Best Workout Headphones We Tested and Sweated In (2025)

Honorable Mentions

We effort almost each brace of caller workout buds that travel out. Here are a fewer that we besides for illustration that didn't rather gain a abstraction above.

Jabra Elite 8 Active Gen 2 for $180: In 2024, Jabra announced that this procreation of nan Elite Active bid would beryllium its last, which I hate, because these are nan best. They're comfortable, secure, sound amazing, person a pleasingly matte texture and a smart case. These will beryllium obsolete successful 2 years. I weep.

JLab Epic Sport ANC 3 for $100: This is nan upgraded type of nan Go Air Sport above, pinch hybrid dual drivers for amended sound, a higher IP rating, amended artillery life, and progressive noise-canceling. You request a fully-sealed fresh for ANC to beryllium effective, which these don't have; I tin still perceive group astatine nan gym erstwhile I'm lifting weights. Still, successful each different measurement these headphones meet their promises and they do consciousness incredibly secure.

H2O Audio Tri 2 Pro Multi-Sport for $200: These are a immense betterment of nan first loop of nan brand's waterproof headphones, pinch a amended fit, amended buttons, and a amended silicone finish. I besides for illustration nan charging case! However, they're pricier than nan Shokz and they usage a proprietary charger alternatively of USB-C, which is annoying.

Anker Soundcore AeroFit 2 for $100: I for illustration nan price, nan beautiful colors, and nan sound is great. However, they are a small bulkier than immoderate of our different picks and nan fresh a small little secure.

JLab JBuds Mini for $40: If I were spending my ain money, I would bargain a brace of JLab workout buds and beryllium done pinch it. I raved astir these cute, mini buds past year and they are besides successful our Best Wireless Earbuds guide.

Suunto Sonic for $129: If you want to effort a neckband-style headphone for illustration nan Shokz above, but for cheaper, Sawh besides likes these lightweight headphones pinch a balanced sound profile.

Shokz Openrun Pro for $160: These headphones still activity perfectly good and are smaller than nan caller version. There's besides a mini type ($130) wherever nan neckband is almost an inch shorter, which I like, because I americium smol.

Speck Gemtones Sport for $70: These are inexpensive and fresh well. The buttons are a small excessively sensitive, and nan sound is noticeably fuzzier than astir of our different picks, but they're not bad.

Dishonorable Mentions

There’s thing much annoying than carving retired immoderate clip successful your time for a workout, getting retired nan door, and realizing that you can’t perceive to your nosy podcast because your headphones are glitching out. These are nan ones I hated.

Raycon Bone Conduction Headphones for $85: I person nary thought if these sound good, because they pressed straight connected apical of my receptor canal, wherever they buzzed nan soma of my eardrums and not my bones. It was unbearable.

Anker Soundcore C40i for $100: These fulfilled each my worst imaginings astir open-ear buds; they fell retired earlier I'd tally a artifact down my street. I put them successful my pouch and didn't deterioration them again for nan remainder of nan run.

Oladance Sport for $180: These person a precocious IPX standing and sound decent. However, nan neckband is measurement excessively large for me, truthful they support falling retired of place, and nan buttons are difficult to usage and unpleasant to push.

1More Fit Open for $130: Don't bargain these. They sound OK, but nan buttons are truthful delicate that I couldn't tally for much than 5 minutes without a opus skipping aliases nan euphony turning off.

Suunto Wing for $200: These look very bully and travel pinch a bunch of thoughtful accessories, for illustration a carrying lawsuit and a charging holder. But they sound measurement excessively tinny for this price.

Suunto Aqua for $115: I wish Suunto would amended its package experience. The lifeguard astatine nan excavation really yelled astatine maine for lane-hogging while trying to get these to work. For that logic alone, I person to proceed to spell pinch nan Shokz headphones above.

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