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My Fairbuds ended up in the washing machine (slrpnk.net)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
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What's more, it was an extra long cycle because my washing machine is dying and it got stuck with an error, so they spent several hours soaking, case and all.

Well, I just charged them and apparently they work fine. I don't know how long they'll last after this kind of treatment, but just the fact that they didn't die immediately deserves a commendation IMO.

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[–] 68 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Disassemble them (look up the battery replacement guide), then leave them open to air out in a dry warm place for several days.. Will help avoid any creeping corrosion from moisture you've left sealed in the buds.

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    • [–] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

    Nice, shame they don't do over open ear ones currently as that is what I use. Being able to hear the world around me still when on a bike ride or run is pretty useful. In ear muffles it took much.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Same but I wish for on-ear ones (not for bicycle though)

    if I got the term correct, at leastover ear are large headphones covering ear, on ear are small and don't cover ear, in ear are in ear

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The open ear ones I have currently are fitted just around your ear, but instead of going inside your ear the speaker is outside your ear. Fitting is more secure and because it isn't completely covering (hence the name open ear) your ear you can still hear things around you. So it works nicely for running and bike rides.

    Mine have touch controls on them too, single touch on either of them will play/pause VLC so I usually pause for the sections I need to ride around busy traffic.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    fwiw many noise-cancelling head/earphones also have a "transparency mode", it draws more power but at least on my Nothing CMF buds 2 it's.. eerily good. Like i can literally forget i'm wearing earphones, it's nuts, and those are cheap ones!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    You should check out bone conduction. Glorious stuff, that.

    I don't have any specific recommendations because I haven't bought a pair in a very long time (i just don't use headphones) and there are a lot more options now than there used to be, but even a decent pair works very nicely to keep your surroundings clear to hear.

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    • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    Well take care, the battery can still get compromised by water.

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    [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Same happened with my samsung buds, after a week or so they were back to normal.

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