Soundcore by Anker AeroFit Pro Open-Ear Headphones, Ultra Comfort, Secure Fit, Ergonomic Design, Rich Sound with LDAC, Bluetooth 5.3, IPX5 Water-Resistant, 46H Playtime, App…

The purple colour is so lovely, I wish more technology came in bright purple. The charging case is secure and compact and of decent quality. They don’t interfere with my glasses. That’s all I can compliment. These are not good.

I knew to expect less volume and bass when compared to in-ear buds, so I can’t criticise these tiny little directional speakers for that, but to say the sound quality is bad would be generous. I’m coming from a much older pair of wireless Anker in-ear buds that were attached around the back of the neck, and I have lots of other Anker speakers (the Motion Boom Plus is phenomenal) and cables so I know they’re a good brand usually, which makes these very pretty purple earphones even more disappointing.

I have massive ears and I can’t get these to sit in a comfortable position. I’d read that small ears would struggle! I slid them all the way back per the leaflet in the box, so the battery was parallel with my head but it just edges forwards towards the rim of my ear and clings on for dear life on the edge of my ear. At more of an angle on the ear, which Anker clearly state is not correct usage, the earphones are more comfortable and the sound is better (not good, just not as bad), but they’re not even remotely secure and a slow head turn detaches them from my ear. In the proper position there is constant pressure on the outer rim of the conch from the speaker end, as well as the forward helix from the hook, and the whole rim of the ear is pushed forwards by the battery. It gets very sore very quickly. I have fiddled with the position of the battery in relation to the speaker by gently pulling and twisting the hook but it’s not really adjustable in any meaningful way, and so the choice comes down to moderately tolerable placement of the battery or moderately tolerable placement of the speaker. Neither is great, and the sound is not nearly good enough to make this an acceptable compromise.

The EQ setting Anker feels is the best these earphones can offer is atrocious. It sounds like trying to listen to music with your head under water. There’s so much volume and bass loss and distortion. I updated the firmware to 1.42 after trying them fresh out of the box and being disappointed. This is the most current at the time of writing, but this just added a “volume boost” option that drops all of the already very limited bass and makes the sound hollow. Spacial audio is also a big disappointment, contributing to the sound quality issues, so I disabled this. The “treble booster” setting was the best of a bad bunch, but I wanted to tweak it and see if I could get it closer to something tolerable. Oddly, when using the custom EQ, even with a preset copied to it, the volume and clarity drops significantly when compared to the presets, with that head under water feeling immediately added.

I’ve sat for an hour with these on, hoping I adjust to the discomfort and the poor sound, but I remain disappointed and uncomfortable, and I’m starting to get a headache.

Son parfait avec chromecast, léger, les embouts ne sont évidemment pas fait pour l’oreille de l’acheteur donc c’est mieux avec un crochet à l’arriere. Technologie récente.

Update: Soundcore support reached out to me and suggested to stretch the earphones out – they sent photos showing how to do it. After stretching them as shown, the pain from wearing them was less. Still uncomfortable, but I wasn’t wincing anymore when I took them off. After another week or so of adjusting them and waiting a couple days between adjustments, I can finally wear them long-term without pain and sometimes I’ll forget they’re on. There was also an update that included more EQs.

Original: I bought these to replace my current bone conduction headphones which I wore 12+ hours per day without issue.

What I like
– The ear pieces are snug, I don’t feel like they’re at risk of falling off.
– The neckband is optional
– The sound quality is way better, more clear and gets a lot louder than my bone conduction headphones
– I can stay more aware of my surroundings
– I can hear myself speak so I don’t talk too loud
– The case closes securely and the buds sit firmly in the case. I haven’t had any issue with the buds not charging due to poor connection with the contacts like my other soundcore products
– The physical buttons are more reliable and responsive than my other soundcore products that use touch features
– Supports multiple connected devices well, I can switch between my laptop and phone seamlessly which is great for meetings

What I don’t like.
– They aren’t soft, they’re kind of a hard rubber
– They aren’t adjustable at all and so far it doesn’t seem like allowing any sort of adjustment period is working. I wear them as much as I can stand, but they’re still too tight
– The curved portion with the springy wire inside has a relatively sharp angle along the inside. With the rubber being so hard it digs into my skin.
– My ears get bruised from these in multiple spots. It seems I get bruised over the top of the ear if I wear the neckband. If I don’t wear the neckband, then I get bruised on the cartilage where the speaker makes contact around the ear canal.
– No convenient way to store the neckband, can get lost since it can’t go in the case.
– Spatial audio feature was neat, but made everything sound poor
– Not any additional preconfigured EQs, just the default and the option to customize it.

I’m probably going to end up returning these. I want to love them, but they’re just too uncomfortable.

Short version: good but pricey and (for me) not 100% comfortable

I’ve had all 3 of Oladance open ear, and recently bought these and the the TOZO open ear. So here is the comparison…

1) Oladance 1 were actually my favorite of the Oladance and were solid buds. The problem was low volume. But until recently Oladance had the best product, until every one started putting out competition.

2) Anker – very good sound, control is a button (not touch) and works very well. For me they are comfortable but not as comfortable as Oladance. A little bit of a pinching feel, but not terrible. They feel premium and sound great. Why the button only has single and double tap (no triple)? I don’t know.

3) Tozo – wow! Better sound than Oladance, more comfortable than Anker. Sound wise they are a little different than Anker but I don’t think either is better. The angling of earbuds is nice for comfort but I don’t think it does much for adjusting sound. But the price? 1/3 the price of the Anker – insane for what you get. The only negative? Touch controls are kinda flaky (don’t always respond well).

I wanted to go with Anker (have been a fan of their products, and still am, for a while now) over TOZO but between the comfort and crazy price difference. I can’t see myself going with Anker.

For those that haven’t used open ear – think of these as like being in a room with music playing. You can talk to people while using them without an issue but they are not going to block out surrounding noise at the gym (for example).