Ultra Open

Hmmm usually Open Style Earbuds like the Opendots generally Average sound quality due to their open nature, i own the Bose Open earbuds and they are good for what they are but it will never be equivalent to an In-Ear. If you dont mind Earhook versions i will recommend either the Cleer Arc 3 Music or Nothing Ear (Open) both a generally pretty good but albeit a bit largen then the Opendots you have.

At first when I bought these guys I was kind of skeptical. Thought it was another expensive earbud I was wasting money on. At first, I wont lie, I wasn’t too impressed with the sound, but it makes sense considering it’s not in your ear. I’m not saying they sound bad, but would I like them to sound better? Yes. This all revolves around my second point. I do a lot of park skiing, almost everyday. I’m jumping, flipping, spinning, falling. These things do not fucking come out of your ear. It’s a complete game changer for working out and other intensive activity. If you’re not fully blasting the earbud, it sounds quite nice. Good bass, good sound, just not as good as it would be if you were using headphones. I talk to my friends a lot while skiing, I’m almost skiing with a friend everyday. I can hear my friends fine while still being able to listen to loud good sounding music. If you’re looking for a good earbud that doesn’t ever fall out, these are what you want. Officially my favorite earbuds, solely because they just don’t fall out and sound decent. I’m also wearing these all day. I don’t take them off, they are great, feel like nothings there.

I totally agree, picked mine up for $160 open box. I literally flip upside down, land hard on the snow. They aren’t even close to falling out, it’s crazy.

I have the Bose open earbuds and I was skeptical at first, I love being immersed in music and thought open earbuds wouldn't satisfy my music needs but honestly it's nice listening to music and still being semi aware of surroundings. I will say that if you want deep base these aren't it. I watch concerts on YT while I do cardio and need the deep base and immersion to stay pumped, I can't use these, I revert back to my over ear NC headphones. Every other activity though, they work great!

I have been using [this](https://x.com/xploreproducts/status/1941403958821650858) from bose and it has been working great so far, I would highly recommend you this .I think it will be a solid fit for your use case

I have the Bose ultra open pods. They just kind of clip on your outer ear. Excellent battery life! Great comfort!

I use these too after having issues with airpods. battery life is great!

Ok I’ve been using both of these buds for 2 months now because I couldn’t decide without a real world case study so I bought pairs of each on eBay for around $150 each. For the record I am NOT an affiliate marketer or anything like that. This is not a paid review or anything. I just had a hard time deciding so I figured I would try them both out. SPOILER: It has been REALLY TOUGH to decide which pair I want to keep because they are so similar and both have good and bad things about them. Background on me and my usage. I am very particular about audio and comfort. Was looking for a lightweight pair of bud style headphones for me to use while working outside, around the house, quick errands, or in the office but wanted to make sure they had good to great audio quality. I listen to a ton of audiobooks as well. Here is what I did: I rated several items on a 0-5 scale based on direct comparison of these 2 models. 0 just means it doesn’t have that feature or requires an additional purchase (wireless charging case for Bose for example). 1 means it is a yes/no answer or something that performed poorly. 5 means it is damn near perfect. Bose Battery - 3 Phone Calls - 3 Multi-Point Pairing - 1 (yes) Audio Quality (Music) - 5 Audio Quality (Podcasts/Books) - 3 Wireless Charging - 0 Smart Wear (Buds automatically detect which ear) - 0 Comfort - 3 Transparency - 3 Volume - 4 Physical Buttons - 1 (yes…I prefer physical buttons) Total Score 26 Shokz Battery - 5 Phone Calls - 2 Multi-Point Pairing - 1 Audio Quality (Music) - 3 Audio Quality (Podcasts/Books) - 4 Wireless Charging - 1 (Yes) Smart Wear (Buds automatically detect which ear) - 1 (Yes and this is a very cool feature that is pretty nice) Comfort - 4 Transparency - 3 Volume - 3 Physical Buttons - 0 Total Score 27 As you can tell, they are VERY VERY CLOSE. I’ve even pulled both pairs out while writing this post to listen to the same song and a passage from a book I am listening to in order to make sure I still feel the ratings are accurate 😂. The battery life is a massive difference. I worked outside and around the house for 10 hours Friday and the Shokz didn’t need to charge. I worked outside yesterday wearing the Bose for 5 hours and at about the 4 hour mark the left bud died and the right one followed suit about 20 minutes later. Both options had the Dolby/Immersive Audio turned on which does create a difference in the battery life but it cuts the Bose battery life in half and didn’t noticeably affect the Shokz’ battery life. I hadn’t noticed a big difference in the comfort of the 2 until yesterday as well. I never needed to mess with the Shokz but had to adjust the Bose a couple times where my ears got a little uncomfortable where they were sitting. The audio of the Bose for Music is noticeably better than the Shokz but the opposite is true on Podcasts and Audiobooks. It’s on par with their other buds and headphones. This is the only part of the headphones’ comparison where the Bose stood out and made me hesitate on selling the pair I’ve been using. Bose requires a wireless charging case that costs $50-$100 if that feature is important to you (it isn’t for me but is nice to slap it on my charging pad on my desk when I’m not using them). Be warned neither are very good for phone calls. Both had people on the other end of my calls telling me they had a hard time hearing me whenever there was any significant background noise. Maybe this will be addressed with a firmware update going forward but both of these are lagging the other headphones made by both of these companies in this regard. I think I’m going to keep the Shokz and sell the Bose because of the comfort and battery factors.