Philips ActionFit
Airborn Bluetooth Headphones
This week for Jade's Life I’m giving the latest Bluetooth headphones by Philips a
road (and treadmill) test. I’m also testing my own tech
knowledge and ability to embrace new equipment. I’m shamelessly admitting to
several very blonde moments so hopefully headphones are the only thing
being judged here! Some promoted features I’ll be looking at are sound
performance, noise isolation, lightweight, practicability and secure fit as
well as the sweat/ water resistant claims.
After some technical difficulties (ie realising they
needed to be charged and then working out how to turn them on) I was off and
running with my new headphones.
I was super excited about this new toy, mostly for gym
training. Dealing with cords and wanting music is just a bit too much when I’m
also trying to concentrate on not being flipped off a treadmill or dropping a
weight on my foot. So usually I train without headphones, and have
to save my killer playlists for home workouts where I can happily
do push-ups to Beyoncé without judgment.
Although comfortable, style wise- I felt a bit like Shrek
with these green things sticking out of my ears. But the bulkiness of the
Bluetooth headphones is a small concession for the newfound freedom to move
efficiently and revel in my favourite music during a sweat sesh.
I accidentally tested the noise isolation by forgetting to
sync the headphones and for a few minutes embarrassingly, the
music was coming out of my phone instead of the headphones. Luckily I was in the lift and didn’t
expose the whole office to my Kanye West motivation tracks. However I could
still hear it pretty clearly and spent several confused moments trying to work
that out! So they didn’t exactly pass the noise isolation test but this is a
good thing, as I like to be aware of my environment, especially whilst running
on the road. Safety first.
The Bluetooth feature of the headphones certainly
increased my freedom of movement while using weights and going through a
circuit exercise at the gym. Definitely a good investment for gym bunnies and
lifting legends who love their tunes. I’ll credit the headphones to pushing me
even harder than usual; I love the increased motivation that music gives you.
Practicability gets a big tick.
For outdoors running, the innovative design kept the headphones in
place and the sound quality was impressive enough to battle against the
elements as I copped the fierce Bondi wind on my early morning run. It was
refreshing to not have to untangle myself or tuck a cord into my bra
to stop it tickling my chin while running. I’ll admit I’ve awkwardly yanked my
headphones out while dropping my phone trying to re tie laces or send mid run
snapchats several times. It’s like an unpleasant jerk back into reality.
Luckily the Bluetooth feature meant that I could stay in my running zone, no
matter how many sunrise selfies I took. (Not that I do that or anything).
Although I didn’t go for a dip or take a shower to test
the water resistance, I definitely like to work up a decent sweat whenever I
exercise (otherwise what’s the point?) and there were no issues with sound
quality.
So far, so good with my little green Bluetooth earphones,
but I’ll be keeping a spare set of regular ones in my gym bag as well, because
I’m anticipating that I’ll forget to charge them at some point. For the
organised individual who likes to be a front-runner in fitness technology these
are a great investment. And for the busy, forgetful blonde who loves music,
they are an interesting accessory rather than a must have necessity.
Let me know your thoughts or if you have other ideas how new technology can help your fitness routine!
Love Jade
xxx
