Tangle Free Earbuds And How To Manage Cable

Every time when you pull out your earbuds from your pocket to use, things get tangled…Do your earphones get tangled since you are lack of neatness? Certainly, not.

Look at these pictures of earbuds when it’s just pulled out from your pocket or bag- the biggest headaches of earbuds users.

What actually makes these things happen? The wires of earbuds with y-shaped string getting messed. There are a lot of knots and the cables get tangled. Well, it takes minutes to solves the mess and if you want it to be done quickly your earbud wires may end up with snapping.

A research conducted by Dorian M. Raymer and Douglas E. Smith explain the issues, and there is  a little scientific evidence involved in this matter.

The wires diameter, length and shapes are variables contributing to the probability of tangle.

If earbuds stay in a object–pocket or case that agitates, they tend to be tangled or knotted physically. The research spontaneous knotting of an agitated string by Dorian M. Raymer and Douglas E. Smith concluded that the earbud tangles are the results of the level of agitation along with the length of earbuds wire. The more wire is long, the more it tend to be knotted in a specific level of agitation. Another factor contributing to the tangles is y-shaped string, which is to split the cable into 2 wires.

Longer cable will increase the probabitlity of knotting. Cable length of earbuds today is around 1.2m, so they are mostly intended to be knotted when carried around.

How to solve this phenomenon. Here are some tips to keep your earbuds tangle free.

You can get an earbud case from our “best earbud cases-reviews” to keep your headphones stay in place without tangling.

Or you can buy tangle free earbuds Zipbuds JUICED 2.0 Never Tangle Zipper Earbuds

The headphone manufacturers also know how to solve the problem by making headphone’s cable flat. Since the flat cable effectively reduces the possibility that the wire is tangled or knotted. However, a flat cable may produce more microphonics than the rounded cable does.

The powerful bass SONY MDR-XB90EX is an example of “tangle free earbuds”

The industrial designer—Ray Walker, came up with the idea of Spoolee.

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