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Shokz OpenFit Pro: why I gave it 70/100 after a month

I used Shokz OpenFit Pro for nearly a month. Its open-ear noise reduction impressed me, but sharp whistling drove my score down to 70; instability, battery life and case wear also bothered me.

A pair of white and silver open-ear earbuds lying on a wooden table next to their rounded white charging case bearing the Shokz logo.
Electronic order receipt for Shokz OpenFit Pro earbuds and listed accessories from the Chengdu Renhe New City flagship store.
Close-up of the white matte charging case showing faint circular scuff marks and discoloration on the surface.

The use cases I had in mind were high-speed rail travel, everyday wear, and strength training. I previously owned the OpenFit 2, OpenRun Pro, OpenSwim, and a second-generation Bose “Shark.” The week before buying these earbuds, I sold the OpenFit 2 and OpenRun Pro.

I had been following this model since before the Lunar New Year, but unfortunately it was not released domestically until the 12th of this month. As soon as the time came yesterday, I went straight to Renhe New City and bought it. Two days before purchasing, I also noticed that Cleer offered open-ear noise cancellation, so I bought the ARC5. I gave up on the ARC5 after only two hours. Its sound quality was quite good, but I rejected it mainly because its noise cancellation was too weak to notice and it began hurting my ears after a while.

Back to the OpenFit Pro: personally, I feel the sound is not as good as my previous OpenFit 2. The sound is solid, but the soundstage is not wide enough. Listening impressions are subjective; this is only my personal opinion. The noise cancellation genuinely amazed me. The introduction said it would not affect voices, but in practice voices are still affected, making communication difficult while wearing them. However, the noise cancellation achieved the result I wanted. I let three colleagues try it, and all of them were amazed by the effect. The key point is that, despite being open-ear, it achieves this level of noise cancellation. Everyone was surprised and said it really was a new kind of product. The sound quality is acceptable, and the noise cancellation is impressive.

Revision, April 11: I had used them for nearly a month.

My current score is 70 out of 100. My buying advice is to wait for the next generation.

The product is not mature enough. This is mainly reflected in the following points:

  1. The noise-cancellation effect is unstable. In complex environments, it can briefly stop working, and the change is very noticeable. This happened basically every day. My main use environments were the office, walks by the lake, and the gym.
  2. With noise cancellation enabled, the battery does not support a full day of frequent use. I generally started using them at 7:50 a.m. and had to charge them after lunch.
  3. When I wore a pullover hat, when there was a sharp external noise, or occasionally when my hands were very dry and touched the earbud housing, there was a sharp squeal. This was by far the worst experience, and it was also the main reason I gave them 70 points.
  4. The charging case is made of metal, but its painted finish is not scratch-resistant. After a relatively short period of normal use, it had already become like the one shown in the third photograph. I used my previous OpenFit 2 in the same way without any problem.

There were no other major shortcomings.

After using them for a month, I revised the content according to my personal impressions to avoid sharing inaccurate information and misleading other users.

Pro.

Source: Ivan · Xiaohongshu · 2026-03-13 · 聊聊openfit pro，一个月后我给70分. Search this Chinese title in Xiaohongshu to find the original post.

Before You Buy

Models in your region

The owner’s order record identifies Shokz OpenFit Pro bought from the Chengdu Renhe New City Flagship Store on March 12, 2026, for ¥1,988. The official US page also lists OpenFit Pro, but parity with the Chinese-market unit is unverified.

Model in this review Related regional model What to know
Shokz OpenFit Pro Shokz OpenFit Pro (US) The owner bought the OpenFit Pro in China after its domestic release. The official regional reference is the US OpenFit Pro listing, but the source does not establish that the Chinese unit has identical specifications or firmware.
Model in this review
Shokz OpenFit Pro
Related regional model
Shokz OpenFit Pro (US)
What to know
The owner bought the OpenFit Pro in China after its domestic release. The official regional reference is the US OpenFit Pro listing, but the source does not establish that the Chinese unit has identical specifications or firmware.

What the owner liked

The owner’s strongest positive finding was the noise reduction: three colleagues were also impressed, despite the earbuds’ open-ear design. His experience was not uniformly positive, however, because he found voices affected enough to make conversation difficult while wearing them.

The owner considered the sound quality acceptable but preferred his previous OpenFit 2, describing the OpenFit Pro’s sound as solid without a sufficiently wide soundstage. That comparison is a personal listening judgment, not a standardized test.

Battery expectations

The owner reported starting use at 7:50 a.m. and needing a charge after lunch with noise cancellation enabled, during frequent daily use. The official US listing claims up to 6 hours per charge and 24 hours with the case when noise reduction is on, so the owner’s account is a demanding real-world experience rather than a direct laboratory comparison.

Without noise reduction, the official US listing gives higher figures of up to 12 hours per charge and 50 hours with the case. Buyers should treat those figures as the listed regional specifications and confirm that the Chinese unit has the same specification before applying them to the owner’s experience.

Stability and comfort trade-offs

The owner encountered brief noise-cancellation dropouts basically every day in an office, beside a lake, and at a gym. He also reported sharp squealing with a pullover hat, sharp external noise, or occasional contact with the housing when his hands were very dry; this was his main reason for the 70/100 score.

The owner’s experience suggests that clothing contact, environmental noise, and touch conditions may matter in daily use. The US OpenFit Pro lists open-ear noise reduction, which does not establish in-ear-style isolation, so buyers should not assume the product will block voices or other sounds like sealed in-ear headphones.

Case durability and buying advice

After about a month, the owner found scratches and wear on the charging case’s painted metal finish, even though he had used his previous OpenFit 2 in the same way without problems. This is one owner’s durability observation, not evidence of a universal failure rate.

The owner rated the product 70 out of 100 and recommended waiting for the next generation, mainly because of the squealing and also because of unstable noise reduction, limited battery endurance during frequent use, and case wear. The official US listing separately specifies a 12.3 g weight per earbud and IP55 protection; those specifications have not been confirmed for the owner’s Chinese unit.

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