Redefining Sound: Meet the Shokz OpenMove Bone Conduction Headphones

Bone conduction headphones are making waves in the market and they could change the way personal audio when doing physical activity is listened to.

These aren’t your average headphones; they’re a game-changer for runners, cyclists, and multitaskers alike.

I took part in my first half marathon last week and I used these for the entire 2 and half hours of that race.

Mainly organised races particularly in the UK encourage the use of these types of headphones, and in fact bone conducting headphones and ones that don’t sit in the ears are the only types of headphones that are approved for use in all road races in the UK, primarily for safety reasons.

The open-ear design of these allows runners and cyclists to maintain awareness of their surroundings, including traffic, emergency vehicles, and other warning noises.

I’m sure if you’re a runner or a cyclist, then you know how having situational awareness is so important to your own and potentially others safety, being able to hear important ambient sounds, which again is crucial when running or cycling on a road or late at night.

So with this in mind, I found myself wanting to change because I was using my AirPod Pro’s earphones and with these I had two issues: