Around Prime Day I saw a special for the Shokz headphones which reminded me that I already owned a pair that I originally bought for backpacking, but forgot about as they lived in the hip-pouch on my pack. I ended up pulling them out of the pack and have used them every single day for the past ~3 weeks, including at the shooting range which prompted this post.
I generally hate having earbuds in my ears, so I'm not a fan of Airpods or comparable products that go in your ears. For whatever reason I've just never found a comfortable pair, even when switching the in-ear part for different sizes. The benefit of the Shokz is that they are bone conduction and go right in front of your ear so you can hear the outside world through your unobstructed ears.
They also work if you have foam earplugs in....which is nifty if you want to listen to a podcast or music while at a shooting range. Anyway, most of the time I use my electronic earmuffs, so that's not really a consideration, but I was listening to an audiobook that I really wanted to progress on, so I said screw it and gave them a shot while at the range. They worked quite well.
Now I'm about to go take the pup for a walk and threw them on to listen to more of the audiobook ("The Final Empire" by Brandon Sanderson) and figured I'd share some positive feedback on here.
I generally hate having earbuds in my ears, so I'm not a fan of Airpods or comparable products that go in your ears. For whatever reason I've just never found a comfortable pair, even when switching the in-ear part for different sizes. The benefit of the Shokz is that they are bone conduction and go right in front of your ear so you can hear the outside world through your unobstructed ears.
They also work if you have foam earplugs in....which is nifty if you want to listen to a podcast or music while at a shooting range. Anyway, most of the time I use my electronic earmuffs, so that's not really a consideration, but I was listening to an audiobook that I really wanted to progress on, so I said screw it and gave them a shot while at the range. They worked quite well.
Now I'm about to go take the pup for a walk and threw them on to listen to more of the audiobook ("The Final Empire" by Brandon Sanderson) and figured I'd share some positive feedback on here.
