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iPod friendly helmets.

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:12:42 GMT

Ok guys,

Putting aside the debate of whether or not you should be plugged into your iPod whilst on the slopes i would like to hear from anyone who uses either the standard ipod headphones with a helmet or the newer helmets with built in speakers.

I am a big fan of music whilst skiing and so far just use my standard headphones tucked under my hat. But next year i am planning to buy a helmet and would like to know how comfortable headphones are underneath them. Also how good the dedicated helmet systems really are.

Many thanks

Jon

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:22:48 GMT

Most helmet brands to built in 'earphones'. None of them are as good as decent standard earphones.

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:25:07 GMT

Pablo Escobar wrote:Most helmet brands to built in 'earphones'. None of them are as good as decent standard earphones.

Have you used any? I would prefer to stick to the standard ones but i wonder if they will pop out too easily when the helmet moves and flexes about.

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:37:42 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:Most helmet brands to built in 'earphones'. None of them are as good as decent standard earphones.

Have you used any? I would prefer to stick to the standard ones but i wonder if they will pop out too easily when the helmet moves and flexes about.

Yep. Giro 'tune ups' for a 'Fuse' helmet. I'd never use headphones that aren't 'in-ear' again so far me they were rubbish especially compared to my usual ones.

I stopped listening to music whilst skiing a couple of years ago.

What DaveC says is right. I hate Apple's own earphones though.

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:53:31 GMT

Pablo Escobar wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:Most helmet brands to built in 'earphones'. None of them are as good as decent standard earphones.

Have you used any? I would prefer to stick to the standard ones but i wonder if they will pop out too easily when the helmet moves and flexes about.

Yep. Giro 'tune ups' for a 'Fuse' helmet. I'd never use headphones that aren't 'in-ear' again so far me they were rubbish especially compared to my usual ones.

I stopped listening to music whilst skiing a couple of years ago.

Thanks, when i say standard i mean 'in ear' but only the ones you get with an ipod/iPhone. I have some sennheiser ones that plug in really deep but they feel weird to me because the cut out nearly all background noise and i feel really isolated.....does that make sense? I know they would stay put but i just don't like them....its like having blocked ears. On the plus side the bass on them is awesome.

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:23:29 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:Most helmet brands to built in 'earphones'. None of them are as good as decent standard earphones.

Have you used any? I would prefer to stick to the standard ones but i wonder if they will pop out too easily when the helmet moves and flexes about.

Yep. Giro 'tune ups' for a 'Fuse' helmet. I'd never use headphones that aren't 'in-ear' again so far me they were rubbish especially compared to my usual ones.

I stopped listening to music whilst skiing a couple of years ago.

Thanks, when i say standard i mean 'in ear' but only the ones you get with an ipod/iPhone. I have some sennheiser ones that plug in really deep but they feel weird to me because the cut out nearly all background noise and i feel really isolated.....does that make sense? I know they would stay put but i just don't like them....its like having blocked ears. On the plus side the bass on them is awesome.

Sorry mate I gotta say it, skiing without one of your senses is very dangerous :evil:

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Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:04:38 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Sorry mate I gotta say it, skiing without one of your senses is very dangerous :evil:

So very, very tempting :twisted: Instead I shall be good....

Wickers, how do you know this for certain?

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:04:52 GMT

Ian, i hear you but i like my music especially on long chair lifts!
Its never at a volume that can hinder me severely....

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:18:49 GMT

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Sorry mate I gotta say it, skiing without one of your senses is very dangerous :evil:

So very, very tempting :twisted: Instead I shall be good....

Wickers, how do you know this for certain?

Whats so tempting...... :?:

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:24:52 GMT

I don't listen to music when I'm on the snow, but it seems to me that if you are using ear buds, that a helmet with soft ear panels might allow you to adjust the ear buds without removing the helmet. That might be useful on very cold days. In my experience, well fitting helmets don't move around. I do occasionally get an itchy ear, which is a pain to scratch in a helmet with hard sides.

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:05:46 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Sorry mate I gotta say it, skiing without one of your senses is very dangerous :evil:

So very, very tempting :twisted: Instead I shall be good....

Wickers, how do you know this for certain?

Whats so tempting...... :?:

When Wickers makes "absolute" statements, it's sooo tempting to do some trolling, it is summer after all and there is not much action :twisted:

Instead, I have been good this time :D

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:44:34 GMT

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Sorry mate I gotta say it, skiing without one of your senses is very dangerous :evil:

So very, very tempting :twisted: Instead I shall be good....

