Noise cancelling headphones! Oh Joy! (and other ways to block sound)

JemPD said:
do you wash them?

I use clean ones only, then wait till I have 10 or 20 pairs & run a bowl of warm water with antibac soap (about 3 hand pumps of soap to about 2L of water) & rub them all together in the water & then leave them to soak in that for a few hrs. Then rinse multiple times until the water runs clear after squeezing them.
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That’s far top much work for me, unfortunately. I just swap them out after a while (but the old ones are much more comfortable than the new ones..)

I’ll see if I can find some of those you mention to use in the meanwhile. I don’t like them either, but it might be the best option short term.
 
Utsikt said:
That’s far top much work for me, unfortunately.
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yes I'm not as sick as you. I just do it when i go to the bathroom, in the bathroom sink which is next to the toilet so i can sit down, it only takes a few seconds to run the water & put them in out of my dirty bag. But I get that you wouldnt be able to do even that.

I was hoping you might be able to get someone else to do it for you.

I hope you can find some of the others
 
@Utsikt I wipe the silicone tips for my Bose earbuds with a tissue soaked in this, which seems to work well without irritation. I havent tried it on the foam but I will & let you know how i get on. It's food safe & non toxic & kills bacteria & fingal spores.
Not sure if you can get it in your country but I imagine there might be a similar product based on hypochlorous acid I think there are a few.
 
In case anyone happened to be interested I edited my post about washing them. Just washing mine & thinking what I wrote was possibly misleading.
You could also wash 1 pair at a time while washing hands - but have some ready diluted soap to use because the sponge absorbs it & using it neat makes it a pain to rinse.

They wash well I have some I been washing for many yrs still going strong.
 
JemPD said:
@Utsikt I wipe the silicone tips for my Bose earbuds with a tissue soaked in this, which seems to work well without irritation. I havent tried it on the foam but I will & let you know how i get on. It's food safe & non toxic & kills bacteria & fingal spores.
Not sure if you can get it in your country but I imagine there might be a similar product based on hypochlorous acid I think there are a few.
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Yes it works fine to clean. Sprayed on liberally squeezed so they absorb. Leave for few mins then wipe with wet cloth & allowed to dry.

Maybe others will share how they wash theirs?
 
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