# Do headphones like this exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 5, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-headphones-like-this-exist/608524 "2012-01-05T18:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Keweenaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Keweenaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keweenaw)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-headphones-like-this-exist/608524/21 "2012-01-06T14:02:54Z")
> [@Bellwood1030](#): > > I’m interested in these, too. I mostly use headphones with my iPod, though at the gym, I connect them to the little TV that’s hooked up to the elliptical trainer. Is it a pain to set these up? If it’s an ipod touch, these things rock -[Jabra Sport](http://www.jabra.com/sites/mobile/na-us/products/pages/jabrasport.aspx). Just got mine for christmas. Needs bluetooth though. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-headphones-like-this-exist/608524/22 "2012-01-06T15:18:07Z")
Another vote for putting the cord down your shirt. I’ve been doing this for years while weight lifting and I’ve never had a problem with the cord. ---
**Author:** ![Bellwood1030](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Bellwood1030](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellwood1030)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-headphones-like-this-exist/608524/23 "2012-01-06T16:55:36Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Now, maybe I’m not doing my part to stimulate the economy here, since I’m not suggesting some expensive new product for you to go out and buy. But couldn’t you use a rubber band or twist-tie to tie up the extra cord so it doesn’t flop around? Tried that. All the headphones I’ve used have had a whole lotta cord, and I’m a short person. Under my shirt or over my shirt, I still end up with a bundle of cord slapping me on the midsection. Depending on the activity, I sometimes need a little more cord length, like when I have my arms raised over my head. I’m not mechanically oriented and would probably mess up trying to cut and splice the cord somehow. I’m most intrigued by the cordless headphones that do not require bluetooth. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-headphones-like-this-exist/608524/24 "2012-01-06T17:11:55Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Now, **maybe I’m not doing my part to stimulate the economy here, since I’m not suggesting some expensive new product for you to go out and buy**. But couldn’t you use a rubber band or twist-tie to tie up the extra cord so it doesn’t flop around? Well, [it’s not hard to do](http://www.amazon.com/Alliance-Sterling-Ergonomically-Correct-24845/dp/B0015ZZM6Q/ref=pd_sbs_op_3). It’s like you’re not even trying. Why do you hate America? ETA: **Bellwood1030** , perhaps your rubber band wasn’t “Ergonomically Correct”. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-headphones-like-this-exist/608524/25 "2012-01-06T19:28:45Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Another vote for putting the cord down your shirt. I’ve been doing this for years while weight lifting and I’ve never had a problem with the cord. OK, fine. Forgo the 5.8GHz digital phones. 😃 Down the shirt works and then use a binder clip (these things are like the duct tape of the office world) to [take up the excess length](http://lifehacker.com/5835423/wrap-your-headphones-with-a-binder-clip-for-easy-tangle+free-storage). Just wrap the excess cord around the handles, threading the last bit through the handle so it won’t come undone and then use the clip to attach it to the shirt at a convenient spot. ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-headphones-like-this-exist/608524/26 "2012-01-06T21:47:46Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > I’m a runner and I hate having cords bouncing about when I run. > > I always wear the cord inside my shirt—in the neck and out at the waist. That way, the cord is completely contained and any slack is coiled up in the belt pouch I wear. > > I use this same trick when I listen to music while involved in lawn care. It makes it more difficult to accidentally clip the headphone cord with my hedge clippers. This is exactly what I do. I have one of those runner’s clip-on thingies which I clip onto the top of my shorts. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-headphones-like-this-exist/608524/27 "2012-01-06T23:51:54Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Just found these: [Sony clip-ons with retractable cord](http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR-Q68LW-Clip--Headphone-Retractable/dp/B000PCF7A6/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1325805083&sr=1-2). Oh that is them–or close to it. I thought they were Panasonic but I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![hector361](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f475e1/32.png) [@hector361](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hector361)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-headphones-like-this-exist/608524/28 "2012-01-21T17:38:10Z")
I got tired of the earbud wires getting caught on everything so I went with wireless earbuds. Sony makes some nice ones and they come with a bluetooth adapter if you don’t have one on your phone. It’s pretty easy to link up to your phone. here’s a tutorial [How to Make Wireless Earbuds](http://how-to-fix-earbuds.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-make-wireless-earbuds.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-headphones-like-this-exist/608524.md?page=1)