- SHOKZ OpenSwim Pro Open-Ear MP3 Headphones, Grey, IP68 Waterproof, 32GB MP3

Do not even look at any other similar products, these waterproof headphones are a game-changer. If you are a competitive serious swimmer like me with over 2 decades of experience, buy these immediately!!! I was highly skeptical about this product, but trust me, you will not regret it. I put these headphones through a strenuous 150 lap swim workout at the swimming pool, with flip turns etc. Above water, they sound like crap but the real magic happens when you are underwater. I tested wearing it in different ways. The instructions mention that you should wear the earplugs and have the buds pieces sit right in front of your ear openings for optimal sound quality. That method does not work (at least for me). The reason it doesn't work (for me) is because I noticed that the vibrations from the buds and ear plugs caused immediate pain in my ear canals so I put the earbuds right on top of my ear openings without the earplugs and the water waves ensured that noise cancellation occurs naturally. As a result, the earbuds produced crispier, cleaner sounds and a strong bass. It also fell off the minute I started my 1st lap but that can be fixed, just make sure to put your goggle's straps right on top of the headphone's wire part or if you wear a cap, just pull the cap on top of the buds and they'll stay in place. Fortunately I got the bright orange ones so I was able to quickly find it underwater. Make sure that you switch to MP3 mode so you won't need a smartwatch / phone to play songs. You can download songs instead and manually move them over to the headphones via USB connection. I put about 30 songs into the headphones as a test. After a while, the headphones announced "Data Error". This is not an issue with the headphones but rather half my playlist files were corrupted. Because of these corrupted files, the headphones didn't recognize and couldn't play those songs. Just ensure that your downloaded songs are not corrupted and you will be fine. When you're done with your workout, rinse these in fresh water otherwise the chlorine will fry these headphones. All in all, I wish I could give this product 10 stars. They are comfortable, easy to transport, super loud, and lightweight. What I'm really curious about is how these will hold up in salt water, particularly against ocean waves. I will be testing this theory in the next few weeks.

Genuinely a life-saver product for me. This headset has saved phone calls, long bike rides and walks, work, and swimming for me. I used to get terrible ear infections while using in-ear ear buds, and originally tried out the original Shokz Openrun headset. They were great and I eventually handed them down to my partner when these came out to use for swimming. The audio quality is great for being bone conductive, the call quality is even better as it picks up my voice very well, cancels background noise, and keeps my ears opened so I'm able to respond to people outside of a call, music, or really anything. Ontop of the beautiful performance of this headset, I did not realize that it came with a two year warranty. My headset randomly stopped working one day after about a year and a half. I contacted Shokz customer cares team and they promptly replaced my headset within a week. Genuinely insane customer service, insanely good product, and beautiful company behind it.

I read all of the reviews, including the 1-star reviews. I was a little nervous purchasing these headphones. I bought them for when I was swimming laps in an indoor pool, since doing it in silence was very boring. I personally love these headphones. The Bluetooth will not work when the headphones are underwater, but I am married to a tech nerd, and he informed me I can legally use a website to make YouTube videos into an MP3 file by copying the URL over and downloading them to my PC then adding them to the headphones. I use these while swimming in MP3 mode the Bluetooth works great outside of the water, and I am very aware of my surroundings even when playing music at full volume. When wearing a swim cap. I find the headphones comfortable, I just leave my ears out because I don't want my hair to get wet, but this is not an issue because Shockz has provides ear plugs, and I wear them when I swim. I like the fit of these headphones, and there is a little extra room behind my head, which is good for me because it makes them extremely easy to wear. The headphones feel very durable and good quality, along with the sound quality being don't expect them to be noise canceling, but the sound quality is good for what they are.

I just started getting back into swimming. I had the Swimp3 players 15 years ago that made swimming a lot less dull and was looking for whatever the new version of that was. These are better for a host of reasons. First, they stay in place pretty darn well. My old mp3 player was bulky on the side of my goggle strap, and if I did butterfly, they would fling around and I had to stop to fix them. These stay put just fine, even when I jumped in the water from the pool deck. It does feel a little weird to put these on and then to put my cap over the ear part (I can't have my ears out of my cap entirely or it would pop off and/or drive me nuts), but I sort of got used to it. There were some times that I had to tug down the sides of my cap over my ears because it was riding up, but that may have been unrelated to this device. The back of the neck portion stayed outside my cap the whole time and if it moved around at all, I didn't notice it. These are also plenty loud. I had to click them down a few notches from the max volume to be a comfy listening volume. I didn't use the earplugs, but had no problem hearing them clearly, whether or not my head was underwater. With my old mp3 player, I could hear them somewhat even when they weren't on my face. I could tell that some other people could hear it somewhat, too, since I got some funny looks when my music started playing. But with these Shokz, it didn't seem like anyone else could hear them. It is annoying to me that there isn't more playlist control (song order, etc.) and that there's no way to transmit tunes via bluetooth from my phone directly to the device. But I will say that the magnetic USB charging/data cable is pretty slick. It clicked on so easily that I didn't even think it was really plugged in until I saw the light and it auto-opened the file window on my computer. One thing I was really happy about is that it can play M4A files, no problem. I was worried that I'd have to do some lame mp3 conversion to get them to play, but I didn't. I just made a playlist in iTunes (all individually purchased music) and copy/pasted into the file window for the Shokz. Room for improvement in future models? Sure. But for now, this is a HUGE upgrade over my 15-year-old version and it works well enough for me to be very happy with them.

