SHOKZ OpenSwim(formerly Xtrainerz) Swimming MP3 Headphones, Open-Ear Bone Conduction Headset, IP68 Waterproof, 4 GB Memory, MP3 Player For Swimming, Surfing, Running【No Bluetooth】（Sapphire Blue）

The awesome: These things are witchcraft. When swimming, with the 'speakers' pressed against the top of your jaw/cheek next to your ear rather than in your ear - the sound hits your brain perfectly as if you had proper headphones in. But you maintain a general awareness of other sound as your ears aren't blocked. It is the weirdest thing - but it works astonishingly well. These have been a real game changer for me in keeping me swimming longer - boredom is my enement. The not so good: If listening on them is like going into the future, getting music to listen to on to them is like going back in time. Think how you got music onto an ipod in 2010, and that is what you need to do with these. Drag and drop MP3 files from a playlist on a music media manager software, onto a folder for this. If like me you have long since moved to streaming services - this wasn't at all straightforward. And getting Audiobooks or podcasts easily in the right format to listen to on this offline, isn't straightforward either - I just gave up. As it happens though I have transferred from my old huge MP3 library, about 100 songs I rate as 5 stars, each of which is upbeat, and I just have these on as a single playlist set to shuffle, and I find this is honestly all I will ever need for my swims. Also note, that whilst the sound is AMAZING when in the water it is a little tinny out of it- so, I wouldn't use it to replace my normal buds for anything other than swimming, and perhaps cycling where you want the peripheral hearing too. I nearly knocked off a star for the niggle of getting music on, as it really is faff. However, now I am set up these have brought such a new lease of life and joy to my swimming, that they deserve to be praised! I really am happy with my purchase.

Fantastic makes my swim more pleasurable. Sound quality is excellent. Light weight and easy to wear. MP3 not blue tooth (that doesn’t work under water) Bit of a faff downloading,but ultimately worth it. Best bit of kit,bar the swimming costume obviously! Buttons a bit fiddly,easy ,once you get the hang of it.

I've had it for four weeks, swam around 30 km and biked a few too. It been a huge motivation boost as it makes both activities such a pleasure. It leaves the ear canal open so you can maintain some situational awareness, which is good for cycling. Great sound quality, although a small number of songs aren't perfect under water - very bass heavy music may become more so under water (too much for me) and you might miss some higher frequency melodies in classical for example, but I'd say 95%+ of pop, rock and dance are great. Strokes where your head is in and out of the water, like breast-stroke, also effect the consistency of transmission which is fine for most music but might make spoken word difficult to follow (I haven't tried spoken word). There's a remarkable amount of control with so few buttons, with the ability to switch between folders easily, so I have one with about 1000 tunes to shuffle, and one with my latest albums. Its rock solid on my head - you really can just forget its there and enjoy. It seems really well made with no loose, flexible bits that would break easily and the two year warranty provides additional reassurance. Battery life is as advertised - I estimate around 8 hours. Overall - its amazing and my best buy for ages. I really look forward to swimming now and I'll be down the pool tonight. Feb 2026 UPDATE. Still going strong with three uses per week for nearly four years

Works well so long as you. Use the earplugs in the water as it reduces the noise of you breathing out underwater and your movement through it. Use the water equaliser setting. Choose music that is less dependent upon lyrics as you’ll miss a few. But as an aide and a motivational tool to swim to a beat with tunes you love I love mine

I originally wrote a mediocre review (I'll leave it below). What annoyed me most was the lack of bluetooth connectivity (read old review below, but the pro version now have Bluetooth so it doesn’t matter anyway!). But in fact Bluetooth isn’t great in water so why bother? I have had many headphones for surfing and wing foiling. In truth the bluetooth never works in the water. My "old" H20 headphones stopped working again....anyway I got these Shockz out of the top draw and I downloaded a load of music to these and started using them.....it was supposed to be temporary. Well....they haven't broken, they sound the best and are still going strong. In short they are great, I was wrong..... Old 2-star Review below that I have revoked! I have everything Apple, but needed some waterproof headphones for wingfoiling. I use my Apple Watch to monitor my speed, heart rate etc... which is fully waterproof also of course. I bought these becasue they seemed the best waterproof headphones, I thought that with them being a standalone MP3 player I wouldnt need to waste the battery on my Apple Watch or worry if I forgot it or it ran out of batteries. I assumed that putting songs on the headphones would have been as simple as syncing an old Nano Ipod or something like this. But in truth it's much harder. I have all my old CD's boxed away and I burnt them onto a harddrive long ago that doesn't work anymore. If like me you stream from Apple Music, you're stuffed. You can;t put that music on headphones. Presumably it's the same problem for every streaming service. So without bluetooth these headphones are in fact useless for me. I didn't realise this. Anyway I have sent them back, but not after I spent a goos couple hours convinced it couldn't be this hard. But it is. They sound good, seem good quality, but getting music into them is next to impossible in this day and age. I'm going to get some waterproof Bluetooth headphones and use my apple watch. After all that they brought out Bluetooth anyway!

