Nothing Ear (Open) Open-Ear Headphones, Earbuds with Earhooks, BT 5.3, Clear Voice Technology with 2 Mics, Fast Charging, Compatible with iPhone & Android -White

I have an abnormally large head (US hat size 7 7/8) along with abnormally large ears. I absolutely love these in that they don't hurt when I wear them. The sound is really great, battery life, design ... everything except one thing. If you happen to be an outlier like myself there's one issue with these that may or may not be a problem for you - the speaker sits a bit too high and too far toward the back of my head. These do rest on some part of my ear (according to a search it is the "antihelix"), but not enough to be painful. What this means is that the speaker is a bit further away from the "external auditory meatus" (the hole where the sound goes in). That means that the volume is a bit lower and so is the bass. I can tell the difference by forcing it down and hear both of those things increase. Thankfully, all of those complains about this getting TOO LOUD don't matter to people with really big heads. So really the only issue is that the bass isn't as great as I'd like. It's still there, and it's still pretty good, but my dream of big bass open ear phones is still not fulfilled. Otherwise... these are great. Great controls (hard to put them on or taking off without clicking the clicker, but you can get used to it). The case is great. They seem to work really well for phone calls.

Update:I've had them for a good while now and they are still like new. They don't move when I run, or workout. No issues when doing core work our getting up and off weight bench or bending. They stay on. Volume is good at loud gym. I still enjoy the thin small charging case. The charge stays on as long as I place them back in the case after I use them. I would purchase again and still hoping they make a black pair! Original review: I freaking love them! I had two pairs of the Oladance pro. I paid 229 to the Oladance. Unfortunately my dog ate my other ear phones and they weren't selling anymore. So I started looked for new ones. I use them to walk the dog and run at the gym. I saw these along with another big competitor on Amazon Shokz for 179. I'm glad I went with these. I like to give new brands a chance first. Just like I did with Oladance over Sony and loved them too. Anyway, I decided to go with these for the deal and the quality. The sound is amazing! They are louder and more bass than my Oladance. Price way better than Oladance. Lighter and more comfortable than Oladance. I like the cute little charger. It's longer but thinner and will fit better in my purse than my old charger. Easy to connect as well. I took them out of the box paired them in seconds. Also, when they are up super loud and I take them off I can barely hear the music. With the Oladance there was less privacy. So far I love these! I just have to take them for a run! Lets go! I wish they had them in black and I would buy a second pair. I always need a back up. Thank you! My new favorite brand! So glad I didn't get the other competitor. I almost did and glad I gave these a chance! Woot woot! I'm a happy customer! Cheers!

These Nothing Open Earbuds are good open buds although I think they should be priced much less. By comparison, the TOZO O2 True Open are $59.99 and sound better IMO. The Nothing's sound good straight out of the box, and can be tweaked to via the companion app. They also support multipoint connectivity, and switching between devices is easy. They are lightweight and therefore very comfortable to wear for long periods. These buds are very flexible so it's very easy to get a good fit. I've gotten about 7 hrs battery life, which is plenty. Now a friendly caution: If you have never worn open buds they are NOT meant to be jammed into your ear canal like regular buds such a earpods etc. They are designed to sit outside the ear canal, allowing for constant awareness of your surroundings. Because of how they are designed to fit with no seal, you will not get the same level of sound quality as regular buds, and that includes higher quality, higher priced buds such as the Bose Ultra Open @ 250-$300.

