SHOKZ New OpenRun Pro 2 – Open-Ear, Bone Conduction Sport Headphones – with Headband – Sweat Resistant, Workout Headphones – Secure, Wireless, Comfortable Fit-Deep Bass and Smart Mic App

OpenRun Pro 2. A very worthy upgrade!
Just picked up the new PRO 2. This replaces my 1st generation PRO unit introduced 2 years ago. Bottom line? GET IT!!The PRO 2 is substantially improved and so much better than it’s predecessor.I was literally blown away by the noticeably huge improvement in overall sound quality.Granted, it’s no where close to my top-of-the-line, opened back German, Sennheiser audiophile cans.But for a pair of opened ear phones, with full spatial and situational awareness of one’s environment still to be had, the PRO 2 sounds absolutely amazing, breathtaking and realistic.With cutting edge dual drivers ( bone and air) working together, in conjunction with Shokz parented audio algorithm and AI interfaces, all audio material just sounded so much better, clearer, spacious, powerful, full and colorful.Shokz also includes multiple preset EQ sound profiles, as well as the ability to custom create your own unique sound profile, taste and preferences in a full featured app.Very nicely done, Shokz!!In terms of overall fit, style and comfort, the PRO 2 once again delivered in spades.I had the PRO 2 on all day, while rocking away, and nearly forgot the unit was over my ears!!So truly light and comfortable!!Did I say they were very light and comfortable??My 2-hour daily cardiovascular and aerobics workout on my Lifecycle were an enjoyable breeze (relatively speaking) with my new PRO 2s!!Finally, USB-C charging is a most welcome addition and made my life that much less of an hassle.They were able to also improve battery life for an additional 2 hours.Very nice.I also went with the very chic, safety oriented and cool orange colored unit, in the mini size, no less.The 2 looked and felt perfect on me. All in all, I’m very pleased with the new PRO 2 model.I definitely look forward to my future workout sessions!!Granted, the 2 certainly isn’t cheap.But in this case, the overall enhanced performance, features, looks, and total package more than met it’s lofty price point.I highly recommend you seriously consider the PRO 2, IF top sound quality AND maximum situational awareness, in a FULL OPEN EAR design, are your requirements.Because this is the BEST unit in the market at present. Happy fitness and well being, ALL!! 10/10.Ken Hong.

