Ecouteurs OpenFit PRO Blanc blanc SHOKZ

The sound is great especially kicking on the noise cancelation. Mics still dont work as well as I hoped but they are better if noise cancelation is on.

Very impressed , sound is great, easy to use, very comfortable. Definitely will tell everyone these are the way to go.

Received really quick. The fit is great and the build quality is premium. The sound quality is exceptional. I did expect being open ear the sound to be bad. But I was surprisingly very wrong. They have an open sound, which I love. As for noise cancelling it's okay as long as you remember they are open air. The battery life is great. So far, I've had to charge the once a week. The only con that I've had is that they are little weighty for me after about 6 hours. That would be the quality materials.

I got an e-mail from Shokz asking for a review; I do want to review them, but I've only had them for a couple weeks so it feels much less helpful than if I'd been using them for a year or two and they were still going strong. Sadly, I probably won't remember to review them in a year or two. . .

That said, I got them largely because my partner is hard of hearing and phone calls with any kind of background noise or microphone issues really don't work for us (but I didn't wanna have a microphone arm because then the earbuds probably wouldn't fit in my pocket!) and I want my hands free. These have worked wonderfully, and calls have been easy and clear even with just one earbud in, while in the prairie wind, while trucks drive by on the road, etc. I can use my normal speaking voice and it still comes out clear and the person on the other end (as far as I've heard so far) also doesn't receive any wind noise or muffling or anything. I've been pleasantly surprised!

They've also been working for me for podcasts and music, but I'm not an "audio phile" or anything so take that with a grain of salt. Occasionally, I won't be able to hear them over loud noises, but that's kinda expected, I think. Even when that happens, I could turn them up louder but would prefer not to just to preserve my hearing.

I still have to remind myself how to put them in every time I use them, but that might get more intuitive as I use them (first "over ear" kinda earbud I've had)? The button location similarly takes me a moment to find sometimes, but the start/stop/skip/hangup controls feel easy to understand and I use them without thinking most of the time.

They don't fit under my 3M ear protection/ear muffs, but a bigger muff might work with them; it's close. I wear them with a wide brimmed hat with a chin string (neck strap? adjustment loop?), and haven't had any issues with them falling or getting tugged off yet.

At first, I felt like they were going to fall off or come lose, but they haven't and I feel more confident and comfortable with them as time goes on. People say they're heavier and can be uncomfortable when compared to the non-pros, but I haven't experienced that and actually used to have discomfort from my in ear earbuds; I'm sure it depends a lot on your ear shape and size and stuff, however.

Battery life is great, case is nicely sized (similar to or smaller than a small wallet), I don't know how easy they'll be to clean or how dirty they'll get, not being in ear?

I would love a shokz waterproof case for the charging case, though! Like a phone case with charging port protectors or whatever. Something with a keyring hole maybe? The case is very sleek and there's nothing wrong with it, but I work outside with pressure washers and would love keeping it in my pocket without worrying it'll get too wet or that the hinge will warp if I lean on something.

Before purchasing, I spent a lot of time researching and reading reviews online and on Reddit and stuff so I'm trying to remember what other questions I've had or seem. . . I don't think noise cancelling works with just one earbud in (which is how I usually use them), and I've only tried it once with two as a test so I'm not too sure about that. Oh, Bluetooth seems to work great, when I take either side or both out they automatically connect to my phone and I haven't had any issues or had to open my phone settings to change that. They don't start playing until they're actually on your ear and they automatically pause if you take them off (wow! Some fancy gyroscope stuff happening in there or something??). I haven't had any issues with them connecting while in the case or not "nesting" correctly to charge or anything, but again. . . It's only been a couple weeks. I also haven't tried connecting to multiple devices at the same time with them.

Overall, I will likely recommend these to people in my life! They're expensive but seem to be so for good reason, and baring an unexpected issue or damage to the case or something, I hope to use these for many years.

It sounds way much better than the previous Shokz I own, the old one sounds like tin can

I love them. The sound is great. The noise cancellation for being what they are is good. I just don’t like that. They always connect to my TV even though I disconnected it lol. But other than that, I love them and they are worth the price. Sometimes I forget I have them on. Sound quality is great. It feels like it’s coming from all around me. It’s so weird but so cool! I have absolutely no complaints about these.

Amazing sound for over the ear setup. Clean bass and sharp clear voice calls.

Other than using them on airplanes, which was a primary purpose of purchasing them, the sound quality is too low to work effectively. Bummer as many of the reviews that I read indicated that they worked well on airplanes. This is my second pair of Shoz and unfortunately, I will have to purchase a competitor brand for use when I travel via planes.