best headphones?
Here's a thread about headphones.
http://www.trifuel.com/forum/13882/headphones-for-bike-run-workouts
"The melting point of wax means nothing to me": Thrice
B&O headphones worked for me. I had plenty of other cheap ones that I had to replace. Some only after few weeks of use. Sweat and wire twisting is a problem. With the B&O I did not have this problem and I have a pair for over a year now. Expensive, yeah but last a long time. I only use them on the bike trainer or on the runs on treadmill or outside where I know the roads.
... just ride/run/hell even swim laps around live concerts and you won't have to worry about head phones! What I can't figure out is how to get my shirt to stop pulling the wire down when I run. I think putting the ear buds back in every 1/2 mile is just the price I will have to pay.
No...earbuds suck. Get the Sony wraparound ones we talk about in the post referenced above by Chunky. Mine are going on 2 years of use & they're like 20 bucks. Don't spend big bucks on headphones you're going to sweat all over.
I just use some like this http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR-J10-Headphones-Non-Slip-Blue/dp/B00005V8G..., they seem to work fine and haven't crapped out after several very wet sessions ( I sweat like a pig all the time).
I use just the ones that came with my ipod however i find on really hot days when I sweat a lot the sweat leaks into my ear behind the speaker and blocks a lot of the sound. I still like them though!
No...earbuds suck. Get the Sony wraparound ones we talk about in the post referenced above by Chunky. Mine are going on 2 years of use & they're like 20 bucks. Don't spend big bucks on headphones you're going to sweat all over.
+1 on the sony wraparounds. Only complaint is they give you like 8 ft of cord so if you get stuck somewhere with them you can repel yourself to safety but in the mean time you have too much cord to deal with.
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Yeah, no doubt. I run the cord down my back, under my shirt, and tuck the excess into my shorts. Works OK.
Don't use the ipod earbuds!! There is on-going litigation regarding whether they cause hearing loss because they're so poorly designed.
So I really wanted earbuds but everyone's voting for the wraparounds... so I have been trying the sony wraparounds and they really hurt the top of my ears-- is that normal? Will my ears get used to it after a while and I should just hang in there?
(PS: the ipod shuffle has a clip to attach to shorts or whatever, so one can clip any extra cord that way.)
After years of trial and error I have found a great solution to most of the earbud issues. The Sony MDR-EX75/WH has a 2 foot cord that plugs into an extension, I just don't use the extension and my Ipod is strapped to my arm so there is almost no extra cord to flap around. The second part is I attach one of those alligator clips that come with every cell phone earplug to the short end of the cord so I can clip it to my shirt collar-presto no movement and the buds don't pull and pop out. They also come with three different bud sizes so you can get a good fit.
Now if they could only solve the sweat issue.....









I love to listen to music when I'm running-- any suggestions on earbuds? I need a new pair (my Bose earbuds are busted). Thanks!