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If you want an open-ear design that lets you hear traffic, training partners and everything around you while you work out, choose Skullcandy Push 720; if you need active noise cancelling, wingtip stability and spatial audio for focused, immersive listening, choose Amazon Renewed Beats Powerbeats Fit. These two solve opposite problems. One keeps the world in. The other shuts it out. Here's how I'd decide between them.
• Skullcandy Push 720 — biggest strength: an open-ear cuff design with 12mm drivers, IP67 waterproofing and up to 30 hours of total battery with a wireless charging pouch.
• Skullcandy Push 720 — biggest trade-off: no noise cancelling at all, and only 6 hours per charge in the buds themselves, so the case is doing most of the heavy lifting.
• Amazon Renewed Beats Powerbeats Fit — biggest strength: active noise cancelling plus Transparency mode, secure-fit wingtips, up to 7 hours per bud and up to 30 hours with the case.
• Amazon Renewed Beats Powerbeats Fit — biggest trade-off: it's a renewed unit with a 90-day limited warranty rather than a new-product warranty, and it only carries an IPX4 water-resistance rating.
• Who each pick is for: Push 720 suits runners and outdoor athletes who want awareness and a rugged waterproof build; Powerbeats Fit suits gym-goers who want to block out a noisy room and get a locked-in fit.
The Push 720 is built around one idea: don't plug your ears. Instead of sealing into your canal, it uses an ear-cuff design that sits open, so ambient sound flows in while 12mm dynamic drivers push audio toward you. In practice that means you can hear a car approaching on a road run, catch a coach's cue across the gym floor, or stay aware of your surroundings on a trail. If you've ever pulled an earbud out at a crosswalk just to be safe, this is the form factor that solves that annoyance permanently.
The spec sheet backs up the outdoor angle. It carries an IP67 waterproof and sweatproof rating, which is a genuinely rugged level of sealing — rain, sweat and splashes are all fine. Battery is up to 30 hours total: 6 hours in the earbuds and 24 in the case, and Rapid Charge gives you 2 hours of playtime from a 10-minute charge. The case itself charges wirelessly, so there's no cable fumbling. Bluetooth 5.2 handles the connection, and the Skullcandy app lets you tune EQ presets, remap the buttons and even use an earbud as a camera shutter trigger.
Buy it if you run outdoors, train in busy spaces, or simply hate the plugged-up feeling of sealed buds. Skip it if you want to disappear into your music in a noisy room.
Amazon Renewed Beats Powerbeats Fit: Who It's For
The Powerbeats Fit takes the opposite approach. Universal secure-fit wingtips tuck gently into your ear for stability, and the custom acoustic platform is tuned to deliver balanced Beats sound across the spectrum. Then it adds Active Noise Cancelling to block the outside world, with Transparency mode on tap when you do want to hear what's happening around you. That combination — full isolation when you want it, awareness when you don't — is the core reason to pick this pair.
Battery is up to 30 hours with the charging case and up to 7 hours per bud on a single charge, plus Fast Fuel, which gives you up to 1 hour of playback from a 5-minute charge. The charging case is 17% smaller than its predecessor, and both the buds and the case carry an IPX4 sweat and water resistance rating — enough for rain, heat or a sweaty session, though not the full submersion protection of an IP67 rating. You also get Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking and Adaptive EQ, which tailors sound to each earbud's fit and seal. Controls cover buttons, touch, volume, voice and Siri.
The important caveat is right in the name. This is an Amazon Renewed listing, and the warranty is a 90-day limited warranty rather than the coverage you'd get on a brand-new pair. It ships as standard packaging with eartips, the case, a user manual and the earbuds — note that the power adapter and USB-C cable are sold separately, so budget for a cable if you don't already have one.
Side-by-Side: Which Should You Choose?
• Best for hearing your surroundings → Skullcandy Push 720. The open-ear cuff design is awareness by default; no mode switching required.
• Best for blocking out a noisy gym → Amazon Renewed Beats Powerbeats Fit. Active Noise Cancelling does what the Push 720 structurally cannot.
• Best for rainy, sweaty, messy conditions → Skullcandy Push 720. IP67 on the earbuds beats IPX4 on the Beats for pure water resistance.
• Best single-charge runtime → Amazon Renewed Beats Powerbeats Fit. Up to 7 hours per bud versus 6 on the Push 720.
• Best quick top-up → Push 720 for a longer burst, Powerbeats Fit for speed. 10 minutes gets you 2 hours on the Skullcandy; 5 minutes gets you 1 hour on the Beats.
• Best for immersive, cinematic listening → Amazon Renewed Beats Powerbeats Fit. Personalized Spatial Audio with head tracking and Adaptive EQ are features the Push 720 simply doesn't offer.
• Best for a secure, tucked-in fit during lifting → Amazon Renewed Beats Powerbeats Fit. Wingtips are engineered specifically to lock the bud in place.
• Best for long-term peace of mind → Skullcandy Push 720. A 1-year manufacturer warranty versus a 90-day limited warranty on the renewed Beats.
In my opinion, most people shopping this pairing should buy the Amazon Renewed Beats Powerbeats Fit. Noise cancelling, spatial audio, 7 hours per bud and a genuinely locked-in wingtip fit cover more real-world workout scenarios, and the 90-day warranty is a reasonable trade for what you get. That said, if you run outdoors on roads or trails and safety awareness matters more than isolation, I'd pick the Skullcandy Push 720 without hesitation — its IP67 build and open design are purpose-built for exactly that. Decide which problem you're solving, and the choice makes itself.
Yes — that's its strongest use case. The open-ear cuff keeps you aware of traffic and surroundings, the IP67 rating shrugs off rain and sweat, and the wireless charging pouch plus Rapid Charge make it easy to keep topped up between sessions.
It does. Active Noise Cancelling blocks external sound, and Transparency mode lets you hear your surroundings when you want. That's the clearest functional difference between these two — the Skullcandy has no noise control at all.
It's listed with a 90-day limited warranty, since it's a renewed unit rather than a new product. The Skullcandy Push 720 includes a 1-year manufacturer warranty. If warranty length matters to you, factor that in.
The Skullcandy Push 720 wins on paper with an IP67 rating on the earbuds. The Powerbeats Fit buds and case are both IPX4 — fine for sweat and rain, but not the same level of protection. For heavy rain, mud or splashes, I'd lean Skullcandy.
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