Running: B/T Earphones

[RC1807]

Afternoon all,

I'm ooking for a recommendation, please.

I bought a TomTom Spark Cardio & Music 'watch' and monitor a couple of months ago, and received by post TomTom's own B/T earphones. They're not that great. B/T crackles on the music and they don't always auto-connect, although paired correctly.

I wonder if anyone has a recommendation for decent-ish quality B/T earphones, that pair quickly and don't have fiddly controls?

Thanks!

Russell

[dieselgrunt]

plantronics backbeat fit.
have tried a few b/tooth headphones and these are the best i've used.
my only quibble, i'd like them to go louder as they are not sound isolating.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plantronics-BackBeat-Wire...

[RC1807]

Thanks for that. I'll have a look into those pronto!

[C0ffin D0dger]

I've just bought a pair for about £8 of eBay, should be arriving today, not expecting great things but I'll update if they're any good.

All I really want them for is so that I can hear my couch to 5k podcast telling me when to start/stop jogging for the next few weeks. My long term aim once upto 5k is to try to come up with a predominantly off road route and then I won't really want music as it will be nice to hear the nature.

[RC1807]

I'm a bit on from C25K now - although that's where I started in the New Year

The TomTom earphones retail at about £50, but they're not "worth" £50. Interested to learn how your purchase is, please.
I have voice prompts via my B/T earphones too, from my watch's training modes, but it's also because there's 3GB of music on the watch too.

[C0ffin D0dger]

Well they arrived today, stuck them on charge and they were fully charged in no time, guess they were partially charged already. Paired with the phone no problems and I can play music on them. They don't feel quite as tight in my ears as my Sennheiser in ears (corded) but I think they'll stay put for running, will find out later! First impressions is they seem good for the money: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252399151796?_trksid=p20...

[Fas1975]

I went for these ones

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00Z61VK7K/ref...

Excellent, light, pair easy, clear and don't move when running

[anonymous-user]

I went for Anker's latest offering

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Headphones-SoundBud...

[C0ffin D0dger]

C0ffin D0dger said:

Well they arrived today, stuck them on charge and they were fully charged in no time, guess they were partially charged already. Paired with the phone no problems and I can play music on them. They don't feel quite as tight in my ears as my Sennheiser in ears (corded) but I think they'll stay put for running, will find out later! First impressions is they seem good for the money: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252399151796?_trksid=p20...

Update, after my first run with them I figured out why the weren't staying in my ears particularly well, seems like the Chinese interpretation of what is left and right when it come to headphones is different to mine. To me I'd put the one labelled R in my right hand and shove it in my ear but no, guess they think it's from the perspective of someone looking at you. Probably should have looked in the mirror first! Anyway once I figured that out the fit seemed snug, I'll try again tonight.

Aside from that they worked well enough and the music quality isn't too bad.

[RC1807]

Thanks for the updates and comments.

Rather than potentially splurge a load of money on more expensive BT earphones, I went running using the TomTom earphones with my iPhone. Sound quality was much better, no crackling cut-outs or interference, as I get when listen tot music from my TomTom Cardio Sport watch. Bottom line, use the watch for tracking, pacing and heart rate, and listen to music from my iPhone.

Anyone else, don't buy the TomTom Cardio Sport watch for music.