"Water resistant " ear buds crapping out with sweat

bruby28
bruby28 Posts: 4,123 Member
edited November 20 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi , just wanted to see if anyone has the same problems with ear buds and if so which brand they recommended ?
So I workout pretty much every day , a lot of cardio and I am a big sweater . I'll be jogging up the stair master just pouring sweat from my face . Thing is every ear buds I've bought so far hasn't lasted more than a few weeks . They either turn off and never turn on again from the sweat or says shutting down when I'm sweating bad . They will sometimes turn back on once dried , but the last few have just died completely .
Is my only option to buy waterproof ones that are 100 bucks + or anyone out there who are huge sweaters have any luck with a good pair of water resistant ones ?
Thanks for any feed back !

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    My wife was leaving the little charging flaps open on hers and the result was untimely failure of the device from sweat...
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Which brands have you tried? I sweat a lot and have had great results with YurBuds as long as I avoid the style with the volume control/mic built into the cord (my sweat got into that and shorted it out).
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    I use a waterproofed iPod and headphones when I swim but maybe they'd be good for you too? Got mine from amazon- underwater audio.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    I sweat like mad and my Bose ear buds are 2+ years old. The pair before them lasted 7 years.
  • bruby28
    bruby28 Posts: 4,123 Member
    I think magic buds , hussar, a few other brands all have done same. They don't have the volume /mic on the cords. I've heard good things on yurbuds maybe give those a try
  • bruby28
    bruby28 Posts: 4,123 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    My wife was leaving the little charging flaps open on hers and the result was untimely failure of the device from sweat...

    Thanks , ya I always have those closed ..I just think the sweat pools or something in my ears and gets in there and just destroys them lol. I also think I sweat a lot more than the normal person , so maybe water resistant is not for a huge sweater like me
  • bruby28
    bruby28 Posts: 4,123 Member
    GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »
    I use a waterproofed iPod and headphones when I swim but maybe they'd be good for you too? Got mine from amazon- underwater audio.

    Thanks , I'll look into that . That's what I was thinking , getting buds meant for swimmers since my head literally looks like I was in a pool anyway lol .
  • bruby28
    bruby28 Posts: 4,123 Member
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    I sweat like mad and my Bose ear buds are 2+ years old. The pair before them lasted 7 years.

    I'll look into these too , thanks ;) I know they're pricier but at this rate I'm prob spending just as much replacing mine every 2 weeks :(
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    These JVC Gumy headphones are sweatproof and $25. I've had a pair for 2 years and no issues.

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/jvc-gumy-wireless-in-ear-headphones-black/5480405.p?skuId=5480405
  • bruby28
    bruby28 Posts: 4,123 Member
    Packerjohn wrote: »
    These JVC Gumy headphones are sweatproof and $25. I've had a pair for 2 years and no issues.

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/jvc-gumy-wireless-in-ear-headphones-black/5480405.p?skuId=5480405

    Thanks I'll check out reviews ;)
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