Aftershokz Xtrainerz Bone Conduction MP3 Swimming Headphones, Black Diamond

This is the best thing out there for listening to audio while swimming and is vastly better than anything that I have tried before. I've had them for nearly 3 months and they've been solid. The quality is excellent and the clarity of the sound is unbelievable in the water.I swim in an Endless Pool (EP) 4 to 5 times per week for 40 min or more. The EP is noisier and more turbulent than a lap pool. This puts more demand on the headphones. I use the earplugs that came with the headphones and I got a Firesara Fabric Swim Cap to reduce noisy water flow over my ears. So, I put the headphones on first, followed by earplugs, swim cap, and goggles in that order. The cap is meant to be comfortable while improving my ability to hear the audio; it is not to improve swimming performance. My silicon and latex caps were awful for this.I listen to podcasts almost exclusively because they are the easiest for me to load. I find them in Apple Podcasts and export them to mp3 or m4a. Then, I run ffmpeg on them to double the volume and increase the playback speed to 1.4x. It also converts all of them to mp3 because some wouldn't play on the headphones otherwise. I automated this using a macOS Folder Action.If I couldn't easily double the volume of podcasts then I wouldn't be able to hear them well enough on full volume to follow the dialog! Aftershokz take note: filtering an audio file like this is out of the reach of most of your consumers. Without it, I would have returned these headphones!Speeding up playback is just icing on the cake but I'm really glad that I don't have to listen to podcasts at 1x speed. If the podcast is music, though, I don't increase speed but I still increase the volume.For these to be commercially successful, they need to be able to boost the volume of audio files and increase the playback speed right in the device. I also think that they need a way to synchronize with streaming services like Spotify. Most people are not going to do what I do.I have tried all kinds of headphones made for swimming over the last two decades. Bone conduction is the only way to go. If the headphones are piping sound directly into my ear canal then it is only a matter of minutes before water gets in and makes it so that I cannot hear anything. I nearly gave up on listening to anything in the water. I only tried these because I've also had a great experience with Aeroplex which were gifted to me. I'm glad that I did.

The sound quality and useability while swimming is awesome. They sit securely but you don't even know there are there. The sound above wave ("General" setting) is good. The sound below water ("Swim" setting) is unbelieveable. These are vastly better than every other swim option I've tried. No wires to get tangled too. Simple, straight forward. Easy to load (although not bluetooth which is understandable given bluetooth and water don't mix).My only gripes are: (a) there's no way to fast forward through songs/tracks (you can skip to next but not forward within a track) and (b) the songs/tracks seem to play in random order (despite normal vs shuffle setting) and there's no way to tell what track you are on. This isn't a problem for music but makes listening to multi-part podcasts very difficult. Both are software tweaks. If those were fixed, these would be perfect.

I swim almost every day and I need my music! I tried swimming with headphones but I kept getting swimmers ear or the plugs wouldn’t stay in. One time an ear plug got stuck in my ear and I ended up in urgent care! Then, I discovered these all in one bone conduction headphones! Good sound and my ears are happy.

I was hesitant before purchasing these. They actually sat in my save later list for quite a few months. I decided that I deserved a present to myself. I first charged them to make sure they were fully charged. Then I transferred music to them using the transfer/charging case that came with them with no issues. I went to the pool and originally I thought they didn't seem very loud until I put my head under water. Wow, the sound was awesome. I was worried that they would come off while swimming (the part that wraps around my head has a good amount of space), but they stayed perfectly the entire time. I didn't even have to use my swim cap. I did wonder if people could hear my music. I took them off and couldn't hear anything from them.If I were to say anything negative about them is that they are not adjustable. I don't wear a swim cap and they have slipped off before.

The media could not be loaded. These headphones are absolutely amazing! If you are looking to have some sound while you’re working out these headphones are definitely worth it. They sound much better underwater than they do about the water which is incredible! The battery does not last very long on these unfortunately. They last about an hour and 20 minutes. Or at least that’s as long as I’ve been able to get them to run. They do give you a warning that the battery is low and it warns you several times before they die. But you will have no problem with the sound underwater that’s for sure. Songs are really easy to add. It works just like a flash drive. All you do is just click and drag the songs from your iTunes directly. The playlist goes in the order of which you drag and place the songs. My music is my fuel while I am working out and I am ecstatic that I am able to listen to my music in the pool while I’m swimming! I have not tried these in the ocean and I would probably recommend not to be in that salt water eats away absolutely everything but fresh water swim you can’t beat this. Honestly I feel like the person who invented these bone conduction headphones receive a Nobel prize! They’re definitely worth the money. And I hardly don’t ever review things but I am giving this a 8/10. The only reason why it gets an eight is because of the battery. If they could make the battery last longer then it would be a slam dunk. You won’t regret buying these that’s for sure.