JVC Nearphones Open Ear True Wireless Headphones with 16mm Large Drivers for Powerful Sound, Single Ear use, and Long Battery Life (up to 17 Hours) - HANP35TW (White)

Have been using these for 3 months. Love them! Sound quality is great and I can still hear what's going on around me.Battery life is about 8hrs which is good.

I bought these to wear in a shop. Initially they seem to do the job. But after about 30 minutes of having them on, I noticed the battery packs in the back put constant pressure on the back of my ears, hurting them, and making them sore. This is the biggest drawback I have with them. I think the battery pack is just too big for me. I'll see if my ears maybe just get used to them, but right now, I don't like it. The volume on these things also don't get very loud. Not a huge factor for me in the environment I use them in, but I can see it being a problem for others. What these things do do well, the Bluetooth connectivity is solid and powerful. I walked hundreds of feet away from my phone with these playing on my head and they don't skip a beat. They probably finally started cutting out for me at maybe 150-180 ft away or if I walk passed a concrete wall. The battery life seems good, too. Much better than my previous in ear earbuds. But, with that giant battery pack digging into my earlobes, I guess that's expected.EDIT: My ears did finally get used to them, and they stopped hurting. I do find myself wanted them to be louder, as I can't properly listen to my podcasts in the shop if it's particularly noisy that day. Finally, after they formed to my ears, the began to have trouble charging in the case. This is very annoying and has now become the thing I hate most about them. I would recommend looking at other options.

On the first set I received, the left earpiece has a defect causing it to power off when moved. Even normal movement like trying to adjust it on your ear, tapping the earpiece for music controls, and even if you move your head around too quickly, which is very annoying as it has to be turned on again and reconnect each time. It also manifested as not powering on when removed from the case, after some troubleshooting, I discovered the method to turn it on manually, or else I would have never had it working at all.I'll update my rating to be higher if the replacement set I ordered has no issues. Only reason I'm giving it another chance, is despite the defected unit, they were perfect for why I wanted them, and I liked them a lot.In ear buds irritate my ear canals, I can tolerate them for a while, but repetitive use causes issues. I also work in an office where people talk to me and I need to be able to hear if my coworkers across the hall ask me something.It did very well at sounding good but retaining my ability to hear people coming in my office behind me or asking me things from a distance. A quick tap on either side pauses the audio and I can carry on a conversation without removing them.I found them to be very comfortable, not too tight or loose. They stay on well but they feel less secure simply because they are not tight, but they are not going to fall off.I found the sound quality and volume to be quite good. I wasn't expecting a lot from them but they surpassed my expectations. On my phone the volume has to be around 40-60% to hear well, but I don't have to turn them all the way up to get too loud. My office is generally pretty quiet though.Edit March 2024: Been using my 2nd pair a while now. They are great I like them for all the same reasons I mentioned before. These work much better than the last pair, but knocking off a star as to get one of them to charge I have to put a rubber band on the charger to hold down the bud in its dock so it will charge, otherwise it never makes connection. So a great idea that could use some revisions to become a great product.

I've had these for about a year and here's what I can say. Pros: comfortable, easy touch commands, good sound quality. Cons: left bud doesn't like to charge, battery life is about 6 hrs, volume doesn't get very loud so if the background noise is too loud it drowns them out case in point when I'm driving and I have my heat fan on high. That being said I don't have the best hearing so it might be different for others. All said if the left side still charged properly and the volume was a git higher I would have given them 5 stars. Thank you for coming to my tech talk.

I have bought several different styles of earbuds over the last few years, but none could ever replace my AirPods, which have slowly been losing battery capacity. I have a couple of different styles of Beats, but the headset is the only pair that gets any use and that's only when I run... and only when I run at home in the daylight because I refuse to wear them in public or at night because I can't hear anything else. ENTER THE JVC NEARPHONES! GUYS! I gave them a 5 on noise cancellation BECAUSE THEY DON'T! ...and that's the point! I love that I can use them one at a time, too! I wear them both when I'm driving because I have big noisy tires and the whine is too much over one earbud, but I love that I can still hear my truck and the traffic around me. These are so comfortable, too. They don't feel super secure, but that's because you can't feel them at all. I think once or twice I've had some ear pain, but I can just adjust them very little and it goes away. I had one fall off once but I was upside down and forgot I was wearing it. They don't hold on for dear life, but they also don't bounce when I run... they're literally not there. My son hasn't complained that he can hear my books either... I took one phone call and the other person didn't complain about how I sounded so I can only assume it was fine. All-in-all, I LOVE these. They're bulky to see, but I honestly don't care much about that since I was able to get them in the lighter color (it's more a very light gray than white, which is another plus) and since they're so comfy. I have NOT worn them with my sunglasses yet, and that might be an issue, but we'll make it work.