Bluetooth speaker helmet inserts -skiing

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#306520 31-Jul-2023 16:29

Went skiing for the first time this year and went to plug in my helmet speakers and realised I don't have a headphone jack on my phone!

The price of proper bluetooth ski helmet speakers are pricey and I when tried my in ear running headphones I don't like how much they muffle ambient noise and the pressure from the ear covers kept pausing the music.

Something like this would work but I don't want the mike sticking out.

I have a pair of old beats headphones that the foam has started to dissolve might I be able to take the speakers out?

Any other ideas?

Cheap bluetooth headphones are $30-40 dollars at kmart but just the speakers for helmets are $150+

This is what was in there.

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#3110155 31-Jul-2023 16:39

Can you shoehorn a motorbike headset into your ski helmet?

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#3110158 31-Jul-2023 16:45

RunningMan:

Can you shoehorn a motorbike headset into your ski helmet?

Thought about that but they tend to have mikes that stick out. Don't want or need a mike.

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#3110160 31-Jul-2023 16:54

blackjack17:

Went skiing for the first time this year and went to plug in my helmet speakers and realised I don't have a headphone jack on my phone!

Depending on your phone flavour either of these are less that $20

plus you look like you need an M-M as well

https://www.bunnings.co.nz/click-3-5mm-black-stereo-aux-cable_p0284455?store=9496&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp973-5O4gAMVmW0PAh21agKyEAQYASABEgLHm_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Either

https://www.noelleeming.co.nz/p/tech.inc-usb-c-to-3.5mm-adapter/N213967.html
or,

https://www.noelleeming.co.nz/p/apple-lightning-to-3.5mm-headphone-jack-adapter/N148538.html

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#3110162 31-Jul-2023 16:56

wellygary:

blackjack17:

Went skiing for the first time this year and went to plug in my helmet speakers and realised I don't have a headphone jack on my phone!

Depending on your phone flavour either of these are less that $20

Either

https://www.noelleeming.co.nz/p/tech.inc-usb-c-to-3.5mm-adapter/N213967.html
or,

https://www.noelleeming.co.nz/p/apple-lightning-to-3.5mm-headphone-jack-adapter/N148538.html

Genius Did not even occur to me that sound through the charging port would work.

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#3110164 31-Jul-2023 17:08

^ Wired is probably the simplest/most reliable, however you can also get wireless bluetooth receivers to plug into the speakers you've already got, e.g.: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/mobile-phones/accessories/fm-transmitters/listing/4242317419

I haven't tried this particular model, and at that price, I'm guessing it isn't winning any audiophile awards. There are other brands/models at a range of price points.

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#3110171 31-Jul-2023 17:52

mdf:

^ Wired is probably the simplest/most reliable, however you can also get wireless bluetooth receivers to plug into the speakers you've already got, e.g.: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/mobile-phones/accessories/fm-transmitters/listing/4242317419

I haven't tried this particular model, and at that price, I'm guessing it isn't winning any audiophile awards. There are other brands/models at a range of price points.

Yeah no way am I going to get 8hrs out of that at $9

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#3110417 1-Aug-2023 13:10

I just stuck one Bluetooth ear bud in so I could listed to audio books in queue.
I wouldn't want both ears with reduced hearing, I must hear ppl comming up behind me if skiing..
There are too many idiots on sloped.

Maybe cheap nasty blue tooth beds set from jcar aliexpress.com etc

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#3110421 1-Aug-2023 13:20

If you need spatial awareness, the Shokz bone conduction headsets are super impressive way of essentially listening to the world + audio at the same time. Credit to a Geekzone IRL meetup a couple of years back for putting me on to these - though much to my chagrin, I've forgotten who it actually was I was speaking to.

These are great under cycling helmets, not sure how they would fit under snow-related helmets though. My local PB Tech (Wellington) has a trial pair in store.

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#3110506 1-Aug-2023 15:13

afe66: I just stuck one Bluetooth ear bud in so I could listed to audio books in queue.
I wouldn't want both ears with reduced hearing, I must hear ppl comming up behind me if skiing..
There are too many idiots on sloped.

Maybe cheap nasty blue tooth beds set from jcar aliexpress.com etc

that is why I like the in helmet ones. They are far enough from your ears that you can still hear people around you and chat with people on the lifts

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