[fcb-l] a great new kind of ear-bud

[Don Moore]

Great!  Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chip Orange" <lists3717 at comcast.net>
To: <fcb-l at acb.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [fcb-l] a great new kind of ear-bud


Below is the link to the Amazon merchant with the $31 price.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P822RU/ref=ox_ya_oh_product


Chip


-----Original Message-----
From: fcb-l-bounces at acb.org [mailto:fcb-l-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of
Allison and Chip Orange
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:22 PM
To: fcb-l at acb.org
Subject: [fcb-l] a great new kind of ear-bud

Hi all,

I just got one of my Christmas presents, and wanted to mention a new product
I'm really impressed with.  they're ear-buds designed so that they can't
fall out of your ear, and they rest on the outside of it so that you can
still hear other sounds in the environment, while listening to a talking
book say.

they're light-weight, and very small and compact, just like regular
ear-buds.  the trick is that you don't cram these inside your ear at all,
but they rest really on the edge of your face, right up against the outside
of your ear, and a loop of the cord goes up and around behind your ear, and
is clipped to itself in such a way that you tighten it to fit, and then they
don't fall off.  and I have no trouble hearing my book and other people in
the room talking to me both.

They're not the best music experience ever, but you can hear your music well
enough, and still hear other sounds.

These are called AirDrives Fit, and are available from Amazon for $31 with
free shipping.  they're black.

Unfortunately, I originally ordered these from Sendero, when they announced
they would be carrying them.  , but what Sendero sent me, for a total of
$48, were the kids version of these, which normally retail for half the
price of the standard ones, because they're bright blue and plastic (the
standard ones have a magnesium housing internally, according to one
reviewer).  Sendero told me "there's no difference" when I called, and there
was a protracted argument with them before they agreed to take them back.  I
cannot recommend doing business with Sendero, at least for the AirDrives Fit
ear-buds.

My wife thinks the bright blue and bright pink of the kids version is not
very attractive, but to be fair, it's very hard to come up with a definitive
comparison between the standard and kids models to explain why the kids
models are literally half the MSRP of the standard ones.
If you want to save even a few more dollars, look at gameshark.com for the
kids models, they had them for $19.99, if you think there would be no
difference.

Chip

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