Tayogo Bone Conduction Headphones, Wireless Bluetooth Bone Conducting Earbuds, Open Ear Headset with Mic, for Running, Cycling, Yoga (Almost Like-New)

So, I got this nice and quickly because I've been wanting to try a set of bone-conducting headphones that was rather inexpensive. This was a fairly well-rated product, so I figured I'd give it a try. I've only had it a few days now at the point of this writing, so I'll see how it works later on in the future if I have any issues with it. So here's a few pros/cons and such about this product that I've experienced. Pros: • Excellent battery life: It has a stated up to 7 hours of battery life for playback and it definitely does reach that and perhaps a bit further than that too. For most people, this will be more than enough time for anything you need. • You can definitely use this while still hearing outside things since it doesn't block your ears at all. • The sound is surprisingly clear. While it's not going to be quite as high-fidelity as a good pair of in-ear monitors or earphones, you can still definitely hear things that aren't at all muddled up. • Price: For the price of $35, I think this is an excellent buy. It may not be the best, but far from the worst out there. This product really does work and works pretty well when you consider the price point. • Very little sound bleeding: One of the other reasons why I was wanting to get this was to be able to listen to something without bother other people. While not completely silent, in general, other people won't be hearing much of anything from the headset. Not as quiet as in-ear options, of course, but a lot more quiet than what you would get with an open-back set of headphones. Cons: • Of course, one of the downsides to this kind of headset is that background sounds can drown out what you can hear. So, if in a loud environment, something in-ear may work better. I will say though that the headset does comes with earplugs too, which can be a good compromise when in a noisy environment. Putting earplugs in helps to conduct the sound better while blocking outside sounds. However, this does tend to slightly muffle the incoming sound. • Bass is lacking a bit: Honestly, the base isn't "bad", but it isn't good either. At least for me, higher frequencies seem to conduct much better than lower frequencies. So higher frequency instruments and voices tend to be much more easily heard than lower frequencies of voices or instruments. I honestly don't know if this is a limitation of the bone conduction itself or if it's just a quality thing that may be there in more expensive headsets, but was one of the cut corners for a product like this. If anything changes about this product as I use it, I'll be sure to add on to this review! EDIT 6/16/20: Alright, so as of writing this, I've now had this headset for about 8 months. It still continues to work great, mostly. I do get some periodic disconnects from my phone, but haven't been sure if that's been a phone thing or headset thing. Restarting the phone and/or headset usually fixes this. The main problem I did have with this headset though is that the silicone/rubber diaphragms that make contact with your head do not seem to be sufficiently glued in and both ended up coming off over time. This could easily result in those parts getting lost and then you'd have nothing but the bare components underneath them. So I had to glue them back in (I used Clear Gorilla Glue) and used a simple clamp to keep it in place while it cured and dried for 24 hours. Though, the second time wasn't quite right, so I still need to redo it a bit. But otherwise, this is really my only complaint about the quality of the item. The battery life remains excellent and well beyond the 6 hour advertised time frame as I'll still get more than 8 hours of audio. It may be possible that playing music will drain the battery more than the podcasts I'm usually listening to, but I've not had any issue with the battery life of the device. If in a noisy environment, you can still use this headset with earplugs. Earplugs help conduct the sound better and amplify the sound. But at that point, it's not entirely different than in-ear buds. But it's great for jobs and positions where you aren't allowed to use in-ear headphones in any case!

