*Correction* These don't have two separate drivers. They use a rectangular racetrack style driver with the dimensions of 20mmx11.5mm which covers a wider area but indeed is a single dynamic driver.
Soundcore has really been killing it with releases lately and making more of a name for themselves. To this day they remain as my favorite brand for audio.
The Tozo Open Buds have the same kind of rotatable hook design but those ones can rotate up, down, inwards and outwards. Great to see SoundCore partially adopting this, but I wish they would have the inwards/outwards option as well, because on the Tozo's it makes a hell of a difference to the sound when you place them at the exact angle that fits you.
Open ear style buds are so much better than the ones that constantly fall out of your ears, and they tend to still sound fantastic. Don't need to pause music to talk to someone unless you've got the volume up high. In which case it's probably too loud anyway.
Very intriguing release. As a longtime cyclist, this style of earbuds is on my radar, especially now that the features and sound have improved. The mics sound good too.
I actually gave back my Openrun Pro 2 for these. While I kinda miss the singular device going around my head as that did fit just slightly better, the aerofit 2 are better in almost every other way. Sound, volume, battery life, are significantly better than what Shokz made. I'm not a connoisseur of open ear headphones but I can easily hear my surroundings. (Provided you're not blasting the volume lol) And I love the addition of the Gaming Mode, which does work very nicely with my Nintendo Switch and my Razer Edge with COD Mobile. My only complaint is the touch controls are very sensitive. Simply touching the little 'bean' immediately has it respond. Hopefully an update can fix this but I'm very happy with these.
3:10 I don't think it's a 2-driver system; it's a single driver, but since it's rectangular, they put the size of it as 20mm × 11.5mm (L x W), unlike circular drivers where you just need one number for the diameter.
Man I love your videos but describing sound it must be so exhausting i wouldn’t know how to describe it but you always make me feel the power of the earphones
Thank you this is exactly what i'm looking for! I needed something adjustable, was contemplating the Tozo model, but decided to hold on and wait when I saw that anker released the V20 with adjustable earhooks, I figured their next high end model would have that.
Received these today. First pair of open air earbuds. I'm at work and going on 3hrs of continuous wear. I think I really like them. Honestly they are plant loud enough and certainly comfortable enough. Controls are responsive for sure. Think I'm going to really like these. If any questions feel free to ask me. I'll try to answer them
Good to know, so I just want to know if the sound is rich enough to watch a movie or make calls in doors cus I think I’m tired from using ingest AirPods like my Apple air pods 2, I hate silicon tips as they irritate my ears so I’m just curious about how reliable open EarPods are for watching a movie won my iPhone or making calls. Thanks
@ I returned the Aerofit 2 and bought the Soundcore C40i. I love the form factor. I'm watching a movie right now(Iron Man). While no open ear design will sound as good as Airpods Pro. They are pretty good. Not great, but very acceptable
UPDATE!! I RETURNED THE Soundcore C40i. Very uncomfortable for me. Wore for 4 days minimum of 4 hours per day and just painful. Now I have the TOZO OpemEarRing. Going on 3 days and no pain. Much better design. Better sound, louder. Wish they had a button but the touch is pretty good. But these are great. Much better than the other two I had
Great review as always, Keith. I remain skeptical about this type of earbud, though. I know that open ear earbuds are important for some people who don't like to have stuff in their ears. That's fair enough. But I can't shake the feeling that if you're going to have open ear earbuds, you have to price and spec them realistically. For most people, open ear earbuds exist so you can hear your surroundings and not have stuff in your ears. (If you were okay with having stuff in your ears, you could use in-ear earbuds and just go in transparency mode.) So I'm glad that these don't come with ANC, but I don't think they should have LDAC, either. For the kind of listening you're going to be doing with open earbuds, I don't think that really makes sense, unless you're trying to pad the sticker price (which I think is what's going on here, frankly). I could see maybe $60 for these because of the wireless charging and the decent bass (which is impressive, given the open style) but $100 seems like a lot too much.
LDAC *could* be useful if you were using these in a very quiet environment, but I hear what you're saying - for 90%+ of users, they're not going to use LDAC (or be able to hear the difference) with this kind of headset anyway.
