So I stepped on my flimsy logitech $25 UE100 while in a rush to answer the phone. now the little things are in pieces, like bread crumbs, so sad :(

but with every crisis comes opportunity (crisitunity) now I need to buy a new pair of earphones (or headphones) that I can use all the time, during any activity. including strenuous exercise. if you have any that fit the description and aren't easy to break, please recommend so i can buy, ears are feeling lonely :(

who else clicked on the logitech link hoping to see the earphones he was talking about?

You can opt out of viglink adds. A quick Google will show you how legitimately.

I truly hate links superimposed over someones writing. Generally people link words to interesting things (what they think are interesting at least), so I find it a rather insulting form of advertisement.

oh wow toll, thanks!

http://www.viglink.com/support/optout

I have an earlier model (better looking) version of these: http://www.sony.com.au/product/nwz-w262

They're off the hook for exercise - no cords! Sound is good too, battery life huge, easy drag and drop mp3'ing folder.

Yeah, if the links were smarter and linked to the actual products being talked about, that would be good. But just company links, meh.

I've got a pair of these, they're comfortable enough to wear

I had the Sennheiser PMX 680, but returned it for the following reasons:

1. No external sound blockage at all. Great if you're running on the road and still need to hear traffic. Terrible if you go to a gym where the first thing other people do is turn the TV on and put the volume on full.

2. The main cable coming from the headphones is too short and needs to be clipped onto a shirt if you don't want to hear cable swinging noises while running. Funnily enough the secondary cable coming out of the volume control towards your music device is long. Should have been the other way around! Many of the reviews on sites complain about the same problem.

3. I didn't find them comfortable whatsoever.

^ better than ear-buds falling out all the time.

they're not the ones that actually create a tight seal are they? (can't wear those because my left ear is perf'd and hurts if I increase the pressure like those do)

Nah, they don't create a seal or anything like that, they're essentially like ear buds on a frame that wraps around your ears/head and keeps them in place.

I run in motorola s10. bluetooth to your phone

I just use my Seinheisser CX300II when I run. And by run I mean when I use to run.

Grabbed some Teac (I think?) $25 bud type earphones from Jb in town yesterday - they were great with nice bass and external noise cancellation until they somehow fell off into a drain about 4 minutes later heh. Easy come easy go, clearly not good for excercising though - as you were. :)

Get something with warranty.

My ATH A900 broke last week (not the jack) and audio technica australia doesn't cover puchases from amazon. They're only a few months old ffs