“On ear or around ear headphones? My husband wants Bose wireless headphones to wear at the gym etc but I have no idea whether to get him the on-ear ones or the around-ear ones - the price is the same.”

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• I have the on ear type. I think the around ear headphones might cut out a bit of the ambient noise (they're not noise canceling), but may be a little uncomfortable while working up a sweat working out. I did notice that the battery life for the on ear type is 15 hours while the around ear battery life is only 7 hours.

  Answered by Scoot01 10 years ago

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• Probably depends upon personal preference. I haven't tried the in-ear, but the over-ear are great. I got them mainly for the gym. I powerlift and bodybuild. A lot of free weights and some machine work. I very seldom need to take them off for whatever lifting movement I'm doing. Stay in place fine on the stationary bike or treadmill when I'm doing cardio. My coach had me get him a pair.

  Answered by Rmetz 10 years ago

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• These tend to fall off of me if I lean forward, go into the store and try them out.... especially for gym use, you might want to think about the in ear option... They do sound really nice though

  Answered by Richg916 10 years ago

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• I would suggest around the ear for the gym. I have over the ear, the quality is GREAT!!! I hope this helps.

  Answered by Standards1 10 years ago

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• On ear. Around the ear may be too hot and bulky.

  Answered by charlymerfee 11 years ago

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• I prefer on the ear headphones to block out external noise, but they do tend to get sweaty. For a guy, since men tend to sweat more, I would suggest over the ear.

  Answered by Junkanista 9 years ago

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• I tried the around the ear, they're pretty huge compared to the size of my head and I couldn't wear them with glasses. I'm very happy with the on ear.

  Answered by Pqrwvxyz 10 years ago

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• On ear is more comfortable

  Answered by Garvc 10 years ago

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• In gym I would go for in year headphones

  Answered by Ivanhoe 10 years ago

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• On Ear

  Answered by MarcyinMI 10 years ago

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