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Anyone mow the lawn while listening to an iPod?
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I was checking out some noise-canceling headphones but it seems like they won't help much for a lawn mower. So I thought about getting a $20 pair of noise protection earmuffs and wearing those over the earbuds. Has anyone tried this, and does it help?
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My lawn mower is quite. Very quite. TURTLEPOWER !
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I tried but there is too much noise for it to be enjoyable at all.
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Here's how I do it. Since I wear hearing protection when I mow anyway, I just use earbuds and wear the "muff-style" hearing protectors over everything. The wire doesn't break the sound-seal of the muffs, and I can listen to my music fine. And 30db muffs only cost about6 $25.
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I second what RAILhead said, Etymotic ER-6i. I have these and use them while I mow. The first time I tried them, without reading the directions, I thought they sucked. Was going to bring them back. Decided to read the little pamphlet and found that I had inserted them incorrectly in my ears.
I usually put a few drops of water on them now before inserting so they fit and slide into my ears easier.
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Originally Posted by ghporter
Here's how I do it. Since I wear hearing protection when I mow anyway, I just use earbuds and wear the "muff-style" hearing protectors over everything. The wire doesn't break the sound-seal of the muffs, and I can listen to my music fine. And 30db muffs only cost about6 $25.
Same here; only I ditched the earbuds for a cheap set of Sony buds -
my ears are too small for the Apple buds - they kill me.
I mow 2-5 acres with a Honda self-propelled, and @ 70 acres of
orchard (with a Ford tractor and flail mower).....way too much time
to be alone in my head without tunes.
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I use the Apple in-ear headphones with my iPod Shuffle while mowing the lawn. I can still hear the mower but it's nothing I can't deal with. I'm actually thinking about ditching the Shuffle and picking up a Nano ... but I'm trying to resist!
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I wear muff style too with the standard Apple ear buds. I don't know how I ever mowed without music. It's so much nicer.
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I have some Shure e3c's and they work fine.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
My lawn mower is quite. Very quite. TURTLEPOWER !
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Quite what?
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Electric Mower, no Ipod. Sigh.
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Originally Posted by quesera
Electric Mower, no Ipod. Sigh.
NO lawn
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I used to listen to a cassette walkman all the time while mowing the lawn. Worked fine.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
My lawn mower is quite. Very quite. TURTLEPOWER !
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Quiet? Jesus christ.
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
Etymotic ER-6i.
Good headphones... get them from my friends at headphone.com, they rock!
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I mow all the time with my iPod. :-)
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I hire a kid from Church to mow my lawn. He doesn't own an iPod.
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Originally Posted by Railroader
I hire a kid from Church to mow my lawn. He doesn't own an iPod.
Does he pray for one?
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Originally Posted by bad_quote
Does he pray for one?
That would be unChristian. But you wouldn't understand that. You seem to reject any clarification of your ignorance about Christianity so I am not going to waste my time here.
Try better with your next trolling o' the bait my little friend.
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If I had a lawn.... or if I had an iPod when I lived where there was a lawn...
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Originally Posted by turtle777
My lawn mower is quite. Very quite. TURTLEPOWER !
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You are lucky to have a turtle as a lawn mower turtle.
Regards
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does mowing the lawn nude count?
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Originally Posted by macaddict0001
does mowing the lawn nude count?
It would in my neighborhood.
We have a neighbor who fishes in the nude - pretty funny
when he gets a fish.
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electric mower, with ipod, with standard ipod earbuds, works fine. Only problem is catching the earbud cord on things and them falling out once in a while.
also works well for shovelling snow, raking leaves, etc. All those without lawns are welcome to come to my house and try it out.
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I would rather know if anyone mows their iPod while listetning to the lawn.
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Thanks for all the responses...sounds like a few of you have done well with standard noise-protection earmuffs, so I'll give those a try.
If it were up to me, I wouldn't have a lawn at all--it would be nice to let the prairie reclaim itself.
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I use my stock apple earbuds when I mow. I don't even have to turn up the volume to deafening. I guess the mower I have is sufficiently quiet.
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mow mow mow your lawn.. gently iPod iPod.. merilly merilly merilly.. lawn lawn lawn lawn iPod. Heh.
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Originally Posted by Macola
I was checking out some noise-canceling headphones but it seems like they won't help much for a lawn mower. So I thought about getting a $20 pair of noise protection earmuffs and wearing those over the earbuds. Has anyone tried this, and does it help?
thats exactly what I use. Works perfect.
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Originally Posted by SirCastor
I use my stock apple earbuds when I mow. I don't even have to turn up the volume to deafening. I guess the mower I have is sufficiently quiet.
Is it a Honda mower? My brother has a Honda mower and I am amazed at how quiet it is.
I have a CRAPCAN'TREMEMBERRIGHTNOWEITHERAYARDMANORALAWNBOY and it's about in the middle of lawnmower noise level. I principally bought it because it was garuanteed to start on the first pull for 5 years. Still does actually, and it's 7 years later.
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Originally Posted by Ω
Quite what?
Quite quiet, of course !
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I listen to mine everytime I mow the yard. I went to Lowes and got a set of there Huskvarna? ear protection sets in the chain saw section. I put my apple earbuds on and put these on over them. I can't here the mower at all. Just the vibration lets me know that it is running. Very nice, very comfortable. The huskvarnas are very light.
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Yes, I couldn't mow without music.
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