Tom had a brainwave recently and devised a very clever way to customise his earbuds using sugru and created a perfect cast of the inside of his ear.
BENEFITS:
Create the perfect fit for your earbuds
Reduce background noise and deliver more bass and treble
As the shape of the buds are custom, they are also much less likely to fall out, great for exercising
His idea is simple, by putting sugru in the silicone sleeves supplied with your earbuds, you can create a perfect fit without putting sugru in your ears. This is a very clean and simple method to modify your audio kit with really impressive results.
Sugru is the perfect material for this because:
- It moulds and forms easily
- It bonds to the silicone sleeve
- It cures with a soft, flexible feel
If you need to stock up, sugru is available from www.sugru.com
Let's get started!
BENEFITS:
Create the perfect fit for your earbuds
Reduce background noise and deliver more bass and treble
As the shape of the buds are custom, they are also much less likely to fall out, great for exercising
His idea is simple, by putting sugru in the silicone sleeves supplied with your earbuds, you can create a perfect fit without putting sugru in your ears. This is a very clean and simple method to modify your audio kit with really impressive results.
Sugru is the perfect material for this because:
- It moulds and forms easily
- It bonds to the silicone sleeve
- It cures with a soft, flexible feel
If you need to stock up, sugru is available from www.sugru.com
Let's get started!
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All you need is about a 1/4 of a mini pack of sugru, and your chosen in-ear headphones.
Maybe line up some other projects to do at the same time, so no sugru goes to waste! If you're stuck for ideas, check out other peoples hacks at www.sugru.com/gallery.
If you want your hack to blend in with your earbuds, you can use black. I've personally gone for yellow, to compliment the other colours.
Maybe line up some other projects to do at the same time, so no sugru goes to waste! If you're stuck for ideas, check out other peoples hacks at www.sugru.com/gallery.
If you want your hack to blend in with your earbuds, you can use black. I've personally gone for yellow, to compliment the other colours.
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But, I do have to say...if you happen to have any hair in or near your ear with this...man does that hurt!
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Your-Own-Sugru-Substitute/
KOSS has an inexpensive ($15 plus warranteed for life) solution. They used a tube from the earbud and used an ear plug as a sleeve for the tube. I squish down the earplug and stick it in my ears until the plugs expand. They work so well as drowning out the external sound that I can use a chainsaw and still listen to music.
https://sugru.com/us/buy
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Your-Own-Sugru-Substitute/
I've often thought about doing the same with headphones, but never got around to it.
Of course, that would create sound isolating headphones which aren't the best for all occasions like riding your bicycle on the street, but work really good for things like listening to music while doing noisy yard work.
If you don't want to get Sugru (there are thousands of other uses for it, BTW.) then you should just invest in better earbuds.