PurityAir Open Ear Headphones - True Air Conduction Wireless Bluetooth Open Ear Earbuds with Dual Mic for iPhone/Android - Secured Long Wearing Comfort, Sports Sweat Resistant (Black/Black)

So I have a specific trigger for migraines: external pressure to my head. My head is CRAZY sensitive, like I keep my hair short because long hair when it's wet will trigger one. Hairclips. Definitely a headset. But pressure inside my ears will do it too, so earbuds especially long term are a no-go. While I love my airpod pros for when I'm out doing my shopping and don't need to wear then for more than an hour tops, or for taking a quick call; I needed something for my PC for when I'm just playing games, listening to music, or even chatting with friends online through voice. When I would do these things before, I had to plan to spend the next day dealing with a migraine.These don't create any pressure on my head and the sound quality is fine! I'm no audiophile, so I'm sure that someone might have a more nuanced take than myself about the quality of it but for someone who is just an average kind of person chilling at their desk, this works great. It connected pretty easily to Bluetooth on my computer, the instructions are fairly simple. I like that I can just slide them off my ears and wear them around my neck when I need to take a break from them but still hear the sound.UPS lost my first package to the ether, but getting a replacement was pretty easy through amazon customer service.

This is my first “air conduction” headphones purchase, and I’m honestly impressed. I’m used to either traditional earbuds or noise-canceling over-ear phones, so this was a new experience for me. Here are my impressions:Very comfortable. Since this sits gently over your ear and not inside it or covering it completely, this is something you can barely tell you’re wearing if you’re not paying attention to it. It’s lightweight and no matter how much I shook my head around, it did not move one bit. This would be *perfect* for runners or people doing a lot of physical activity while listening to music.Sound quality is very good. You get a full range of low and high tones with great clarity for an inexpensive audio accessory. I listened to several types of music and spoken word podcasts and was satisfied with the quality on everything.Since this is basically a speaker hovering over the opening of your ear, this is not the sort of thing you’d wear in a setting where privacy or staying quiet is a concern. Others around you can hear it clearly if the room is very quiet. But by the same token, if someone wants to have a conversation with you while you’re wearing this, you don’t need to take it off or pause your music or even turn it town if you want to hear them, in most cases. I see this as helpful around the house or out on a walk or run, just not in a quiet classroom or a library. You can remain situationally aware of your surroundings while going about your business, and carry on a normal conversation with someone else without shouting or needing them to shout for you to hear them clearly, all while keeping your music going. Amazon is asking me to rate its noice cancellation quality, so I’d give it two stars on that “metric” in the text here, but it’s not meant to be a noise-cancelling headset, so I’m leaving that one blank on the review stars.I’ll say battery life is good, although I have not used it enough to drain it completely yet. But I got a couple hours of use out of it straight out of the box, and it was 80% full according to my phone when I first powered it up. A couple hours later, it was still reading 70% on my battery widget.When I first opened it up, I was a little confused that there were two charging cables. My knee-jerk reaction to that was “wow that’s stupid, you have to charge the two sides separately???” But that’s incorrect. They just give you an extra charging cable (and the user guide mentions this), which is a really nice move on their part because this requires an unconventional charging cable. That’s probably the only “ding” I can think of on the design here - would prefer to make it work with standard USB C or wireless charging, but if you’re going to force a proprietary charging format, providing two cables out of the gate is a very nice move so you can have a backup or keep one in the two most frequent places you’ll use it.Overall - I’d definitely recommend this for anyone who has comfort issues with earbuds or over-ear headphones. Or for people who have a hard time with earbuds fitting them properly - whether they fall out a lot or are too big, etc - because this hangs perfectly over the top of your ear. It’s not super adjustable, so this is a “one size fits most” sort of situation, but it did fit me perfectly without issue. The user manual says to “adjust” the fit when you put it on, but I honestly couldn’t find any way to move or rotate the speaker pods in any permanent way. There is some flex in it, but it just sort of bounces back to normal if you try to move it. So although you could get a more “immersive” experience if you can situate it in a way that it fully fills your outer ear area, I don’t think it’s all that adjustable. wasn’t an issue for me though.In my case, I tried it out and then passed it along to our 15-year old daughter because she has a hard time finding earbuds she likes (and she’s prone to losing them). Since these are attached to one another by the band that wraps around the back of your head, I'm confident we won’t have that issue with this one. Everybody wins!

tl;dr: pleasantly surprised by the overall performance of the Purity Air earphones. if you’re looking for an affordable pair of open ear earphones for running, biking, or walking around town so that you don’t get hit by a bus, I would solidly recommend. probably would recommend still having a primary set of headphones for when you’re inside and want a higher quality listening experience.Let me start by saying that i can be a bit of an earphone snob. I don’t have the highest tolerance for poor sounding earphones, nor did I have high hopes for the usability of what are essentially little speakers next your ears. With how crazy people are on the roads these days though, I wanted to bite the bullet and see how a pair of open ear design earphones would perform. And I can honestly say that the Purity exceeded my expectations.Don’t get me wrong, these are sub $20 earphones and you’re not going to be forgetting that while using them. the sound is lacking definition, especially in the low end. They get reasonably loud but start to hurt when you turn them up all the way.But other than that, they really do sound great for what you paid for them. i had no problem jamming out to my favorites and i didn’t feel like i was losing out too much by listening to them on these. they’re also very good for listening to podcasts or other spoken media, as the drivers seem tuned to keep the mids clear and understandable.as far as noise bleed is concerned, while i certainly wouldn’t use them for any sort of sensitive information, it wasn’t nearly as bad as i was expecting. if you keep the earphones at a reasonable volume you shouldn’t have any issues with disturbing anyone nearby.the earphones were easy to pair and didn’t have any issues to speak of. luckily the Purity has all the playback control buttons you need clustered on the right earphone (something you can’t take for granted on affordable headphones and is a huge pet peeve of mine when it isn’t included). my only issue is that pausing takes a double tap of the main button which isn’t all that intuitive.the battery of the Purity earphones is solidly above average. I wasn’t worrying every outing whether or not they were going to die on me. i do wish the charger wasn’t a proprietary design because i know im going to lose it eventually. as a thoughtful touch they at least include two in the box for when that happens.the only other issue i had was the general comfortability of the earphones. for a product designed around being lightweight and out of the way, it would be really great if they included a little padding to further that goal. again, given the price i’m willing to cut the Purity earphones a little slack.Overall, for the price, you can do a whole lot worse (and I have). The Purity open ear earphones are a great option to have on hand when going outside. they’re tough, inexpensive, sound more than good enough, and keep you aware of your surroundings.