Tag : gumy headphone, jvc haf120a, blue

Company : JVC List Price : $9.95 Amazon Price : $2.24 Used Price : $0.88 Average customer review :

Features

• Soft, comfortable elastomer construction
• 16-20,000Hz frequency response
• Weighs only 0.19 ounce
• 3.9-foot cord
• Gold-plated, L-shaped plug

Product Description

The HAF120 “Gumy” ear bud headphone is perfect for your iPod. Available in different fashionable colors, its elastomer construction allows the material to promise a comfortable fit. Maximum input capacity - 30mW Color - Aqua

Customer reviews

Good audio if your ears can take it
These earplugs are “gumy” in name only. They’re hard as rocks and really difficult to use for more than five or ten minutes at a time. The audio, however, is fine.

Cute, Sounds Great, But Uncomfortable!
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This earbuds are as cute as could be, sound great, and are durable, but are very, very uncomfortable. I can only wear mine for about a half hour before they begin to hurt and after an hour I have to take them out—then that’s it for the whole day. They are a somewhat soft rubber on the outside but the inside is hard plastic; they are comparable in quality to the earbuds that come with iPod nanos. For the price they are adequate, but you can spend about the same or a bit more and get earbuds that are all this and that you can wear for longer as well.

I ended up buying some “Koss “The Plug” Portable Headphones” for under $20 and can wear them all day; I would recommend something like this instead.

I do like the colors that these earbuds come in, but they are more than an accessory for me and have to be usable as well. The sound quality is just fine for a cheaper ear bud—no complaints here.

Mine often fall out because they do not change their shape to accommodate your ear; your ear must change shape to fit this earbud, hence the discomfort.

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GREAT HEADPHONES, GREAT SOUND, A WONDERFUL BUY!
First, let me say that I have tried so many earbuds. I have tried Sony’s, RCA’s as well as other standard earbuds. Most had decent sound. However, these are superior to all others that I have tried because:

1) LOUDNESS: These have such great loudness quality that out of 30 max on my MP3 and CD players, with these earphones, just have to press to about 18 to 20! (All other earphones I tried I had to go to 29 to 30 to get the same loudness).

2) Comfort: These fit my ears better than any other earbuds I have tried and they are really comfortable. (Yes, they do have to be adjusted from time to time, but not as much as the other brands).

3) Quality: These earphones have great sounds in both bass and treble and also midtones on music or audio files. 4) Appearance: These have the BEST appearance of all. I bought the MINT BLUE for my blue MP3 player and the green ones for my white CD/MP3 player and another green for my green MP3 player.

5) Price: Very reasonable!

6) ***Why did I give these a 4 and not a 5?***Gummy has updated these headphones and made 4 BIG IMPROVEMENTS: 1) The cord is somewhat thicker and does not get as tangled as the old cord. 2) The cord on the newer set is a matching blue to match the earbuds. 3)The plug is straight and is a true MP3 player headset, but will fit on CD players as well. 4) More attractive overall!

However, let me add that I own this set and have owned it since December of 2006. However, I bought 2 sets of the blue newer GUMMYS in late April on Amazon and like those better. Still using my older set with the white cord like this one and still works just great. For the money, there is not a better set of earbud/earphones that you will find.

Not too much of a step up
These are not much more comfortable than the buds that came with the iPod. My ears still hurt after wearing them for more than 30 min or so. The sound is certainly not any better and maybe a little more “distant”. I think some measure of discomfort is to be expected with any in-ear bud. The wire for the phones is very soft and prone to tangle and stretch.

May be just what you’re looking for
These earphones are cute and worth the money for:

1. Replacements for iPod earphones

2. Back-up earphones

3. Cute earphones =)

They tangle easily but that can be avoided by wrapping them around your iPod.

They’re cheap enough carry around anywhere but valuable enough to give good sound.

I’m 100% satisfied =D

P.S. They might be too big for a smaller ear, but that can’t really be avoided with any other earphone.

P.P.S. Go for it.

Buy them. =)