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Aftershokz has kindly sent me one Xtrainerz, their last earphones, for a test and feedback session. This is their first earphones designed for swimmers to allow them to listen to music during long (or short) swim sessions in the pool or in open water.
Basically, those Xtrainerz are autonomous. They operate like an old mp3 reader: just upload your music and play; no phone needed to stream music from. So, we can exercise free of the device, be open and light (well, we also need our outfit, of course ). For swimming, they are clearly smaller than other products in the market, so it should be easier to swim with. Ok, let’s try the Xtrainerz!!
I am very excited to test those Xtrainerz for few reasons:
they don’t move!: whether it’s running outside, swimming in the pool with tumble turns or on a bike with tons of sweat, they don’t move! They don’t slide out of the ears, of course, so this is clearly for me one of the most important points: as a heavy sweater, I usually lose my earphones after few minutes or need to adjust them every so often. They also don’t hurt the inner ear and are fully compatible with a swim cap, goggles, earplugs, hat, sunglasses, helmet and all the equipment I take with me when training for my triathlons.
Great sound quality underwater: I am not kidding, I was very impressed both in an open water environment and in the pool. Once the correct position has been found with my swim cap, that was a blast! Music is louder, clearer and I can still ear my own waves and inner thoughts (which I love to); IP68 waterproof, so we can dive with it up to 2 meters and stay in the water for 2 hours and sweat heavily without any fear;
4GB of memory to carry hundreds of songs and podcasts! The only downside is if you don’t own digital music and use exclusively streaming services like Spotify or Deezer;
8 hours lasting battery claimed. I have not experimented with the battery duration, but I have swam, ran and biked with it all week long and have not charged it once since.
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