Shokz OpenFit Air vs Creative Outlier Free

The Shokz OpenFit Air and the Creative Outlier Free use different designs to target a similar segment of the open-fit headphone market. The Shokz are wireless earbuds that hook around your ears while sitting outside your ear canal. On the other hand, the Creative use a wraparound neckband design to position small vibrating transducer pods just below your temples. In practice, these approaches both produce similar thin, mid-forward audio. The choice comes down to which design you find more comfortable and stable. We think the Creative have the edge in both cases, but some people don't like the feel of a wraparound design. Other than that, the larger Creative have a longer continuous battery life, but the Shokz come with a case that stores another three charges in, giving them a much longer 26-hour total battery life.