Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I owned the Bose Frame (Alto) for two weeks. I reluctantly returned them because they always slid off my face. I have given these a try and after one day... I like them. Fit and Feel: Frame quality is equal to Bose, they feel the same except the Inventives actual hug my face much, much better. I can actually run in these. These do not feel any less quality than Boses $200 frames, and in fact actually have rubber on the arms to further prevent slippage. Bose Frames are a bit bigger on the face, but I like the look of both, personal preference, they both are wayfarer style. Sound quality: No contest, Bose Frames sound so good, I was even content to substitute my cars (Mercedes) sound system for the sunglasses. Bose Frames pour the music into your brain. The noise pollution for bystanders is minimal. Inventive's sound quality is acceptable, especially after tweaking the sound on your phones equalizer. I am a psuedo-audiophile and only play lossless tracks and use poweramp's excellent player. But even streaming in standard quality from Tidal or Pandora, the sound qualty is good enough for me. Bystanders can hear much more than from the Bose Frame. These leak a fair amount of sound. Neither use bone conduction, they simply have external speakers pointed at your ears, but Bose uses active noise cancellation like audio windshield wipers to keep leakage very low. Let me be clear, once tweaked, I have no complaints with the sound from the Inventives, I appreciate what they are and temper my expectations accordingly, even after having been spoiled by the Bose Frames. Lenses: Bose are not Polarized, Inventives are. I prefer Polarized even if it makes my cellphone screen look odd. Misc: Inventives have an awful blue flashing bluetooth light that flashes every 7 seconds. It very clearly reflects off the inside of the right lense into your eyeball. Incomprehensible design choice, but easily remedied with a sharpie marker. The Incentives also scream WELCOME when you turn them on at full volume, alerting everyone to your intentions to drown them out with Billy Joel. Another headscratching feature. Boses turn off automatically when you flip them over, which is great, and reconnect quietly and subtly without talking to you. Overall: At $59, I prefer these to the $200 Bose Frames BECAUSE they fit so well and the dropoff in quality isn't so pronounced that I'm put off by these. If the Bose had fit me, I'd pay the extra $140 because I appreciate the sound quality jump others might not be so aware of. I really like these In entices though, ten years ago these would have cost $1000. $59 is an easy buy with adjusted expectations. I was mailed the wrong color lenses, so I'm returning them and getting the correct grey ones hopefully, the black frames with blue lenses are a bit too cool for me.