[sliberman]

I'm looking for headphones that may be used while exercising,
and that can get really wet with sweat. Any recommendations?

Preferrable not requiring amplification, to be driven by
portable devices such as Creative MuVo and Sony MD.

Thanks,
Sergio

 

[bangraman]

I had a Sony S2 'Street Style' phone. Pretty crappy sound but are claimed to be water resistant. I didn't really test that bit. They stay on well for all sports related activities, but I think for exercising anything but earphones will just make you sweat even more around the ear and raise the temperature of your head. Does that make sense?

 

[sliberman]

Quote:

Originally posted by bangraman I had a Sony S2 'Street Style' phone. Pretty crappy sound but are claimed to be water resistant. I didn't really test that bit. They stay on well for all sports related activities, but I think for exercising anything but earphones will just make you sweat even more around the ear and raise the temperature of your head. Does that make sense?

You're right. Earphones are best. No need to keep my ears warm.

 

[xlifez]

hmm water resistant? dat means i can go swiming and it won't break?

 

[dragonlong]

Yeah, water resistant.

This may be off topic, but I wonder if there's a completely water resistance source out there too so that you REALLY can go swimming. That would be interesting to see.

 

[el_diablo007]

Quote:

Originally posted by bangraman I had a Sony S2 'Street Style' phone. Pretty crappy sound but are claimed to be water resistant. I didn't really test that bit. They stay on well for all sports related activities, but I think for exercising anything but earphones will just make you sweat even more around the ear and raise the temperature of your head. Does that make sense?

it does make your ears warmer....i exercise with those phones and damn they sound ****ty, but really are water resistant -- been in the rain with them many many times.

 

[IZCool]

There is a company that makes completely waterproof ear/canalphones - custom moulded, but you can go swimming with them. $149 makes them cheap so I don't know about the sound quality though.

From the Precision Labs Website:
Quote:

It can be worn for personal stereo monitoring while swimming, jogging and motorcycling or stationary activities like multimedia monitoring or virtual reality.

Now you just gotta put your source in a sealed plastic container and you're right for 50 laps or so!

 

[TimSchirmer]

hmm... i think ex70's or koss plugs might do the job, unless you are swimming with them or something

 

[Squalish]

I do believe that there ARE water-resistant PDCPs, but I think it's more of a rain-resistant thing than submersion. If you think about it, the jack is the biggest obstacle, everything else can be covered with plastic or rubber easily.

 

[KJ869]

airtight palsticbag with ventile could make any pcdp waterproof, doing same to headphones woulde kinda stupid, sound trought plastic might be horrible.

 

[MikeM]

not sure if the phones unplug from this thing, but it will definitely be waterproof:

http://www.swimoutlet.com/product.asp?3=943