What Are Real Bone Conduction Earphones and Are They Good for Your Ears?
Bone conduction earphones are a new type of headphones, because they have many advantages that traditional headphones cannot match, so they are gaining the favor of a large number of users. But at the same time, some merchants sell fake bone conduction earphones in pursuit of short-term profits. So what are real bone conduction earphones? How should we tell the difference? let me tell you in the article.
What are real bone conduction earphones?
Bone conduction earphones is a type of headphone that uses human bones as a sound transmission medium. They are generally ear-mounted, and the vibration unit is attached to the temple, and the vibration is transmitted to the inner ear through the skull, so that people can hear the sound. The fake bone conduction earphones are actually a kind of air conduction headphones that look like bone conduction earphones. They rely on two external speakers attached to the temples to produce sound, and then transmit the sound to the eardrum through the air, causing the eardrum to vibrate, and then to the eardrum, and the inner ear.
For real bone conduction earphones, their body has no openings and is generally an integrated body with a relatively high waterproof level. Since they rely on bone conduction sound, you can try to plug your ears after wearing them, and you will find that the sound of the real bone conduction earphones will be louder, while the sound of the fake ones will be significantly smaller. This is the easiest and most convenient way to distinguish between real and fake bone conduction earphones.
Are bone conduction earphones good for your ears?
bone conduction earphones are good for the ears, they cause less damage to the ears and are the healthiest kind of headphones.
1. Does not harm the ear canal
bone conduction earphones do not need to be plugged into the ear canal when wearing them, so the damage to the ears caused by wearing headphones will not happen.
2. No damage to the eardrum
bone conduction earphones do not need to use the ear canal and eardrum to transmit sound, so the eardrum will not be damaged.
3. Does not harm the cochlea
The vibration waves of bone conduction earphones are relatively gentle and stable, and will not damage the cochlea.
4. Does not harm the auditory nerve
The electromagnetic waves of bone conduction earphones are weak, which is close to the intensity of electromagnetic waves in nature, so they will not damage the auditory nerve.
Special attention should be paid to the fact that if any headphone is used at high volume for a long time, it will cause damage to the ears, and the same goes for bone conduction earphones. Therefore, pay attention to volume control when using bone conduction earphones, and it is recommended that the volume not exceed 60%. At the same time, every 2–3 hours of use, you should rest for 10–15 minutes.
In addition to the advantage of being good for the ears, bone conduction earphones have many advantages, such as
1. They are safer
They do not need to be inserted into the ear canal when worn. While listening to music, you can still pay attention to the surrounding sound. When exercising outdoors, wearing with bone conduction earphones, you can also hear the sound behind you, so as to avoid some dangerous situations.
2. They are more hygienic:
bone conduction earphones do not need to be worn in the ear, even if they are worn for a long time, they can keep the ear canal clean and hygienic, avoiding the growth of bacteria caused by blocking the ear canal, which can cause otitis media, otitis media and other diseases;
3. They are more comfortable:
bone conduction earphones are very light, and there is no sense of weight when worn, and the surface of many bone conduction earphones is made of skin-friendly soft materials, which is very comfortable to wear.
bone conduction earphones that are good for the ears are also safer, more hygienic, and more comfortable headphones. These advantages make them popular at an extremely fast speed.
So how to choose bone conduction earphones? I think you need to pay attention to three key points: sound quality, sound leakage reduction and comfort.Here are some excellent headphones recommended to you.
1. Wissonly Hi Runner bone conduction earphones
Reason for recommendation:
When Wissonly bone conduction earphones started crowdfunding online , I started to pay attention to them. Later, I saw on some online forums that all otologists were recommending them, so I bought it. This Hi Runner is their flagship product, and its overall function is the most perfect. This headphone uses the latest research results of wissonly Lab. It effectively increases the vibration area of the vibrator by 35%, while optimizing the sound transmission direction, making the sound range wider and the music more spatial. The brand claims to reach the HI-FI sound quality. My own actual test shows that the sound quality is very close to the HI-FI level, but it doesn’t reach this level indeed. Of course, the current sound quality is satisfactory enough.
Wissonly Hi Runner bone conduction earphones are also equipped with a new Bluetooth 5.0 chip, which has stronger anti-interference ability, and can easily cope with various outdoor complex scenes, so as to ensure that the good mood during exercise will not be disturbed by disconnection. The stable connection also brings ultra-low delay performance. Listening to songs, chasing dramas and playing games meet all the daily demands for headphones. What’s more, it has 32G of built-in memory, which can store 5,000 songs, which allows you to enjoy music without your mobile phone when you are outdoors.
Wissonly performs well in terms of comfort. It’s very light, less than 30g, and you don’t even feel like you’re carrying it when you wear it. The headphone body is made of titanium alloy, which makes it fit well. You don’t need to worry about falling off during exercise.
The waterproof of Wissonly Hi Runner needs special mention. It reaches IPX8 grade, which means that you can carry it under water for 20 meters and still use it normally. This is crazy!
2.Philips A6606 bone conduction earphones
Reason for recommendation:
The Philips A6606 that weighs 35g is light and compact in the palm of the hand. With the skin-friendly material on the surface of the body, there is no pressure to wear on the pinna. It is equipped with LED night running lights on both sides of the rear end of the body. It can be worn in night walking and low visibility scenes and illuminate the road behind, so that the people around can perceive your own position and respond in time in the face of emergency situations. The safety factor for outdoor wearing is relatively high. It also supports IP67-rated water resistance and can support 9 hours of continuous music playback time, which is also good overall.
3.AfterShokz OPENRUN PRO bone conduction earphones
Reason for recommendation:
Openrun Pro bone conduction earphones have IP67 waterproof rating, they are waterproof, sweatproof, and dustproof. They are no problem to get caught in the rain or splashed with water. Even in outdoor sports, when encounter bad weather, you will be not afraid at all, they let you enjoy the fun of sports all the time.
In addition, the headphones do not need to be plugged into the ears. Their comfort is just amazing. Their is no need to poke the ear like a drill any more. And you do not have to worry about that after you wear them for a long time, your ear canal will itch and be uncomfortable, and as well as breed bacteria. The whole body surface is silicone material, their net weight is 28g, and they are comfortable and lightweight.
4.earsopen SS900 bone conduction earphones
Reason for recommendation:
This bone conduction earphone adopts the ear-clipping mode, and the novel wearing mode also makes it need to be worn with both hands. Moreover, there will be obvious discomfort of ear-clipping when worn for a long time. In the headphones’ body, the pressure control area is adopted, and the headphones can be controlled by clicking and double-clicking, etc. The single ear part weight of 8g basically has no weight sense during wearing. With the bone conduction vibrator technology newly developed by BoCo Company, it has a good performance in the low frequency range, but it has obvious sound leakage in the middle and high frequencies.
5.Haylou PurFree bone conduction earphones
Reason for recommendation:
Its body surface is made of silicone material, which is very comfortable. The small size body is its relatively big advantage, which makes it light and without a sense of weight while wearing. The sound quality is good in the field bone conduction earphones, of course, it cannot be compared with traditional noise-canceling headphones. The battery life is good, you can listen to music for 8 hours, and it also supports fast charging.
In terms of waterproof feature, its waterproof grade reaches IP67, daily sweating, short-term rain, or washing are all no problem to it, but it cannot be used in swimming.
Each of the above five products has its own characteristics. From the perspective of technology maturity, Wissonly and Philips are the best. Compared with Philips, Wissonly has better cost performance and worth buying.