Improve The Lifespan Of iPod Earphones

This time I won't show you anything fancy , nor properly mandatory , But believe me it will improve the life of the plug from 6.5 months to 2+ years , believe me , it worked so great , I've had this mod since the ridiculously clever dock and have survived so far , (NOTE i removed the old insulation in order to show you this trick , it was a little filthy anyway)

It may not look Stock or Pimped , but , it works!

Step 1 Necessary Sh...... Ahem .. Shtuff

As I said before , nothing fancy you actually need :

-Some Pieces of heat shrink tubing (1\2 and 1\4 inch)
I've got mine in a local supply store for 1.2 ( 17 pesos) dollars

-Your Common (old or new ) iPod earphones/Headphones/things that go in your ears
Self explanatory , you buy ' em at best buy ,radioshack, liverpool , Etc. and they come with any iPod

-TOOLS
Any self-sustaining ligther (a Zippo work fine )
Something to hold the plug while you're heat shrinkin'
Scissors
And your body (hands and brain preferably )

Comments

[chekespeare]

al igual que tu, yo tambien he encontrado varios usos para el tubo termofit, y en una ocasion hace algunos años hice esto que aqui instruyes con la diferencia de que el tubo que tenia era color negro y mis audifonos igual eran de ese color. tambien venden en otros colores como rosa o celeste por ejemplo, esos los encuentras en los autozone. en esa ocasion tuve que quitar 2 cms de cable porque se habia ya deshilachado y aproveche para pasar un trocito de termofit y lo corri como tope hasta donde se divide el cable en 2 , de esa manera ya no se sigue dividiendo mas hacia abajo el cable. tambien es muy util tener una pistola de aire caliente marca weller, ya que te sirve mucho para este y otros propositos. tambien yo vivo en monterrey pero yo trabajo en centro de las artes. mi ingles no es bueno asi que por eso no he publicado pero se me facilita mucho todo este tipo de ingenios. por cierto ya tengo años que no he visitado el centro cultural alfa. mi hija mayor tiene 12 años y aun no lo conoce. Un saludo.

[dawsonj]

cool!

[kariswg1]

 when I split the heat shrink tube, and then heat it, it opens up and falls off.

[Darmani]

Yeah, that is supposed to happen, i think what he did, was that he used that piece but without shrinking it he slided over an uncut piece of HST, so the cutted piece would become smaller and the piece over it, would hold it in place while shrinking them, i know its been 2 months since you asked, and maybe you already figured out yourself, but i had to answer. have a nice day,

[chunhon348]

I got my iPod earphone to work for more than 2 years and it's still working great but I think it's too dirty now, anyone ever tried to cover the whole wire with heat shrink tube? I maybe will try it if I can buy some white heat shrink tube but I seldom see them at hardware stores

[ellogan]

hey man, you are from mexico right? well just asking what is the translation for heat shrink tubing, and what store did you get them? By the way im from monterrey mexico and i really than you this seems amazing!

[acaz93]

EN Steren mi amigo , Hay uno Cerca de la calle Colon , (casi en frente de la central de autobuses )

[Freak_09]

Hey, hola! Yo también soy de México, je. Oye, la misma pregunta que ellogan, cual es la traduccion de "heat shrink tubing"? o como lo pido?

[acaz93]

En Steren (por ejemplo) lo pides como "tubo termofit" de 12mm y de 6mm
(o bien de 1/2 y de 1/4) lo venden en metros , y en paquetes con 12 tramos de approx. 15 cm .

Este segundo es la mejor opcion ya que, creeme, que te rendira para muchos proyectos.

suerte!

[Freak_09]

Va, gracias!

[christophor]

Nice job! I didn't use my original ear-buds, but I can see other uses for this technique. I usually pickup a pair of Sony ear buds for like $8.00. I loose / break these things all the time. That reminds me! When wearing these while working or using tools, thread the wire under your shirt so the ear buds com up through your collar. They don't snag on anything and they hang down your chest when not in your ears. Functional if not fashionable advice. :) - Chris

[baneat]

I make them last even longer by putting them in a cupboard when I get them and geting something better right away :P

[acaz93]

OR even better , keep the box and put the Earphones there , forget them and buy new headphones

[mazeka.14]

the little head phones are called ear buds :0

[acaz93]

the ones that go inside of the ear right?

[mazeka.14]

yep ;-)

[killerjackalope]

Did it cheaper and earlier...

here that and heat shrink can be too rigid and cause the same issue but just in a different place than before...

[acaz93]

I see .... But ,but, but , well I don't have anything to defend my self (case closed )

[acaz93]

Well , my version looks a little less ghetto .... (case Reopened, Flame ON!!)

[killerjackalope]

Lol, was just a joke because you had the spamariffic forum topic...

[acaz93]

hmmmph , spamariffic , i didn't know that was a word , just kidding...

[killerjackalope]

It's in Wikipedia So is my Spam...

[acaz93]

Misterious enough your link wasn't really linked to Wikipedia , funny how Spam can fill a forum topic