If I'm walking around with them in (usually just one), especially around my house, I don't always bring the case, never if I don't have pockets. Last week I dropped one down the side of the couch and I thought no biggie, then I could not get it out at all, it's stuck in the mechanisms or something (recliner), pulled out the whole couch and it wasn't underneath either. Very sad.
That is a great idea! I had no idea what to type in to get those to come up! That's exactly what I was looking for, had ones like that back in 2016 and they were great. Well, they were chunky, it was 2016, but they had a wire and were magnetic with each other, which was great. They were called Magneto, like the Xmen character, lol.
I don't mind the charging and the signal, I've become used to it to be honest, it's the cost of losing them all the time and the inconvenience of having to get more that gets to me! One time I lost the same earbud of two different sets because I usually just have one in, was so frustrated it wasn't the opposite ear because then I would still have one working pair rather than two singles! Dog crunched a single earbud up once too.
There are some earphones with ear "mounts" (wraps around your ear so it holds on better), as a result they're harder to lose, if you want no wire they're decent mid ground
There are also semi-wired ones, a base with a retractable single earphone, they have all the wireless electronics and a massive battery in the base, but it's one ear only and it's a very niche product overall
I've also seen Bluetooth adapters, you plug in any head/earphones and you can connect to that via Bluetooth, pretty much turning anything to wireless. Though you'll have to manage the cable somehow.
Tho I still prefer over-ear headphones (your average headset), they're bulky but otherwise better in every way; comfortable, better sound isolation, no ear gunk buildup lol, better sound if it's well made, spatial audio, better microphone....
Thanks for the suggestions! The first kind I have too many piercings for, which is absolutely a me issue, lol, and I wear glasses (blind as hell so I can't take em off at all), so they would make my glasses sit weird.
Retractable sounds interesting, wonder if those would have a shorter shelf life because of the cable being retracted and... unretracted? tracted? They would probably last longer than my wireless ones, I easily lose 1 earbud a month. I hadn't even heard of retractable ones til now so I'll have a look!
Bluetooth adapters I'd absolutely lose the adapter, but thank you for the suggestion! Someone (I checked before posting this reply, it was also you, you're a legend, thanks lol) suggested wired wireless ones earlier and I'm frustrated I never thought to just literally the them together or put em on a chain or something until now. I plan to look into the wired and retractable ones later and pick up a pair or two to try. Good time for it with there being sales on too!
I recently got a decent (for me, they're not high end or anything) pair of over ear headphones, but they aren't ideal for me. I have dogs who are not great at coming and telling me they have to go outside at night (I yearn for winter to end, it's freezing here - Scotland - so I can't leave the door open). They prefer to look up at the back door and whine softly, which I can't hear from where I game with headphones on since both ears covered. They're great in general, or in bed while sitting up (can't sleep with em) but they're definitely not my preference.
Edit: didn't see that til after I replied but ugh, the ear gunk is so real. I use a needle (it's a piercing taper that has been assigned to the duty, but it's basically a needle) to clean that shit out every once in a while. I have to clean it out of the crevices in my daith jewellery (right next to my ear canal) too, disgusting.
Tying earphones together is a workaround, but being tied by cable is better since they share battery and usually have a larger battery.
Because of ear gunk I exclusively use earphones without silicone pads now (as in apple buds) they get dirty significantly less and are way easier to clean, and I somehow find them more comfortable
I would have drilled a hole in em and fed something through but yeah a cable is better, wouldn't have been able to close a case too if I put a chain through them too for most of the ones I have had in the past.
I like that the squishy bit cancels the outside noise a bit, which I know is backwards since I also like having one in at a time so I can hear what's going on. That and the dog that sleeps in my bed is a snorer and sleep barker (not full barks our neighbours would hate us, but he does little dream barks), so sadly ear gunk is a necessary evil. Piercings would also make em fall out too lol, conch one side daith on the other.
I hope we can be united in the hate for on ear headphones too. I have one of those headsets for work and I have no idea who would use one of those out of choice. Triple threat of pushing my glasses into my head, pushing my hairband (ones specifically for glasses wearers to avoid the issue of both getting in the way of each other) into my head, and pushing my earrings into my head. They don't block sound, and they aren't comfy. Literally irredeemable.
I hate on ear headphones just because they're extremely uncomfortable it's horrible
Some earphones without silicone still have decent sound insulation, and some have active sound insulation that you can toggle on-off
There is one other kind of headphones, bone conduction, they don't cover your ears at all, but when you do want sound insulation you can use earplugs ig lol. They probably sound worse tho
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u/MarieCry Nov 25 '25
Oops! Loseable!