About 5-10% are going to absolutely love them, 40% are going to wish it had some feature and the other 50% are going to hate them.
Pros:
- Probably the only type of headphones you could use for underwater swimming, rated IP68 (The highest waterproof I know of)
- Once they are on your head, they stay there. You could do 10 flips in a row and they'd stay on
- Extremely light. You put them on your head and you forget about them
- No matter how high you turn these up people around you won't hear a thing
- The audio is quite good. It's not audiophile but what you'd expect from a 30-40$ pair of headphones at 20-20k frequency. (The Swim Shokz are $150)
Pro/Con (Depending on who you are)
- You can hear everything around you 100% (Great for jobs where you need to talk to people, great for swimming and great for biking/walking near busy roads)
- Controls are easy, turn power on and that's it. (no fast forward, no skip etc)
- Can get ABSURDLY bassy. At high volumes when a deep bass note is played it will shake the side of your ear. At normal volume this isn't an issue.
Cons
- No bluetooth (Bluetooth is terrible in water and would add extra weight/battery usage)
- If you're looking for noise cancelling these are the absolute worst pair of headphones you could consider.
- Should not be used in salt water. They function perfectly in salt water but over time will ruin the charging port.
- You have to read the instructions to use these properly. Some of the features are not intuitive.
Pros:
- Probably the only type of headphones you could use for underwater swimming, rated IP68 (The highest waterproof I know of)
- Once they are on your head, they stay there. You could do 10 flips in a row and they'd stay on
- Extremely light. You put them on your head and you forget about them
- No matter how high you turn these up people around you won't hear a thing
- The audio is quite good. It's not audiophile but what you'd expect from a 30-40$ pair of headphones at 20-20k frequency. (The Swim Shokz are $150)
Pro/Con (Depending on who you are)
- You can hear everything around you 100% (Great for jobs where you need to talk to people, great for swimming and great for biking/walking near busy roads)
- Controls are easy, turn power on and that's it. (no fast forward, no skip etc)
- Can get ABSURDLY bassy. At high volumes when a deep bass note is played it will shake the side of your ear. At normal volume this isn't an issue.
Cons
- No bluetooth (Bluetooth is terrible in water and would add extra weight/battery usage)
- If you're looking for noise cancelling these are the absolute worst pair of headphones you could consider.
- Should not be used in salt water. They function perfectly in salt water but over time will ruin the charging port.
- You have to read the instructions to use these properly. Some of the features are not intuitive.
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