Would these be good for cycling? I want to hear my surroundings, not having something jammed into my ears. The issue is the outside wind noise is crazy loud when I ride wearing my standard AirPods. Much quieter with nothing in my ear.
Looks like its gonna be one of the best open-ear earbuds to date! Wish you showcased more B-roll of actually wearing every color since you were lucky to get hold of all them.
I was considering buying these. I use the Liberty 4 now. Unfortunately I wear glasses and I’m surprised nobody has talked about how these would work with glasses. I imagine they won’t fit well wearing glasses.
Interesting...... I just may have to upgrade from the aerofit pros i currently have. Although they sound good and all they do lack in the bass department.
Blue option is _available on the Soundcore website_ but, you're right, not on Amazon. I think they've had this "exclusivity" for other products in the past.
Aerofit Pro will be better in some things, battery life for instance is 40% better at 14hours. Other things the AF2 will do better, like Driver-To-Ear positioning, max decibel(loudness), Wireless case charging option, touch interface rather than buttons(Not necessarily better). As for the overall sound, assuming identical performance, simply being able to better direct it to your ear canal will produce fuller sound with better Bass presence. I only have Aerofit Pro. So I can't compare call quality(noise cancelling/voice quality, etc). One more plus over the Aerofit Pro is that it's priced cheaper 25-33% cheaper than the Pros. Also slightly better Dust/Water resistance overall rating. When i can get it in Australia on the official website, I may give them a chance too. If I like em, give my Pros to someone as a gift. Or vice versa. Picky Audio youtube channel ranks these at #1 on its current list of over-earbuds. Scoring 92/100. Aerofit Pros on same list was 83/100.
I LOVE open ear designs, but I really dislike this touch sensitive fad. Resting my head on my hand or raising my arm over my head *beep* I accidentally activate the sensor. I reach up to tap the sensor, nothing. Tap, nothing. Tap *beepbeep* accidental double tap. I can't wait for this silly fad to pass and for people to go back to physical buttons.
If you're limited to one OWS to buy, go for it LDAC is a game changer. The ear unit shape is pretty like Shokz Open Fit Air and it seems to be very comfortable. I got one in white. There's a sound profile (check more) "balanced" which is perfect for me. Don't expect very low end (30Hz and below) much like other OWS Moreover, you don't have to "reset" the adjustment before putting back to charging box. I give 95/100 due to exceptional audio and comfort (Open Fit Air is 94/100; Open Fit is 92/100)
Got the Pros. They suck. I have the Basus open ear. They are so much older and have more base. I wanted a more premium bud. Gonna return the pro and try these.
Sory to tell, soundcore battery max life span just 4yrs n below..My experience while earfun with same age which is mine also Still Alives!!...Peace! Btw im wonderin' Y anker such a gd power supplier brand product that makes soundcore So poor on makin batt last..ha big jokes ..Peace2!
*Correction*
These don't have two separate drivers. They use a rectangular racetrack style driver with the dimensions of 20mmx11.5mm which covers a wider area but indeed is a single dynamic driver.
Soundcore has really been killing it with releases lately and making more of a name for themselves. To this day they remain as my favorite brand for audio.
Yup
The Tozo Open Buds have the same kind of rotatable hook design but those ones can rotate up, down, inwards and outwards. Great to see SoundCore partially adopting this, but I wish they would have the inwards/outwards option as well, because on the Tozo's it makes a hell of a difference to the sound when you place them at the exact angle that fits you.
Open ear style buds are so much better than the ones that constantly fall out of your ears, and they tend to still sound fantastic. Don't need to pause music to talk to someone unless you've got the volume up high. In which case it's probably too loud anyway.
Was waiting on this to hear your thoughts on this model compared to the Pro. Thanks as always for the informative review!
Very intriguing release. As a longtime cyclist, this style of earbuds is on my radar, especially now that the features and sound have improved. The mics sound good too.
I actually gave back my Openrun Pro 2 for these. While I kinda miss the singular device going around my head as that did fit just slightly better, the aerofit 2 are better in almost every other way. Sound, volume, battery life, are significantly better than what Shokz made. I'm not a connoisseur of open ear headphones but I can easily hear my surroundings. (Provided you're not blasting the volume lol) And I love the addition of the Gaming Mode, which does work very nicely with my Nintendo Switch and my Razer Edge with COD Mobile.