I saw the deluge of videos on these once they were announced, and they did not disappoint. These are my first open earbuds, so I have nothing in this category to compare with. However, these made a huge positive first impression on me coming from the sealed in-ear Pixel Buds Pro (I never really used the ANC on them anyways – they were in Transparency mode most of the time). They're plenty loud for me. The sound quality is good for what these are. There's an objective amount of detail that's lost due to the open design, but these are impressive for what they've accomplished. Just to try it out, I tried pushing the driver closer to my ear canal with my fingers, and the deeper bass and cleaner sound was a lot more evident. At their default volume (about half) they may have even been a bit too loud, so my regular listening volume is at the lowest setting (I've yet to try them in a noisy environment, though). I can hear everything around me in a similar way that the Buds Pro had its Transparency mode, except I don't have something shoved directly into my ear opening. Which leads to the next point – comfort and longevity are the reason I wanted to move to open buds. I can wear these for hours at a time and barely notice they're there. It's not an unlimited amount of time, but it's much longer than I can sustain in-ear buds. They're not imperceptible, but you have to be conscious of them to notice you're wearing them. Sure they might be a little dorky looking, but that goes for just about any buds in this style. They have the Nothing touch, so I think they hold their own in terms of design which is a good thing. Nothing has been killing it in terms of their industrial design. I'd love to rock one of their phones but they only come in XL sizes. There is a bit of a delay with the touch controls, but that's probably to prevent accidental touches. The pressure required to activate the squeeze controls. Some of them are mixes of multiple taps and holds, which is probably another reason for the delay. They're customizable through the Nothing X app, which you have to download onto your device. The options are adequate and I've customized them from default, and placed the Assistant gesture on the right bud. In terms of their size, the case looked huge when I saw it in videos. It's not small by any means but it is smaller than I expected. If there was something I could change about these, it would all be in the case. A more compact size (similar to the Soundcore AeroFit) and wireless charging would be nice. The packaging is pretty minimal, but it comes with all you need. They're fully charged out of the box, you get a charging cable and some reading material. There is a firmware update available once you get them connected to the app. For some reason when I first paired them to my phone, only the left bud connected. After putting them back in the case and long pressing the button on the case, all was good to go. Then I was able to proceed with the firmware update. Earlier I mentioned that my regular listening volume is at the lowest, but once they're disconnected and reconnected they go back to their default volume. I need to determine if this is a phone thing or a buds thing (I haven't found any indication there's a setting for it in the Nothing X app). That about sums up my experiences in the hours that I've had these. I'll be updating this review if my impressions change, and I'm overall happy with my first Nothing purchase.

These are pretty to look at and have a interesting design, however they are really terrible to use. The way the design is set up with the actual earbud, it hurts when you put it inside of your ear. Because it doesn't have a traditional concave shape that kind of leans into your ear. It's just a circle. Which is very different from the Shokz Open Fit or Soundcore Aerofit Pros 2. Also these things rattle in the case. And the case doesn't deter dust from getting inside. So it's not exactly the best setup. I honestly don't mind the pill shape I think it's fine. But yeah it could be better. The pinch controls are nice though. I will admit those were a plus. In addition to the terrible design, the music quality is honestly lacking. Since it doesn't have that concave shape, you don't hear music as fully as you could. And I know that these earbuds could do better because sound core knocked it out of the park with their Aerofit Pros 2. The bass is lacking. The treble is lacking. The mids are fine. But it's kind of hard to mess up mids. Also the entire audio itself just feels flat. Not good at all. If there is noise canceling on this thing I couldn't tell. It's not the best implemented noise canceling out there. I understand these are open ear headphones. But when your competitors do a superiorly better job... It says a lot. And I know what you're thinking, these are open ear earbuds you should expect less. At this price point?? I could pay less and get more from Soundcore with the Aerofit Pros 2. So yeah. If you like cool style, go for these. But if you want to save money and you value music quality, look elsewhere.

I would give these 2.5 Stars not 3 (if Amazon let me). TL;DR - I highly recommend the EarFun OpenJump. I've never owned open-ear headphones before but I was interested in getting some for cycling. After doing quite a bit of research I was no closer to deciding on a pair to buy, I narrowed it down to the EarFun OpenJump, Soundcore Aerofit 2, and Nothing Ear (Open). Since the fit is so important to the sound quality as well as overall comfort, everyone's experience with them will be different. My rankings ended up being, from first to last, what I listed above. Surprisingly that's also their order from cheapest to most expensive. Searches for the Nothing's consistently returned results saying they had the best overall sound quality. Unfortunately, they didn't fit me correctly and the speaker was too far from my ear canal leading to low volumes. If I held them in the correct position, they sounded pretty good. One problem some open ear headphones have is that when you increase the volume the amount of bass is reduced. That was a problem for the Nothing's where the bass begins to drop of after 40% volume and because of the poor fit, I had to increase the volume over 60% just to match the same perceived volume of the other two. The Nothing's were out of the running early on. The Soundcore's were ranked highly in reviews for their adjustability and great bass, even at high volumes. I can confirm it retains its bass as the volume goes up but the bass is kind of boomy in general (which I'm not a fan of). In general I wasn't happy with the way the Soundcore's sounded no matter how much I played with the EQ. They just never sounded natural. I was able to rotate the speaker so it was positioned right by the ear canal which was great but I could feel slight pressure from the battery behind my ear. I could see that becoming an issue if you're wearing them long enough. My initial thought was to just get the EarFun's as they did make a couple top recommendation lists and they were the cheapest but the other two had more good reviews. I also have portable speakers from Soundcore and Earfun and I think the Soundcore speakers that I have sound better so I was wondering if that would be the case here too. After listening to all of them the OpenJump's won hands down. The Soundcore's maybe have a bit more bass overall but the OpenJumps sound the most natural and balanced. Even at higher volumes, they retain their bass with only a slight drop-off and the bass doesn't sound boomy. They also fit the best and are the most comfortable. You can't even tell that you're wearing them. In reviews there seemed to be an emphasis on calling out the lack of bass of open ear headphones but none of these sounded anemic. In general, none of these headphones provide much, or any, bass below ~50-60 Hz but they still sound satisfyingly full. I did, however, have an issue with my initial pair of OpenJumps. The right headphone buzzed from deep bass tracks so maybe that speaks to why they're the cheapest. The replacements didn't have any issues. Hopefully they stay that way for a good long time.