It's honestly ridiculous to expect true "bone conduction" from a product like this. True bone conduction requires a surgically implanted device. One that aids in the hearing for people with truly impaired hearing. This item is not that, and not meant to be that. What this this is, is an membrane-less speaker that is placed near your ear, close enough that your ears will pick up the sound. I've been using this everyday for about 5 months now, and here are my thoughts. PROS: The Sound Quality is Sufficient. I use it mainly to listen to audiobooks or music at work, and it serves that purpose just fine. Because of it's membrane-less design, it can actually reproduce deep bass sounds without plateauing (although it will tickle the hell out of you). The Battery Time is Good. I use/recharge it quite often and it still holding the charge quite well. Although it claims 6 hours of playback on the item page, I can get through a full workday no problem. It's Comfortable. It's very light and not too harsh on the ears. I can wear it for the whole day with no issues, but obviously this depends on how your ears are shaped. If your ears are super tucked in or you have to wear glasses, anything that goes AROUND the earlobes like this will not be 100% comfortable. It's Open-Ear Design. I like that I can hear what's going around me even with music. Personally, my ear also gets very irritated with ear buds, so these are a godsend. CONS: The Open-Ear Design. Although I personally think it's a plus. If you constantly have noise going on around you, it can be hard to hear audiobooks and phonecalls. The Sound Quality is Not "Great". If you're some kind of audiophile with pitch-perfect hearing, this thing obviously is going to come up very short. But honestly, who would expect Sennheiser-quality sound from $34 BT headsets? You Can't Really Use It in Bed. Due to the loop-behind-the-head design, you won't really be able to lay your head on a pillow and use it at the same time. Overall, I really like it, and would recommend.

I have tiny ears and I have literally never found a pair of headphones that will actually stay in my ears (the jelly kind, the apple shape, the old flat circle type, etc) and I needed Bluetooth, but didn't want to lose a bud when it inevitably fell out. I found out about these while trying to find Bluetooth headphones that fit what I needed, and decided to try them out, not expecting much from various reviews and articles. The one thing I was hoping for was that the conduction aspect (the fact that it sends vibrations into your face rather than your ears) would function similar to cochlear implants by bypassing the ear drum and sending vibrations straight to the inner ear (commentary on this further down). They are in no way noise canceling, but that's a plus for me because I'm hypervigilent as hell and if I am wearing something noise canceling while out and about I inevitably shift the headphones/take out a bud so that I can hear out of at least one ear. VOLUME I tested a few situations for this as well as to find out how loud you have to play them for other people to hear them: 1) in a room with ambient noise (distractingly loud central air system at my work), I had to have the volume 3 ticks above 0 to hear the words during a pop rock song, and some of the instruments are lost. 5-6 brings it up to reasonable sound. 1 tick below the red and its still quiet, but good enough to hear very clearly. 2) Full blast air in my car can drown the music out completely unless 1 tick below max or max. That being said, unless I have the music one or two ticks below max, I can wear them in the car without it being a safety issue (I could hear sirens far before an emergency vehicle ever in sight - I tested the driving when I had someone else driving to ensure safety). 3) I'm very distractible, and have a hard time following a conversation if there's multiple ambient audio inputs. So if it's a song with strong/very distinct vocals, I can't have them playing and still hear my conversational partner. That being said, for other songs, I can clearly hear other people talking, and can have conversations without issue up until above 5-7 ticks depending on how loud the environment is. 5) My partner has good enough hearing to hear our neighbor's (apartments) vibrating phone alarm even if my roommate and I can't hear it unless we get right up next to the wall (and even then it's faint). They couldn't hear the music in a silent room six feet from me until I got to five or six ticks. I couldn't hear the music when they were wearing them until one tick into the red. AUDIO QUALITY The audio quality isn't top shelf, but they aren't tinny either - I have to have them turned all the way up to max in order to have an issue with noise distortion. So for $30 I find the quality to be on par with other