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I wouldn't want to wear earbuds while doing anything active, the chance of them falling out is too high.

I use shockz for running - stable and your ears are totally unobstructed.

Yea AirPods transparency is great, but Shockz is another level. It’s even better than the ray bans because other people can’t hear the audio, and way more comfortable than any in-ear ones.

Wait, are you saying that audio from the ray bans will be heard by anyone around??

Well, it's a speaker. Its not using bone conduction.

Probably not a very loud speaker but if someone is next to you then surely they'd hear it.

Sadly (or not, depending on your bent, I don't mind it at all), their latest versions feature a back firing driver that pairs with the bone conduction, I assume because that was the only way to get better sound quality. You can, however, still throw it in bone conduction only mode.

I've run many hundreds of hours with two variations of AirPods and they've never once fallen out

Not everyone's ears are the same. MKBHD famously does not use Airpods because he can't get them to stay in. I have tried jogging a couple times with Airpods Pro and they pop out every time.

> MKBHD

For those like me who weren’t familiar with the moniker, it refers to Marques Keith Brownlee, a YouTuber who reviews technology devices.

In his review of AirPods Pro 3 he says they now stay on better.

EarPods/AirPods designs assume that you have certain genetic feature on ears called antitragus that hugs the stem with two opposing wings. I looked mine in the mirrors and one of the wings is basically missing altogether, making it not "anti"-ing. Tim Cook visibly has a pair of bulbous ones.

I kind of have different ethnic background than MKBHD, so, it kind of makes me wonder how that design got the shape it got and how it stayed that way.

Might depend on the shape of your ear canal. Mines seem to be weirdly shaped so nothing holds.

If you struggle, there are two escalations you can try:

1. Foam eartips ($10-$20) might be sufficient.

2. Custom fit silicone tips ($150-$250). These will work, for basically any ear. But ....... you gotta really want it.

I developed a reflex that I periodically press above my nose to make sure the glasses are in place, which was super funny when I switched to lenses but kept pressing for no good reason.

I thought the same until I purchased earbuds that fit perfectly. I won’t share a brand as it’s irrelevant for anyone else’s fit. However, I do running, cycling, rowing, skipping, climbing, powerlifting, bodybuilding, calisthenics in them and I don’t even have to adjust them unless I directly hit them with my hand. There is zero risk of them falling out in regular circumstances.

That was not the case with several earbuds I’ve owned in the past.

Has not been an issue for me (walking, jogging, basketball practice)

but i understand the concern! sometimes it’s sketchy haha. Like riding a bicycle.

I've only had earbuds fall out as the result of actively crashing a bicycle, and even then they usually stay in.

This depends entirely on how well they fit you. My daughter regularly does flips on the trampoline while wearing non-pro Airpods and they don't fall out

I play pickup basketball and young people play with them in. I wouldn't do that, but they are pretty secure if properly fitted

I ski, run, weight lift and do construction work in mine, never had them fall out, ever.

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