My only complaint is the touch controls are very sensitive. Simply touching the little 'bean' immediately has it respond. Hopefully an update can fix this but I'm very happy with these.
3:10 I don't think it's a 2-driver system; it's a single driver, but since it's rectangular, they put the size of it as 20mm × 11.5mm (L x W), unlike circular drivers where you just need one number for the diameter.
@@R023N you are correct, I assumed the two vent system they had housed 2 separate dynamic drivers to output to a wider area
Man I love your videos but describing sound it must be so exhausting i wouldn’t know how to describe it but you always make me feel the power of the earphones
Thank you this is exactly what i'm looking for! I needed something adjustable, was contemplating the Tozo model, but decided to hold on and wait when I saw that anker released the V20 with adjustable earhooks, I figured their next high end model would have that.
Received these today. First pair of open air earbuds. I'm at work and going on 3hrs of continuous wear. I think I really like them. Honestly they are plant loud enough and certainly comfortable enough. Controls are responsive for sure. Think I'm going to really like these. If any questions feel free to ask me. I'll try to answer them
Good to know, so I just want to know if the sound is rich enough to watch a movie or make calls in doors cus I think I’m tired from using ingest AirPods like my Apple air pods 2, I hate silicon tips as they irritate my ears so I’m just curious about how reliable open EarPods are for watching a movie won my iPhone or making calls. Thanks
@
I returned the Aerofit 2 and bought the Soundcore C40i. I love the form factor. I'm watching a movie right now(Iron Man).
While no open ear design will sound as good as Airpods Pro. They are pretty good. Not great, but very acceptable
@@Matt-fd9hc alright, thanks for your time.
@Matt-fd9hc how would you compare the sound quality and mic quality of the C40i vs the AeroFit 2?
UPDATE!!
I RETURNED THE Soundcore C40i. Very uncomfortable for me. Wore for 4 days minimum of 4 hours per day and just painful.
Now I have the TOZO OpemEarRing. Going on 3 days and no pain. Much better design. Better sound, louder. Wish they had a button but the touch is pretty good. But these are great. Much better than the other two I had
Great review as always, Keith.
I remain skeptical about this type of earbud, though. I know that open ear earbuds are important for some people who don't like to have stuff in their ears. That's fair enough. But I can't shake the feeling that if you're going to have open ear earbuds, you have to price and spec them realistically.
For most people, open ear earbuds exist so you can hear your surroundings and not have stuff in your ears. (If you were okay with having stuff in your ears, you could use in-ear earbuds and just go in transparency mode.) So I'm glad that these don't come with ANC, but I don't think they should have LDAC, either. For the kind of listening you're going to be doing with open earbuds, I don't think that really makes sense, unless you're trying to pad the sticker price (which I think is what's going on here, frankly). I could see maybe $60 for these because of the wireless charging and the decent bass (which is impressive, given the open style) but $100 seems like a lot too much.
LDAC *could* be useful if you were using these in a very quiet environment, but I hear what you're saying - for 90%+ of users, they're not going to use LDAC (or be able to hear the difference) with this kind of headset anyway.
My question is where can you find the blue model, i can't find them anywhere...
Can you still hear the outside world clear? Since it is nearer to the ear canal will that defeat the purpose of open ear?
Would these be good for cycling? I want to hear my surroundings, not having something jammed into my ears. The issue is the outside wind noise is crazy loud when I ride wearing my standard AirPods. Much quieter with nothing in my ear.
Looks like its gonna be one of the best open-ear earbuds to date! Wish you showcased more B-roll of actually wearing every color since you were lucky to get hold of all them.
Great review. Gonna try these. 1more fit S50 does have wireless charging. The biggest downsize of those were the lack of controls.
I have no will power to resist new soundcore products.
:O i think im in love , finally something that has everyting you ever dream of
How would these fit if you wear glasses and hour glasses with typical legs that curl over your ears. I imagine they would be uncomfortable.
I'd be curious to see a comparison of these vs. The _Ear Open_ - the _Aerofit 2_ seems similar but potentially a much better value.
for some reason on their website it doesn't show the midnight blue color
Is LDAC available with Dual Connection? Cause on the original and pro versions, it wasn't.
