Creative Outlier Free+ Wireless Bone Conduction Headphones with Adjustable Transducers, IPX5 Sweat and Splash Resistance, Multipoint connectivity, Up to 10 Hours of Battery Life, Mic (Grey & Black)

I am hard of hearing and wear behind-the-ear hearing aids, but I've recently discovered that bone conduction headphones work rather well for me, bypassing my hearing aids entirely. This is great because when I want to play games with headphones, the hearing aids can limit my options—mostly to large, heavy over-ear headsets. After trialing some inexpensive sets that delivered just enough to make me curious, albeit with just okay sound quality and noticeable latency, I went looking for other options, and came across the Creative Outlier Free line. (I believe any of the line is probably a good choice, but I specifically chose the Free+ because of its adjustable transducers and because I didn't need the built-in MP3 player or extra water-resistance for swimming.) The Free+ does not have an adjustable band, but the loops still settle on my ears just fine after the band wraps around my large head. They aren't the lightest bone conductors I've tried, but they're still comfortable enough, even when sharing space on my ears with my hearing aids and my glasses. Pairing with the Switch is pretty easy, after a little bit of confusion with the manual—just go ahead and do "manual pairing" when you get your first headset set up. From there on out, the only complexity is just dealing with the Switch's awkward way of dealing with Bluetooth headphones. (Sometimes the Switch just plain needs a reboot, sadly…) What wowed me right away once I turned them on was the sound quality. It was much crisper and clearer than I was expecting right out of the gate. I had, of course, been primarily trialing low-end bone conductors thus far, but I think it even gave the Shokz OpenRun set that my friend let me try a run for its money. The adjustable transducers may or may not be something you need. I didn't need them for sound quality, but I did find that being able to rotate them back a little was a bit more comfortable. Most of the comfort came from just finding the right position for the whole band on my head. But then came the main event—low latency mode. Clicking the mode button four times will switch it in and out, and when it's on, there's no longer a huge delay between audio and controls or video anymore. The sound doesn't suffer except in extremely rare circumstances I can count on one hand, when it garbled for a split second. I'm thrilled with these. I'm looking forward to using them with my games for a long time to come.

When it comes to headphones, I typically only buy Creative brand products. I've been buying Creative for twenty years, and my family had a Creative SoundBlaster back in the day. I like Creative audio products going as far back as my Zen Micro in lime green. I still love that audio player. I bought these after my Creative Outlier Air v3 failed on me. I tried buying a refurbished pair, but I was sent the wrong version, and I couldn't get the refurb to connect to anything. The sound produced by these headphones is amazing and I really like the way it sounds in my head. I like the features and the design for the most part. However, I feel like these are uncomfortable on my ears. It's like I can't get the transducers far enough forward to allow room for my ear. I adjust them up, down, forward, and backward, but can't get a comfortable position. I was looking forward to being able to hear things better with the open-ear design, but wearing these is like having earbuds in. I can't hear when someone is talking to me and the sounds just compete like they would with other headphones. One downside is the inability to just hear out of one side, so I can't have my other ear free. I would probably not choose these again. Maybe I'm just not a headphones person anymore. Maybe I'm just not a technology person anymore.

For what these are, they work very well. Great for podcasts and voices. Music lacks bass but if you're using in exercise I think it would be great.

Perfect,low profile, good sound.

The sound is great and I can stay aware of my surroundings. They are light weight and comfortable.

Lots of sound bleed from exterior noise. The positioning of the headphones are very specific, and having to wear ear plugs to mitigate external sound, makes this a pretty useless set of headphones...

La qualité du son de l'appareil de celui qui reçoit l'appel est de qualité très moyenne avec les propriétairede Iphone. Je n'a pas test avec des appareils téléphonique Androids