Which type of earphones is better, "clip-on" or "hang-on"?

Which type of earphones is better, "clip-on" or "hang-on"?

Clip-on and hang-on earphones have their own advantages and disadvantages, depending on the usage scenario. Clip-on earphones are suitable for daily use, light and comfortable; hang-on earphones have good stability and are suitable for sports, but ears may hurt if worn for a long time. Choose the right type according to your needs.

Recently, a friend said that if it is sports, I don’t know which type of earphones is better, "clip-on" or "hang-on".

Some people say that it must be the new clip-on earphones, which are worn on the ear bones like earrings, and the wearing experience will not have the "clip-on" feeling of the hang-on earphones; some people say that it must be the hang-on earphones, which fit the ears and are stable to wear, and can withstand the test of the market is not exaggerated; some people say that anyway, they are open earphones, and the two are the same...

So today, Comtang clip-on earphones manufacturer will talk to you, if it is in sports and other scenes, which type of earphones is better, "clip-on" or "hang-on" earphones?

Ear clip earphones

Speaking of ear clip earphones, I believe many friends don't know much about them, but it is not difficult to understand from the literal meaning. It is a kind of earphones that clip on the ear, just like ear clips, clipped on the ear through a bendable bracket.

Due to the wearing method of ear clip earphones not in the ear, it determines its open design. Like many "air conduction earphones", it does not need to enter the ear canal. It is a relatively new form of true wireless earphones in recent years.

In scenes such as daily use and sports, ear clip earphones are small in size, will not cause pressure on the ear canal when worn, and have better stability when clipped on the ear. It is also more comfortable to wear for a long time, not easy to fall off, and can hear external sounds. In special circumstances, you can stay alert and safer. Especially for sports, which are prone to sweating a lot, it is more friendly to patients with otitis media and people with sensitive ears.

However, its shortcomings are also obvious. First, the position of the ear clip is far away from the ear canal, the sound leakage is more serious than that of ordinary open headphones, and the volume is also smaller. If it is difficult to hear the sound in a noisy place, increasing the volume is easy to damage hearing. Although some manufacturers provide noise reduction functions, the effects are also uneven due to different algorithms.

Secondly, if you use ear clip headphones in sports scenes, you should pay attention to the position of the "comfort beans" that are easy to slide down and even fall off. In terms of stability, it may be more inclined to daily use.

Hanging earphones

Hanging earphones can be divided into two parts: ear hooks and speakers. Currently, they are more common in the sports earphone category.

For this reason, Comtang I think the ear-hook earphones are a relatively broad generalization, because there are open designs like bone conduction earphones, and earphones with ear-hook + in-ear, ear-hook + semi-in-ear designs, but it is certain that they are all hung on the ears, which is also one of the many wearing methods.

Due to the wearing method of the ear-hook, its stability is the best compared to most earphones, and it is not easy to fall off even in more intense sports scenes. In addition, some earphones use the wearing method of ear-hook + in-ear, which can be said to be more solid. Since the ear-hook has three different combinations of open, semi-open, and in-ear styles, the wearing method is more flexible and there are more scenes to adapt to, especially the ear-hook earphones that focus on sports scenes, which have better waterproof performance.

Like many earphones, the ear-hook earphones are "physically" hung on the ears after all. Wearing them for too long will inevitably make your ears hurt, and using them in daily scenes may affect the wearing of glasses. Apart from that, there are no major disadvantages.

How to choose between ear clip and ear-hook?

In fact, Comtang thinks that there is no good or bad for these two headphones, and the choice depends more on the usage scenario.

The biggest feature of ear clip headphones is their small cavity. They are lighter to wear and easy to slip off, but their open design can indeed hear external sounds when walking daily, which is safer. Of course, in some noisy environments such as subways, the listening experience of ear clip headphones is reduced. If you increase the volume blindly, it is easy to cause damage to the hearing of the ears.

Therefore, in the use scenario of ear clip headphones, they should be more suitable for daily use and require a quieter environment, and there is no great requirement for wearing stability.

The characteristic of ear hook headphones is stability, and they have a flexible combination of open, semi-in-ear or in-ear styles. There is always one that can satisfy you, and it can be said that they are not affected by environmental factors. Of course, the way it is worn will always occupy the back of the ear. If the earphone cavity is heavy, it will be painful to wear for a long time, and it is not friendly to friends who wear glasses.

However, some manufacturers now also use a combination of multiple wearing methods to reduce ear pain or wear glasses. For example, Comtang E12W Bluetooth stereo bone conduction headphones can be used for daily life and sports.

Therefore, ear-hook headphones that are not affected by the environment are a good choice except for daily life, but considering that glasses are generally not worn in various sports scenes, they are more suitable for use in sports scenes.

Finally, ear clip headphones are a new form in recent years. Comtang feels that they can be improved in many aspects to improve the experience; and the relatively mature ear-hook headphones are also gradually looking for their own new forms and innovating a better experience. Whether in terms of form or technology, they will be slightly better than ear clip headphones.

But earphones vary from person to person. I wonder if you will choose ear clip or ear-hook headphones?

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