thoughts on "open ear buds"?

By shuteye, 19 June, 2025

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Assistive Technology

Hi all - I've been using a pair of Shokz OpenRun headphones for about five years and they're literally starting to fall apart! My usecase is that I wear the shokz from when I wake up to when I go to sleep as a silent way of getting access to my phone's audio without disturbing those around me. I'm blind since birth and rely a ton on my "ear bision" / ability to echolocate things, and I like the shokz because they don't block the ear canal at all. I can't wear a hat with a viser because I can hear the presence of the viser whether the hat is forward or backwards. With all that in mind, what are people's thoughts on sets like the Anker Aeroclips or the new shokz OpenDots1 for that kind of use case? I'd love to not have a band going behind my head so I can lie on a couch or something without having to remove the headphones if possible haha.

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