This or soundcore Sport X20 for workouts (running and gym)?
Main thing I want is comfort and good sound quality.
When wearing how does it compare to the pro when doing activities???
Especially running im curious about. Will they not fall out of your ears?
How does the bass sound on high volume when outside with traffic noise etc?
Where can i get the blue colour? Not available at official website
Nice. I am down for these in blue when the time is right.
Which open ear earbuds would you recommend if call quality is the most important feature?
SHOKZ Openfit
I was considering buying these. I use the Liberty 4 now. Unfortunately I wear glasses and I’m surprised nobody has talked about how these would work with glasses. I imagine they won’t fit well wearing glasses.
They are not bad. But first adjust the earbuds, then put on your glasses
Wich sound better the tozo openbuds or the soundcore aerofit 2. Thanks for your answer
AF2
I love my areofit pro, I am hear to see if this is a worthy upgrade
Touch controls are an instant pass.
Very informative. Thanks
Who knows where we can buy the blue ones
Are these really worth upgrading from the v20i?
Pls show the Bluetooth swiching capabilities with iPhones, android and windows please... 😊
Interesting...... I just may have to upgrade from the aerofit pros i currently have. Although they sound good and all they do lack in the bass department.
How did you get them in blue I don't see them on Amazon or Soundcore website
Blue option is _available on the Soundcore website_ but, you're right, not on Amazon. I think they've had this "exclusivity" for other products in the past.
@@malcontent_1 I looked on soundcore's website and they didn't have the blue
Is this an upgrade to aerofit pro?
Aerofit Pro will be better in some things, battery life for instance is 40% better at 14hours.
Other things the AF2 will do better, like Driver-To-Ear positioning, max decibel(loudness), Wireless case charging option, touch interface rather than buttons(Not necessarily better).
As for the overall sound, assuming identical performance, simply being able to better direct it to your ear canal will produce fuller sound with better Bass presence.
I only have Aerofit Pro. So I can't compare call quality(noise cancelling/voice quality, etc).
One more plus over the Aerofit Pro is that it's priced cheaper 25-33% cheaper than the Pros.
Also slightly better Dust/Water resistance overall rating.
When i can get it in Australia on the official website, I may give them a chance too. If I like em, give my Pros to someone as a gift. Or vice versa.
Picky Audio youtube channel ranks these at #1 on its current list of over-earbuds. Scoring 92/100. Aerofit Pros on same list was 83/100.
Well, now i feel bad. I bought the aerofits 1 a week ago. 😭 These feel like winners though. The call quality seems really good too.
Perhaps there's still time to return the prior model. Most online and brick & mortar retailers _should_ allow that. 🫰
Do you have sound leak?
He addresses this at 8:35
I LOVE open ear designs, but I really dislike this touch sensitive fad. Resting my head on my hand or raising my arm over my head *beep* I accidentally activate the sensor. I reach up to tap the sensor, nothing. Tap, nothing. Tap *beepbeep* accidental double tap. I can't wait for this silly fad to pass and for people to go back to physical buttons.
@@Angelsilhouette I'm a fan of physical buttons myself
Super review very good
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If you're limited to one OWS to buy, go for it
LDAC is a game changer.
The ear unit shape is pretty like Shokz Open Fit Air and it seems to be very comfortable.
I got one in white.
There's a sound profile (check more) "balanced" which is perfect for me.
Don't expect very low end (30Hz and below) much like other OWS
Moreover, you don't have to "reset" the adjustment before putting back to charging box.
I give 95/100 due to exceptional audio and comfort (Open Fit Air is 94/100; Open Fit is 92/100)
Got the Pros. They suck. I have the Basus open ear. They are so much older and have more base. I wanted a more premium bud. Gonna return the pro and try these.
Can you do a review on the Anker c30i?
Coming soon
The pro still sounds better xd
Cmon soundcore… update the space A40’s. They are damn near perfect. I am not interested in these.
Right
@@nomindvakabon619I did love my a40s
Sory to tell, soundcore battery max life span just 4yrs n below..My experience while earfun with same age which is mine also Still Alives!!...Peace!
Btw im wonderin' Y anker such a gd power supplier brand product that makes soundcore So poor on makin batt last..ha big jokes ..Peace2!
Ah, ok. So this is a real thing.
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