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Shows Open Foot 2+: One minute Review
After only 24 hours with Shokas Open Foot 2+ I can already tell that they are great headphones that are worthy to include our best open air headphone, and maybe even our best running headphone guide.
They feel relieved to wear, even for glasses like me, the flexible nickel titanium elays of the shows loop the ears of the ears and lose weight from the bulbs, while the driver sits seriously against your temples.
The silicon covering, which labels its “Ultra Soft Silicone 2.0” is comfortable to wear in sweat conditions. The entire airbood weighs 9.4 grams, which makes it lighter, but the original open foot is heavy.
Drivers are not headphones of bones such as Shoks Openron Pro 2 or Shoko Opens Wim Pro. Instead, they are like more traditional drivers or speakers, who guide their ears without fully covering Luggles.
The sound is really good, probably approaching the Bose Ultra Open Aerobids (our gold standard in the sound of the open ear) in terms of quality. The addition of the dolby is notable from the moment when you turn the sequence in the showcase app: everything becomes more rich and more clear.
Similarly, I enjoyed tinkering with EQ settings in the app, changed my podcast to listening to my podcast during the first part of the run, and once I got up from the giant hill, I decide to deal with the fool. I needed a heavy need to get myself in the other side of my run, and Boss Bost made a pair of Lincoln Park well with the new fade of panic. Heavy crown.
Although the sound is comparable to the Ultra Open, the open foot 2+ is certainly more satisfactory to wear during strict exercise. I was permanently worried that the Ultra Open would fall off my ears during the walk due to their rotating clip design, and I personally know a person who did this during the marathon – a catastrophe, because airbids are very expensive.
Taking the Shoqus Open Foot 2+ on a run, I felt very safe even during a trail that demanded a slight background to visit: I felt that they were shifted a bit a few times, but never feared they would leave.
However, I will not wear them with explosive movements like Burpi during circuit training, as I think they can leave my ears during a dynamic jump. This is something to test and report in my full review.
Shows Open Foot 2+: Price and Availability
- 9 179.95 / £ 169
- BOS 100 / £ 100 Launch Time Bose Ultra Open Aerobids cheaper
- Just $ 20 / £ 10 more expensive than regular Open Foot 2
Shokas Open Foot 2 costs $ 179.95 / £ 169 (about A 350), while Shoks Open Foot 2+ costs $ 199.95 / £ 179 (about A 370). Government pricing for other regions is TBC. Shoks are now available to order.
Extra few dollars and pounds of pounds, you get dolby audio setting and wireless charging on the issue of tough plastics, while Open Foot 2 needs to be charged through USB, and they are still much more cheap than the Bose Ultra Open Aerbeds.
This is such a good convenience, and Dolby has made a big difference in such small prices, that my initial views are that the standard open foot 2 will be obsolete. I can’t even imagine a situation in which I recommend them more than 2+.
Shows Open Foot 2+: Early Decision
Shoks Open Foot 2+: Both exercise and general listening are excellent open air headphones, with dolby audio, as a feature of flagship sound enhancement-and open-foot 2 are now a bit helpless as the price of both models is very similar. You will be able to re -examine our final decision in our full shows Open Foot 2+ Reviews soon.
First Review: June 2025
