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Zipbuds’ 26 Bluetooth earbuds target sporting enthusiasts

Those who tend to live out an active lifestyle would definitely be able to make do with some music to assist them along the way. That is why gyms have been fitted with modern day audio systems, blasting out music to keep the clients all pumped up in order to push themselves to improve more and more. With Zipbuds, the company knows that an active lifestyle can only mean one thing — having an…

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Zipbuds Tangle Free Zipper Earbuds

Who would think that a zipper design would be the key to solving messy wire problems right?

so i break my headphones all the time.

in my defense, i wear my headphones everywhere, all the time, forever. that’s me in the foyer, ignoring people who’ve come into the office because i just got to the chorus of missy elliot’s “WTF” and can’t be bothered to greet them. that’s me in the airport almost missing my flight because i’m jamming to “amnesia (act 5)”. that’s me trundling down the sidewalk in what might be a jog if i weren’t trying to do the mashed potato to “cabinet battle #1” at the same time. 

all these different ways of using my headphones means there are lots of cool fun ways for me to break them, which happens constantly, and immediately sends me into a rage spiral because how DARE you be a delicate piece of technology that can’t keep up with my incredibly accident-prone lifestyle while being in almost constant use?

anyway, @zipbuds heard me whining about this problem a few weeks ago and sent me a pair of their SLIDE sport earbuds (so, you know, full disclosure). and i love them. i mean, i LOVE them.

PROS

they don’t tangle

good sound quality

built-in microphone

water-resistant

built out of some fancy military shit so they can survive life with me, A Certified Human Disaster.

their fancy shape even fits my tiny troll ears!!!

CONS

they’re $80, which is like, $70 more than i’m typically willing to spend on anything, up to and including healthcare. but they last a looooooong time. i’m sure there’s economics to be done here about the value of buying one fancy pair of headphones vs 10 immediately breakable pair of headphones, but i majored in comp lit and anthropology, so don’t ask me to do math.

ZipBuds Announces the SLIDE, a ZipperLess Set of Affordable Headphones

I’ve always found ZipBuds to be pretty interesting. The inventive zipper format to their headphones has always been pretty unique and something I could see myself using while traveling.

So it’s pretty odd that I, as a “bluetooth” headphone user, would get as excited as I am about ZipBuds announcement of… zipperless in-ear headphones, by the name of SLIDE.

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