Huawei FreeClip Wireless Earbuds - Open Bluetooth Headphones, Long Lasting Battery and AI Clear Sound - Lightweight in-Ear Headphones, IP54 Dustproof and Water-Resistant (Clip Beige)

Phenomenal. I'm autistic and the weird closed-off pressure feeling i get from any degree of noise cancellation combined with the feeling of having something wedged in my ears is virtually unbearable to me. So, being a lover of music and audiobooks, I tried 2 other major brands of open earbuds before trying and settling on these: the Samsung live buds, and the Sony linkbuds. The Samsung live buds were great. They had decent audio and the best bass of the three, but they still weren't very open ear and had some occasional issues with choppy audio. The Sony linkbuds had great audio and second best bass, but they refused to stay in my ears (apparently it's hit or miss depending on the shape of your ear). This journey gave me some valuable insight, which I will pass on to you with this through, long-winded review.Huawei FreeClips?-Truly feel open ear.-Are VERY comfortable. I actually completely forget they're there oftentimes and have gone through entire meetings with them on (oops).-Have never fallen out/off of my ears, even when I exercise.-Are pretty adaptable as you can position the buds in different places in your ear, including nestling them up against your ear canal if you want only a semi-open ear experience, better audio quality, and fewer people to be able to hear it.-have fantastic audio quality and despite the open-ear design, their bass doesn't fall completely fall flat—rather impressive if you ask me.-the battery life is the best of any wireless earbud I've tried, wireless or otherwise, for both the buds and the case. They also charge FAST.-the directional audio/virtual surround is pretty impressive. I occasionally use them while gaming if I don't want the bulk of my wireless-adapted open-back headset.The only cons:-the app isn't available in the US. Thankfully, this is very easy to work around. I just used a free trial of a VPN (I used the one from Brave browser) to download the app from their website. After that you no longer need the VPN to use the app or receive updates, so it's pretty painless. The app isn't necessary to use these, but worth it for the touch-function control and limited equalizer. Note: I have an Android device. I have no idea if it's possible/harder on an iPhone.-The controls aren't great. They're touch controlled, and it can be a little difficult to get the touch quite right. It often takes me a few tries to pause, especially since my hair seems to interfere with their touch sensitivity if it's also touching them. The controls are also limited compared to the Samsung buds. You can double tap or triple tap so if you want to be able play/pause then that means you need to choose between skipping forward or backwards for each earbud, which wouldn't be an issue except that I like to wear only one bud and (as I listen to audiobooks) skipping both forward and backward is something I do often. They have a beta feature for volume control by pressing and holding on the front/back, which works fairly well, but very occasionally the buds will pick up input and turn all the way down or up until I touch and correct them.-Sadly, they are not something you can comfortably lay your head on if you like sleeping with headphones.-because of their very open design, others will be able to hear them a bit. Not very much, just enough to know you're listening to something if the volume is below halfway, and enough to vaguely make out the song if above that— but only if they're pretty close to you. For audiobooks they pretty much need to be hugging you before they'll hear it.-admittedly, they're fairly conspicuous and they look a little strange for anyone who has never seen "clip-on" earbuds, but I've grown to kinda like the style. They also aren't an issue with my earrings, which I was a little concerned about since mine are double pierced.TLDR: need truly open earbuds? If you can afford them, get these. Worth every cent.

OK, maybe changed my life is overly dramatic but in a way they really did. I can't wear in-ear earbuds because I have really small ear canals and they hurt. I would love to be able to listen to a podcast or music or other entertainment for the one hour every day that I walk my dogs in the woods. But not only do conventional earbuds hurt, but they also block out the ambient sound. I need to be able to hear what's going on around me, people or dogs approaching us, the sounds my own dogs are making that let me know that they're following me, etc. There are also occasions when I'd like to wear earbuds in my car, but I drive standard shift and if you drive manual you need to hear the sound your engine is making to cue appropriate shifting. (Not to mention that you need to hear the traffic around you.)So somebody suggested I try "open" earbuds. I got the Soundcore C401i which I really liked but then I tried the Freeclips. The extra money for the additional comfort (I'd give the C40i 8 out of 10 for comfort and the Freeclips 9.5) may not be worth it to everybody, but it is to me. I've also made and received multiple phone calls both inside and outside using the Freeclips and sound quality is excellent.You can't download the associated app (called "AI Life") from the Play Store (I have an android) but you honestly don't need it. That said, I like a challenge and the Freeclip box comes with a QR code that takes you to a website where you can download AI Life app. Android will try to stop you from downloading it by saying that it is an "older unsecure" version of the app (it's actually the only version there is) but you can override this and download it anyway. One additional caveat, once you get into the app and connect to your earbuds, not all the functionality will work if you identify yourself on the drop-down as being in the United States. Someone on Reddit suggested that you select "Poland" (or, I would guess, just about anywhere else) which I did and it worked great.I'm really getting a lot of enjoyment from the Freeclips and I hope others will too.