Hi,
Few months ago I wrote an application that helps in swim training. I tested it in on few friends of mine and results are promising (I cut my 400 meters test from 8 minutes to 6:50 in ~10 weeks).
But there is "small issue". The general idea of app is to guide swimmer with voice commands through workout (ordering workout segments, pacing, counting laps etc), and we have some serious problems with headphones. About 30% of testers couldn't find headphones that allowed them to hear sounds while swimming - they very quickly get water in their ears. I tried ~3-4 models and only one of them worked for me (rest of them were "not compatible" with my ears, and got water inside after 2-4 laps)...
I said the one model was quite ok, because after few months of using it definitely lost its waterproof treat, and now after few laps it catches some water, and I can't hear anything until I dry it out.
Basically I'm quite disappointed with my purchases.
I live in Poland - swimming is not very popular here, and on local market there are only some Chinese products branded by local companies - generally low quality products.
I saw that in US there are some companies that claim their products are dedicated to swimming, so I wanted to ask if you can recommend some.
Basically what I'm looking for:
- headphones with standard mini-jack plug or headphones integrated with mp3 player (my app needs only standard waterproof mp3 player)
- headphones that work for most swimmers, and works for 45-60 minutes
- headphones that can be used in front crawl (holds firm in ears, and can be submerged for most of the time)
- headphones that doesn't slip from ears on flip turns (but I probably asking to much ;) )
- It would be great if price would be around 50$
I hope that you will help me find solution, because swimming with "couch" was such fun&productive experience, that I can't imagine swimming without headphones now.
Few months ago I wrote an application that helps in swim training. I tested it in on few friends of mine and results are promising (I cut my 400 meters test from 8 minutes to 6:50 in ~10 weeks).
But there is "small issue". The general idea of app is to guide swimmer with voice commands through workout (ordering workout segments, pacing, counting laps etc), and we have some serious problems with headphones. About 30% of testers couldn't find headphones that allowed them to hear sounds while swimming - they very quickly get water in their ears. I tried ~3-4 models and only one of them worked for me (rest of them were "not compatible" with my ears, and got water inside after 2-4 laps)...
I said the one model was quite ok, because after few months of using it definitely lost its waterproof treat, and now after few laps it catches some water, and I can't hear anything until I dry it out.
Basically I'm quite disappointed with my purchases.
I live in Poland - swimming is not very popular here, and on local market there are only some Chinese products branded by local companies - generally low quality products.
I saw that in US there are some companies that claim their products are dedicated to swimming, so I wanted to ask if you can recommend some.
Basically what I'm looking for:
- headphones with standard mini-jack plug or headphones integrated with mp3 player (my app needs only standard waterproof mp3 player)
- headphones that work for most swimmers, and works for 45-60 minutes
- headphones that can be used in front crawl (holds firm in ears, and can be submerged for most of the time)
- headphones that doesn't slip from ears on flip turns (but I probably asking to much ;) )
- It would be great if price would be around 50$
I hope that you will help me find solution, because swimming with "couch" was such fun&productive experience, that I can't imagine swimming without headphones now.