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I have bought every shock's headphone
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and
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earbud and this is going to be the
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ultimate guide to help you pick the best
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one I am sharing this as your everyday
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dude that works from home but also
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someone who runs but painfully average
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maybe like one Marathon a year also
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though as someone who has worked at Best
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Buy and I've seen a bunch of these get
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returned because people are buying the
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wrong ones that being said though I'm
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going to to compare these in six
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different
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[Music]
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categories let's take all these shocks
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headphones and earbuds because you guys
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are going to be coming along with
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[Music]
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me okay first thing we're going to need
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to do is find out which design is going
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to be right for
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you you guys know we're going to cover
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the pros and the cons but you also have
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to remember that everything designed
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from shocks is made for an open ear
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[Applause]
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experience shocks essentially has two
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designs which is going to be your open
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fit and open Fit air and they also have
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these what they call Sport headphones
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okay now the true Wireless they're going
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to come with this case you have two
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earbuds one for each ear and it Loops
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right around your ear like this now the
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headphones are also going to have a case
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but it's mainly going to be for
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convenience and I guess protection now
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these headphones are designed to go
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around your ear but they do wrap around
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your head like this so now let's dive
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into the pros and the cons of these two
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very different designs starting with the
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headphones definitely the most secure
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headphones my glasses would probably
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fall off before these headphones do
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second the physical buttons are going to
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make a huge difference especially if
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you're going to be wearing gloves or
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using them in the rain and third the
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simple ability to turn them on and off
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directly from the headphones something
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you can't do with the earbuds but now
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the
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cons the loop that's behind your head it
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does kind of get in the
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way kind of a given but there is no
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single ear use and you'll quickly notice
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how less compact these are compared to
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the earbuds especially when you're using
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the
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case but now let's see how these compare
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to the
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earbuds they're still pretty secure
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they're just not as secure like I can
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feel them move when I'm doing this shake
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test you can also use them a single ear
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at a time they are also way more Compact
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and you might appreciate that they don't
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have a head Loop but now the
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cons there is no bone conduction option
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on these also there's only touch
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controls no physical buttons and there's
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no ability to power these off unless you
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put them back in the
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case by now you actually might already
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know which one you want but don't go
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anywhere hold on we're actually going to
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jump into other categories that way you
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don't get something that's not for
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you when it comes to the sound quality
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on these though you really have to have
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the right expectations now these aren't
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over the ear headphones they're not
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inside the ear earbuds keep in mind
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there is no noise cancellation that's
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why I personally don't use them on an
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airplane I don't use them in a loud
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commercial
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gym now sure you definitely could use
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these here but if you're using anything
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that's an open ear design in a loud
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environment it's just not going to be an
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enjoyable experience what you do have to
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know is that shocks gives you two
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different options bone conduction or air
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conduction now now earlier this year I
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made a video where I showed how bone
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conduction can enhance your audio by
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pressing against this water bottle to
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boost the
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sound that's bone conduction for you
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versus if you compare that to air
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conduction like airpods or Beat
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headphones you hear nothing happens now
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I have to share the pros and cons
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starting with bone conduction these are
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great for anyone with hearing
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impairments and it also helps minimize
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ear damage but there is a downside some
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people are not going to like the
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vibration that comes with bone
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conduction and here's an example in
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comparison for
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you now from using both headphones and
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earbuds I found that on the earbuds I
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have the volume on average of like 80%
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and on the headphones I'm actually
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always using these around 50 to 60% what
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I'm saying is that the bone conduction
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headphones pretty much give you a
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boosted sense of volume that's why right
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now at this moment the open run Pro 2 is
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my favorite but now you guys have to
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listen to the microphone difference
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because it's wild what an $80 product
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sounds like versus a $180
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one I thought it would be pretty neat to
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do a microphone comparison while
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bringing you guys along with me
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we're first going to do a microphone
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comparison using the open fit these are
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the most
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expensive of shocks entire lineup well
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they're the same price as the open run
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Pro and the open swing pro if you're
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thinking about getting these I usually
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suggest look at the open Fit air because
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they're significantly cheaper and we'll
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do we'll use those next these are going
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to be the open Fit air they are
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significantly less the microphone you
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decide sounds pretty similar on top of
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that I really like that they have a true
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white color and they also have a pink
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for anyone out there but if you're
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looking for something even more
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affordable the next one's going to be
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the open move and these are the open
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Move yes they are the most affordable
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how does the microphone compare to all
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the other ones one thing about these
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though I would say that the design is a
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lot more basic more simpler it's tighter
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here in the air area so if you wear
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glasses maybe not a good thing but if
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you could I think The Sweet Spot I would
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recommend if you're getting these maybe
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look at bumping it up to the open run
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not the pro just the open run these are
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going to have a more comfortable design
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than the open move just look at these
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side by side the only thing that makes
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them inconvenient at least for me is
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that it uses a native
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charger so you literally have to do a
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good job of not losing this charger they
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do not have them in retail stores in the
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situation that you do lose it you're
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pretty much stuck having to order it
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online through Amazon or the Shocks
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website whereas the open run Pro 2 the
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open move the earbuds all of these are
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going to be using USBC just wait though
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here's the thing I know right now the
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earbuds are looking really tempting
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really promising because I mean they're
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compact they have USBC there's no like
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back of the head Loop so that makes them
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look really appealing and for the most
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part it is but just be very cautious if
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you're going to use these for running or
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for working out
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because most of the time when I show
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them to you know my friends or people
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from a run Club
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around I like these everybody at first
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glance prefers the earbuds you prefer
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the earbuds or the headphones I like
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these especially for women I prefer this
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one it feels easier to ride with them so
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they're not moving or like you don't
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have to like go and make the effort of
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like adjusting your hair I don't know I
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prefer this design more as a former Best
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Buy employee
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I saw way too many exchanges from the
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earbuds to the headphones mainly because
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touch controls so here's the rundown of
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what I would actually recommend to you
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first off you grab the earbuds if you're
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going more for a casual everyday use
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with of course a Sprinkle of workouts
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you can go to the open move if you're
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really just wanting to dip your toes
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into bone conduction as they are the
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most affordable ones you can step up to
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the open run that's for better audio a
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more practical fit especially for
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everyone outse they're wearing glasses
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just note about the native charger and
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then the open run Pro to is for those
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wanting the most dynamic sound of course
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you got your USBC and lastly if you ever
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plan to swim you grab the open swim Pro
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because they work in water and in land
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to and there you go guys that's the
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entire shocks buying guide for you my
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brain is officially fried after all that
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and I know what you guys are thinking no
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this video is not sponsored by shocks no
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I am not returning in any of these most
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of these I've had since launch so they
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are way past any return window but if
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you guys did like the video give me one
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of these share it with someone there's
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going to be links in the description it
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helps the channel but at the same time
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it should give you the lowest prices all
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right guys I'm out I'm done
