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If you want active noise cancelling that actually seals off the world and a compact, app-tunable in-ear experience, choose Skullcandy Sesh ANC XT; if you need marathon battery, an open-ear fit that keeps your ears unblocked, and the ability to pair two devices at once, choose BEVCEFCC Open Ear.
• Skullcandy Sesh ANC XT — biggest strength: Real hybrid-style active noise cancelling from a 4-mic array, plus app control for EQ, Stay-Aware levels and a low-latency Gaming Mode.
• Skullcandy Sesh ANC XT — biggest trade-off: It's an in-ear bud, so your ears are physically plugged, and the advertised 46 hours only arrives if you keep topping up from the case.
• BEVCEFCC Open Ear — biggest strength: An open-ear hook design with a huge 52-hour playback figure and dual-device Bluetooth 5.4, so nothing ever blocks your ear canal.
• BEVCEFCC Open Ear — biggest trade-off: "Open ear" means no passive seal and no isolation from the world around you — the noise cancelling claim here is about call clarity, not about silencing a plane cabin.
• For whom: Sesh ANC XT suits commuters, flyers and anyone who wants to disappear into their music; BEVCEFCC suits runners, gym-goers, cyclists and remote workers who need to stay aware and stay connected all day.
The Sesh ANC XT is the "tune everything out" option. Skullcandy fits it with a 4-mic active noise cancelling system, which is the headline feature — not just a marketing sticker. Combine that with an in-ear bud shape and you get the physical seal that ANC needs to work properly. If you ride a train, sit in an open-plan office, or fly regularly, that combination is doing the heavy lifting.
The spec sheet is unusually deep for a bud at this tier. You get Bluetooth 5.3, touch controls for media, a balanced armature driver covering 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, IP55 sweat and water resistance, and 9 hours in the buds with another 37 hours in the case — Skullcandy's stated 46-hour total. Rapid Charge gives you 2 hours of listening from a 10-minute top-up, which is the kind of thing that saves you on the way out the door. There's also Tile finding built in once you register, and the Skullcandy App unlocks three EQ presets, a custom EQ, adjustable Stay-Aware levels and Gaming Mode for reduced latency.
Who should buy it: commuters, travellers, gamers who want low-latency audio, and anyone who wants to control how much outside noise reaches them rather than just accepting whatever the seal gives. Who should skip it: people who hate things inside their ear canal, runners who want full ambient awareness for safety, and anyone who wants one charge to genuinely last a week — that 46-hour number requires the case, and the case itself is listed with a 26-hour capacity, so plan on charging it regularly.
The BEVCEFCC Open Ear goes the opposite direction on purpose. Instead of sealing your ear, it hooks over it. The enclosure is ABS, the shape is a hook, and the cushions are memory foam — the whole design is built around the idea that you forget you're wearing them. That's the pitch, and for a lot of people it's the correct one: no pressure points, no soreness, no ear canal fatigue after a long day.
Battery is where it separates itself. BEVCEFCC states 52 hours of playback and 46 hours of call time, which is a genuinely different class of endurance than a typical in-ear bud. The charging case is included, and the listed battery average life is 52 hours. It runs Bluetooth 5.4 — a newer revision than the Skullcandy's 5.3 — and supports dual-device connectivity, meaning you can be on a laptop call and still take a call that comes into your phone. For anyone juggling a work laptop, a personal phone and a tablet, that's a real quality-of-life feature rather than a spec-sheet line.
There's also an NTC protection system that adjusts power flow to guard against overheating during charging. Small thing, but it speaks to the "wear these all day, every day" positioning. And because the ear canal stays open, you hear traffic, colleagues and announcements without pausing anything.
Who should buy it: runners, cyclists, gym-goers, delivery and warehouse workers, and remote workers who live in back-to-back calls. Who should skip it: anyone who wants to block out a noisy flight or a loud train carriage. No open-ear hook can do that, regardless of what the noise cancelling label suggests — here it's about making your voice clear on calls, not about muting the world.
Side-by-Side: Which Should You Choose?
• Best for noise cancelling → Skullcandy Sesh ANC XT. A 4-mic ANC system in a sealed in-ear bud is the only one of these two designed to actually reduce what you hear.
• Best for awareness and safety → BEVCEFCC Open Ear. The open-ear hook leaves your canal clear, which matters when you're running near traffic or on a bike.
• Best for all-day comfort → BEVCEFCC Open Ear. Memory foam cushions and a hook shape are aimed squarely at people who wear buds for 10+ hours and hate the plugged feeling.
• Best for immersive listening → Skullcandy Sesh ANC XT. The seal plus EQ presets and a custom EQ in the app give you far more control over how music actually sounds.
• Best for switching between devices → BEVCEFCC Open Ear. Dual-device connectivity with Bluetooth 5.4 is the more flexible setup for a laptop-and-phone workflow.
• Best for sweaty workouts → Skullcandy Sesh ANC XT. IP55 sweat and water resistance is an explicit rating; BEVCEFCC's sheet doesn't state an IP rating, so treat it as the less proven option for heavy sweat.
• Best for not losing your buds → Skullcandy Sesh ANC XT. Built-in Tile finding technology is a genuine differentiator, especially for in-ear buds that are easy to misplace.
If I were buying one of these for myself, I'd take the Skullcandy Sesh ANC XT. In my opinion, the combination of real 4-mic active noise cancelling, IP55 durability, app-level EQ control, Gaming Mode and Tile finding makes it the more complete product — it does more distinct jobs, and it does the one job (blocking out noise) that the BEVCEFCC simply isn't built for. The trade-off is battery: 9 hours in the buds is fine for a day, not for a week.
I'd recommend the BEVCEFCC Open Ear without hesitation to a different buyer — the runner, the cyclist, the person on calls from morning to night who wants their ears left alone. Its 52-hour figure and dual-device pairing are genuinely strong. But for most people choosing between the two, the Skullcandy is the safer all-rounder. Check the current price on Amazon before deciding, since that's the one variable that could flip this either way.
Both work, but for different reasons. The Skullcandy has an explicit IP55 sweat and water resistance rating, which is the more reassuring spec for heavy sweating. The BEVCEFCC stays put with over-ear hooks and lets you hear traffic, which some runners prefer for safety.
They list active noise cancelling, but the design is open-ear, so your ear canal is never sealed. In practice that means the ANC is aimed at keeping your voice clear on calls, not at blocking out engine noise or a loud gym. If blocking noise is your goal, the Skullcandy is the one that can actually do it.
BEVCEFCC, clearly. It states 52 hours of playback and 46 hours of call time. The Skullcandy gives you 9 hours in the buds plus 37 in the case for a 46-hour total, but you have to keep the case charged to get there.
The BEVCEFCC supports dual-device connectivity, so you can move between a laptop and a phone without re-pairing. The Skullcandy Sesh ANC XT runs Bluetooth 5.3 but its sheet doesn't list multipoint, so plan on one device at a time.
The 4-mic array is doing double duty for noise cancelling and voice pickup, and the Stay-Aware mode lets you hear yourself and your surroundings. For calls in moderately noisy places, that's a sensible setup — though BEVCEFCC is specifically marketed for call-heavy workdays, so it's the stronger pick if calls are your main use.
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