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  • PineRune@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlBone conduction headphones?
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    3 months ago

    I wore some of these at work for a while to listen to music, since earbuds were an OSHA safetey issue.

    • They are horrible in loud environments. I had to turn them up so high thay they would vibrate, which was an unpleasent feeling.
    • However, you can still hear them fine with OSHA approved earplugs, but then the music sounds all muffled.
    • You can find lots of different ones on Amazon and such just by searching for bone conduction headphones, ranging from cheap to expensive.
    • The ones I got cost about $20 at the time, and had an okay sound quality, but not much bass.

    I leaned about these from the Soundband Kickstarter over a decade ago, whoch I backed. None of the backers ever got a product, as it seems the creators dropped the project and ran with the money. Those ones had the bone-conduction wrap around the ear. Instead of sit on the bone in front of the ear.

    Edit, to add a few points:

    • They were comfortable enough to wear for several hours, but the vibration got real annoying if I had to turn up the volume due to a loud environment. The band that wraps around the ears could get uncomfortable after a while.
    • It didn’t irratate my skin, but vibration at loud volumes was uncomfortable.
    • I wore these with glasses no problem.
    • The band that wraps around wasn’t tight, but fit okay enough to not flop around while working. Not sure about for jogging or other work-outs.





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