AURIA Exceed Earphones REVIEW & GIVEAWAY!!!!

Hey friends!I’m so excited for today’s post! Back in May, while at the San Diego Rock ‘N Roll Relay Marathon, I was in search of  a new pair of earphones. I was mainly running with the “standard” earphones that came with my iPod, and wasn’t satisfied. I had tried a pair of the “hook” earphones, but they were even worse. Needless to say, I wasn’t content with my set up and knew I needed something different. We were literally on the last row of the marathon convention while my friends were looking at some wristband thing that helped with balance….I saw some earphones next door and told them I’d leave them to their “magic bracelets” while I looked at something I really needed.

 The gentleman working the Auria booth fit me in a pair of earphones and started the music so I could see how they worked. The next thing he did, threw me for a loop. He turned the volume up and continued to carry on a conversation with me. WHAT? I was confused! He continued to explain to me that the Auria Exceed earphones were created so that the wearer could hear the ambient noises around them, like the cars that are approaching from the rear, etc. I was sold and purchased them on the spot.

 Here’s a little bit of my experience of running with my Auria Exceed Earphones….

 My first run was at the San Diego Rock ‘N Roll Relay. I loved that there is a toggle switch on the front of the earphones so that you can turn the volume up and down easily (major plus for when the iPod is stored securely in a pouch). There’s also a button that you can answer calls with if you have it connected to your iPhone (this will come in handy for me if Verizon would ever get on the ball!).

The earphones are also extremely comfortable. From the first use, I noticed a major difference. The Exceed Earphones come with different “eco-rings” to size them properly for your ear. Major plus! I have small ears so they didn’t feel like I had something stuffed in there. They also sit in your ear a little differently than regular earphones. They are designed so that the earphones sit directly at the openings of the ear canals. They aren’t stuffed into your ear. This helps to not totally block out the external sounds like other earphones. I experienced the benefit of this first hand when on a morning run and could hear the dog that came charging at me from behind. I had my music up, but could still hear the dog coming…come to think of it, these earphones saved me from what would have been a super bad encounter!

 Another plus for the setup of these earphones is they don’t fall out of your ear! I put them in and forget about them…no adjusting, no fidgetting…they stay where put. I think this video from Auria says it best: 

 Watch the video HERE

Yeah, these things don’t move!

 They also have a hilarious video on their facebook page HERE.

 Another cool thing about these earphones is you can personalize them. Their website has a ton of different snap on personalizers you can choose from to make them your own. I stuck with the fun tribal looking one’s that were included in the package.

 Here’s a few fun things I learned about from Dave over at Auria:

•  The word “AURIA” is an Italian derivative that basically can be translated as “music in air”. This is what we are delivering: high-quality music to user’s ears WHILE users can still hear ambient sounds around them (we call that “being engaged with their environment”).
• This company was founded to resolve problems that I and others saw in existing earphones for athletes. I ran competitively for over 30 years and also cross-trained with a road bike for over 20 years. I have a love of music and fully believe the research that indicates that listening to music while training enhances the experience and likely may improve the effectiveness of the training.

You can purchase your own AURIA earphones at various retailers or go online and get the on AMAZON or directly from THEIR SITE. And here comes the really really cool part! I contacted Auria to let them know about my awesome experience and they sent me a pair of White EXCEED earphones to give away to my readers!

Here’s what you can do to win yourself a pair of these awesome earphones: 1.(Not mandatory, but highly encouraged…) FOLLOW ME! I’d really like to see you back! Let me know how you are following me~ you can click that button on the right and I’ll show up in your email (or my posts will!). Or, put me in your RSS reader subscription. Just let me know how you follow me in a separate comment.

 2. Visit AURIA’s site HERE and browse around. Come back and leave a separate comment about something you like about their product.

 3. Leave a seperate comment for your favorite “Power Song” you know, that one that really gets you going! (Mine is Walls by Manic Drive watch the video HERE)

4. Share this giveaway on your blog. Leave a seperate comment =)

 Enter TODAY~ cause you know you’ll forget! But you have until Monday, September 20th. I’ll draw the lucky winner using random.org and post it here on Tuesday, September 21.