Worthy upgrade over previous generations!
This is the upgrade I have been waiting for.First of all, I have been using the Aftershokz Aeropex headphones for three years now. So, my review will be comparing the new Shokz Openrun Pro 2 to the Aeropex. Last year’s Shokz Openrun 1 was a minor upgrade to the Aeropex, not enough for me so I skipped that generation and waited for this one. And I’m glad I did. Review below.Sound Quality – The big selling point for the Openrun Pro 2 is the upgrade in sound quality, specifically bass. There are new, air-conduction drivers that are in addition to the typical bone-conduction drivers you get with Shoks headphones. These new drivers are dedicated to bass and provide a significant improvement in sound quality. In my opinion, this gives the Openrun Pro 2 more of a balanced sound profile than a bass heavy profile. If you are a true bass head, you will not be super impressed. But the punch is there, it is noticible, and without the weird vibrations in your temple that you get from bone conduction headphones trying to pump out bass frequencies. In comparison, the new Openrun Pro 2 makes the Aeropex sound tinny and weak. This feature alone is well worth the upgrade.But there is much more…Bluetooth 5.3 – One thing I really disliked about the Aeropex was the lag time when you get a notification sound. Or when using turn-by-turn directions from a mapping app. The Aeropex would basically have to “wake up” for a split second, which would cause you to miss the first part of the audio that was being coming through. This was due to the older Bluetooth version that was used for the Aeropex. The new Openrun Pro 2 supports Bluetooth 5.3, which features a high power duty cycle (music & calls) and a lower power duty cycle (notification sounds, mapping directions, etc). This eliminates the annoying lag that I was experiencing before and makes for a much more seamless audio experience with your device. Additionally, the Openrun Pro 2 supports multipoint pairing. This is a feature which allows you to pair the headphones to multiple devices and *seamlessly* switch between them. This is the key. Many non-multipoiont bluetooth headphones can pair to multiple devices, but to switch devices you would have to disconnect from one device and then connect to the other. With multipoint, the headphones can stay connected to both devices and will switch automatically when audio is played from each device.USB-C Charging – The Aeropex came with a proprietary magnetic charging cable. In this day and age, everything should be using the USB-C charging, specifically with the power delivery (PD) standard. Many cheap Chinese devices these days advertise they come with a USB-C cable, but the device does not charge when plugged into a standard USB-C power delivery charger. I call these “fake USB-C” devices. These typically are provided with a USB-A to USB-C cable. Thankfully, Shokz designed the Openrun Pro 2 to be fully USB-C charging compatible with a standard USB-C power delivery charger.Fit – When I originally purchased the Aeropex, I should have gone with the “mini” version. In my case, the band in the back had way too much slack in it and it stuck out all the time. This was annoying if I was wearing a ball cap or sitting up in bed with my head against a pillow. I had to adjust the angle of the Aeropex so the band was more behind my neck to not have this problem. This time around I opted for the “mini” version on the Openrun Pro 2 and the fit for me is much, much better. The band in the back is close to the back of my head but still isn’t touching. And I’m an average sized guy. Everyone is different, but if you think the band in the back will be annoying and your head isn’t larger than average I’d suggest trying the mini version first. Shokz also advertises the “clamping force” on the Openrun Pro 2 is lighter. I never felt like this was an issue so I can’t really tell much of a difference there.Teleconferencing Calls – If you have attempted to use some older generation Shokz headphones for Teams or Zoom calls, you probably are aware of the annoying mute issue making them completely unusable for this use case. Basically, the firmware in the older gen devices played an audible “mute on” message whenever the volume went down to zero. Teleconferencing apps like Teams and Zoom will automatically lower and raise the volume of your mic via software to prevent feedback and noise. This would cause the Aeropex to randomly say “mute on” just out of the blue. To make matters worse, the older gen devices were not firmware upgradable, so you were basically stuck with this nonsense. Needless to say, this is SUPER annoying (and embarrassing) when you are fumbling with your audio while trying to be productive in a work setting. In my initial testing with the Openrun Pro 2, when I lower the volume to zero with the button I just hear a beep noise. And when I lower it to zero via software I hear nothing (which is expected). I have not tested the Openrun Pro 2 with Teams yet, but I feel confident this issue has been resolved as this is has been a well-known complaint with Shokz devices for a-couple of years now. I will update my review if I discover this is not the case.Mic Quality – I have used the new Openrun Pro 2 with some regular calls and Facetime calls and everything seems to be fine in that category. People have no complaints about my voice quality. I have been in reasonably quiet settings though.Build Quality – The Openrun Pro 2 build quailty is very nice. The headphones are similar to the Aeropex in that regard, with the rubberized sections on the outside and the flexible, but strong, band in the back. As with the Aeropex, there is a single LED on the outside which is red while charging and turns blue when fully charged. The buttons are larger and have a nice tactile click when they are pressed. By comparison, my Aeropex volume buttons were very small and became mushy with no tactile feel after a year or so. They still work fine though. Time will tell if this happens with the Openrun Pro 2 but I have zero initial complaints in the build quality department.Charge Time and Battery Life – I’ve only had these for two days, but I’ve charged them twice now, and both times it took about than an hour to charge. So far battery life seems really good and easily lasted a full day of reasonably heavy use with charge to spare.App – Older Shokz devices, like my Aeropex, are not firmware upgradable and not supported at all by the Shokz app. The app does not even detect them. The new Openrun Pro 2 is fully supported by the app which allows you to upgrade the firmware, adjust EQ settings, define custom EQ settings, and manage your multipoint bluetooth functionality (pariing to multiple devices).I do have one very minor complaint. The granularity of volume adjustment at their lowest level is not as good as with the Aeropex. What do I mean by this? The Aeropex has very fine control at low volume levels. Bone conduction, and all open-ear headphones in general, allow you to be aware of your surroundings as well as hear audio through the headphones. This provides a level of safety when doing outdoor activities as you can listen to music and hear your surroundings at the same time. This is still true for the Openrun Pro 2, but the lower volume levels are louder than with the Aeropex, if that makes sense. In other words, if you are indoors in a very quiet environment and wish to hear your music and hear your surroundings it will be more difficult than with previous generations of Shokz. This is not an issue for outdoor activities and louder environments, only in really quiet settings. As I mentioned, this is my only complaint with the Openrun Pro 2, but I do miss the very fine volume adjustability at lower levels as with the Aeropex. Perhaps a firmware update can improve this? Shokz, are you listening???Shokz devices are the gold standard for bone conduction headphones. So far, the OpenRun Pro 2 has solved all of my complaints with the older Aeropex and only introduced one minor complaint. If you are in the market for headphones like these you should definitely give the Shokz Openrun 2 a try. And if you have had a previous generation of Shokz (Aeropex or Openrun Pro 1), the Openrun Pro 2 is a worthy upgrade over previous genrations!Highly recommended!

