I need some new earbuds, and live in a place with severe winters. I want to be able to access the controls using gloves or mittens if possible.

The online reviews I’ve seen all assume that you can just touch the earbuds with bare hands, but when it’s well below freezing, that sometimes isn’t possible. If I have to take off a mitt to use my earbuds my hand might not warm up until I can get back indoors again. Earbuds that work with touchscreen-capable gloves aren’t good enough either. I’ve never seen touchscreen-capable gloves that keep your hands warm at -40C.

Any suggestions?

  • merc@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    9 days ago

    I was thinking of something like this Bluetooth media remote that I think is meant to be mounted on a steering wheel or a bike/motorcycle’s handlebars. I think if I had that inside my glove I could know which buttons were which by feel.

    But, I’ve never owned / used one, so I don’t know how well they work, and how compatible they are.