EAR BAND-IT - The Original Swimming Headband - Invented by Physician - Doctor Recommended

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By dedicated I mean those swimmers who came to the pool with the sole intention of swimming as many, or maybe they already had a pre-determined figure in mind, lengths as they could and then once they had reached their target they simply get out of the pool, dry off and leave. For starters, the Ear Band-It comes in three different sizes, with small being for babies (1-3 years of age), medium for toddlers and older children (4-9 years of age), and large (10 years of age to adults). If you are looking for more color combination, they also come in ten different colors. Best Swimmer’s Ear Drops for Earaches and Drying Your Ears. Get water in your ear while at the pool? Ear drops provide a fast-drying solution for helping to prevent swimmer’s ear. Jukes was an unknown brand to us, but as you can see from the number of headphones we’ve included in this round-up, it certainly made an impression. Of all the headsets we tried from Jukes, these were by far the most versatile for lane swimmers.

While we sometimes found the audio could be quite quiet, it was still very clear. Plus switching between channels both on the radio and headset was super simple – although to make it easier we’d have preferred it used numbers rather than a colour-coded system. Still, the headphones held in place well and we didn’t fear that they would suddenly fall off during laps or if we dove down (they work up to 3ft for 30 minutes or deeper for shorter bursts of time).

One good thing I found out about swimming headbands is that they are available in a variety of colours and sizes, so you have plenty of choice should you decide you want one yourself. I am still undecided as to whether I want one yet, but then procrastination is my middle name (it’s not really, that is just a figure of speech, you get that right?)

These were super comfortable to wear and stayed put on our ears without budging even when doing tumble turns – something, we should note, that we only felt confident enough to do so in this set. While other headphones on this list do offer larger storage for music, we found 4GB was plenty of room for our playlists and the audio quality was probably the highest on test. Sharp, crisp sound with hearty bass our music drowned out all other noise around us, especially with the earplugs in place. It made swimming sessions fly by as we found ourselves truly immersed in the music.At first I used to see what I term (for want of a better phrase) dedicated swimmers wearing headbands whilst swimming. Standing for “ingress protection”, an IP rating is a unit given measures how well a device is protected from both solids and liquids. Generally, it’s displayed with two digits – the first of which tells us how well it’s protected from things like dust. The latter, however, (and the one we’re more interested in here) tells us how resistant it is to water. Which IP rating is best? Yes I know that probably doesn’t say much about my thought process but as I said earlier, I never really gave them much thought.

Still, you should only use these for around 30 minutes swimming at a time – an easily achievable goal if you’re a beginner. And as soon as you’re out of the water, give the charging port a thorough dry to be safe. We did also find that, despite the claimed five-hour battery life, we had to constantly recharge these in the hours leading up to a swim. It’s not a massive dealbreaker but isn’t ideal if you only remember right before you step out poolside. However, after I had done a bit of online research what I found was a bit of an eye opener for me. It turned out that these swimming headbands were basically nothing to do with protecting the eyes, they are in fact designed as ear protectors. The main function of a swimming headband is primarily to keep the inner ear canal dry and free from infection that can be caused by water entering the ear passageway. Thankfully most of us will swim to our hearts content without ever experiencing any kind of medical condition from swimming. I was quite surprised when I saw this baby swimming around quite happily wearing a headband which was a perfect fit so obviously was made with small children in mind. I hadn’t realised that these headbands were widely available and I must say thinking about them piqued my interest. So much so that once I returned home I looked them up online.Ear bands, when used with swimmers earplugs, are a doctor-recommended way to protect the ears. (This is an important thing to remember: a swimming ear band on its own won’t keep the ears dry. They need to be used in conjunction with earplugs.) They are ideally suitable for a wide range of water activities including swimming, canoeing, surfing and water skiing. Obviously, the higher the rating, the better your device will be protected. In our testing we didn’t include anything with a rating lower than IPX7. That’s because with this grade a device can withstand being submerged in water up to 1m deep for 30 minutes. Something that is manageable for your standard lane swimming session.