After my last headphone debacle, I decided that I definitely had to find some headphones that could at least stay in my ear. I stumbled upon some reasonably cheap (somewhere between $10 - $20) headphones at the University Center at CMU:
These headphones were actually highly desirable for many reasons:
- The clips make sure that they don’t fall out of my ears.
- They’re comfortable.
- The clips double as something that I can gnaw on to satiate my oral fixation without destroying the cords.
- There’s a slider on the headphones so you can cinch the separate wires together, avoiding entanglement (which rocks).
- They’re black with random silver detailing, which I like.
But five months after my purchase, they’re dead. No noise coming out of either ear. Completely kaput. And I just think that’s ridiculous! Laura has had the same headphones for longer, and hers still work. Am I doing something wrong? I haven’t been chewing on the wires (at least, not as often). Maybe I’m pulling them too tightly when I cinch the wires together? Or maybe wrapping them around my iPod isn’t good for them?
So readers, give me your advice. Do I need to get fancy headphones that I can’t chew on? Wireless, perhaps! Or was this a fluke, and should I just get another pair from the University Center? Or maybe I should just be banned from headphones all together as a bad patron.
