Gapasea Walkie Talkie Glasses Review: Bluetooth Music Mode Test

So I got my hands on the Gapasea Walkie-Talkie Glasses and put them through the real test: can they hold their own as a Bluetooth pair of headphones for your everyday music, no walkie-talkie buddy required? Watch the video plus keep reading for all my thoughts. Just on the product. Not every thought I have. That would be dangerous.

The Gapasea glasses have an open-ear speaker design that works well for listening to music or podcasts while still able to hear situational surrounding sounds (important for hearing cars, traffic and that annoying, "ON YOUR LEFT!" because you are too slow of a bike rider). THE REVIEW

THE LOOK: Let's start with the glasses themselves. When I took the glasses out of the very nice packaging I thought they looked a bit big and heavy. I compared them to my Tiposi Stash glasses and they were only a half an ounce heavier (Gapasea - 48g vs. Tiposi - 34g). You really can't tell when wearing them. Looking in the mirror I did confirm that the Gapasea were a little big for my face or my face was a little small for the glasses. We'll never know. However, I loved looking out of the glasses! The Zeiss lens are great! A super clear view that seemed to enhance the contrast which is ideal with shadows in the trails.

THE CONNECTION: Connecting the Gapasea glasses to bluetooth on your phone is easy. I have an iPhone but I am sure it's pretty much the same on any phone. You just put the glasses on where you will hear a chime that lets you know they are on. Go to your phones bluetooth settings and you should see 'Gapasea' show up. Just hit that and they will pair and you can rock out!

THE FIT: When wearing your typical half-shell style cycling helmet the glasses fit nicely. But, my everyday mountain bike helmet is the Fox Dropframe helmet which a is 3/4 enduro helmet that the sides extend down to my jaw. The glasses took some maneuvering to get them in the helmet and were uncomfortable when they were in due to the controls on the glasses arms. They were great with the half-shell which I ride gravel with so I will use them there.

THE SOUND: I never really liked wearing earbuds when riding because I want to hear my surroundings. I do like the Gapasea open-ear speaker design which lets me do both! The music comes in clear but there isn't much bass so it has a little hollow sound to it. But I can live with that to hear music and what is going on around me. Podcasts sounded fine to me though. You do not have volume controls on the glasses so you have to rely on the phone to adjust the volume.

THE CALL: You can make calls or answer all those spammers and talk to them whilst you are riding. I made a call to my wife and it came in clear. She could hear me well and said there was no wind sound. Because you KNOW I was going hella fast!

THE OVERALL TAKE: I liked these glasses more than I thought I would. At first glance they look a little gimmicky but once you have them on and listening to music you just don't care. I still think they are a little too big looking for my preference but I will still wear them. The Zeiss lens is incredible. While I won't use them with my Fox 3/4 helmet, I will with any halfshell that I wear. Right now the glasses are onsale at Gapasea for $298 which is cheaper than nice cycling glasses and AirPods and it's less to lose.

👉 Another Gapasea review coming soon where I test the actual walkie-talkie mode between two pairs.

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