#ausdom

Right. So, a couple years ago [edit: 5 years ago! Holy crap, these headsets don’t owe me anything, do they? Half a decade, that’s not bad] [https://jjnonken.tumblr.com/post/137460867585/it-arrived-today-reasonably-comfortable-sounds] I posted about my new Ausdom M05 bluetooth headset. Here’s an update.

There’s a bit between the earpiece on each side and the headband that connects the two, has wires running through it, and includes a swivel. Due to an accident I broke the one on the left. At the advice of a friend I ordered some UV-cure glue, but in the meantime I ordered another from eBay. I’ve been using it ever since.

Some time ago I was buying magnetic charging cables (not this one [https://www.tekgear.com/third-generation-intelligent-magnetic-usb-cable.html] but similar -- I can’t find the exact ones I’ve been using any more). So it’s a two part cable, a connector (end piece?) and a cable, and you can get multiple options for the connector (e.g. micro-USB and Lightning, for instance). Anyway, the USB charging port on the first headset was missing the rubber cover piece, so I stuck in one of the magnetic connectors to help protect it, and I’ve been charging it using the corresponding cable, and that’s pretty much the only one I still use. The idea is nice, but a) the style I got at the time didn’t come with a USB-C, and b) if I use it in the car it almost invariably picks up schmutz from the floor and I have to keep cleaning the damned things. With a pair of tweezers, because it’s not just dirt, it’s bits of ferrous material.

Eventually I not only glued the broken piece back together but made sure to beef it up with extra glue -- not anything that interferes with its function, but in the empty spaces between the plastic ribs they include as structural bracing. I just filled those up where I could.

It worked. Now I have two M05 headsets. Ever since then I’ve had one at work and one at home, and I used them all the time for, what, two years now? Three? more than five years total.

Last month the one at work broke: same place, other side. This time I didn’t do anything particular to stress it; it’s just getting old, and normal use has taken its toll. Fortunately I had an extra BBFIT headset at hand, so I’ve been using that at work. (And fortunately I use speakers for most of my listening. I usually only use the headset when I’m watching videos during lunch.)

And things were going OK, except now the original one re-broke two nights ago. Same situation: no particular stress, normal wear and tear. If anything, the fact that the repair lasted as long as the other headset is a testament to the quality of the repair -- and if anything, I use the headset at home much more than the one at work.

Again, fortunately I have some extra sports headsets -- in this case I grabbed one of my older S11-HD headsets that was already linked to the laptop, and left the much newer (and more capable) BBFIT 2100 in my backpack.