types of headphones at the same price range that I've tried. I will note that I had a coworker try them out who is a true audiophile, and he wasn't impressed at all. His commentary was that he felt they were about the same audio quality he got from hanging earbuds off his ears (instead of putting them in), but he did say that unlike in the earbud case, the audio shifts from one ear to the other during the shifts in a song were very distinct. VIBRATIONS/CONDUCTION Finally, for the vibration factor I was looking forward to testing! I first put these on at the volume I generally have other headphones at, and was listening to softer music with piano. I hadn't felt any real vibrations, but then the artist started playing dramatic low notes and I sort of shot up in excitement - I could feel the vibrations all the way into my *jaw.* Depending on the song, I can start to feel the vibrations between 4 and 8 ticks. The vibrations get really full first tick into the red (they are noticeable for me even for non-base heavy songs and for more melodic pitches). My partner judges sound systems by how good the base is, and I had them try these on as soon as I felt those first piano notes with one of their favorite songs and they immediately demanded a pair, haha. I think they listen to them at almost max volume when they really want to feel the base because at least to both of us you can feel the music in your whole head at that volume. *Even if I can't perceive the vibrations all the time, they do make the audio more of a full sound.* I've tried setting the pads in locations where I know the vibrations won't reach my inner ear much if at all without sacrificing the audio volume from the speakers (such as holding them just slightly away from my skin), and it does make a difference. The image shows how I wear them to maximize both audio quality and vibration quality. Because everyone feels sound different, I highly recommend playing around with placement to find what works best for you. BATTERY LIFE AND DESIGN These are perfectly weighted so that if you have them set as shown in the official product images they balance so that the back bar is free floating and they are still secure. I have run into no issues with wearing masks or glasses with them on. The only time the pressure has been noticeable is when I've gotten a headache/migraine. The little buttons take a bit of getting used to, but it's not too much trouble - I can see how someone would have issues if they use the pad of their thumb to press them; I use the tip or side of my thumb. I've had these for about a month now and have only gotten the low battery warning once, and it was after using them for three or four days straight without charging them. I tend to keep them connected while at work and switch back and forth between listening to music and just having them connected without playing anything. I play music on my commute, which is only about thirty minutes, and while doing homework (at minimum an hour). I have not calculated how long it takes for the battery to die, so I can't say how it compares to advertised. I can say though that I haven't charged them for two days (this is day three) and I've had music playing for 3 hours today and it's only down to 60%.

These are nice with good sound quality but have 1 extreme flaw.... 1 size apparently fits all. There is no way to change or snug up the size of the wrap around your head. Ladies or teens please note this. I do not have a small head and the only way to make them stay in the position is to literally braid them with my hair in the proper position. Also, if you are new to this type of technology know they work mainly through vibration. This will give you a slight headache when you begin to get used to using them. This is true for every type I have tried so it's not this product in particular. I hate i can't use these but since Christmas is coming up.....

The Tayogo S2 is a bone-conduction bluetooth headset that is suitable for general use, working out at the gym, and my personal favourite… riding my bike! With the headset physically touching your temples, the sound travels by vibrating the bones through to the inner ear, rather than as sound through the canal. This is my third Tayogo product. My first being my favourite Tayogo Force bone conduction headset that I use as my MP3 player while swimming at the pool. Unlike the Tayogo Force, the Tayogo S2 is NOT designed for use under water. However, it is sweat proof during regular exercise on dry land. Details: * Sound traveling via bone conduction keeps your ears open so you can still pay attention to environmental sounds. This means that what you listen to becomes an additional soundtrack to the normal sounds of life. To be able to give 100% of your attention to the headset audio, for instance a podcast or audiobook, or