Comments on: Stuff Fatty Loves: Jaybird Bluebuds X

By: onmarshcreek

onmarshcreek — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:37:29 +0000

I would like to buy some of these for my wife for Christmas. Since the coupon is expired, could you put the Amazon link back on, so you can get some credit for the purchase?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 06:13:00 +0000

I just got a set today. The order went through on Monday so that’s some amazing turnaround. They are pretty spiffy. The sound is good and fitting them really wasn’t as hard as Fatty says, but I used his well-earned tips, so that probably helped. It freaked my kids out that they weren’t plugged into my phone. I really was thankful I had them when I crashed off my rollers today (a little out of practice) and didn’t get all tangled up in wires.

By: PolkCyclist

PolkCyclist — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:45:24 +0000

Quick question regarding your math. You say that these are $137 retail, and that with a 25% coupon they are $127? 25% of 137 is 34.25. That would make them $102.75. Add on sales tax of 7%? That would make them roughly $110. Where are you coming up with the $127? Thanks in advance to anyone who can clear this up for me.

By: Kel

Kel — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:31:08 +0000

Thank you Marcel! You answered my question – I need to work from a blue tooth device. I did not want to ask my husband, as I wanted to get these as a gift for him. thanks!!!

By: Marcel Beaudoin

Marcel Beaudoin — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:57:54 +0000

I am not sure that older ipods (or ipods of any kind, to be honest) have bluetooth capability, which is what wireless buds work off of. So, you would be outta luck.

By: Kel

Kel — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:30:38 +0000

Please someone tell me – do wireless buds work with any sort of ipod? (I have an older touch and a shuffle). thanks!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:53:37 +0000

Can’t wait to try them! I’ve been eyeing these for a while. The helpful dude on the website said he often rides with one ear in and one ear out. I use one headphone when I ride and I’ve found on the Accessibility settings for my iPhone, I can set the audio to “mono,” which means you hear everything in both ears. So, you don’t miss anything if you’re listening to something that’s in stereo.

By: Erik S

Erik S — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:35:11 +0000

I’ve been running Aftershokz.

Sound quality is definitely less than ideal, but I can hear people / cars a lot better – which IMO is a worthy tradeoff.

Also, they appear to be more durable than anything else I’ve used – the controls still work after a full season of use. This is likely due to the controls clipping on my collar, and not being in the direct path of sweat coming down the cord.

By: toddeo

toddeo — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:01:07 +0000

Shame on you Fatty. Riders with earbuds are a hazard, on the trails or on the road.

I ride with headphones all of the time. Try using old school over the head models and keep them in front of and off of the ear. they work like speakers and you can converse and hear ambient noise like other riders or cars. jst lie the ones in the walkman photo posted by davidh-marin,ca.

You can find them for about $5 each.

By: cyclingjimbo

cyclingjimbo — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:29:10 +0000

I am with Wife#.667 – I bought a pair of Bose sports ear buds to use with my iPod Classic when I am indoors and working in the yard, and I love them – great sounds, great fit, and impervious to the copious man sweat I produce when I am at hard labor.

I don’t ride with ear buds. Pennsylvania roads have no shoulders and it just isn’t safe to be out there unless you have an open ear to the traffic side – and that’s my only good ear, so riding with one ear open and music in the other is not an option.

And for all the Friends of Fatty out there who are interested, I picked up my World Bicycle Relief raffle bike Monday evening, and as soon as I have a free evening I will get some pictures and write up a short post about it for Fatty. The bike is everything Fatty billed it up to be! Even the guys at the shop who put it together were droolng.

More later.