Ultra Open

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

Bose Open Ear Buds. Awareness, no slippage, amazing sound, fun colors, works with all ears(I have weirdly tiny ears and nothing stays in or on them, these are a GAME changer) Only con is they are a bit pricey but IMO 100% worth

I really like mine a lot. I was looking for open ear earbuds. I had the Anker Aerofit 2s and had 2 warranty replacements because they kept dying from sweat. I was 0 for 3 on them. I saw few lists that mentioned the Bose. I thought there was no way they’d stay on with how much I sweat. I could never run in earbuds without ear clips cuz they’d fall out. I was very surprised when I did my first run on the treadmill and they stayed in. Had the for a few weeks now and this sweaty beast still hasn’t drowned them. And they are the best sounding earbuds I’ve owned. Love them. And $150 for refurbished is a reasonable price.

I love the Bose Open Earbuds. Rather than pressing into your ear canal, they clip around the outside of your ear and position the speaker at the entrance of the canal. Makes them very comfortable for extended use, very secure while walking/running, and unparalleled ease of talking to others while your headphones are in. With this design the clear caveat is that there is zero noise cancellation, so depending on whether you value that YMMV. I’d also note they’re surprisingly “private” with this design, others can only really hear the buds if the room is quiet and your volume is high, otherwise it’s not noticeable. I’d note that I’ve had pretty iffy longevity out of my Bose earbuds, generally lasting maybe 1 year before they have some technical failure. This is offset by Bose’ customer service, it’s pretty easy to get them to send you a new pair for free (often upgraded to latest model) even if you’re slightly outside warranty window. I’ve upgraded my earbuds I think 6 times over the years at no cost through that program.