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dayhiker9 
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Posted on: Feb. 13 2013, 9:03 pm |
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Link,
Can be used side, back and stomach sleeping.
Runphones are similar.
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Montanalonewolf
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Posted on: Feb. 13 2013, 10:06 pm |
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Those are a joke... right?
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dayhiker9
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Posted on: Feb. 13 2013, 10:07 pm |
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No, why do u say that.
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Posted on: Feb. 14 2013, 12:38 am |
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I think he's asking why anybody would want to spend time in the wilderness with earphones on. It's like going to a football game wearing a blindfold.
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SmokeyBear
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Posted on: Feb. 14 2013, 12:55 am |
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Sometimes it's pretty noisy out in the woods - maybe your tent-mate snores like a buzz saw, or the mosquitoes hum like fluorescent lights, or racoons squacking and chittering keep you awake. I always bring earplugs with me, and use them sometimes.
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Posted on: Feb. 14 2013, 8:19 am |
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+1 on standard earplugs. I call them "bear plugs"... I typically backpack in grizzly country and really don't want to be woken-up at night. 
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Posted on: Feb. 14 2013, 10:22 am |
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Obviously spoken from a couple solo hikers...
Having a tent mate or two, I could appreciate being able to drown out a fellow snoring tent mate. I always have a pair of ear plugs with me for dealing with high winds but I could see something like this being more comfortable to wear but I doubt they would be nearly as efficient for dealing with snoring. Not all things in nature do I want to hear.
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dayhiker9
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Posted on: Feb. 14 2013, 12:47 pm |
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If you are back packing when the days are long, or maybe you have friends and warm clothes to hang out with you might not want something to read or music to listen to.
The other times I have wanted these is when I am with groups that don't hike that long, and have days off. I am happy to hang, but sometimes folks like to spend time by them selves. I would chose to dayhike / take photos first but I like having the option to listen to some music if there is allot camp time. Now that I am getting older I probably should have more down time anyway to prevent getting over use injuries. 2oz. is worth it to me to have that option, but hike your own hike as they say.
I just backpacked in January down into the Grand Canyon, and spent allot of time in my tent, and with record lows and or high winds allot of it was in my sleeping bag, I had headphones and a small portable speaker (first time I brought that). Those worked but these seem even better. The speaker's battery could give out and the music could bother others though I found it doesn't travel far. I don't like earbuds, the headphones I do have fit over my ears and connect by wire so can sleep on my back or stomach, but not my side. These are also a bit less weight than the speaker (2oz vs 3oz approx.) They hook up to an iPod shuffle which weighs about .5 oz (My scale isn't that accurate) and is about the size of a quarter. Plus I get a warm headband. I would say that might be a drawback if you hike where is warm at night.
Edit: (While these are suppose to be for people who have trouble sleeping , perhaps next to snorers, and my title refers to them as they are call sleep headphones, that isn't why I would want them) I want them so I can listen to them in my sleeping bag and be free to roll around, and if I finally get tired I can fall asleep with them)
I haven't tried them with snorers yet that is something people complain about me! I did try them out at home last night and they stayed on for as long as I wanted them, actually the music woke me up. I thought they would come off since when I BP my hat usually does so I have switched to using a Balaclava.
I have to see how these work under a Balaclava.
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Posted on: Feb. 14 2013, 10:12 pm |
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I too carry ear plugs as "standard equipment", but this is clearly a HYOH kind o' thing. I have gone to sleep with music as well, and sometimes that's pleasant. These headphones just might make that a more comfortable experience.
Hard to believe that anyone who's been out often enough to experience high winds and/or hard rain drumming on a taut single wall would think of earplugs as "optional", but whatever: some of the knee-jerk responses here, however, do lead one to believe that at least some people are the victims of "testosterone overdose". Just sayin'...
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Posted on: Feb. 14 2013, 11:37 pm |
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Here are the headphones I have been using lately, before I found the sleep headphones.
They have the following advantages:
1) No cross bar so one can sleep on back or stomach
2) Very packable for the same reason, esp. since the cord is retractable, the inner foam part can be matched, and the whole head phones could be put in say cup.
3) At least in my bed I could side sleep with them, not as comfortable , perhaps not good for the head phone either.
The disadvantage over the above ones:
1) A bit finicky to put on, can be knocked off, cord does not retract when wearing them.
2) Cant put on a tight fitting Balaclava though a hat can be pulled over the ears if you stretch it out and over them
Still they were better than these:
These are great if you are sitting up or exercising at a gym. But having the cross band on the neck isn't so great for lying on your back. I found that out the hard way a couple of years ago doing a backpack with a group on the rogue which was going to be very relaxed to say the least and perhaps with allot of rain so allot of tent time. I bought an iPod shuffle which great!
I was about to buy a cheap pair of headphones for them that goes over the head, but thought the above pair would be even better.
The headband sleep pair seem to be the best yet , I put a balaclava on over them without problems, though I haven't slept with that combination yet.
Should be good for hammock users too, where fiddling with stuff like this can be even more trouble.
BTW I did not find these on the Sony website so they may not be around for longer, if you would rather try them.
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Tigger
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Posted on: Feb. 14 2013, 11:40 pm |
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Would they not work on the outside of a thin balaclava?
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Posted on: Feb. 19 2013, 3:01 am |
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Those are cool! Thanks for the link. I'm a nightshift worker and my son and his family are living with me so I use earplugs now. But these look like they will work real well for my daytime sleeping.
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Posted on: Feb. 19 2013, 9:10 am |
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I sometimes tell newbies to bring an ipod to listen to since it can be anxiety provoking to be out there without the traffic noises and assorted sounds of civilization at first.
I take earplugs, but very rarely use them, even when there is a snorer in the group. I sleep better out there.
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Posted on: Feb. 20 2013, 10:48 pm |
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I do bring ipod headphones, but hardly ever use them, I think these would be overkill for me.
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