SHOKZ OpenSwim Pro - Open-Ear Bluetooth & MP3 Bone Conduction Sport Headphones, Swimming Headphones, IP68 Waterproof, GreyCarbonfree Certified

I Love these so much. I had an older version that I broke by pulling them off too roughly, so be gentle. I love that these have Bluetooth along with the mp3. I can use them to swim and as regular headphones. The sound is excellent especially for bone conduction. They are easy to use. High quality. Very comfortable to wear, you easily forget they are on. I love the feel of them too, silicone I guess not hard plastic. These are expensive to me but I think they are worth every penny. Having music while swimming laps is fantastic. I went from struggling with 20-25 laps to now doing 40-50+ laps 3 times a week. I love them and highly recommend.

I have used this brand before. It really works well. Changing the bone conduction to the cheek bone is a good improvement in underwater sound. Easy switch from Bluetooth to MP3 when in the water. Buttons easy to find and use while swimming. I have to use hearing aids to hear daily on land. Hearing aids aren't water proof so I take them off to swim. This bone conduction headset is crystal clear underwater. Bluetooth doesn't work underwater. That's where the MP3 on board storage come in to play your music library with such clarity.

These are a product that I'm shocked (no pun intended) at how much they have changed the game for swimming (and other activities). For background, I'm no expert swimmer, but am an Ironman triathlete (completed 4 full length). These have changed my entire outlook on training. Fairly easy to setup. Charge, familiarize yourself with the controls, and get used to the feeling on headphones not in your ear.Swimming: Absolute game changer. Make sure you change the setting to MP3 setting, bluetooth doesn't work underwater. You can download the app and connect to your phone, but I would recommend knowing the button controls. Once you dial in the swim settings, side load MP3s, get into a comfortable position, it's absolute magic. Some of the reviews mention can't hear out of water - settings must be off, bluetooth must be on, something is wrong. AGAIN - MP3 mode, swim EQ mode, and your are golden. I have swam 6000 meters over the last 2 weeks, and listening to music flawlessly. Even between sets. Freestyle, other strokes, pool, open water. Barely tell they are on, no discomfort with goggles, cap, etc.Running/Cycling:-Again, make sure mode is back out of swim EQ mode, and the sound quality is better. Hitting 30MPH on the bike you will experience some wind noise, but still better then one headphone (I previously used one right ear air pod or one wired apple headphone as the AirPods would come lose or die on long rides). These eliminate all that stress with better sound quality 90% of the time.-Make sure back into bluetooth mode and you can stream anything from phone.Some quirks that were basically only annoying:-The controls aren't the same for each Shokz model. When searching online be careful to learn the controls for FF, Rew, skip song, etc. Some trial and error and using I'm now familiar.-The charge and data transfer cable is proprietary. I got some Shokz 710 to usb adapters so I'm not out of luck when traveling or can't find the proprietary cable.-Sideloading MP3s for non-bluetooth mode is kind of annoying, which I knew it was going to be but it's not entirely clear. We are heavy spotify and Amazon music users. We have thousands of songs in our libraries, but those songs can only be downloaded if the song or album is actually purchased (OUTSIDE OF THE MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION). Turns out only 300 of our 10K songs were purchased over the years, which highly limits what can be downloaded and trasnferred for MP3/Swim mode. There are some hacky ways to convert podcasts to MP3s, etc. but it's not super easy.-The battery life isn't quite as great as the Open Pro 2 that my wife as , but it's sufficient. The charger on those is USB C as well, which I'm sure the next generation of will convert to.If you are on the fence, figure out the purchasing of MP3s and these work well for swimming. If you won't use for swimming get the non open swim version with USB C charging. If you ever will swim with these or will do any training in the pool - ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER.

I’m not a swimmer nor a runner. I got these more because I’ve always found bone conduction cool and love music. It being waterproof is an amazing plus. I’ve listened to them in the shower and wow the waterproof aspect is amazing. The sound quality doesn’t even change for a second even when I’m getting blasted in the head with water. I thought they would at least gargle in the water but no! One thing i was worried about is people being able to hear my music. I tested it in a silent room and on level 1 volume I can hear it clear as day but others could not. That’s another major plus. They are insanely comfortable sitting on my head for 10 hours a day while I work. I work in a fairly loud environment but I can turn these up and still hear perfect. And since they aren’t plugs I can still hear around me. It took maybe 3 days to get absolutely used to them sitting on my head now I don’t even notice them. One issue I had on OTHER earbuds is when they sit in your ear for hours and start hurting, these are super light weight i forget I have them on. Also being able to listen with both ears instead of one at a time and still being able to hear outside my music is awesome. Charging cord is magnetic so i can just throw them on and pull them off which is nice. I haven’t been able to get them lower than 40% using them off and on in my whole day. They seem super durable as I’m able to lay down with them on and they barely move and the material it’s made out of is very nice. They preform way better than expected and have become my new daily headphone.