What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Bone Conduction Headphones and Are their good for Using?

You will find that there are more and more friends wearing Bluetooth earphones.In addition to common head-mounted, in-ear, semi-in-ear headphones, in the past two years, the most popular one is bone conduction headphones.Today, I will introduce the relevant knowledge of them, hope you can choose the right headphones after reading it.

1. Protect hearing

Compared with the air conduction method of traditional headphones, bone conduction headphones eliminates many steps of sound wave transmission. The sound does not need to pass through the ear. So it will not irritate the eardrum, which can protect your eardrum well and ensure that your hearing is not damaged. You only need to understand the sound wave transmission path of bone conduction and air conduction to fully feel the unparalleled advantages of them.

Bone conduction pathways: jawbone> inner auditory canal> cochlea> auditory nerve

Air conduction pathways: air > external auditory canal> eardrum> auditory ossicle > inner auditory canal> cochlea> auditory nerve

2. Comfortable to wear, clean and hygienic

Bone conduction headphones do not need to block the ears in wearing, so that the ears can be completely open, same as without headphones. so the ears are often refreshed. There will be no ear pain and ear stuffiness caused by no long-term wearing. They are more comfortable to wear.

At the same time, it is precisely because there is no need to block the ears in wearing, so that sweat and other bacteria will not enter the ears with the headphones, so they are suitable for patients with diseases such as otitis media.

They have the advantages of cleanliness and isolation of bacteria, and common headphones cannot have these advantages no matter how they are improved.

3. Suitable for sports

Bone conduction headphones are very suitable for exercise. I bought them precisely because of exercise needs. Yes, I can't stand that when exercising, I have no music accompaniment. When wearing them, both ears are in an open state,So you can also feel the surrounding environment well when exercising. They are worn with ear hanging, which makes them comfortable to wear and not easy to fall off. They can also prevent ear sweating, stuffiness and other conditions. They are naturally designed for sports

At the same time, some bone conduction headphones have their own memory, so they can be used as MP3 player without mobile phone. They are very practical for people who like to listen to songs during sports.

In addition, they mostly have good waterproof performance, so they can be used safely in swimming. Because they don’t need to pass through the air, so the sound received underwater is not different from the sound received on the ground.

Above advantages are a few ones of bone conduction headphones, and of course there are many other advantages that I am just exploring. Of course, just as a coin has two sides, they have some disadvantages. You can read the introduction below.

1. Sound quality:

Because sounds of bone conduction are transmitted through bones, there is loss in the sound transmission process, so the sound quality of them will be worse than that of traditional noise reduction headphones.

2. Sound leakage:

The sounds of them are transmitted through vibrator vibration,some sounds are also transmitted through air vibration, which brings about the problem of sound leakage. This cannot be completely avoided.

Some headphones teams invest more research and design in preventing sound leakage and solve most of the sound leakage problems. For example, I have a Wissonly Hi runner bone conduction headphones, which is an excellent representative of them.

It can be said that bone conduction headphones are good for using, and the following recommends several good headphones to everyone.

Reason for recommendation:

The Wissonly team has always attached great importance to the opinions of users. It is said that Their Hi runner model has invited thousands of users to participate in the test. They constantly adjust the design based on user feedback. Because of this, the product launch time was delayed by 3 months compared to the original plan. I was so moved by this story that I bought their products.

Wissonly Hi Runner team attaches great importance to sound quality. They use a large-sized vibrator and through ingenious structural design, the vibration area is increased by 35%. So the sound range is wider and the sound is more powerful. They have also made a lot of efforts in the treatment of sound leakage, and the body of the headphone is sealed and integrated to minimize sound leakage.

Hi Runner is also equipped with a new Bluetooth 5.0 chip, which has stronger anti-interference ability and can easily cope with various complex outdoor scenes without disconnection. It supports IPX8 waterproof grade that is higher than the industry standard. It also has a 32G memory, It is equipped with 32G body memory, which can store 5000 songs.

The Wissonly Hi runner weighs less than 30g, has no weight bearing when wearing,it is very comfortable and very suitable for long-term use during sports.

Reason for recommendation:

Openrun Pro bone conduction headphones reach IP67 waterproof rating. It is waterproof, sweatproof, dustproof. It can work normally in the rain or when it is splashed by water. Even in the outdoor sports, it is not afraid of the bad weather, allowing you to enjoy the fun of sports.

This headphone does not need to be worn in the ear, which is extremely comfortable.When you wear it, you don't need to poke your ears like a drill bit, and you don't need to worry about the itch, discomfort and bacteria in the ear canal after wearing it for a long time. Its whole body is with silicone and its net weight is 28g. So it is comfortable and light.

Reason for recommendation:

This Philips A6606 headphones is comfortable and close to the ear, with a soft silicone surface.So it is comfortable to wear.It also adopts ergonomic design, which can be firmly worn without falling. They have IP67 rating waterproof standard, so there is no problem in daily sports sweat. This one is a device with night running lights added, and when you run at night it can also make cyclists or vehicles notice you, which is a very thoughtful design. It is equipped with Bluetooth 5.2 technology, which has a further transmission distance and lower power consumption than 5.0. But this one cannot be used for swimming.

Reason for recommendation:

NANK's Runner CC2 is made of aviation-grade materials, skin-friendly food-grade silicone, and is comfortable to wear. The headphone body can withstand multiple bends without deformation.. It subverts the traditional headphones. It uses bone conduction technology to transmit sound to the auditory nerve through the skull and jaw. It will not affect hearing after long wearing..

Its sound quality is very good, and the signal reception is very stable, even in the crowd, it will not be disturbed. However, its waterproof level is general, and it is not suitable for swimming.

Reason for recommendation:

MOING DG08 headphones are an entry-level bone conduction headphones. The battery capacity is general. The music effect is not high, but can meet the needs of daily life. The battery life is about 6 hours. With 8G memory, it can store about 500 songs, can meet the needs of daily listening to songs.

In general, the advantages of bone conduction headphones are very prominent. They are a Bluetooth headphones that is very good for sports. If you have needs of listening to songs while sporting, you may wish to try.