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Best wireless earbuds when wearing gloves or mittens? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 weeks ago by merc to c/[email protected]

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I need some new earbuds, and live in a place with severe winters. I want to be able to access the controls using gloves or mittens if possible.

The online reviews I've seen all assume that you can just touch the earbuds with bare hands, but when it's well below freezing, that sometimes isn't possible. If I have to take off a mitt to use my earbuds my hand might not warm up until I can get back indoors again. Earbuds that work with touchscreen-capable gloves aren't good enough either. I've never seen touchscreen-capable gloves that keep your hands warm at -40C.

Any suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

I can recommend trying shitty ones. I bought a couple of pairs of Temu and the clicky buttons are cheaper than capacitive touch, so I have two pairs that are easily pressed with gloved or in my case my shoulder when cooking or cleaning. They make a loudish click in my ear when I press the button, but it is not that bad.

A second and possibly worse option is to get wrap around earbuds, the kind that go behind the head. They tend to have buttons on the ear or just behind but still tend to be physical buttons most of the time.

[–] merc 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, those are definitely options worth considering.

If nothing else, if I get a cheap pair then find a good set, I'll have a backup in case I lose the better ones.

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