Sharp HP-TW45-BK Clip-On Earbuds — Open-Ear True Wireless, Secure Ear Hook Fit, IPX4 Sweatproof

The Sharp HP-TW45-BK is a clip-on earbud built for people whose earbuds keep falling out. The hook wraps over the top of your ear and anchors there. Nothing is wedged into the ear canal, so there is no silicone tip to work loose halfway through a run. The driver sits just outside the canal — this is an open-ear design, and Sharp calls the technology air conduction. You hear your music and you still hear the traffic, the coach, the doorbell. If you have been searching for earbuds that don't fall out and you have already returned two or three pairs of in-ears, this is the design that fixes the problem mechanically instead of asking you to hunt for the right tip size.

The IPX4 rating handles sweat and light rain. The ear hook holds through burpees, sprint intervals and the kind of head-shake that ejects most earbuds. On sound, we will be straight with you: an open-ear earbud has no seal in your ear canal, so it cannot hold low frequencies in the way a sealed in-ear does. Sharp rates the HP-TW45 at 20 Hz to 20 kHz with 6 mW total RMS output, and it is tuned for clarity — music, podcasts and call audio all come through clean and stay comfortable for hours. If you want chest-thump bass, buy a sealed in-ear instead. We would rather say that now than take the return later.

Controls are split between the two buds rather than duplicated: play, pause and next track sit on the right, previous track and volume down on the left, and either bud answers or ends a call. There is a built-in microphone and an LED status light. There is no active noise cancellation, and that is deliberate — the whole point of an open-ear earbud is to hear what is around you. Battery runs about 5 hours of playback per charge, and the charging case takes you to roughly 15 hours total. The buds refill in about 1.5 hours, the case in about 2.5. Bluetooth 5.3, USB-C charging, 6.6 g per bud and 37.3 g for the case. Pairs with iPhone and Android without fuss, and it ships with a one-year limited Sharp warranty valid in Canada.