Help me protect my new headphones!

January 31, 2006 11:23 PM

What's the best way to protect my headphones when I'm on the move and not using them?

I just bough a set of Phillips SBC HP250 headphones to replace my Altec Lansings which just died. Like many people, I like to use these while listening to music when I'm riding the bus to work. When I'm not using them, I usually just stick them in my backpack, which is usually full of stuff from work or heavy things like bottles of drink for lunch or whatnot.

Anyway, I suspect that my Altec Lansings died because of damage they most probably took while I was carting them around in my backpack. I don't want these headphones to die too, so short of carrying them around in my hands, what's a good way to protect my headphones when I'm not using them?

posted by Effigy2000 to Technology (3 answers total)

This may or may not work for you, depending on how 'easy' a solution you want, but I used to throw my PortaPros into the case from a <2 5 cd spindle when i tossed them in my bag. with the cds taken out of course.br>
It's really easy to twist the thing open and closed, but it stays shut in your bag, has great protection, and is the perfect size/fit for lots of portable headphones.
posted by Marquis at 12:17 AM on February 1, 2006

I really like ziplock bags to transport any audio equipment. It works great for keeping cables from getting tangled, but it also serves to protect a lot of the connectors from getting nicked.

I imagine it would also keep crap away from your headphones (crumbs and dust into the earpieces), and diffuse any concentrated impacts that may be directed at them.
posted by arrhn at 2:36 AM on February 1, 2006

I kept my headphone and cd player in an ammo can lined with egg crate foam.
posted by boo_radley at 9:06 AM on February 1, 2006