These have transformed my swimming , now I dont get bored and start looking at the clock , in fact I stay in the pool longer. They sound great , the buttons are easy to use though I prefer not to use them, they stay on No more itunes or sonic stage etc to manage music just drop it onto the drive in windows you can drop whole folders but I prefer one big flat list of songs now for the caveats They are not a bluetooth device (there is one in the range but who leaves their phone by the side of the pool) You need a physical copy of the music , whether that is MP3 , flac or any of the other formats , Most of my music now comes from Amazon Music as a stream , but I did have enough stuff off an old drive and used that , there are other ways to obtain music files I swim mainly crawl and there is little or no change in the music when I breathe (every other stroke) however if I do breast stroke the music tone changes when my head is out of the water , If I swam breaststroke that would drive me mad. Unless of course you swim with your head out of the water all the time in which case they are ok I think the way I breathe doesnt allow time for the water to run off the speaker Really a fantastic product update battery has lasted more than enough for my six half hour swims per week , battery level say high medium or low so after 3 hours swimming it said it was on medium. very easy to charge though Better to adjust the sound to 'water' mode I had a few songs on I didnt like , the buttons are easy to use so I can skip a song while I wait to delete it if you squash too much stuff in your kit bag they can turn themselves on so far top notch product Update : after nearly nine months continuous use still would give it 5 stars Super reliable I saw some reviews listing misgivings about battery life , I did share that a little , but I would often wear them after swimming so I decided to track their usage This week I swam for 250 minutes over 6 sessions and only wore them while swimming For each session the battery showed as high and now after the last session they are now showing medium I dont like to swim without them so have decided to stop at that and recharge them so that is slightly better than I stated in an earlier review So just over 4 hours and still going When using them at very high volume they positively massage your head so I cant imagine getting the stated battery life at full volume As the battery charger is very proprietary and I dont want to be without them I decided also to buy another charger for about 15 quid from the web site They do transform your swim I am just about to crack 30 mins for 1500 meters (no tumble turning) which is a time I achieved a couple of years ago I cant stress enough how much they occupy your mind while swimming the only issue I can see for some is having your music available (locally) to transfer there are numerous ways to solve this , ripping existing CD's for instance update Nov 24 still going !

If your main concern, like mine, was whether they remain in position when swimming, then DO NOT WORRY. These things stay where they're meant to be for cruising freestyle, tumble turns, flat out butterfly, the lot! It's impressive. As for the sound they're meant to deliver, water is a tough environment to work with so we should temper our expectations. But the sound is good. Controls easy to find and use. Music is clear, and the volume is satisfactory - don't expect it to ever reach that level of party you sometimes need for workout encouragement. Having said that you certainly get those surreal moments when underwater, like having a soundtrack to your life. Wearing earplugs isn't essential but unless you're a fish and are constantly submerged, they definitely improve the sound consistency. The ones supplied are pretty good. For some reason, I became more sensitive to sploshing water when using the headphone/earplug combo. But like anything you can zone out and concentrate on a great music experience. If you're intending to use these for podcasts, you may want to borrow some first. I find it really hard to pick out lyrics and voices, so that may detract from listening to conversations. But I am middle aged and so my acoustic range probably doesn't help. I got my pair in a sale for £119. Whilst I don't think there will be any better swim headphones, if I had paid full price for these, I think my verdict on value for money would not be quite as high. Would definitley recommend though.

Don’t bother with these. They stopped working just outside the 2 year warranty period. Customer services were not helpful and stated that they DO NOT REPAIR any items and would not replace them either.

Best swimming companion!

