The Mayne Blog

About Waterlooville and our personal blog about us

  • Home
    • Older Posts
    • About
  • About Waterlooville
    • Newest Posts
    • Gallery
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Reviews
    • The Book
  • Photographs
    • Walk around Waterlooville – July 2013
    • Walk Around Horndean Village – March 2014
    • Walk Around Cowplain Village – March 2016
    • Horndean School Photographs
      • TS Foudroyant 1984
      • Senior School Ski Trip
      • 20th Reunion of the Barton Cross Class of 1987
      • 25th Reunion of the Barton Cross Class of 1987
  • Product Reviews
  • Chickens
    • Chicken Run from Aviaries4u
    • Fox Attack
    • Egg Skelter
    • Egg in a Basket
  • Contact Us
You are here: Home / Products Reviews / Innovelis Budfits iPod Earphones

Innovelis Budfits iPod Earphones

Saturday 17th August 2013 by Steve Mayne

So I took up running with the NHS Couch to 5k plan just five weeks ago – and since starting I’ve had one reocurring issue.

Nope, not hip, knee or stamina issues.

It’s my ears.budfits

You see, the plan requires me to listen to the NHS Podcasts and it’s flipping difficult to listen to my iPod Nano when the iPod Earphones keep falling out.

I tried my Sony In-Ear Headphones – these stayed in but I couldn’t hear traffic or ambient noises so that was out as it greatly increased the risk of getting run over.

I tried looping the cord of my iPod Earphones around my ears … but that didn’t help either, the Earphones still fell out.

And I’m not alone with this issue – it’s not just me that has a problem with the Apple iPod Earphones – it seems lots of people have problems with them falling out when running.

I wanted to keep the standard iPod headphones as they have the mute/volume functions built into the remote included on the cord – and the 3rd party headphones seem to have a multitude of compatibility issues.

Fortunately, a solution was close at hand – and a review of all the available products I happened upon the Innovelis Budfits.

The Budfit is a small plastic device that attaches to the iPod headphones, and acts a lightweight hook with the cord of the headphone anchoring them into place.

budfitsA little challenging to put into place at 6.05am (I wake up at 6am for my run) but that’s my brain struggling to get into gear rather than a design fault.

Once the headphones are in … they aren’t coming out for anything … with the added bonus that I can still hear traffic and ambient sound, plus use the remote on the iPod cord to change the volume of the Podcast.

In easy to open packaging, comfortable to wear and at less than £4 delivered – this is the perfect solution to keeping iPod Earphones in place when running and exercising.

Dualit 6 Slice Toaster Review Next Post »
« Previous Post VERMATIK Fly & Midge Killer Review

Filed Under: Products Reviews Tagged With: running

If you enjoyed this story here is a curated collection of our blog stories and promoted articles:

Comments

  1. Terry Brown says

    Saturday 31st August 2013 at 23:45

    And what is wrong with an elastic band??? Cheaper too..

  2. Steve Mayne says

    Saturday 31st August 2013 at 23:45

    or Gaffer tape?

  3. Terry Brown says

    Saturday 31st August 2013 at 23:45

    Shame it isn’t the eighties again Steve , you could carry your boombox in your shoulder and share your music with the world as u run…no need for headphones at all

  4. Steve Mayne says

    Saturday 31st August 2013 at 23:45

    Terry – I had a once boombox … not sure what happen to it :( Good old cassettes eh, can’t beat ’em.

  5. Steve Mayne says

    Saturday 31st August 2013 at 23:45

    Not sure that anyone want’s to get woken up at 6am with my choice of music though … ;)

© 2021 Steve Mayne · Terms of use · Buy photos · E&OE