1MORE Fit Open Earbuds S50 Open-Ear Wireless Earbuds with Bluetooth 5.3, Long Battery Life Up to 38 Hours, IPX7 Water Resistance and Comfortable Fit for Running, Working Out & Even Everyday Use - Grey

In my hunt for good all round earphones, ideally suitable for work and leisure (I travel for work and want to minimise what I carry) I did some reviews on good quality headphones and stumbled across 1MORE, whom I’ve never heard of. Their products seem highly thought of by people who know about these things.What made me choose these was the open ear design. I’ve been considering some similar phones for a little while now because I find the in-ear design causes me problems, irritating my ears. I was a little unsure, having never tried open ear before but I decided to give them a try.They’re a little fiddly to put on, thought they get easier with practice. There’s a little ring that sits on the outside of the ear (not in the canal but in the boney part on the outside). Nothing goes inside, they just sit in place, with soft over-ear loops to hold them on.You can barely feel them, they look quite big off but they weigh very little and just rest where they are.What blew me away was the sound quality. Clear, well presented, enough bass to satisfy me but with every other instrument clearly separated. Am not an audiophile so don’t expect me to explain in those terms but the sound was clear and distinct but warm enough. I was amazed something that just lightly rests on the ear could sound like that quite honestly. In a quiet room alone there was no other noise. I tried doing the washing up in them and could heard louder and sharper sounds but was still fully able to hear the music. These style of earbuds are often sold on the promise that drivers or runners can hear sounds around them. I’d be cautious on that personally. I found the music was definitely foregrounded.Next, I needed to try with Teams, because they need to multi-task. A kind colleague acted as reviewer of what they could hear from the microphones (2x in each bud) and declared it clear and normal.I’ve asked family members to check for sound leakage and been told it’s minimal even stood right in front of me - there is some but very little. I got them to try wearing them and I couldn’t hear any leakage.So to the other important stuff:Connection - push the button inside the charging box three times quickly to enter pairing mode. No issue on three devices.Downsides - doesn’t allow connection to more than one device at a time and my laptop doesn’t relinquish the connection so that’s a little faff-y. There’s an app with an option to switch this on as a test feature. So I hope a future firmware update will include it.Putting them onHook them over your ears at an angle and rotate into place. Initially I had to remove my glasses but once you get used to how they fit you don’t need to do that. They rest lightly and don’t press or weigh down any area. They’re effortless to wear. They are intended for sports though and I don’t know how secure they’d be if you were running or similar, given there’s little holding them in place.Buttons - controls on the body of each earbud. You can’t help triggering them putting them on. Seemed to cause no major issues but could cause reject/accept calls in the middle of putting them on without care. I’ve not yet managed to trigger them on purpose however.Battery - arrived fully charged. Claimed 11hrs playback time (and you can use either bud independently) and well over 30 hours including the case which acts to charge them when they’re inside.Build quality - a bit plastic-y. I chose the silver finish and it doesn’t look very robust. The charging case is the same. I expect the silver finish will suffer wear and tear. However, so long as the electronics keep going I’m less concerned about the cosmetics.Charging - place the earbuds back in their contoured resting place in the case and they charge themselves. Great for topping the battery up between calls. A standard charging cable sorts the case. The one it comes with is pretty short but they’re easy to replace.App - there’s an 1Move Music app where you can get firmware updates and other stuff. It works and is quick - I recommend doing this as part of setting them up as mine needed an update several point releases up from what it arrived with . Beware the privacy notification and be careful in your choices.So far, I’m very impressed. And am a convert to open ear buds. The build quality probably won’t withstand a lot of harsh treatment but that’s the only quibble I have at this point. Will report back when have been using for longer.

The bass response on these is amazing if you can get them close enough to your ear canal.I went to open ear buds as I find in ear buds tend to get full of sweat after a few hours of intensive exercise. I've tried a few which sound awful!Bone conducting ones I've used since the first shox, but they hurt after prolonged use.These don't hurt and are so light they disappear!Sitting still these sound great, lovely levels of detail and a nice bass response that rivals good in canal buds. Using them for work calls over teams had other people commenting how clear I was so the mic works well too.So for in office use they get a very solid 5 stars.However they move away from the ear canal while running or cycling so you lose volume and tone.I've come up with a really simple fix. I fitted some spare wings/ears from some old jbud wired buds, see photos.They now stay in my ears, I don't get sweat pooling in my ear canals and I can hear what's coming out of the buds.If 1more included some optional wingtips then these would be perfect out of the box.The ones I've fitted still let them fit in the charger, just need to make sure the arm sits above the wing to ensure a decent contract with the two charging pins.

Good = nice sound, decent battery life.I had high hopes and went ahead with this s50 earbuds as it has excellent reviews. I do agree that sound is good and very good headset especially for calls even in a noisy environment.But I think it is not very very comfortable as few other folks have reported and actually sort of causes some aching. Not sure if it is a problem for me only. In my case, I need to remove them after 30 min plus continous usage.Another point worth to note that whenever it connects/disconnects with a BT device, it makes a quite a loud sound and there is no way to reduce the volume of this irritating sound.Secondly auto shut down in case it is not connected to a BT device but there is no way to switch it on by pressing/touching ( touch controls) on the earbuds. You need to search for case and in case you are outdoor then surely you are out of luck.In short very over priced and definitely not worth. I got these buds at approx 50 percent sale price but still it is not worth. I would suggest to go for Shokz or similar comfortable unit

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I’m not sure the item being sold here is genuine, the packaging looks right but the pouch is missing and the labels printed on the product do not match the brands website. These were great headphones and sounded really good but on day three the charging case died and refused to charge or do anything, once the headphones batteries died the product was useless so returned for a refund.

Absolutely loved these buds but the charging case stopped working. Had to return for refund.

It didn't fit small my ear, trying to replace the silicone eartips is hard but even after trying them still didn't fit my ear.While I was trying it, the hooks outside my ears started to feel uncomfortable within 15 min (might be because I couldn't fit it in my ear correctly)Trying to pair it to second device is a pain since the manual doesn't tell you how and online resources on 1more site didn't help too till I found someone on YouTube explain how. Unfortunately I have to return it.I will give it 3 stars for the package and the sound quality.I bought soundcore aerofit which works perfectly for me so if you have a small ear check the soundcore one!