Offering full awareness of your surroundings during activity, bone-conduction headphones are growing increasingly popular among the sports crowd. Here’s our pick of the latest buys

£119| audio-technica.com | Tester Esther These are smart cartilage conducting ’phones, but in terms of look and feel, if you’re used to bone-conducting, they’re very similar. They stay put and are com

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The days of cheap earphones being tinny trash are behind us: sifting through the bargain bin today can surface audio gold. Like these…

Whether you’re huddled in a sweaty studio trying to get all of the pieces of a tricky mix to come together, or you’re happy just to sit at home enjoying your favourite tunes, the DT 990 Pro X are supe

The Runner’s World team are always sweating the details as we put the latest gear through its paces. Our collective efforts have road-and trail-tested hundreds of products over the past year, and now we’ve compared notes and pored over the data to hand-pick the best of the best. Over the following pages, you’ll find the stand-out kit that has enhanced our running in 2025, all lined up on the red carpet to claim the coveted gongs in the various categories of our annual Gear Awards