Works great under water

Amazon nie pisze prawdy ! Nie ma polaczenia bluetooth. Tylko mp3. Nie warto za taka kase odtwarzacz mp3 ? Sa inne opcje w o wiele lepszej cenie.

Durante muchos años práctico natación. Mis anteriores auriculares acuáticos fueron los excelentes "Sony Walkman NWWS413". Han sido 7 largos años de chapuzones y aventuras, pero me empieza a fallar la batería, no se cargan. En un primer momento, pensé en comprar otro cargador, pero finalmente adquirí los auriculares acuaticos "Tayogo" pero más malos que un dolor, diseño, material, bluetooth (pa qué, estoy en el agua). Tengo otros Tayogo de conducción ósea y son buenos, pero el modelo acuático hace "glub" en seguida. Los devolví a la media hora de abrir la caja (gracias Amazon). Adquirí ShokzOpenSwim, haciendo un gasto elevado que para nada tenía planeado. Pero necesitaba mi música para motivarme nadando. Son caros, recaros, pero de verdad que valen cada euro. El bañador hecho trizas pero con mi musiquita. La primera sesión piscinera el nivel de excitación al escuchar los Beasties Boys: Intergalactic, Ratahamatta de Sepultura, Chemical Brothers bajo el agua. Madre mía, como se escucha el bombo, la percusión, pueden hacer que tus pezones se pongan tan de punta que puedas cortar cristales, como me ha pasado a mí. El diseño es perfecto, robusto, ligero. Los controles también son sencillos, simples de entender y ejecutar. Pensaba que no tenía la opcion de "cambiar carpeta" y si que la tiene. El volumen es muy potente, sobre todo si cuando vas a nadar te pones tapones. Tienes que buscar un equilibrio entre volumen y tapones. No tiene cosas superfluas como otros modelos auriculares acuáticos como "Bluetooth" (en el agua difícilmente mantendrá la señal). Son maravillosos, antes nadaba media hora, con estos cascos estoy hora y media todo loco escuchando los Queens Stone age bajo el agua sin tener que tomar suplementes raros o químicos, solo con el music power. Solamente espero que superen la barrera de los siete años de mis Sony Walkman NWWS413 y que le den una patada a la obsolescencia. Si amas la música y te gusta nadar, pero te resulta aburrido, ¡este es tu aparatejo! ACTUALIZADO 17/09/2023 (no hay nada perfecto) : Después de 3 meses y medio usándolo casi cada día, durante la reproducción empieza a hablar la "Audrey" a decirte "high" o lo que sea cada rato. Lo he formateado y parece que ya no lo hace de momento. La batería ni por asomo dura 8 horas. Dura entre 2-3 horas. Van genial pero demasiado caros para que empiecen a fallar a los pocos meses. Los auriculares Sony que he mencionado antes duraron 7 años. Estos a los 3 meses... a ver lo que duran... ACTUALIZADO 05/10/2023: Funcionan perfectos, no ha vuelto a tener ningún fallo. Sigo enamorado muy fuerte de este aparatejo. Me hace sentir como si estuviera en un videoclip mientras nado. Amor fuerte y del bueno.

Son fantásticos. PROS: Calidad del sonido, tanto dentro como fuera del agua (modo swim). Es mejor que los Sony. Se puede nadar con ellos en mar y en agua dulce o piscina, con los tapones puestos se escucha mucho mejor. Los 4 gb son suficientes para unas 1.000 canciones. Las orejas van libres por lo que no se pierde la consciencia del ambiente que nos rodea. El packaging venía con un set de tapones para nadar y pinza de nariz y una funda de silicona con agujeros, que Sony no facilita. Pesan poco y los dispositivos de conducción ósea se ajustan bien al pabellón auditivo y permanecen quietos. CONS: Para nadar la diadema me queda algo grande y al tratar de sujetarla con el gorro no queda cómoda. La batería dura algo menos de las 8 horas que comentan. Por otro lado, por poner alguna pega, creo que la diadema hubiera estado mejor si en vez de ser rígida hubiera sido flexible como en el modelo de Sony, se ajustaría mejor a la cabeza. La funda en vez de silicona podía ser rígida. Ya he tenido una experiencia con unos sony rotos por llevarlos sueltos. Más caros que los Sony, unos 50 euros según proveedores, pero merece la pena. Certificación IPX68