Shokz OpenRun Pro vs Bose SoundLink Around Ear Wireless II

The Shokz OpenRun Pro has done great in a couple of roundups conducted by highly trusted sources that perform objective in-depth testing, like Tom's Guide, CNET, bicycling.com, and SoundGuys - it earned the "The best bone-conduction headphones" title from Tom's Guide, "Best bone-conduction" from CNET, and "Ranked 2 out of 9" from bicycling.com. Any product that's held in high regard by such reliable sources should be considered by anyone that's looking for a Wireless Headphone at this price point.

Moving on to the Bose SoundLink Around Ear Wireless II: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like TechGearLab, PCmag, CNET, Rtings, Expert Reviews, SoundGuys, Consumer Reports, Laptop Mag, Wareable, Gear Patrol, and The Independent, enough for them to include them on those lists.

Finally, we also compared their review scores to the rest of their competition - the Shokz OpenRun Pro earned an average review score of 8.5 out of 10 points and the Bose SoundLink Around Ear Wireless II received an average of 8.3, compared to the 7.3 average of Wireless Headphones in general.