One of the annoying things about most open earbuds is that they can easily fall out of your ear and don’t deliver great audio quality as in-ear earbuds, but in-ears can cause discomfort the longer you wear them, which is why I recently turn to the soundcore AeroFit, an open-fit earbuds that I have been wearing for months now, it has become a staple whenever I need to indulge myself in some tunes while not needing people to shout at me in the office.
Compared to regular earbuds you see most people wearing, the Soundcore AeroFit sure looks like some weird piece of gadget to anyone that hasn’t seen an open-fit earbuds before, but even if this is your first time using one, you shouldn’t have any difficulties hooking it to your ear like a hearing aid, it features a skin-friendly rubber material and feels really light despite looking more chunky than a regular earbuds, they are IPX7 water resistant so you shouldn’t have issues using it in the gym or rain.
Due to its form factor, the charging case is flat and wide, but it is slim enough to fit into your pockets, the case offers up to 42 hours of total playback time and charges over USB-C, a pairing button resides next to the port and three LEDs on the front shows you battery and pairing status, it’s pretty straightforward like any wireless earbuds but sadly, wireless charging is missing but that’s fortunately not an issue for me.
One thing that most people would be skeptical about such headphones is their sound quality, but once you start playing some music on the Soundcore AeroFit, you will be amazed by the clean details that the 14mm driver produces, not to mention some decent bass thumps, even speeches in movies can sound pretty immersive and has a surprisingly good soundstage, though you certainly can’t hear low end frequencies like an in-ear, but beats on music will play well enough to get you pumped on a workout, while allowing you to stay aware of surroundings without pressure in your ear.
However, do expect a slight sound leak when you max out the volume, which is rather common of such audio devices, hence I don’t recommend maxing out its volume if you are seated next to someone.
Aside from its sound performance, the Soundcore AeroFit offers decent capacitive controls, which I’m happy that it can recognize accidental touches music when I put them on or take them off, the controls can be customized in the Soundcore app and of course, you can customize how you want them to sound with the included EQ with several presets to choose from.
With 11 hours of playback time on a single charge, the Soundcore Aerofit is going to last a marathon or hiking trip with no issues, though I didn’t manage to test up to that claim but even after wearing it for one whole day while with a lot of incoming phone calls and almost 4 hours of music listening session, it would still have around 70% of battery left, which is pretty accurate if we were to do the math.
At RM499 or US$99, the Soundcore Aerofit is reasonably priced for what it is, it offers good comfort, sound quality and is customisable with an app, which is a really good package that you can’t go wrong with, but nonetheless, I recommend you try them on before buying one to see if it fits your ears properly.
Get the Soundcore Aerofit at Lazada and Shopee.
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