It is customary to "activate" each day in the water in a cruise. Since the Spring Festival of 2013, swimming MP3s have joined the “EDC lineup†and the underwater experience has become more vivid. Personally, it is not the equipment party that discusses swimming with MP3. It is not suitable for everyone, and there are differences in the choice of audio content for different purposes. This article reviews the process of purchase combined with long-term use of experience, for the majority of swimming / sports / music lovers to provide a reference.
Do you really need to swim MP3?First of all, swimming beginners are not recommended for use. After all, it is mainly sports and exercise in the swimming pool. Beginners should focus their attention on the observation, imitation, practice, experience and summary of the action essentials. The remaining energy should also pay attention to the disturbance and change of the swimming pool environment. Wearing MP3 will distract attention and backfire.
Secondly, there is no need for companionship, parenting, and chat for the purpose of socializing for leisure and entertainment. Pull wind tour can be considered.
For long-distance swimming, long-term swimming, or a small partner who wants to improve the rhythm of hands and feet and breathing, swimming MP3 is a good companion to eliminate dullness, relieve fatigue, provide rhythm, mobilize emotions, and stimulate mentality. Some products There is even slight protection against ear canal influx.
How to choose to swim MP3There are many brands of swimming MP3s on the market. Mainly in the appearance of modeling, waterproof level, wearing style, storage capacity, sound effects, retail prices vary.
Because it is worn under swimming scenes, it is recommended to add earplug design and underwater sound quality when purchasing.
Appearance
From the practical point of view, combined with the swimming movement characteristics of the four strokes, shape design needs to take into account the following points:
Flexible material (not easy to become brittle after aging), flexible/adjustable (no requirement for head circumference, etc.), ear (reduced by underwater arm resistance, not easily touched by arm), light weight (usually worn) The earphones are firmly positioned (after all, it is annoying to stop and adjust the earplugs during swimming).
Waterproof level
More detailed description of the classification diagram, for reference:
wearing method
The way of wearing is mainly related to the design of the product itself. Based on this, it combines personal habits. Take the MP3 I am using as an example, the official introduction of the wearing method is this:
The way I am accustomed to wear is this:
Rear: Fixation of main body and headphone cord
Side: earhook (sweep cap half-ears extra reinforcement from outside) and in-ear soft plugs
Storage capacity
I am 4G, I feel more than enough, in fact, 2G is enough, the song often Changxin.
Sound quality effect
When selecting, it is best to audition in underwater environment. If the tone is distorted, fluctuates, the volume becomes smaller, and even if the water/water enters intermittently, it may not be suitable. On the other hand, after all, it is an auxiliary equipment for sports, and the stability of music output is the first one. If the performance level of music with professional audio equipment requires it to be too demanding.
retail price
According to the brand, capacity, waterproof level, production process, and features, from hundreds of dollars to thousands, there are not many to say, happy.
Selection process and comprehensive comparisonReviewing the purchase process, introduce several mainstream swim MP3s that were of concern at the time for reference.
-Speedo-
Appearance: Oval small, stylish, multi-color optional
Waterproof level: swimming 3 meters waterproof
Wearing method: mounting ear + embedded headset; external host
Storage capacity: 2G-4G optional
Sound quality effect: good
Retail Price: 580-2200
-SONY-
Appearance: ring shape, fashion, small, multi-color optional
Waterproof level: 2 meters waterproof
Wearing method: hanger + embedded headset; near-ear host
Storage capacity: 4G-8G optional
Sound quality effect: good
Retail Price: 400-1000
-FINIS-
Appearance: plug-in headphones; external host
Waterproof level: swimming 3 meters waterproof
Wearing method: Headphone clip on the goggle band to fit the bone above the cheek;
Storage capacity: 2G-4G
Sound quality effect: good
Retail Price: 600-1800
-LAVOD-
Appearance: shuttle-shaped small, stylish and beautiful
Waterproof level: swimming 3 meters waterproof
Wearing method: mounting ear + embedded headset; external host
Storage capacity: 4G-8G optional
Sound quality effect: good
Retail Price: 200-500
- Decathlon nabaiji-
Appearance model: oval small, stylish and beautiful, two-color optional
Waterproof level: swimming 3M waterproof
Wearing method: hanger + embedded headphones (waterproof earbuds need to be optional); external host
Storage capacity: 2G
Sound quality effect: General
Retail Price: 200-500
-EGOMAN-
Appearance: oval small, green
Waterproof level: swimming 3 meters waterproof
Wearing method: mounting ear + embedded headset; external host
Storage capacity: 4G
Sound quality effect: General
Retail Price: 200-300
Three years ago, the affordable EGOMAN was purchased.
Specifications are as follows:
Since it's cheap, it reduces the requirements for functionality, sound quality and appearance, and it's waterproof and earphone design. The host is a waterproof, anti-collision, non-slip silicone wrap design, with simple buttons, a data/charging cord, and an in-ear earphone cord with ear hooks (this is an important reason for me to choose it). Usually placed in a spare swimming mirror box, just fine.
Front: + - Button is responsible for both track selection and volume adjustment
Side: Non-slip particles bulge, because many years are soaked in cold pools, warm water pools, hot soup ponds ... some dirty
Rear: Fixed clips, 360° horizontal rotation
The metal contacts of the headphone cable are pulled out of the water and thrown away to dry. It is still OK.
Ears and Earbuds for Headphone Cords: The length of the wheelbase and the in-ear angle of the earbuds can be adjusted according to individual circumstances. After the original earplug silicone head was lost, I had another pair on the Internet. It is recommended that the swimming earplugs have a Christmas tree-shaped silicone head that is comfortable to wear and can effectively prevent water from pouring into the ear.
In terms of sound quality, the sound quality on land is general, and the rhythm seems to be slightly slower than normal by 0.001 second. The underwater sound quality is also acceptable and the output is stable. After this "retired" plan, choose a sound quality and look better. It will be decided according to the budget.
Audio content selectionAs mentioned earlier, I mainly use cruising tours, that is, long and uninterrupted round-trip long-distance swimming. Therefore, in terms of the choice of audio content, I prefer rhythm music, plus the accumulation of European and American music throughout the year, electronic music has become my first choice for sports BGM. In general, I will update my media library on a quarterly basis. Songs for finding songs are mainly Netease Cloud Music, QQ Music, bilibili, and Dang Niang; download channels are mainly Netease Cloud Music (including paid downloads), QQ Music, and Dang Niang, etc. Main tracks are based on style and creators. It is recommended that even the different remixed versions of the same work will be collected because of the slight differences in rhythm. In fact, if you listen to more, you will find that there is always a certain rhythm that is most suitable for you to swim in a certain way. The feeling of hand and foot movements on music beats is simply wonderful! More specifically, even in freestyle, second leg and six legs, unilateral ventilation and bilateral ventilation, the rhythm is completely different.
Here are some of my media library tracks for the season:
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