Wickers, how do you know this for certain?

Whats so tempting...... :?:

When Wickers makes "absolute" statements, it's sooo tempting to do some trolling, it is summer after all and there is not much action :twisted:

Instead, I have been good this time :D

Stay away from those bridges its dangerous

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:27:20 GMT

Wickers, you would get more support for your viewpoint, if you provided some data to back up your statements.

Where is your evidence?

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Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:13:50 GMT

bandit wrote:Wickers, you would get more support for your viewpoint, if you provided some data to back up your statements.

Where is your evidence?

Support and evidence I don't need, common sense should be enough to tell you that listening to music whilst skiing could be incredible dangerous.

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:51:15 GMT

Wickers, you admit you have no factual historical data to support your statement.

Common sense used to tell our ancestors that the earth was flat and that if they sailed too far they would fall off the end.

Then the iPod got invented 8)

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:03:54 GMT

The best assumption you can make in safety is that there is no common sense 8)

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Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:06:41 GMT

bandit wrote:Wickers, you admit you have no factual historical data to support your statement.

Common sense used to tell our ancestors that the earth was flat and that if they sailed too far they would fall off the end.

Then the iPod got invented 8)

Are you now trying to tell me that the earth is not flat 8)

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:12:39 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:Wickers, you admit you have no factual historical data to support your statement.

Common sense used to tell our ancestors that the earth was flat and that if they sailed too far they would fall off the end.

Then the iPod got invented 8)

Are you now trying to tell me that the earth is not flat 8)

The only flat bit here is the runway. 8)

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:16:41 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:Wickers, you admit you have no factual historical data to support your statement.

Common sense used to tell our ancestors that the earth was flat and that if they sailed too far they would fall off the end.

Then the iPod got invented 8)

Are you now trying to tell me that the earth is not flat 8)

Understandable misconception, considering where you live :wink: :wink:

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Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:17:51 GMT

Trencher wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:Wickers, you admit you have no factual historical data to support your statement.

Common sense used to tell our ancestors that the earth was flat and that if they sailed too far they would fall off the end.

Then the iPod got invented 8)

Are you now trying to tell me that the earth is not flat 8)

Understandable misconception, considering where you live :wink: :wink:

You guys have got it wrong...... the earth is flat :wink:

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:35:37 GMT

Niederau isn't flat. Mmmm LGB????

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:58:56 GMT

Of course the earth is flat - how could it be otherwise? I mean, if it was round, we'd all fall off :shock:

And as for ipods and ski-ing, I'm with Ian on this one. It's not our fault that no-one (as far as I know) has done any research into the incidence of ski-ing accidents while listening/not listening to ipods.

I know it's very dangerous when cyclists (our road is a cycle route) are listening to them, because they can't hear me coming round the bends in my car and I nearly run over them - in fact I nearly squashed a whole batch of them the other day - they were right across our single track road on a bend.

Ally

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:24:54 GMT

AllyG wrote:Of course the earth is flat - how could it be otherwise? I mean, if it was round, we'd all fall off :shock:

And as for ipods and ski-ing, I'm with Ian on this one. It's not our fault that no-one (as far as I know) has done any research into the incidence of ski-ing accidents while listening/not listening to ipods.

I know it's very dangerous when cyclists (our road is a cycle route) are listening to them, because they can't hear me coming round the bends in my car and I nearly run over them - in fact I nearly squashed a whole batch of them the other day - they were right across our single track road on a bend.

Ally

Gosh, at last some sense at last....... :lol:

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:09:25 GMT

i ski with ear buds-got these JVC "mallow" ones that sqaush to your ear and therefore dont come out and find them the best kind.
I only actually ski with one in which gives me the best of both worlds!

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:26:21 GMT

rossyhead wrote:I only actually ski with one in which gives me the best of both worlds!

Rossyhead,
My daughter does the same, unless of course she has a particularly irritating ski instructor, in which case she puts them both in :wink:

Ally

Re:iPod friendly helmets.

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:55:41 GMT

My helmet has speakers in the ear pieces and the ipod plugs into the back of the helmet. This way I can listen to music but as I dont have any sort of "bud" in my ear blocking out any external sound I can hear other skiiers around me which I think is important.