Best Way to Tie Up Your Mp3 Player Headphones
February 17th, 2007 · by David Bradley
My son is in the Boy Scouts and of course knows his reefs from his grannies, his monkey’s first from his Turk’s head and can do a bowline with the best of them. One thing they haven’t done yet, is to find a lashing or whipping method that allows you to tie up your mp3 player headphone cord so that it doesn’t get tangled up in your sportsbag or pocket. Well, those fellas at Youtube have got just the thing. Check out this neat and simple way to tie up your headphone cable that’s just as easy to undo and means you won’t need any detangler spray ever again! This video would go quite well with the spoof vid over on Sciencebase showing you how to run an mp3 player using sweet potatoes, some copper wire and couple of galvanized (zinc coated) nails.
My scouting son recognized this whole thing as nothing more than a bit of whipping, of course. But, neat, nevertheless.
And now, a word to the wise: Be sure to compare mp3 player prices and save money on that expensive mp3 player so you can afford all the mp3 player accessories you want to go with it.
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11 responses so far ↓
Mark // Feb 19, 2007 at 8:27 am
Isn’t this irrelevant if you’re using wireless headphones and won’t the repeated knotting eventually damage the connections anyway?
Tom // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:12 pm
“Isn’t this irrelevant if you’re using wireless headphones?”
Yes.
Hey you could spend a lifetime trying to unravel virtual wires between invisible headphones and wireless connection…
Craig // Aug 29, 2008 at 7:34 pm
You see how the wire is wrapped in tiny coils around the player?
That damages the headphone wires and makes them break earlier than they usually would
To be honest, Craig, it’s the connections at the jack and the earbuds that are the most susceptible to damage, although you may be right about very tightly coiled wires (especially if there’s a hard/sharp bend) I doubt this method is going to wear out your headphone wire before you accidentally snap the joints. Indeed, each time you wind you’re not going to make the exact same bends, so it’s low risk compared to a good hard yank.
John Mc // Oct 17, 2008 at 12:41 am
Hi all.
The ultimate solution is here, http://www.magneat.com
John, that looks like nothing more than a gimmicky device with which to part people from their hard-earned cash. It doesn’t seem to involve a storage solution, but rather a pointless shortening of the wire, why bother?
John Mc // Oct 17, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Hi David. I usually don´t recommend stuff, specially cause it just looks like a spam most of the time . . . but ! When discovering something that really makes everyday problem go away i do. And like me hundreds, more like thousands of people have the same problem with those messed up wires. For me, enjoying my music the way i want, untangled is worth much, much more than those few dollars i paid for that little thing. As for storage, it sits on my fridge overlooking my kitchen when not in use. I´m sorry David not agreeing with you . . .
John, maybe I misunderstood the point of the device, please tell me what it actually does…it just looked like a shortener for when you’ve got your mp player in your pocket to me…
John Mc // Oct 17, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Well, im a runner and i work out a lot. When out for a run the wires pulled my ears ( i know its only 20gr. but when on a 1-2 hour run it gets heavy ). Being able to fasten the wires to my jacket and shorten them, my ears got relieved from those 20gr. pounding on my ears. In the gym the wires are now close to my instead of getting hooked in almost every single machine i beat up. Enough said, i should start getting some % of this gadget. If you have that wire problem, try it and recommend it to others in need. If not then dont ! Have a great weekend
Okay. I geddit it now…thanks
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