Let's clear the air for those who seem to be confused about the design goal/purpose "Nothing Ear (Open)", these are 'Specialty' EarBuds. They're optimized for Maintaining SA (Situational Awareness) while delivering clear & excellent audio w/o blocking ANY outside sound. It's PURPOSELY designed to not seal your ear canal or be inserted into your ears; that's BY DESIGN! Go watch the original YT videos about these and why they were created, the CEO of 'Nothing' explains what problems they were designed to solve. So anybody telling you that you have to insert these into your ear canals are HIGHLY misinformed as to their design goals & usage. You ARE SUPPOSED to leave them hanging right outside of the ear canals, you ARE "NOT supposed to insert them into your ear" for ANY reason. If you want EarBuds that seal your ear canals, "Nothing" offers other EarBuds for those purposes, please go look at them. Now, lets get back to the review. I'm coming from using the "Nothing Ear Stick". Those were good EarBuds that mimiced the design of the original Apple AirPods. Those still touched the openings in your ear and sealed the larger openings right outside w/o any silicone being shoved into the smaller ear openings. For me, that blocked out too much noise for my tastes, I wanted MORE SA (Situational Awareness). I don't want audio Transparency Modes, I just wanted the real thing; w/o lag from the EarBuds internal processing. This literally solves that problem for me and does a great job at it. The Battery life is pretty good. Initial tests in phone calls led to good Battery Usage. 15% Ear Open Power ~= 1.0 hr Talk Time. Reaching the Marketing Claims of 8 hr per Ear Open unit seems very realistic w/o recharging. Pure PodCast Listening is easier on the batteries, I'm able to get many hours w/o having to charge the Ear Opens. I've only drained the case battery down to 65% despite having over 8 hours of podcast listening + Long conversations over the phone. I haven't recharged it after the initial charge to full for the case + Ear Opens. BTW, I got these 2 days before the official Release Date of Sep 30. I got them on Sep 28, thanks Amazon! So I've got extra time to use them. This marks the First Week of using them during my Every Day routines. Comfort wise, I LOVE it, the Audio Drivers sit right outside your Ear, nothing gets shoved into the larger or smaller orifices in your ear. I can hear everything around me & maintain SA. Nobody seems to be able to hear what's being broadcasted as well, if they really wanted to hear something, their ear has to be right next to your Ear Opens. At that point, you've got other issues if somebody has their ears so close that your heads are about to collide. So far, I'm loving my first week of using these Ear Opens, I like them more than my Ear Sticks, which were already excellant. While driving the audio quality is clearer & louder, despite not having any seal into my ear, and I can hear everything around me as well. So it solves my problem of maintaining SA while out about on the street, or while driving. Audio call quality is pretty good, nothing to write home about. It's clear enough, but don't expect it to mimic any professional level microphones. It's good enough for it's class of EarBuds, especially at it's price. There is a small rattle in the case, I wish there was something they could do to solve that. I'll improvise a solution in the mean time. Over-All, these are AWESOME EarBuds. I definitely recommend the "Nothing Ear Open" for those who want to maintain SA (Situational Awareness) while out & about doing every day routines or working or driving around.

These buds are the very best. Now for my opinion Bias. I Cycle a lot and I have tried at least a dozen buds. I want two features above all else. 1. Open Ear/Bone conduction 2. positive controls. I am astounded that NO ONE ever reviews the controls. If you care to answer calls, pause, skip, repeat then you do NOT want any bud that says "Touch controls". These have a positive, tactile, easy to use pinch to manipulate the usage. One pinch to pause/answer call, two pinches to skip song, Three pinches to repeat song. But best of all you can change all this and many other settings if you use the phone app. Yea the sound is good, the fit Blah Blah Blah. But all this is personal taste. What matter is being able to manipulate how and when the music call is blasting in your ear.