of call quality during conference calls, I've not noticed any real difference between the two. Both are perfectly adequate for my purposes when it comes to conference calls. Music quality is certainly better on the Aeropex, which is to be expected given the price difference.
If you block your ears while wearing bone conduction headphones, the sound quality will greatly improve. Bass will come through, and they will sound like regular headphones.
@@karlinmckinnon2878 it actually is a benefit of the technology. The ear plugs create a sound chamber for the low frequencies, and using bone conductionprotecting protectsyour eardrums from dangerous sound waves.
I wonder what is the real battery life? Someone mentioned 8+ hours on 50% volume. I currently use Chinese one for $10 with the battery life of 24 hours and they work as expected.
I have no problems wearing with sun glasses. In the summer, occasionally I noticed a bit of rubbing on the ears but I used Body Glide to fix that. Not tried with a face mask, as if I'm running I normally use a snood as a face covering and it's absolutely fine. Wouldn't have thought a face mask would be a problem.
Love my aftershokz, I've got Aeropex but Im still tempted to get Openmove for everyday use as I like some of the features available vs Aeropex like multi-pairing, maybe in the next model they'll include the newer features
Not sure I've really taken advantage of the multi pairing on the OpenMove yet but agree it would be a good feature to have. It's why I now tend to have my Aeropex paired with my phone and my OpenMove paired with my work laptop. Buy during live streams when I run on the treadmill, I have to pair the Aeropex to my personal laptop so that I can hear the music.
@@HereWeAreRunning I just double checked and I guess I was confused with what they classed as multi-point. I thought this meant you could pair 2 two devices at the same time and hear audio from both, apparently its th feature ive been wanting where you can pair and save multiple devices so you can swap. Ive been re-pairing between devices which ive found so annoying, this is gamechanging, hah!
@@lauradryden i agree. I just found that my Bose 700 now does it equally as good as the aeropex (automatic switch) when call comes in (say if I'm watching RU-vid on PC). I just never really focused on it until i tested both recently. When I power up automatically connects to both devices and remembers
Yep, resonably comfortable but if you are looking for the best comfort in bon conduction headphones, then the Aeropex is the model to go for but it costs a lot more.
I've never had any problems wearing sunglasses with Shokz headphones, although in my opinion the OpenRun are move comfortable with glasses, due to their design and the material used over the ear.
You use the multi function button. If a call comes through, one press of the button will answer it. When you are listening to music, one press of the button pauses. Press again to play. A double press of the button skips to the next song. There are other things you can do with button presses but those are the main ones I use.
@@samp.a.3445 If I did get another pair of headphones I'd probably go back to in-ears, but to be clear the open moves aren't really that bad. I've noticed a slight ache from the vibration but continue to use them, however, the collar hitting the loop is still really annoying. Neither of these things would warrant me going out and spending another 100-150 pounds (which I would inevitably end up spending) I have had amazon buds (which i liked) but were lost.
@@gwynplaine6710 I got the aeropex a few days ago... the fit for me is not that great. Call quality and multi-point pairing is amazing. But, that said the discomfort of wearing for more than a few hours.
Even though they are bone conduction headphones you do get a bit of sound leakage but probably not as much as traditional headphones or earbuds. Holding them at an arms length, with the volume at 50%, I could hear the music very very faintly.
The elephant in the room none of the reviewers are warning customers about: the 90° angle between the speaker the body of the OpenMove pushes tips of the ears out - making one look like a hobbit - this is very poor design ergonomically speaking: very uncomfortable and... ugly.
I don't think I've really experienced that myself but I would agree that the shape and materials used on the Openmove may not suit everyone and there isn't any flexibility around the ear. The Aeropex (at twice the price) does have that flexibility and imo is a more comfortable fit because of it.
