There are a lot of great in-ear Bluetooth headphones that are designed for active people. They sport many different features like water-resistance, earbuds that lock into place, and tangle free wires, but they all have one thing in common – they go in your ear. For some people with irregular/oversensitive/teeny-tiny-baby-mouse sized-earlobes, in ear headphones aren’t an option.
The problem for people who don’t like in-ear headphones is that most on/over-ear headphones are not great for workouts either. They can be bulky, heavy, fall off easily, and can be ruined by the moisture and salt excreted by their sweaty owner. Urban Ears has heard the cries of dismay and despair of the earbud intolerant sweaty masses and created a product that promises to solve these problems.
The product is the Urban Ears Hellas (USD$119), a set of Bluetooth on-ear headphones you can wash when they get stinky, just like your own stinky self.
Construction
The Hellas are marketed to fitness oriented people, so it makes sense that their construction is focused on providing a secure fit with minimal weight. The headphone housing is built of light, yet premium feeling, plastic and the headband consists of two thin, rigid wires that arc over the top, connecting the earcups. A cable braided with reflective strips (to increase night-time visibility) runs between the two wires connecting the cans.
The whole construction looks rather flimsy, and a little toy-like out of the box, but after a couple weeks with them I can attest that they are actually quite strong. They haven’t lost their shape or rigidity after a couple weeks of heavy use including banging around in the backpack I take with me everywhere. The Hellas fold upward into themselves, which makes it easy to fit them in a gym or work bag. They charge via MicroUSB and have 16 hours of audio playback on a charge.
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