H2O Audio TRI PRO Multi-Sport Waterproof IPX8 Bone Conduction Open Ear Headphones - Bluetooth for Running/Cycling, MP3 for Swimming, Playlist+ App - Black

I like to listen to music when doing things like driving, riding a bicycle, a motorcycle, snowboarding, and now I can add swimming to this list. I’ve use H2O audio before with the first gen iPod nano but the headphones were quite uncomfortable. Now that I’m doing laps in the pool again (queue music) I have returned to the H2O Audio because the overall product was good and this product is completely different. Comfort These fit comfortably behind the head resting over the ear, very lightweight, and they are also comfortable under a swim cap and goggles. Loading Even though I have several gigs of MP3s, the idea of streaming music from Pandora, Deezer, or Apple Music like creating an old mix tape was a big part of my deciding factor for this model, adding an hour of streamed music was about 137 Mb. Also having an open ear headset that I can use for cycling and snowboarding is definitely a plus. Play back The navigation controls with the three buttons are pretty simple. However the volume level keeps resetting when you turn it back on. I would expect the device would remember volume settings when powering up in memory mode, Bluetooth mode would be at the level of the connected device. Audio quality Above water music quality is ok but I did not get these for the audio quality, I have other headsets for that. That being said under water is a whole different story. The sound is amazing and it feels like the music is playing through the entire pool. This may be because this is my first pair of underwater bone conductive headphones but I’m still impressed. Software It’s convenient to set and load streaming files from the phone, organizing loaded files. Unfortunately it is not possible to determine the size or length of a streamed track from the phone software. I had to open the files in the computer for that. Phone calls Works fine on voice calls but just make sure the device is also connected to the phone by Bluetooth if playing from memory. Pros: 8 Gigs Record audio streams over Bluetooth I can move music downloaded from Apple Music over to the device to listen to Cons: Does not remember volume level at restart (memory mode) Unable to see music file information (size and length) from phone app

wife was looking for an option to listen to music/podcasts while swimming. Figured we'd give this a go since it's advertised for exactly that purpose. While technically it works, here's the process to use the app though: Pair with your phone, and start up the app and tell the app to start recording play stuff through spotify/audible whatever you use for music/podcasts. turn it up loud and don't stop it the headphones act like a digital tape recorder, and record whatever is played, so that you can play it back again later. starts and stops, phone beeps and alerts, ringtones, and volume changes and all. First time she recorded for an hour and then went to use it, and it was too quiet in the water. since she recorded quietly it wouldn't get any louder. Once sorting that out, there's the issue of longevity. My $60 earbuds last 6-10 hours, and weigh next to nothing. These lasted her an hour in the pool. They also aren't adjustable, so better hope they fit your head right. they were slightly too big for her. I had trouble adjusting them to be in the right spot for the bone conduction to work. They were too uncomfortable to wear under a swimcap, it pushed her ears into the plastic. Also sometimes in the pool they would blip out and stop, and then she'd have to stop swimming to restart them. however it would just restart at the beginning of the "song" which was just the beginning of the tape. I guess you really need to spend a couple hours in realtime starting and stopping recordings to get a bunch of separate songs on there? Great, it gets around DRM restrictions by just dubbing the audio stream it's playing, but the overall experience is terrible.

I train and do all kind of activities in and out of the water and was hesitant on buying bone conduction headphones because of the sound quality, but H2O Audio Tri Pro is awesome. First, I did not realize that Bluetooth connectivity does not work in water, but it's super easy to download music from your computer, but even better you can record any streaming music or podcast directly to the headphones through their Playlist+ feature and then switch over from Bluetooth to the memory mode - super easy, simple double click to move back and forth to the different modes. I use to hate swimming laps, now I get lost in the music and I'm swimming faster and longer. I also decided to use it while hiking and mountain biking because I can hear other sounds, so it's WAY SAFER, to avoid getting taken out by someone or something I could not hear with my earbuds in. The sound is still great. Next is stand up paddling. I can use the memory mode and I don't even have to have my phone with me. Super convenient! I finally have music where I could not get it before.

Llevo dos semanas usándolo en natación principalmente y usando casco de moto,me parecen muy cómodos, el audio es muy aceptable se escucha súper bien cuando está aislado y bajo el agua si usas tapones, lo que no me gusto fue para agregarle música mp3 no acepta otro formato. Y tiene una app para grabar tu propia playlist, hay que leer muy bien las instrucciones. El material es plástico duro, pero muy flexible para colocar en las orejas!

They work okay but break quite easily. I prefer the new Shokz swim as they're more flexible

Coincidence or not, the delivery was very late, the product comfort and quality are horrible, not compatible with the many reviews on the internet which praised it as one of the best. It is surely raising suspicion whether the product is legitimate or not. Delivery date way beyond promised before purchase

On the face of it this should be a great product - able to transfer MP3 to my headphones and 'record' other audio files for playback when I'm swimming. Just what I need! Unfortunately, the mp3 files you load onto the headset appear in a random order and are seemingly impossible to re-order into a coherent playlist - for example a studio or live album. Customer services explained a very clunky manual way to reorder them (move each file individually to a new folder, and then each one back into the album folder one by one) which doesn't actually work, at least not all the time. What's more, despite selling an audio device, the CS rep thought it was a pretty unusual thing to want to do, and finished the chat with some sarcasm too, which seemed to come free with the $260 price tag. Thanks - maybe they see themselves as a tech company but their customers are buying an audio product. And you would think a tech company could manage to support reordering of files (or even just keeping the order of files when transferred), even if that is a weird thing to want to do.

Obviously everyone's head is a different shape and size, but for me to get good audio whilst swimming I had to use a swimming cap. I'm guessing due to the swim cap putting pressure on the headphone shape, after 3 months of regular use the attachment point between the 'ear piece' and the 'arm' came apart, exposing the wiring. I tried to reinsert the arm into the ear piece but couldn't. Not liking to throw things out I retired the headphones to dry use only and tried to use some tape to hold the ear piece in a decent position but no luck. Really bad considering the cost.