Merci Shockz, vous avez tout compris : confort + praticité + qualité audio. Je déteste avoir des écouteurs dans les oreilles et j’ai des acouphènes. Tous les écouteurs devraient être conçus de cette façon pour mieux protéger nos oreilles. La qualité audio est vraiment correcte. Ne vous attendez pas à un rendu audiophile, mais ce n’est pas non plus médiocre, au contraire. Les basses sont bonnes et de qualité, sans être exagérées. Les médiums sont bien présents, le tout est très équilibré. Côté ergonomie et contrôles, tout est bien pensé, avec des boutons placés aux bons endroits. Quant au confort, rien à redire, on les oublie presque. Très content de mon achat pour courir.

Ich hatte schon die OpeRun Pro und habe dann auf die OpenRun Pro Mini getauscht da die anderen selbst mir Dickschädel zu groß waren.TippAusprobieren!Die OpenRun Mini waren meine absolut liebsten Sport Kopfhörer bis ich sie auf dem Campingplatz in der Dusche habe liegen lassen. 😓Nun habe ich mir die neue Version geholt und bin, nach anfänglicher Enttäuschung, hellauf begeistert.Warum ich erst enttäuscht war?Nun der Klang war tatsächlich besser aber nicht soooooo sehr. Dafür waren sie deutlich leiser als die Vorgänger.Ich hatte in der App das Profil für volle Bässe aktiviert. Na ja…Aber die große Wende trat ein als ich mit ein eigenes EQ Profil angelegt habe.Der Klang ist nun wirklich toll (immer unter Berücksichtigung der konstruktiv bedingten Einschränkungen) und auch die Lautstärke ist nun mehr als ausreichend.Joggen macht damit richtig Spaß und ich trage die Kopfhörer auch gern in der Wohnung um nebenher Musik zu hören.Auch im Liegen kann ich sie nutzen. Das geht viel besser als gedacht. Einfach den Bügel etwas schräg nach oben oder unten schieben und nach kann selbst im Bett oder, so wie gerade erst gemacht, auf Trekkingtour im Zelt auf der Isomatte entspannt Musik hören.ANC gibt es natürlich nicht und wer das als negativ bewertet hat sich nicht mit der Technik vertraut gemacht.Ich will ja auch gar kein ANC bei diesen Kopfhörern.Aach ja.Wirklich echt toll finde ich, das nun über USB C geladen wird und nicht mehr über das proprietäre Kabel. Das ist mal wirklich eine Verbesserung!

For so long, I have been looking for an open-ear design headphones when doing exercises outdoors.I have tried so many models, but the sound quality or the connection or the battery life of or the vibration when playing those music for those models were never to my liking.This one, though, fits all my needs and allows me to exercise whilst being able to stay aware of my environment, which is a super important factor for me when I am exercising outdoors.So if you are considering this product, get it! You won’t regret it!