This is my third pair of bone conduction headphones. The first to were other brands for which I paid about $80 each. Both were good but eventually suffered technical problems and would no longer work so I decided to invest in this brand. So far, they work very well. Uploading music was as easy as the other brands I had purchased and the memory seems to be very good. I have over 200 songs stored so far. The music quality is very good, the battery life has not been a problem as I charge them after every swim. My one complaint is the buttons. To power on you press one button and to put it into MP3 mode, you have to press two small buttons simultaneously. In addition, to change the volume while wearing them, you have to press buttons that are very small and close together. They could have done a better job organizing the control buttons to make them easier to press by feel since you can’t see them while wearing them. Otherwise, they seem to be very good headphones.

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 in love. It’s been tough to start exercising again but I did start swimming about a month ago. The gym lap pool has no music. As a neurologic music therapist and neuropsychologist, I know the power of entrainment and how upbeat music can boost your workout. With these, I downloaded the #1 Workout Playlist here on Amazon Music, loaded them onto the headphones via my computer (super easy), and I feel like I’m partying in the pool! I almost doubled the calories burned in the same amount of time. The sound is even better underwater. You can’t put anything from Apple Music on them unless you’re listening with Bluetooth, which isn’t possible underwater, but totally doable for workouts outside of the water. They fit great, they didn’t budge during the swim and I had no issues. The quality and value are definitely there. It has totally changed my swim routine and I look forward to it being more fun now!

Update 2 Explained the issues since the headphones were under warranty. They did not even require me to send them old ones to them. Right after contact they emailed me to let me know a new pair was on there way. They arrived and jane worked great. They still need to provide playlist capability, though. UPDATE: I have to downgrade my review because the software disappointment has turned into software bugs that have made the device useless in less than a year. I try not to overreact and understand that bugs occur, but there have been signs of connection issues with these for a while. I am no stranger to bluetooth connection issues, so when issues occurred with these, I usually just endured them since they were mostly an annoyance. One minor annoyance is that these seem to turn on by themselves. I will consciously turn them off to conserve battery. Later, listening through another pair of headphones, the sound suddenly cut out. When I checked bluetooth, the shokz had somehow turned on and connected, diverting the sound. This frequently happens in my pocket as well, but that may occasionally be an accidental button press. This can lead to an unexpected dead battery when I need to use them. But there were much more concerning issues. The first hint of a bigger problem was on a trip for work. Had the headphones on. Turned them off and left them on the charging cord while I had dinner. Upon return, they were flashing as if to pair. I could not get them to pair. I could not get them turn off. I could not get them to play music. I tried every possible button combination for different amounts of time and nothing would happen. They just continued to flash in silence until the battery died. Placed them on the charger the next day, they charged up and turned on as if nothing happened. Things were fine for a few weeks when a similar event occurred. I once again let them flash until they died, charged, and they seemed to turn on again. After a single use, I decided to change some of the files (they still do not have any playlist or decent music organization software on the app). When I attached the headphones to the computer, it did not seem to register. The PC did not acknowledge the headphones were connected. The headphones did not have a charging light. I could not access the files. Over time I did multiple resets, tried multiple cords, and tried multiple computers. I managed to get them to connect via bluetooth and played music from my phone. They phone said the headphones were connected, as did the Shokz app. Yet no sound would play. These are now useless trash less than a year after spending $200 on them. I have an expensive set of Bose headphones that I've had for 10 years that work excellent, connect when I want, and never give me problems other than replacing padding due to wear and tear. The fact that a much newer product feels so haphazard and janky is a stark contrast. I wanted to enjoy these so much and began by sharing how much better they made my swim sessions when I first got them, but now find myself warning some of the same people off trying them based on my experience. ------Original Review---------- These work well and I have used them extensively because swimming is my primary form of cardio. The 3 star rating is because the app and setup leave a lot to be desired. There are several things missing that I would expect to be basics on a brand name item like this. 1) The lack of an ability to create playlists when using the built in storage is a major drawback. Even my cloud storage app- which is just a massive cloud-based hard drive- has a built in playlist function for music that you may choose to backup. The fact that the app for headphones doesn’t is perplexing. 2) In some ways related to 1, you cannot rearrange the order of songs. Even without a playlist, I attempted to change file names using numbers so I could order tracks. It always plays in the order they were added regardless of file names. To change the order, you must offload every track and replace them 1 at a time in the new order. 3) I wish there was a way to add songs wirelessly when connected to wifi. The process is fairly easy with the cable, but if I don’t have the cable with me, I’m stuck with whatever is on the device. The headphones are durable. They have appropriate battery life and generous storage. The preset states for swimming are well-engineered to give clear sound underwater and they did a great job with that. I’m happy with the purchase. However, I paid more than they currently cost and that also is affecting my score. Many competitors have come out with much cheaper options, so for my experience, that hurts them in the overall value. I recommend getting a spare cord from their website. The cost is reasonable and the charging/data cable is proprietary, so other cords will not work. I keep one at home and the other goes with me for charging and changing the data.

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Great quality and they perform amazingly underwater, in the pool, the beach, shower, etc

The best swimming headphones I've tried comfortable functional durable and well-crafted

Sehr gut, genau das was ich wollte

Sportif régulier j'ai eu pas mal d'écouteurs filaires et sans fil ( Bragi Dash / Jabra Sport Pulse / JBL Reflect Mini NC TWS ) J'ai eu l'occasion de tester ces écouteurs et ils sont bluffant sous l'eau par leur qualité sonore. Ils ont également une bonne autonomie tant que l'on ne mets pas le son au maximum. Ils sont également très bon pour la course à pied et permettent d'écouter de la musique tout en discutant avec une personne à côté de soi, et ils sont sécurisant permettant de rester averti de son environnent. Ils sont assez bon pour faire du vélo mais un peu + limités dans le sens où le vent viens créer du bruit dans l'oreille.