Originally Posted by
Hypno Toad
Skullcandy Method $47.99 at Best Buy - I got these after testing Lisa's pair (I should have started here to save $26.99). These are the necklace style, keeping the battery, mic, etc on your neck and short cables for the earbuds. These fit very nice, keep the weight off the ear, keeps the right bud secure when your not using it, great sound, no issues with mic quality ... frankly I don't have a negative comment about these earbuds. I haven't had a chance to test the battery life.
Quick update on the Skullcandy Methods: I tested them for 'rain-proof' in the heaviest rain you can image (like cars-pulling-over-to-stopping-on-the-highway-heavy rain*). I wore my earbuds on Saturday's Westside Dirty Benjamin, is was ~7 hours of non-stop rain punctuated with the-skies-opened-up downpours. They didn't sound good (like they were under water) when I got back to the car to call Lisa, but once they had some time to dry, they recovered fine.
* We needed to cross a major divided highway (HWY 169), the traffic was stopping on the roadside during the worst of the downpour, we took 'shelter' under a tree until visibility improved to cross.
One downside to the Skullcandy: there is no way to know the battery level. I like when the LED or audio at start up tells you the battery left on the earbuds.