a phone call, you must crank the volume high enough to be heard by surrounding users, or wear the headset differently. See tips below. * Tayogo boasts the headset's 7-hour charge with a 7-day standby time. I tested this over the past week by charging it to full, listening for a few hours, then turning it of for a week. When I turned it on again, I was able to use it for almost another hour before the battery ran out. This is a noticeable improvement. My second Tayogo product was a 7-hour headset that started draining as soon as it was taken off the charger. I am so glad the S2 battery drains more reasonably. * Bluetooth v.5 connects to any modern phone and computer. The headset can pair to two devices at the same time. Both my MacBook Pro and iPhone SE remember the connections. However, when my iPhone SE reconnects, the connection isn’t stable and drops out for a few milliseconds every few minutes. To restore the connection, I just have to disconnect and reconnect the headset in Bluetooth settings. * The headset buttons control the headset and playback logically: * Large multifunction button (MFB) on the left temple pad plays and pauses the track playback, and answers phone calls. Double tap the MFB to redial the last call made by the phone. * Three control buttons behind the right ear control the volume and track selection. From front to back, the buttons are: Power, Volume Down/Previous Track, and Volume Up/Next Track. Press the volume buttons to raise or lower the volume. Hold one of the buttons for 2 seconds to select next or previous track. This is a great improvement to the interface, since pressing a volume button repeatedly changes the volume quickly instead of changing the tracks. * The headset fits comfortably and can be worn for long periods of time. The rounded sections fit nicely over my ears and take a lot of the weight off (the headset is actually really light, to boot). Also, the headset fits perfectly under my bicycle helmet, making this an ideal training partner when riding. * Customer support has been fantastic. I send emails to cs@tayogo.com and through the Facebook page, and support answers all my questions. The only outstanding question is whether this headset’s buttons have been designed to trigger voice activated dialing (or Siri, or Google Play) as other common bluetooth headsets. That’s the only function that seems to be missing. I can’t think of anything terribly wrong with this device. I only want to provide some tips: * To listen to your headset audio without distraction, and without turning the volume too loud for bystanders, you can wear the supplied earplugs. I use earplugs when I swim with my Tayogo Force, so this is not new to me. * In the absence of earplugs, you can rest the temple pads on the middle part of your ears. This helped me listen to a phone call. * More about phone calls: the microphone is an ambient mic, so your voice can be heard the best if there is very little ambient noise. For example, make phone calls when you are in a quiet room or a car. When I was playing an outdoor piano in a park, the people on the other end of the call said the piano was drowning me out. When I stopped playing, they could hear me.

First off let me start by saying these are not for audiophiles. I have a set of wired triple driver earbuds that blow these out of the water. With that being said. They are affordable and new tech that is pretty cool. Nothing in or over your ears. You can hear everything going on around you. Bass is heavy and shakes on your temple like a slight massage. But without a speaker in your ear the highs are very muddy. The earplugs help sound but all highs are lost and you just get heavy bass. You won’t be wow’d with the performance as a speaker but with the new tech. It’s good for work. I have a lot of people always talking to me so I have to take my earbuds out every time. We will see how i like them after a full day of use. edit: so I have had a few days with these headphones. there is a learning process when it comes to these headphones. I still docked one star for low volume and muddy highs but still these are some great headphones. I have used it while washing two cars as I was not listening for the music just background music as I'm working, it works just fine. if I want some awesome sond I will use my wired tripple drivers. so all in all i'm happy with this purchase. just know you aren't getting concert sound out of these then you should be fine for running, working on cars, or office work. edit: I have owned these for about a week and half and today the headphones conitnuously drop connections and just overall bad experience. I over looked the sqound quality as I was using these for work only listening. it is a novel idea but the company just didn't execute very well. save your money and do not buy these.

