CleerARC II Sport Open Ear Headphones, True Wireless Ear Buds with Dual Mic, Sweat Resistant, Multi-Point Connect, 35 Hrs Playtime, Secure Fit, Bluetooth 5.3 Earbuds with Ear Hooks, Preset EQ, BlackClimatePartner certified

I have all sorts of high end in ear buds, but as I walk or bike at least 40 minutes every day or so, I have found I only use my Oladance OPEN EAR buds, vs all my in ears, and I REALLY still like my Oladance open ears from good sound, to being super comfortable to wear.BTW, not sure ANY open ear buds are a good choice for bike riding however, because your ear canals are open to the wind. As to these Cleer Arc iis, I wanted something new and FRESH vs my current Oladance Gen1 buds, even vs the new Oladance Gen 2's. Saw a bunch of Shokz - OpenFit and also OpenRock pro reviews...somehow, they just did not excite me. Thought I'd take a chance with these CLEER Arc ii buds. The minute I put them on and they connected to my Samsung S21 Ultra? it was like, WOW!!. I was not expecting these buds to sound SO amazing..without even using their app for EQ, not even installed yet. I did then install the Cleer app which immediately prompted me to do a firmware upgrade which went flawlessly. All I know is these buds sound FANTASTIC!, esp for open ears, it's almost like how did they do this? Just like "any open ear buds" there is no major SUB bass here, but bass is REALLY good, tight, and plenty of it. I compared them to my Oladance buds, and to my ears the Arc ii's sound WAAAY BETTER than the Oladance buds. Not a little, a LOT. Reason is, these buds seem to have a much, MUCH, broader frequency response..rather good bass, nice mid range, and a ton of great sounding treble. Perhaps the treble is ALMOST too much at times, but I love the way they sound They sound super CLEEEER!. When I switch to my Oladance now THEY almost sound like a pair of muffled speakers with something blocking their sound. These Cleer Arc ii's sound Much Much more open sounding. The Arc iis like all open ear buds don't get "in ear super loud"..but get loud enough, and way loud enough for me. I played around a bit with the head gestures feature, it sort of works, but I think they will need another firmware upgrade down the road as it's a bit too sensitive right now. It's too easy to slightly move your head even a little, and it may make the track go back OR forward, so I took that feature off in the app for now. Be aware there is some very thin plastic covering the part where the buds have to charge. At first, I charged the case but realized I actually did not charge the buds too, because I just didn't see that VERY thin plastic covering the charge area. When you charge these buds, know there is NO charge light on the external part of the case, it's on the inside when you open the case. As to comfort, if Oladance is a 10...maybe these are an 8.5-9. I wore them a good 3-4 hours and barely noticed I was wearing anything, but depending upon your ears, PERHAPS you can feel a like a micro pinch on the upper part of your ears. In my case they were just VERY very comfortable for my ears, they stay in place well overall..and if you care, LOOK ultra premium. I tested multi-point between my phone, again it's Android, and my Macbook Pro...it worked flawlessly. If Cleer can tweak the head gestures these would be untouchable in the current open ear buds catagory. I am amazed just how much I like these Arc ii's!! As everybody's ears are different and different sizes, your mileage may vary, but I LOVE these!! ESP how they sound! I had NO weird connection issues, or any trouble AT all with these little guys...

I have small ear canals and have struggled to find any earbuds that sound good without falling out or needing to be fiddled with to re-insert. Good sound is important to me including sound stage, clarity and base without boom.I have ‘Flare ‘earbuds, I love their sound but can’t keep them in place. I have also tried Jaybird with ear hooks, Earin A3 which sit in the ears but not canal and Etymotic with the double seal in the ear canal. The Jaybird worked ‘ok-ish’ for both sound and fit but weren’t great and then they failed. The Earin A3 had nice sound but would fall out after a while and there was no chance you could be active or eat and drink without them dislodging, eventually they broke on one of their falls. The Etymotic fitted well but the sound was lacking, others have raved about the Etymotic sound but I found them tinny even though I don’t like hard or booming base there was just nothing there.I do want good sound, now as a reference my normal listening headphones are over the ears HIFIMAN Ananda and love their sound but obviously they aren’t good for portability. Compared to the HIFIMAN the sound of the Cleer buds is very good, not quite as good as the HIFIMAN headphones but come pretty close, which for earbuds is amazing. I can hear the slight distortion you often get from radio voice transmission and have confirmed that is the transmission and also present with the HIFIMAN. To test the buds I used (amongst other things) the 2022 recording of the ‘50th anniversary of Tubular Bells’ which I know to be of a good recording standard and it embraces a range of music. The Cleer earbuds were great over the whole album with a lovely sound, just losing clarity at the top end on Ella Shaw’s vocals in Moonlight Shadow.The Cleer earbuds are comfortable even though I wear spectacles and sitting outside the ears don’t move, even when active outside in wind.The buds come with an equalizer app that allows some adjustment without being crazy, for me I liked to add just a little base.