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A couple of visitors to Reevoo.com have emailed us recently asking for some help finding earphones that don’t fall out of their ears, or that actually fit in their ears in the first place.  The majority of earphones seem to be made in a one-size-fits-all way, despite the fact ears vary as much as any other part of the body.  In fact, there are so many unique variations of ear size and shape, that ear-recognition was put forward as a rival to fingerprinting by crime specialists in the 19th century.

If you’re struggling to find a comfortable fit for your delicate shell-likes or big lugs, or you just can’t seem to keep your headphones on in the gym, here’s a quick guide to the best earphones for small ears and large.

Option 1: Headphones

It might seem obvious, but the simplest way to stop the damn things falling out/not fitting in is to swap them for heaphones that sit on top of the ear.  There are a lot of reasons why people prefer earphones to headphones, but newer models of headphone have adapted to work around lots of these disadvantages.

If lugging headphones around is your concern, there’s a range of headphones that fold flat for greater portability.

If price is your concern, there are headphones from only £4.

If you’re concerned about blocking out other noise, noise reducing or noise cancelling headphones exist to do just this - some actually block noise better than earphones.

Option 2: Earclips

If you don’t fancy switching to headphones, you could try earphones with an earclip, also known as a sportsclip.  These wrap around the outside of the ear a little like the arms of a pair of glasses, and are usually found on ’sports’ earphones.

Philips make a couple of earphones with earclips that have garnered top ratings from Reevoo reviewers: the SHS3200 is rated at 9.2/10 and costs £5 at the cheapest.  The SHS8000 comes in a little more expensive at £12, but is also top rated, with scores of 9.1/10 overall.

Option 3: Adaptable size earphones

Neither of these ideas sound any good?  Luckily, certain headphones manufacturers have come up with a much simpler solution: their earphones come with different sizes of inserts to suit different sizes of ear.

See a range of headphones that come with different size inserts here.

Tags: earphones, earphones for big ears, earphones for small ears, heaphones

Blog posted on Friday, September 25th, 2009 at 5:45 pm under MP3 Players. Leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.