After decades of having things nestled in my ear, I've suddenly decided I've had enough of that. Even the most comfortable design of in-ear headphones feels intrusive, especially while side sleeping (more on that later). I don't give 5-star reviews readily, nor do I get overly excited about a lot of products, so trust me when I say that these things are nothing short of miraculous. I read a ton of reviews, of this and slightly more expensive options. I even considered the Aftershokz, but I never start with the priciest choice because then I get spoiled and nothing less will do from then on (I also don't believe slapping a fancy brand on something justifies tripling the price for the same technology). After seeing all the negative comments about sound quality (like "it sounds like music coming from another room in the house"), I'd like to thank all of them for lowering my expectations way below where they should have been. In my opinion, it's not nearly that bad and in fact sounds downright amazing compared to what I thought it would. No, it's not as loud as normal earbuds. But it's not as bad as terrible cheap earbuds either. It does sound like a little speaker is near your ear (and for people claiming they aren't true bone conduction, cheap little speakers don't tingle through your skull this much. And if you plug your ears with your fingers, the sound gets richer and deeper in your head). Turning them louder makes them sound even better (but unfortunately cochlear damage is still possible, I've read), and I found an Android app called Urban Denoiser that makes them sound more natural with more bass at lower volumes (but too much bass makes them vibrate almost unpleasantly. Probably a matter of getting used to them). I also don't like to blast music, so quieter doesn't bother me anyway. Podcasts sound best of all, crystal clear like the person is there in the room, and that is my primary use for headphones. But to not have something poking into my head, I will take a slightly worse sound quality any day. These are very lightweight, but the build is simplistic but solid feeling. I want to say they're almost like a Playskool product, but in a good way -- nothing delicate about them, and if your kids get ahold of them they probably wouldn't be able to destroy them immediately (probably doesn't apply to animals that like to chew things though). The range is better than any other Bluetooth product I've used. I put my phone at the farthest opposite end of the house (granted, I live in a condo so grain of salt) and the connection broke up a tiny bit briefly but never dropped (the true test will be at work at my vet hospital, where the walls are thicker and concrete. I don't have high hopes for that. UPDATE: Wore them at my hospital and was astounded that they stayed loud and clear through the entire floor, in and out of rooms and closets. No other BT headphones I've ever tried have done that). They feel secure on the head -- they don't squeeze, but they stay put with vigorous head shaking (surely everyone tests BT headphones this way) and I'm confident would be safe with biking and certainly running. I mentioned side sleeping. My latest project is sleeping with headphones to combat my partner's heinous snoring, which is what set me in search of better alternatives to my current earbuds that do the job but hurt the ear I'm lying on. These aren't ideal thanks to the neck band, but I'm experimenting with various travel pillows with a cutout for the ear and neck area. Last night I slept reasonably comfortably with these on, and they were plenty loud enough with my nature sounds app. My biggest question was answered though -- despite the open ear design, I couldn't hear the snoring (edit: on night two I discovered I could hear snoring, but no worse than my normal non-noise canceling earbuds). After about 4 hours I switched back to the earbuds to sleep on my back, and the battery had only drained about 20%. Anyone who has shopped for BT headphones knows 5 hours is about the best you can hope for, so this is outstanding. I ponied up for the extended warranty through Amazon, but the headphones come with an offer to double the seller's warranty to 2 years. I'm also encouraged by all the seller responses to reviews here on Amazon, clearly they're focused on customer service. Tl;dr: For the price, these are a fantastic value and they perform well above (my) expectations. I honestly don't know why anyone would spend more, I can't imagine any features or difference in quality that justifies triple the price. Highly highly recommend this technology and this product!

UPDATE: Literally two days after writing the original review, my headphones stopped working while I was out on a ride. Since I was still within the one year warranty, I emailed Tayogo's customer service. They responded within one day and immediately shipped me out a new pair. The malfunction doesn't affect my original opinion, I still think they're great. Any product can have the occasional faulty unit. What makes the difference is a company that stands behind their product. They held up their end of the warranty quickly and without any hesitation. 4 stars for the headphones, 5 stars for Tayogo's customer service. Although everyone wants to argue about whether or not these are "true" bone conduction headphones, these do work well for their intended purpose. For the purpose of providing wireless audio that still allows you to hear the world around you, they perform admirably. After several months of 1-2 hour bike rides, these have held up well. Battery life is adequate, sound quality is as good as can be expected for this type of device, and durability is better than expected. The volume buttons are small and difficult to manipulate with sweaty hands, and the charge port cover refuses to stay in place, but these are minor nitpicks of an otherwise good device. The only legitimate complaint I have is that the Bluetooth connection becomes slightly unreliable when my phone is stowed away on the back of my jersey, but I also admit that this could be attributed to my phone's weak Bluetooth antenna. In summary, they're not without their drawbacks, but they do effectively make me a safer cyclist, and I'll happily continue to use them on my daily rides.