GreyGoose
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I plan on doing some touring with my new garmin 765T. I've come to realize that im not going to be able to count on the ability to see this thing, so i've opted to use the nice headphone jack that came with it and just follow the "little missies" voice through the wilderness. Problem is i wear earplugs. good ones. Custom made to my ears to maximize my protection. I wired a good set of headphone speakers into my helmut , but i could not get enough volume to hear missy over the road noise when on the highway. I then tried a little lesser dampening ear piece, but still couldnt confidently hear the directions. I then switched to an ipod type in-ear unit. This seemed to work really well, but it was a little uncomfortable and didnt give me enough noise cancelling ear protection from road / wind noise. I was wondering what other ear plug / gps users do in these situations. Does anyone have a specific recommendations concerning the end piece (that holds the in ear speaker in place) that can have a better fit and noise cancelling than what comes on the typical ear buds.
I went a step further and took a pair of standard foam ear plugs and fashioned a small hole through them (larger on one end than the other) and manipulated the speaker in there.
Seem to work pretty well, but i was really after an off the shelf product.
any recommendations would be appreciated. I'm glad i didnt invest in a bluetooth helmut system. No way i'd ever hear it with my plugs in.
GreyGoose
I went a step further and took a pair of standard foam ear plugs and fashioned a small hole through them (larger on one end than the other) and manipulated the speaker in there.
Seem to work pretty well, but i was really after an off the shelf product.
any recommendations would be appreciated. I'm glad i didnt invest in a bluetooth helmut system. No way i'd ever hear it with my plugs in.
GreyGoose
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