Looking for a bluetooth single earbud for media - not for calls

specialk1177 · Feb 19, 2014

I listen to my headphones at work all day long...I'm constantly getting up & I spend so much time pausing & restarting my music. I spend way more time getting up, sitting on the hanging extra earbud, turning around...all which rip the earbud right out & it can be pretty painful. I wear my work headset on my other ear so I am NOT looking for a regular bluetooth headset (I'd look like a fool wearing 2 phones), I don't want to make or take calls with it, I just want to be able to listen to music/movies while moving around & not having to carry my phone or iPod around with me. If everything else is wireless why can't my headphones be? Even the wireless ones I find still have a wire connected the 2 buds & I don't want that as I can only wear 1 bud & the other would still be hanging. Does this even exist? If not, it should...I just spotted 18 people in my office working with 1 earbud hanging out!

legalkill · Feb 19, 2014

I think most bluetooth headphones do media audio. My old motorola HX550 plays audio fine, i listen to pandora on it, mostly comedy and is not a inside ear peice so you can hear outside noise as well and its relatively smaller than some bluetooth ear pieces, so you would not look like a total douche with two different things in your ears, i guess.

The Moto S11-HD sound great, i was surprised , but alas its two ear noise canceling. You are pretty much deaf to the world if you put these in properly.

Found these in a google search http://www.crunchwear.com/koss-striva-tap-wireless-earbuds-luxury-audio-you-can-wear/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105...-away-with-tangled-cords-bluetooth/?ttag=gpwl

svensett · Feb 20, 2014

This may be too obvious, but buy an inexpensive pair of earbuds and cut one of them off...

specialk1177 · Feb 20, 2014

But then it's still attached to my phone/iPod which doesn't help...thanks though svensett!

specialk1177 · Feb 20, 2014

Thanks legalkill but I'm looking for something that would be internal, not external...I wear glasses so the usual bluetooth headset doesn't sit right on my ear, it just kind of hangs off & is always dropping so I don't use them.

fdbryant3 · Feb 20, 2014

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0093TSSH6/ref=oh_details_o09_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use this mostly for listening to podcasts/music at work or while shopping. Of course it also takes calls but that is a secondary function for me.

The ear loop lets it sit in your ear with falling out in most circumstances without the need of an ear hook. You may have to change the ear loop to find the size that fits your ear best.

specialk1177 · Feb 21, 2014

That could work fdbryant3...will it play the music stored on my phone or only play streaming music/podcasts? I had a bluetooth similar to this that died & it would play Pandora & Netflix but it wouldn't play the music stored locally for some reason.

legalkill · Feb 21, 2014

Did you see these I linked earlier?
Found these in a google search Koss Striva Tap Wireless Earbuds: Luxury Audio You Can Wear

Split earbuds do away with tangled cords, Bluetooth | Crave - CNET

Not quite what you want but almost, the technology seems to be right on the seam.

fdbryant3 · Feb 21, 2014

Yep, it will play what is stored on your phone (I've always preferred local storage to streaming or the cloud).

specialk1177 · Feb 21, 2014

Those Koss Earbuds are exactly what I'm looking for BUT...a month's rent is not what I'm looking to spend, LOL!!!

svensett · Feb 21, 2014

specialk1177 said:
But then it's still attached to my phone/iPod which doesn't help...thanks though svensett!

Ah... Missed the completely wireless part.

kwmetalfan · Feb 21, 2014

I use a Blueant Q3. Fits comfortably even with my glasses. It has in-ear buds as well as over the ear. I think it was around $80 about a year ago.

patriwind · Jun 5, 2014

hi... are any of these -mainly the Plantronics M165- good for laptops too? thank u

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